I think what you're thinking of is the ICL PC Quattro - which didn't run DOS, it ran Concurrent CP/M 86. I used to have one, and yes it did allow each terminal to run four different login screens - the system unit also allowed you to connect up to 4 separate terminal units. Had a colossal 10MB hard drive too - sadly it took up a lot of space and ended up being unceremoniously scrapped (into landfill too - before the days of even attempted recycling!). I still have the original system floppies along with an original copy of SuperCalc 2 - never tried reading the disks since then though.

Eh? KDE is nothing like Windows 3.11, not even remotely. I'm assuming by 'completely new design' you mean the Unity interface used by Ubuntu? Or Gnome 3 (which seems to be drawing much hate). Gnome 1 was pretty similar in layout to KDE 1/2 - even Gnome 2 was similar in that way if I recall correctly, never really used Gnome much.

Actually, I believe that you only need parental permission in England and Wales - in Scotland you can get married at 16 without any parental consent whatsoever!

Ummm, this is for a classroom - why would he want games??

if that Atom is still boxed and working it's worth around about £200 now!

Totally agree, just compare RISC OS 2 or 3.1 to the equivalent Windows version in 1988 or so, Acorn was streets ahead. Still have a 200 mhz RISC PC sitting next to my desk, it's a nippy little beast boots in a few secs or so....

it also shows a picture of entirely the wrong airport - the article is talking about Glasgow Prestwick airport, the picture shows Glasgow International airport - they're about 30-odd miles apart!

yeh, I got that too, re-directs immediately to a blog about some insurance company. Here's the printable link which doesn't redirect: http://www.itworld.com/print/133630

This was one of the things I REALLY felt lacking about DOS's CLI compared to the Beeb when I moved from a 128K BBC Master to a 286 PC back in 1991 - the ability to copy any character on the screen was just so intuitive - DOS felt clunky by comparison (it still does!). I still have the Beeb in the loft while the 286 was long since consigned to the PC graveyard in the sky...

It's a uk model, so admittedly may be using different terminology, the LP mode gets me 6 hours on a 3 hour tape or 8 hours on a 4 hour tape - bit academic as I barely use it! :-)

my 10 year old JVC VHS player quite happily records and plays back in long play.....

Not always true, I bought a Dell Mini 9 with Ubuntu from Dell in the UK a few months ago and it was £40 CHEAPER than the Windows version - plus I could spec it with 2GB memory which Microsofts licensing prevents Dell from doing with the Windows version (If I recall correctly).