From: j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
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Date: Wed,  3 Jul 96 03:24:00 UTC 0000
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Subject: Re: hello world compile time

Reply to message 9207642    from EURGAIN AT ENTER on 07/02/96  6:03PM


>40 Meg???? Yegods! How the other half live!

Hmph - RAM is cheap these days.  You can get 16 MB for $130-$150,
depending on where you look.  All you need to do to get 40 is start with
8 and buy a 32 MB chip, and voila!

>PS. What the hell is FOO.BAR all about anyway? I have been involved
>with computers (and bloody FooBar) for about fifteen years now, and I
>am still to find out! Any help?

I used to know this, but I don't remember the details anymore.  I thought
it was related to FUBAR (the meaning of which we all know), but some
niggling memory tells me it might be otherwise.  I do remember that it
goes way, WAY back into the history of computing.  :)

John