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What is the slowest computer you've ever owned?
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I remember that, OS/2 Warp! I never could get it to install and function 100% on the computer I had so I got a refund on the OS. I was just thinking about this last week trying to remember what it was called!
I didn't own it but in the mid eighties I used to use a dual tape drive HP with a 7" green & black screen for knocking out CAD/CAM data for a Fanuc Wire Erosion machine.
It cost over £25,000 for the computer and software package. Post processing the data to Fanuc code used to take up to 20 minutes for a single die aperture depending on the shape and complexity.
Today the same process takes less than a second for a multi-aperture layout and the computer and software package will cost you less than £3,000.
It cost over £25,000 for the computer and software package. Post processing the data to Fanuc code used to take up to 20 minutes for a single die aperture depending on the shape and complexity.
Today the same process takes less than a second for a multi-aperture layout and the computer and software package will cost you less than £3,000.
I was addicted to Save New York on the Commodore 64. My friend had that game and I played it whenever I went over to his house. Probably 1992-1993. Fun times. I don't remember much else about the c64, most of my friends had 386's and 486's and Tandy's. Legend of Kyrandia! ahhaa
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Something like this...
Mine was a 286.
Oh DOS how I do not miss your command prompts!
Something like this...
Mine was a 286.
Oh DOS how I do not miss your command prompts!
There was a "Leading Edge IBM Compatible" that my parents bought off of someone that was outdated LONG before we ever got it. (When we went to pick it up at the people we bought it from's house I saw their new Apple computer and it had a colored screen!)
Anyway the first one besides that I could have swore was an i386, I know for sure it ran Windows 3.1 (barely) so I'm not totally sure if thats accurate or not.
Anyway the first one besides that I could have swore was an i386, I know for sure it ran Windows 3.1 (barely) so I'm not totally sure if thats accurate or not.
The slowest machine closest to my desk (and prob only one still working ) is my powerbook 1400c...133mhz of raw processing powa. It was pretty epic when I first got it!
) is my powerbook 1400c...133mhz of raw processing powa. It was pretty epic when I first got it!
First computer that was MINE was a 200mhz IBM something that my father bought from his job (at IBM). I was so proud to have my own computer in college.
I had a Kaypro II PC. Early version of a laptop, but about the size of the Samsonite luggage that Ape used to jump up and down on in the commercials.
Released: 1982
Price: US $1595.
Weight: 26 lbs
CPU: Zilog Z80, 2.5 MHz
RAM: 64K
Display: 9" green phosphor screen.
24 X 80 text only
Ports: Serial port
Parallel port
Storage: Two internal 5-1/4"
SS-DD 195K drives
OS: CP/M, SBASIC
Released: 1982
Price: US $1595.
Weight: 26 lbs
CPU: Zilog Z80, 2.5 MHz
RAM: 64K
Display: 9" green phosphor screen.
24 X 80 text only
Ports: Serial port
Parallel port
Storage: Two internal 5-1/4"
SS-DD 195K drives
OS: CP/M, SBASIC
I can't even tell you the specs on the first computer I used, because I was about 6 years old, but my dad brought home some old piece of crap from work for me and my sister to use. All I remember was it ran Lotus and had a floppy drive.
I used to pretend I was Dougie Howser and write my journal on it every day. We also played some crystal game on floppies.
First and slowest computer that was really mine, that I paid for, was a Thinkpad 755C laptop. I was about 15 years old, saved up for about two months, and bought one from a classifieds paper for $355. It had a badass 14.4k modem (which I later upgraded to 28k). Loved that thing. It served me valiantly until my sister dropped it and shattered the screen.
I used to pretend I was Dougie Howser and write my journal on it every day. We also played some crystal game on floppies.
First and slowest computer that was really mine, that I paid for, was a Thinkpad 755C laptop. I was about 15 years old, saved up for about two months, and bought one from a classifieds paper for $355. It had a badass 14.4k modem (which I later upgraded to 28k). Loved that thing. It served me valiantly until my sister dropped it and shattered the screen.
A 486DX2 with 66Mhz and OS/2 Warp installed.
We had Warp when I started at high school, I was fascinated by it
The slowest computer I've ever personally owned was a 400 MHz Cyrix machine. If you count my parents' computers then it'd be a C64.
Digicomp
Digicomp was a mechanical plastic computer that had 3 flip-flops I recall. Clock speed about .5 Hz. Made me what I am today.
Digicomp was a mechanical plastic computer that had 3 flip-flops I recall. Clock speed about .5 Hz. Made me what I am today.
I had a RCA Cosmac VIP, that I used as a sequencer for a PAiA Electronics drum tone oscillator board in the pre-MIDI days.
Compaq Deskpro 386N
16MHz, 2MB RAM, Windows 3.1
I still have it along with my Atari 2600 and 5600 at my Mom's place.
16MHz, 2MB RAM, Windows 3.1
I still have it along with my Atari 2600 and 5600 at my Mom's place.
slowest pc - a Compaq dual-floppy "luggable" 28-lb suitcase machine from 1983, 4.77MHz
fastest pc - nice sturdy 15-lb Toshiba laptop T3100SX from late 80s I think, it was 16 MHz
slowest mac - the totally huggable 512K unenhanced from 1985, 8MHz
fastest mac - MBP 13", 2.4GHz
fastest pc - nice sturdy 15-lb Toshiba laptop T3100SX from late 80s I think, it was 16 MHz
slowest mac - the totally huggable 512K unenhanced from 1985, 8MHz
fastest mac - MBP 13", 2.4GHz