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buster80

Post subject: This still works

Posted: July 12th, 2011, 9:05

Joined: January 23rd, 2010, 16:20
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Location: Data Recovery in Glasgow, Scotland

17 years old

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einstein9

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 12th, 2011, 9:10

Joined: May 13th, 2010, 11:17
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Location: Kuwait

I have even older than this still working

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buster80

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 12th, 2011, 9:46

Joined: January 23rd, 2010, 16:20
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Location: Data Recovery in Glasgow, Scotland

PC AT/XT?

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einstein9

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 12th, 2011, 9:47

Joined: May 13th, 2010, 11:17
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Location: Kuwait

i do have my 1st. fax modem which looks like a dvd player 1200bps
which is one of the Antiques i got

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fzabkar

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 13th, 2011, 8:43

Joined: September 8th, 2009, 18:21
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Location: Australia

The PC that I'm typing this on is 13 years old.

My optical mouse (Mouse Systems M4II) is even older, probably 20 years.

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buster80

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 13th, 2011, 8:45

Joined: January 23rd, 2010, 16:20
Posts: 248
Location: Data Recovery in Glasgow, Scotland

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The PC that I'm typing this on is 13 years old

NT?

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N.C.

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 13th, 2011, 8:58

Joined: March 28th, 2008, 7:52
Posts: 1479
Location: Europe, Hungary

buster80 wrote:

PC AT/XT?

I have in my stock a working XT with working 20MB MFM HDD!

Now i am looking for monochrome monitor for this, because it is missing actually...

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buster80

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 13th, 2011, 8:59

Joined: January 23rd, 2010, 16:20
Posts: 248
Location: Data Recovery in Glasgow, Scotland

I had a monochrome on my XT with a mesh cover on it

N.C. wrote:

buster80 wrote:

PC AT/XT?

I have in my stock a working XT with working 20MB MFM HDD!

Now i am looking for monochrome monitor for this, because it is missing actually...

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N.C.

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 13th, 2011, 9:22

Joined: March 28th, 2008, 7:52
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Location: Europe, Hungary

buster80 wrote:

I had a monochrome on my XT with a mesh cover on it

N.C. wrote:

buster80 wrote:

PC AT/XT?

I have in my stock a working XT with working 20MB MFM HDD!

Now i am looking for monochrome monitor for this, because it is missing actually...

wow

Can you take a picture?

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buster80

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 13th, 2011, 9:29

Joined: January 23rd, 2010, 16:20
Posts: 248
Location: Data Recovery in Glasgow, Scotland

"had" long time ago. 1988

A thing of beauty

My dad worked for IBM La Défense

I used to play a game called Barbarian, the good old days

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buster80

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 13th, 2011, 9:31

Joined: January 23rd, 2010, 16:20
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Location: Data Recovery in Glasgow, Scotland

Found it , Kinda emotional

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nknNZag9 ... re=related

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dobrevjetser

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 14th, 2011, 6:58

Joined: December 27th, 2006, 10:15
Posts: 1855
Location: Belgium

Still have a working DAI (1979 - Pre IBM-PC), as well as an Apple II, Atari ST6, a ZX80 and a ZX81 and also a commodore somewhere.
Building my own small museum.

Dobre

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buster80

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 14th, 2011, 7:01

Joined: January 23rd, 2010, 16:20
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Location: Data Recovery in Glasgow, Scotland

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... mputer.jpg

nice

dobrevjetser wrote:

Still have a working DAI (1979 - Pre IBM-PC), as well as an Apple II, Atari ST6, a ZX80 and a ZX81 and also a commodore somewhere.
Building my own small museum.

Dobre

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loki

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 14th, 2011, 11:01

Joined: July 7th, 2010, 4:45
Posts: 926
Location: UK

I feel so young :lol:

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buster80

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: July 14th, 2011, 11:18

Joined: January 23rd, 2010, 16:20
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Location: Data Recovery in Glasgow, Scotland

You haven't lived until you have reinstalled NT SP4 300 times

loki wrote:

I feel so young :lol:

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thatdastardlytech

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: August 3rd, 2011, 18:04

Joined: March 24th, 2011, 15:49
Posts: 5
Location: United States

Oh man this is old, I remember using this at school as a child!

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Roy

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: August 4th, 2011, 7:35

Joined: August 4th, 2011, 5:46
Posts: 2
Location: Germany

>17 years old and still works

I wonder if a modern laptop or PC will work until 2028

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loki

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: August 4th, 2011, 8:37

Joined: July 7th, 2010, 4:45
Posts: 926
Location: UK

Not a chance it will get just out of warranty & then fail :lol:

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thatdastardlytech

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: August 10th, 2011, 17:27

Joined: March 24th, 2011, 15:49
Posts: 5
Location: United States

I highly doubt my current system will last until 2028 haha!

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buster80

Post subject: Re: This still works

Posted: September 16th, 2011, 5:58

Joined: January 23rd, 2010, 16:20
Posts: 248
Location: Data Recovery in Glasgow, Scotland

PDP11-40 running rsx11-d

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