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buster80
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This still works

July 12th, 2011, 9:05

17 years old :)
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Re: This still works

July 12th, 2011, 9:10

I have even older than this still working
buster80
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Re: This still works

July 12th, 2011, 9:46

PC AT/XT? :wink:
einstein9

Re: This still works

July 12th, 2011, 9:47

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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Re: This still works

July 13th, 2011, 8:43

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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Re: This still works

July 13th, 2011, 8:45

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


NT?
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Re: This still works

July 13th, 2011, 8:58

buster80 wrote:PC AT/XT? :wink:


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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Re: This still works

July 13th, 2011, 8:59

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

N.C. wrote:
buster80 wrote:PC AT/XT? :wink:


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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Re: This still works

July 13th, 2011, 9:22

buster80 wrote:I had a monochrome on my XT with a mesh cover on it :)

N.C. wrote:
buster80 wrote:PC AT/XT? :wink:


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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Re: This still works

July 13th, 2011, 9:29

"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 8)
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Re: This still works

July 13th, 2011, 9:31

Found it , Kinda emotional :)


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

Re: This still works

July 14th, 2011, 6:58

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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Re: This still works

July 14th, 2011, 7:01

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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Re: This still works

July 14th, 2011, 11:01

I feel so young :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: This still works

July 14th, 2011, 11:18

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

loki wrote:I feel so young :lol: :lol: :lol:
thatdastardlytech

Re: This still works

August 3rd, 2011, 18:04

Oh man this is old, I remember using this at school as a child!
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Re: This still works

August 4th, 2011, 7:35

>17 years old and still works

I wonder if a modern laptop or PC will work until 2028 :)
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Re: This still works

August 4th, 2011, 8:37

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

Re: This still works

August 10th, 2011, 17:27

I highly doubt my current system will last until 2028 haha!
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Re: This still works

September 16th, 2011, 5:58

PDP11-40 running rsx11-d
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