Tech talk, cold comfort.

Posted: **2015-09-17 07:09**

Some new member joined, I was emailing him to ask if he is "real" or a "bot", Google brought up his profile (I won't post it here to keep his privacy) and he had a few pictures from old computers. I thought they were worth saving so here they are! :mrgreen:

...although, for some weird reason, he used his email as his nickname when he registered. I have asked him if he really wants it like that or not. Maybe a mistake. Hopefully, he is no "bot". He seems old school. :grin:

: Orginal IBM PC 5150 with 10MB HD in lower unit IBM 5150 with 10MB HD.JPG (107.22 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

: PowerMac 8500, 300, 512 Power MAC 8500-200-512.JPG (144 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

: Macintosh Classic MAC Classic.JPG (97.11 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

: Compaq Portable III. The Lunchbox Compaq portable III 2.JPG (132.74 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

: Apple IIGS connected to Mac Color Classic IIGS with CC.JPG (148.16 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

: Apple IIGS, loaded IIGS loaded.JPG (189.06 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

: Apple IIGS networked to Color Classic IIGS with CC 2.JPG (143.05 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

: The Apple IIGS IIGSs with drives.jpg (119.18 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

: Original Macintosh Macintosh M0001.JPG (58.3 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

: Tandy 1000 RL Tandy 1000 TL 2.JPG (139.43 KiB) Viewed 8428 times

Posted: **2015-09-18 16:31**

Naisss !

Here's some of my 286 pics :

: Siemens0.jpg (612.08 KiB) Viewed 8414 times

http://www.tmeeco.eu/BitShit/Siemens0.jpg

: Siemens1.jpg (619.63 KiB) Viewed 8414 times

http://www.tmeeco.eu/BitShit/Siemens1.jpg

: Siemens2.jpg (695.05 KiB) Viewed 8414 times

http://www.tmeeco.eu/BitShit/Siemens2.jpg

: Siemens3.jpg (728.23 KiB) Viewed 8414 times

http://www.tmeeco.eu/BitShit/Siemens3.jpg

: Siemens6.jpg (588.24 KiB) Viewed 8414 times

http://www.tmeeco.eu/BitShit/Siemens6.jpg

: Siemens7.jpg (622.03 KiB) Viewed 8414 times

http://www.tmeeco.eu/BitShit/Siemens7.jpg

: Siemens8.jpg (491.55 KiB) Viewed 8414 times

http://www.tmeeco.eu/BitShit/Siemens8.jpg

: Siemens9.jpg (389.98 KiB) Viewed 8414 times

http://www.tmeeco.eu/BitShit/Siemens9.jpg

: Siemens10.jpg (615.17 KiB) Viewed 8414 times

http://www.tmeeco.eu/BitShit/Siemens10.jpg

I later swapped the video card for a 512KByte Trident SVGA thing, added an 8bit SB compatible card and a 3com509 NIC.

This is the image the 286 fetched from the internet :

: 286.gif (12.78 KiB) Viewed 8418 times

I also have a 386 that needs a bit of work on it, a 486 which pic is actually seen somewhere on this forum, a Pentium 1 machine, and multiple PIII machines I don't consider old really.

Posted: **2015-09-18 18:38**

OH MY GOD, I SEE NORTON COMMANDER! :clap:

Posted: **2015-09-19 00:30**

I recently acquired a couple of old Commodore 64 computers. One works fine, the other always boots, recognizes memory about half the time, about half the keyboard works. Not sure about fixing the one or just saving it for spare parts...

Still need to work on this:

http://www.commodoreserver.com/BlogEntr ... 4C65DB541E

I got the adapter, but need to fashion the cable. Got some cartridges with the good one, will put up some posts when I find the time fiddle around.

Posted: **2015-09-19 00:45**

My God! That Tandy 1000 TL/2 brings back memories. I wanna play Hangman! :) And listen to Pachelbel's Canon! :mrgreen:

Posted: **2015-09-19 17:55**

NC 5.x was my favorite! Oh, how I love those hidden file markings in it. What the fuck happened to the computers? They no longer inspire! :cry:

Everything is so... crappy these days. Even with millions of colors and super fucking HD displays these days, those old computers and softwares rocked a lot harder! :neutral:

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Posted: **2015-09-21 01:14**

TmEE, I got a chuckle out of those two AA batteries. I can think back to times that I wish I had thought of it. :thumbup:

Tech talk, cold comfort.

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