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What's the oldest computer you have that still runs?

by angryfirelord Jul 28, 2005 1:25AM PDT

Just curious.

Gateway:
Intel Pentium 90MHZ no MMX
16MB EDO SIMM RAM
S3 Trio 64 PCI 1MB Video RAM
800 something MB Hard Drive Western Digital Caviar
Desktop formfactor with AT motherboard
3 PCI and 4 ISA
4x CD-ROM
1 3.5" and 1 5.25" drive 1 tape drive
14" Gateway monitor
Creative Soundblaster ISA
Previously Win 3.1, now Win98.

Loaded Warcraft II and Riven and runs well surprisingly.

This machine cost my parents around $1700.

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IBM PC w/ Intel 8088 at 4.77 Megahertz.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Jul 28, 2005 1:42AM PDT

I has CGA graphics and a 20 megabyte hard disk.

I think my Compaq Portable (same CPU and speed) is within a year of that one) but I haven't fired it up recently.

It runs PC-Dos 3.3

Bob

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Apple IIe
by ozos Jul 28, 2005 1:59AM PDT

1MHZ CPU (unknown specifics)
unknown RAM
no HDD
requires a 5.25" present to operate
uses AppleSoft BASIC

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: What's the oldest computer you have that still runs?
by jcrobso Jul 28, 2005 3:09AM PDT

Well, I guess that I need to see if my IBM PCjr still rums. John

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Re: What's the oldest computer you have that still runs?
by Big Steve Aug 24, 2005 9:23PM PDT

PowerSpec Desktop PC
Model #5233
Have had since August 1998
Intel Pentium II processor 266MHz
64MB SDRAM expandable to 384MB
6.4GB EIDE Western Digital hard drive; 5400 RPM, 256KB buffer
3.5" 1.44MB floppy disk drive
32X ATAPI/EIDE CD-ROM
PCI-128 3D 128 sound card
4MB PCI video w/S3 Virge DX 3D chipset
512K pipeline burst cache
250W ATX PS
56K fax modem w/voice and speakerphone
OS & software: MS Windows 95, MS Works, MS Encarta, MS Money, MS Entertainment pack.

I'm on my third HP inkjet printer with this system and my second CRT monitor. This system still runs but barely and will have to be put to rest very soon.

I would like to replace it soon with a new desktop PC from Velocity Micro but I can't decide whether to purchase one of their company's Vision SX-V models or the more upscale Vision 64; both systems have AMD Athlon processors.


Big Steve
End Of Message
08/25/05

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would have been my ibm, but i killed it
by AKonny47 Jul 28, 2005 3:41AM PDT

i used to have an ibm pentium II with 128mb of ram er something but i threw that away, so i would say my sony vaio p4 1.8GHz 256mb ram 90gb hdd and an fx5200.

konny

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by Alan Copeland Jul 28, 2005 8:10AM PDT

I gave away a Gateway 486/66 with 730 MB Hard Drive running Win 95 with I believe 64 MB ram. It would actually get online but sloooowly.

Also had a completely functional Apple IIE with Imagewriter II printer, color monitor and Duodisk drive set up with loads of software including Word Perfect which had never been installed. That computer and software caused around $5000 to disappear from my bank account between 1985-87.

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My reason to these expensive computers
by angryfirelord Jul 28, 2005 11:33AM PDT

Competition wasn't as neck and neck as today. So companies could charge $$$$$$$ without fear of taking a hit. Now with Intel v AMD, nVidia v ATI and so on, they consistantly cut their prices. That's why a $400 computer can exist, but not 10 years ago.

Only 10 years? Maybe the computer world does evolve a little too fast.

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RE: oldest puter that still works
by Janiebabes Aug 24, 2005 12:11PM PDT

A commadore 64 still in its original box

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Hybred XT with 286cpu
by Willy Aug 24, 2005 12:51PM PDT

A XT system based on a 286cpu. It was a cross of plain XT and AT w/o full blown AT abiilites. At the time pretty decent, now all it does is support the basement floor. Its last job was printing labels on a dot matrix, that too sits next to it. -----Willy Happy

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Oldest computer still running
by jrw27288 Aug 25, 2005 1:43AM PDT

I have a old commodore vic 20 that still runs like new. Cassette drive and everything.

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Commodore 128
by linkit Aug 25, 2005 3:18PM PDT

I forgot about the Vic-20. My Commodore 128 still works. 1571 drive. Old games. BTW, I have had success playing the games in C64 emulation in Windows XP. The PC versions of the old (paleo) games just don't have the great sounds and music (in relative terms) of C64 software.

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compaq elite laptop
by slash_4600 Oct 27, 2005 10:08AM PDT

this is rlly anchient this compaq elite has

a 386 proccessor at 75 mghz
24 mb of ram max installed
no cd only floppy
no usb on pcmcia slot for cards that arent even made nemore
win 3.1
its got a ps2, serial, parafile, vga and some wierd port
it actualy runs rlly good I had an ibm think pad that was older that I fried and gave away and then he thro it away and other than those I have my accer it actualy has 128 mb of like that rlly old ram thats uber hard to get out of ur pc and its at like its max amount of thing exept I can put 1 more thing in like a sound card lol thank god I have my uber sweet dream pc infront of me right now or else I`d b on a old intel comp(made all by intell, creative, and ati)

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Comp
by fema2129 Mar 6, 2010 3:42AM PST

intel 16mhz
16mb ram
42kb vga
1gb 4200rpm
win 98

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