Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

VINTAGE COMPUTER QUESTIONS

Posted on 02/01/2012 8:20:48 PM PST by mamelukesabre

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-68 next last
To: plaidness

IBM PC had an 8088 CPU and came out in the early 80s. So that’s not it.


41 posted on 02/01/2012 10:19:07 PM PST by mamelukesabre
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: ADemocratNoMore

After reading this thread and the fact that I am in the process of building a new computer (specs below) and installing a home server, just goes to show what happens when the Federal Government stays out of the way.

New Computer

Intel I5 2500K CPU
AsRock Z98 Pro Gen2 Mother board
16 Gigs of PC1600 DDR3 Memory
ATI Radeon 6870 Video Card
318 Gigs of SSD Drives
3TB of Traditional Hard Drives
3 DVD-R Drives
27 In LED backighted Monitor

HP Proliant NL40 Server
3TB of Enterprise level hard drives
Cyberpower PFC UPS

And I am doing all of this for less than $2000.00


42 posted on 02/01/2012 10:24:58 PM PST by Wooly
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 39 | View Replies]

To: GeronL

“$6,499!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

how much is that in 2012 dollars?”

Well, to put it in perspective:

I bought a brand new car in 1986 for 4 bucks less than that.


43 posted on 02/01/2012 10:36:36 PM PST by Nik Naym (It's not my fault... I have compulsive smartass disorder.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: mamelukesabre

Quattropro, that brings back memories. Anyone use Geoworks, the GUI that windows copied?


44 posted on 02/01/2012 10:43:24 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: babygene

Can we chat about the Jornada 680? Did you have any contact with that product line?


45 posted on 02/01/2012 10:47:28 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom (Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: rockrr; mamelukesabre

>>My folks bought an Osborne running CP/M for their business in the mid 1980’

My first computer:

April 1981 Adam Osborne introduces the Osborne 1 at the West Coast Computer Faire. Features Z80A cpu, 5” display, 64 Kb RAM, keyboard, keypad, modem, (2) 5.25 100 Kb floppy disk drives. Retail price of $1795. Only 24 pounds! Includes $1500 worth of software, including BASIC, CP/M, WordStar, and SuperCalc. Forecasted first year sales 10,000 units and sold that many in the first month

FROM: http://www.thepcmuseum.net/timeline.php


46 posted on 02/01/2012 11:32:23 PM PST by expat1000
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 28 | View Replies]

To: mamelukesabre; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Salo; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; ...

47 posted on 02/02/2012 4:33:10 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mamelukesabre; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Salo; JosephW; Only1choice____Freedom; amigatec; ...

48 posted on 02/02/2012 4:33:53 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: mamelukesabre

IIRC, my in laws had a HP Vectra 486 (which I later upgraded to a Pentium) and it was around $2800.


49 posted on 02/02/2012 4:47:43 AM PST by Born Conservative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: GeronL

$13,338 in 2011 dollars


50 posted on 02/02/2012 5:16:58 AM PST by Tribune7 (GAS WAS $1.85 per gallon on the day Obama was Inaugurated! - - freeper Gaffer)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: gunsequalfreedom

The J680 came out in the late nineties I think and I was involved in big disk arrays by then, and retired a few years later. You might Google it and find some information though.


51 posted on 02/02/2012 5:19:46 AM PST by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 45 | View Replies]

To: mamelukesabre
Where are you getting these figures? I havn’t been able to find diddly on the internet.

Really? I dropped this into google: Compaq Desk Pro 386 of 1986 price

And received this link as the 4th hit.

In fact, the google summary of the page shows the price ($6499) so you don't even have to follow the link.

52 posted on 02/02/2012 5:35:06 AM PST by whd23 (Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: mamelukesabre

I thought I was the only one :O

I always preferred Word Perfect over Word (and Wordstar too) and Quatro over Lotus :)


53 posted on 02/02/2012 6:34:13 AM PST by Bikkuri
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Wooly

Why such a wimpy monitor? get a 40 inch 1080p TV and connect hdmi


54 posted on 02/02/2012 6:46:15 AM PST by LivingNet
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: whd23

I won’t use google. Period.


55 posted on 02/02/2012 7:34:39 AM PST by mamelukesabre
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: mamelukesabre
I won’t use google. Period.

But you said in post #4 that you already used google. Sorry, I'm just working with contradictory data.

56 posted on 02/02/2012 9:18:44 AM PST by whd23 (Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 55 | View Replies]

To: whd23

Are you trying to be a pain it the ass? Surely you know that the VERB “google” is not the same as the NOUN “google”.


57 posted on 02/02/2012 9:25:37 AM PST by mamelukesabre
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 56 | View Replies]

To: mamelukesabre
First, get bent; your attitude really sucks. You post a thread here because you're unwilling or unable to use internet search tools properly, and when you're offered help on your search skills you get your back up. I said that I was sorry for directing you to Google and that it was due to conflicting posts.

Second, post 2 does not use "google" as a verb, so your reply of "I already tried that" seems to indicate that you already tried Google.

Sheesh. Take some Midol and lay down.

58 posted on 02/02/2012 9:43:49 AM PST by whd23 (Every time a link is de-blogged an angel gets its wings.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: whd23

I’m not here to talk grammar with ya buddy. You wanna diagram sentences, do it with someone else. You KNOW “google” is not just a brand name. So just knock it off.


59 posted on 02/02/2012 10:32:48 AM PST by mamelukesabre
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: Tribune7

dang!


60 posted on 02/02/2012 11:05:09 AM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 50 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-68 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson