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Nikolas,

On 24/07/06, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com> wrote:
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> This would be like running Windows 3.1 on a brand new Xeon 5100
> dual-core CPU... sure it will run fast* but what the hell are you
> going to do with it? Play solitaire?


You have this the wrong way round. The correct allusion would surely be
something like "imagine running  XP on a 80386", not an old OS on new
hardware. Old OSs don't always run at all on new hardware.

Anyway, I am sure that Ted can speak for himself.

Frem.