Heath/Zenith H-151 kit featuring the 5Mhz 8088, two "high capacity" 320K 5.25" floppy drives, 11MB HD, amber 320x225 mono display, all assembled from a kit costing $2400 (or about $5000 pre-assembled). This was a state-of-the-art system in 1983, one of the first 16-bit PCs. I also had a Daisywriter 2000 daisywheel letter-quality printer to go with it.
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iam2thecrowe
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^ and dot matrix can print on multi-part carbon copy paper, thats the reason most people use it. They are quite reliable and efficient too, although a tad slow and noisy.
king smp
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I didnt realize that crowe
your right the invoices were triple copies
and also that thing chugged along for years
occasionally went off alignment but easy to correct
I had an old Tandy DMP 108? printer with my coco
did many a homework assignment in the 80s
with it
my teachers were pretty impressed too
sometimes I think I got a better grade just because it was done
on a computer LOL
It still baffles me sometimes how much computers have progressed
in 30 years
I cant even begin to imagine 30 years from now
Actually kind of scary to think about
but thinking about our parents and grandparents
and how much the world changed since they were kids
(cell phones.space shuttles,internet etc)
I guess you learn to deal with it (or hide from it)
your right the invoices were triple copies
and also that thing chugged along for years
occasionally went off alignment but easy to correct
I had an old Tandy DMP 108? printer with my coco
did many a homework assignment in the 80s
with it
my teachers were pretty impressed too
sometimes I think I got a better grade just because it was done
on a computer LOL
It still baffles me sometimes how much computers have progressed
in 30 years
I cant even begin to imagine 30 years from now
Actually kind of scary to think about
but thinking about our parents and grandparents
and how much the world changed since they were kids
(cell phones.space shuttles,internet etc)
I guess you learn to deal with it (or hide from it)
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The first Pc i played with was a 486-DX2 66 mhz together with my room-mate with dos and win3.11 - but the first pc i owned was a pentium 90 oc to 100 mhz - ohh yes it was crazy stuff - next one was a AMD K6-266 mhz - then a AMD K6-2 450mhz - then a AMD Athlon 1000 - then a AMD 1333 i oc´d to 1400 mhz then a AMD Athlon 2100+, then a AMD Athlon 2800+ i oced to 3200+, then a AMD64 3200+, then a AMD64 3400+, then a AMD 4000+, then a Intel Core2duo E6700, then a QX6700, then this machine Core i7 2600K (i build all the machines myself from the k6-266 and up and from the Athlon 1000 all cpu´s have been watercooled )
king smp
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The early PC is cool
but I want to know who owned the Heathkits
http://www.heathkit-museum.com/computers/hvmec-1.shtml
some of the members here must of built their own
kit computers in the 70s
I was born 1970 so the users who were building their own
amaze me
Also somebody must of used a TRS-80 Model i
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=trs-80+model+1&hl=en&sa=X&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=7m4odFiA7nZx7M:&imgrefurl=http://oldcomputers.net/trs80i.html&docid=pFwF0dDXkMLgmM&w=570&h=375&ei=4th9To6MCZTK0AGR8ZDtDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=166&vpy=258&dur=2826&hovh=182&hovw=277&tx=164&ty=94&page=1&tbnh=113&tbnw=172&start=0&ndsp=39&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&biw=1920&bih=888
I remember one of those in my elementary school about 1980 or so
Only honor roll students were allowed to use it
The main reason I made honor roll 5th and 6th grade was so I could
use the one Model I the school had LOL
but I want to know who owned the Heathkits
http://www.heathkit-museum.com/computers/hvmec-1.shtml
some of the members here must of built their own
kit computers in the 70s
I was born 1970 so the users who were building their own
amaze me
Also somebody must of used a TRS-80 Model i
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=trs-80+model+1&hl=en&sa=X&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=7m4odFiA7nZx7M:&imgrefurl=http://oldcomputers.net/trs80i.html&docid=pFwF0dDXkMLgmM&w=570&h=375&ei=4th9To6MCZTK0AGR8ZDtDw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=166&vpy=258&dur=2826&hovh=182&hovw=277&tx=164&ty=94&page=1&tbnh=113&tbnw=172&start=0&ndsp=39&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&biw=1920&bih=888
I remember one of those in my elementary school about 1980 or so
Only honor roll students were allowed to use it
The main reason I made honor roll 5th and 6th grade was so I could
use the one Model I the school had LOL
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You mean this OS 9?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-9
I had a copy of this on an old TRS-80 model 3 if memory serves me correctly. It was given to me by a friend, but I never used it.
king smp
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Thank you Falcon
That was a great link
I never really worked with it
I saw it in operation but never had a chance to use it
What made the TRS-80 Color Computer stand out if memory is right
is that it used a Motorola 6809E which was a 8/16 bit CPU
which at the time the C64 and Apples were running 8 bit
Neat little machine for a toy sold at Radio Shack
As I said earlier in thread I remember playing a two player WWI air dogfight game
over the 1200 baud modem with friends from my local CoCo Club
Early online gaming LOL
That was a great link
I never really worked with it
I saw it in operation but never had a chance to use it
What made the TRS-80 Color Computer stand out if memory is right
is that it used a Motorola 6809E which was a 8/16 bit CPU
which at the time the C64 and Apples were running 8 bit
Neat little machine for a toy sold at Radio Shack
As I said earlier in thread I remember playing a two player WWI air dogfight game
over the 1200 baud modem with friends from my local CoCo Club
Early online gaming LOL
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am i the only one here whose first pc was a mac 
its an imac-like 68040 mac lc575
then switch to pc at '99 with a prebuilt IBM 300GL p2 266 mmx
its an imac-like 68040 mac lc575then switch to pc at '99 with a prebuilt IBM 300GL p2 266 mmx
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^lol the main reason i switch to pc is counter strike game, the 68k is already obsolete anyway and the cost upgrading to another mac is astronomical for a college boy
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First computer was a 486DX with Win 3.1.1, can't remember the ram and hd.
Had a Win 95 machine Pentium 1 133 mhz with 1 gb hard drive and 32 mb ram.
First laptop was Pentium II 266 mhz, 32mb of ram which I spent 150 bucks which later on I bought a 64mb stick, putting me at 96mb. and 4 gig hd.
My first build on my own with no help was back in 2005.
It had an AMD 64X2 4400+ cpu with 1 gig of ram (512X2) dual channel, EVGA 7800gt 256mb video card.
Had a Win 95 machine Pentium 1 133 mhz with 1 gb hard drive and 32 mb ram.
First laptop was Pentium II 266 mhz, 32mb of ram which I spent 150 bucks which later on I bought a 64mb stick, putting me at 96mb. and 4 gig hd.
My first build on my own with no help was back in 2005.
It had an AMD 64X2 4400+ cpu with 1 gig of ram (512X2) dual channel, EVGA 7800gt 256mb video card.
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I was 8 yrs old
Got my first PC in 1992, it was a second hand 386 DX 40mhz.
A monster 270 megabytes HD, 4MB Ram, and a co-processor to help in Cad apps.
My father was truly happy.. first PC that we bought, and he needed it to work..
Hard times there...
Got my first PC in 1992, it was a second hand 386 DX 40mhz.
A monster 270 megabytes HD, 4MB Ram, and a co-processor to help in Cad apps.
My father was truly happy.. first PC that we bought, and he needed it to work..
Hard times there...
king smp
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I am old enough (41) to remember 1992
Clinton became president and there was a massive amount of layoffs at the time
(not saying it was Clinton's fault)
I myself was laid off from a job I worked for 8 years in 1994
there was a massive outsourcing of jobs going overseas at the time
Does anyone remember the Amiga computers?
Wow were they ahead of their time
Really paved the way for PCs with the tech they used
Clinton became president and there was a massive amount of layoffs at the time
(not saying it was Clinton's fault)
I myself was laid off from a job I worked for 8 years in 1994
there was a massive outsourcing of jobs going overseas at the time
Does anyone remember the Amiga computers?
Wow were they ahead of their time
Really paved the way for PCs with the tech they used
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I had an Amiga 1000with 512Kb of RAM, I remember IBM bragging that it had gotten OS/2 to open 3 windows on a PS/2 computer with 2 MB of ram. I had 50 or more windows open on my Amiga.. Eventually got a Amiga 2000 with a 40MB SCSI HDD, and a 68030 CPU. Good times! 😀
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really I didnt know a PC at the time was more than an Amiga
I do know at the time that Amiga kind of had the spot that Apple has now
The computer for the graphics artist and media user
Switching gears somebody at work had me look up the
Turbo Graphics 16 gaming system which I wasnt familiar with
Does anybody remember that?
I do know at the time that Amiga kind of had the spot that Apple has now
The computer for the graphics artist and media user
Switching gears somebody at work had me look up the
Turbo Graphics 16 gaming system which I wasnt familiar with
Does anybody remember that?
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Clarkjd nailed it. PC's were much more expensive.
The Amiga was actually the second cheapest of that era. Of the four platforms of the late 80's, in the U.S. at least, Amiga was second most affordable behind the Atari ST series.
By cost, from most to least expensive, it was:
1) Mac
2) PC
3) Amiga
4) Atari
I miss the days of multiple platforms.
For the Linux fans out there, all four of those platforms had a version on Linux, back in its infancy.
king smp
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You know what I heard about but never researched
When I was managing a RadioShack years ago
one of the guys was a computer engineer 3rd student
and loaded a version of Linux on a PS2
I was always curious about that
Whether he was BSing me or not
Just too lazy to Google it LOL
When I was managing a RadioShack years ago
one of the guys was a computer engineer 3rd student
and loaded a version of Linux on a PS2
I was always curious about that
Whether he was BSing me or not
Just too lazy to Google it LOL
FALC0N
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Came out in 1988 or so. About the same time as the sega genesis.
Used cards instead of the era standard cartridges. Had a handheld unit, the turbo express, that ran the full console games, but had poor battery life. The game cards plugged into both units.
Never owned one, but it was the vanguard of the 16 bit console era. Though it only had an 8 bit cpu.
king smp
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What could you do with Linux on a PS2 I wonder
It is not like you have a kbd or mouse
I cant see how a GUI worked with a PS2 controller with Linux
I have enough trouble using ubuntu 11.04 (dual booting with 7)
LOL
I guess you could write code on PC then run on the PS2
You know if I find a cheap PS2 at a yard sale I have to try that out
Just for sheer curiousity
It is not like you have a kbd or mouse
I cant see how a GUI worked with a PS2 controller with Linux
I have enough trouble using ubuntu 11.04 (dual booting with 7)
LOLI guess you could write code on PC then run on the PS2
You know if I find a cheap PS2 at a yard sale I have to try that out
Just for sheer curiousity
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