[Constitutionalist Conservative]

Ahhhh, memories!

[dfwgator]

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

Our first hard drive was a 3.8 megabyte drum.
It had 17 read/write heads that were in contact with the drum and if it was bumped before it stopped, it was ruined.

[martin_fierro]

[johnny7]

LMAO...

[qam1]

Xer Ping

Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

Freep mail me to be added or dropped. See my home page for details and previous articles.

[Red in Blue PA]

Remember the old TRS-80 computer?

Several thousand dollars and it really didn’t do a whole lot!

[ßuddaßudd]

I have a 1987 Compaq Portable LANalyzer for sale.

[Kevmo]

B4L8r

[So Cal Rocket]

Osborne 1

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Osborne 1

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Osborne I

The first portable computer, developed by Adam Osborne and introduced in 1981. Floppy disk based with 64K of memory, it used the CP/M operating system and a modified version of the WordStar word processor that would display only 40 characters at a time across its tiny 4.5" CRT. It cost $1,795, which was considerably inexpensive for a computer of that era. Weighing in at nearly 30 pounds and requiring AC power, the Osborne was really more "transportable" than a true portable.

The Osborne I

We might chuckle at this today compared to our ultra-sleek laptops, but, for its time, the Osborne I was breakthrough technology. Adam Osborne started a revolution. (Equipment courtesy of Alfred J. Young.)

[uglybiker]

[jjm2111]

My dad has been in the comnputer business since there was one. He started working on mainframes that had vacuum tubes and now (pushing 70) is designing websites.

We had an Apple 2+ in the early eighties. It cost him $4000 is in like 1984 money. I thought booting up was so cool. I could play Red Storm Rising on it.The next was the 8086 clone. My 7th grade teacher said I couldn’t turn in reports done on Word. I actually printed out reports and then transposed them by writing them.

Now my Dad play Morrowind and writes scripts for it. On an online forum someone was boasting that, at 35, he was the oldest guy posting on the forum. My dad wrote in that he was 68.

[Army Air Corps]

I love these ads; they bring back so many fond memories.

A friend of mine once used an Atari 1040ST. He still has it and occasionally he boots it. He used to code his own games and other bits of software on it...in junior high.

[VOA]

Thanks for this thread.

It provoked me to finally Google something I’d heard from an old
geek that worked at UCLA about an early computer he fought with...
turns out the acronym he used was common knowlege.

IBM “CADET” = “Can’t Add, Doesn’t Even Try”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620

[Malsua]

I love this stuff!!

I was a purchaser for Inacom/Valcom (all defunct) back in 92. I was buying 4mb simms for $150/each and couldn’t keep them in stock.

I recall when the first 486/33 showed up in the shop. We all stared in awe. ROFL. I recall it cost about 2 grand at the time.

[VOA]

Sunday-evening bump

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

This is the first computer I ever purchased with my own money.

Ten years later, I had moved on to (comparatively) much better PCs. I gave the Jr away three times, and got it back three times. I finally ended up tossing it in the dumpster (don't tell anyone).