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First computer was an Amstrad 8088 with 640K RAM. No HDD. 2 5.25" FDD - First computer I built: 386DX 4MB RAM, 213MB HDD 3.5" FDD. -- 1993 Upgraded over the years from 386 to 486, Pentium, ect.
First computer was an Amstrad 8088 with 640K RAM. No HDD. 2 5.25" FDD
- 1992 First computer I built: 386DX 4MB RAM, 213MB HDD 3.5" FDD. --
1993
Upgraded over the years from 386 to 486, Pentium, ect.
kirkspragg wrote to Garon <=-
A f u IBM for making it so hard to upgrade the PS/1 and PS/2 line of machines.
PS/2s were easy to upgrade -- when you could find the kit to do so!
kirkspragg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
PS/2s were easy to upgrade -- when you could find the kit to do so!
I must ask my folks why they decided on buying the PS/1 in the first
place & where they got it.
I must ask my folks why they decided on buying the PS/1 in the first place & where they got it.
Big difference between PS/2 and PS/1. PS/2s were Microchannel systems
that was intended for corporate use, and the PS/1 was an inexpensive
home machine with compromises made to cut costs - and which limited expansion.
kirkspragg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
avoid the cost of a second full power supply. I can recall if it was expandable via MCA or other expansion slots... I believe it was not OR
it required PS/1 specific cards.
I wonder how the PS/1 compared in price to similarly speced clone machines?
Initially I am not sure but when I got my first 8088-XT clone in late 1987, the clones were very much cheaper *and* easier to add components to.
MIKE POWELL wrote to KIRKSPRAGG <=-
Initially I am not sure but when I got my first 8088-XT clone in late 1987, the clones were very much cheaper *and* easier to add components
to.
I was just watching a video on YouTube last night about why the Tandy 1000 was so popular and successful when it was released in 1984. It was very IBM-compatible and worked with standard parts, and it competed against IBM-compatible home computers, and was also marketed as a business PC alternative to IBM's own PCs. Also, even at $1200 in 1984 dollars, it was still cheaper than the alternatives.
Big difference between PS/2 and PS/1. PS/2s were Microchannel systems
that was intended for corporate use, and the PS/1 was an inexpensive
home machine with compromises made to cut costs - and which limited expansion.
Dmxrob wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
Just adding in something like a sound card required you to do research
to make sure you had the right bus type!
You're not thinking of the PCJr, are you? That's a whole different
beast.
The PS/1 was a typical commodity desktop PC with standard expansion
slots, the PCJr was a little box with propritary parts, and the PS/2
was a business-class machine with Microchannel architecture.
kirkspragg wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
Prety sure it was PS/1 model 2011. From what I've seen on wikipedia &
on other sites thats what we had - I remember the weird memory
expansion module that it had & was installed in a slot hidden under the front cover.
Rixter wrote to kirkspragg <=-
The struggle to keep the BBS/computer running was the fun part I still remember those days. Computers kits and hardware shows. I wonder how
much money we have spent on these things over the years?
My first computer was a trs 80 coco 2 with 16k ram and cassette tape
For me, the fpart of the fun of BBSing was the challenge of getting a
BBS package, a mailer, a tosser, a nodelist utility, a file tosser, file announcer, disk defragmentation and scheduled BBS ads on several
networked subboards working - all through a batch file on an old DOS box in the corner.
The struggle to keep the BBS/computer running was the fun part I still remember those days. Computers kits and hardware shows. I wonder how
much money we have spent on these things over the years?
If it's given you joy and continues to do so, why worry about the cost in dollars?
There are plenty of ways to spend $$ to make ones self happy, at least this particular vice keeps your brain in good working order.
I hear this. I spent way too much time this morning battling with sed & awk which is a good way to learn more about/become more comfortable with them. Still haven't figured out the problem as of yet, but that's part
of the fun.
If it's given you joy and continues to do so, why worry about the cost in dollars?
There are plenty of ways to spend $$ to make ones self happy, at least this particular vice keeps your brain in good working order.
... Integrity is praised, and starves.
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
* Origin: 2o fOr beeRS bbS>>20ForBeers.com:1337 (21:2/150)
Scuz wrote to poindexter FORTRAN <=-
That's another reason I set up the OBV/2 board, I still have a ton of work to do with it, But at least I got this part of it up and running correctly! That took a lot of research and help from Jack Plash and Paulies file archive!
kirkspragg wrote to Warpslide <=-
We do tend to remove them in favor of python scripts once things get a
bit complicated to make maintenance a bit easier.... bash/sh scripts
using sed & awk expressions can grow over time to take on a life all of their own!
My first computer was a trs 80 coco 2 with 16k ram and cassette tapeSame here! I had it for about a week! Returned it and got a Tandy 1000HX. Went from cassette tape to 3.5" floppy. Man, I thought that was a lot of storage.
storage
I hear this. I spent way too much time this morning battling with sed &
awk which is a good way to learn more about/become more comfortable with them. Still haven't figured out the problem as of yet, but that's part
of the fun.
We do tend to remove them in favor of python scripts once things get a
bit complicated to make maintenance a bit easier.... bash/sh scripts
using sed & awk expressions can grow over time to take on a life all of their own!
I run a couple of wordpress blogs and a static blog created with a BASH script. Guess which one strikes my fancy more? :)
Dmxrob wrote to Poindexter Fortran <=-
You should check out Cloudflare Pages and Workers if you like that. It would be right up your alley. I have several websites now that have ditched the nonsense, bloated frameworks and went back to static builds thanks to Cloudflare pages.
We do tend to remove them in favor of python scripts once things get bit complicated to make maintenance a bit easier.... bash/sh scripts using sed & awk expressions can grow over time to take on a life all their own!
I run a couple of wordpress blogs and a static blog created with a BASH script. Guess which one strikes my fancy more? :)