Old Computers Come and Gone-Before Microsoft Invasion

Old Computers Come and Gone

Before Microsoft Invasion

1. Commodore PET, VIC, 64, 128

Started in 1977 and wound up in 1994

Guy switched to Atari, killing the project

I cut my teeth in 1988 with Commodore 128

 

 

2. Apple

IIe, Next, Mac, iMac

Never heard of them in Ceylon

I tried an Apple Globe discarded from Japan.

With minimum RAM but needed 6 or 7 CDs to boot Red Hat (Yellow hat) version.

Later booted with 2 Debian CDs and discarded before leaving Ceylon.

It was pain to operate it. 

 

 

3. Tandy

TRS-80, 1000

I have seen a few in Unite kingdom but never tried it.

 

 

4. IBM PC (51XX) 

 

My first computer was assembled Intel Commuter and not a branded one.

128MB ? 3-DDR RAM

4MB Video RAM

2 GB Dusk Drive upgraded to 80GB

Two CD/DVD Drives

It is still in Ceylon

 

It won't boot even Ubuntu 6 version

My branded computers were second hand IBM discarded from America or Canada in Alpha Computers in Kandy

 

I had 15 of IBM Intel Network at home.

Discarded 13 of them leaving two for testing Linux distributions.

Did not give any of them even to test.

Power consumption was enormous. 

This was the 32 bit time

 

Discarded all of them after I assembled a new PC with SATA drives.

Moved to 64 bit computers

It is in running condition in Ceylon but gathering dust.

 

The IBM Server was in my office room with 128 RAM and I could never find another IBM RAM to upgrade it and discarded.

The server

The telecom did not have routers but a Modem

I went Singapore and bought a router to connect all the 15 computers at home with 7 levels.

Ethernet wiring was done by me having climbed to the the roof.

I was supervising the Samba Network in the Faculty of Dental Sciences and I trained a guy in wiring and he was sent to the Engineering Faculty.

I measured the lengths and connections needed and got the PC Land guys in Kandy to fix the end point Ethernet plugs.

The wiring was expensive and I did not want them to be bent and destroy (I removed them before coming to Australia) the tiny coppers wires inside. They were put inside pipes used to run electric wires and were not exposed to e3lements.

5. DEC  

PDP and VAX

6. Atari

800, ST

I had an Atari 800 in 1994

 

 

7. Acorn /BBC

Not interested in

 

 

8, Sinclair

ZX80, ZX81, 1000, 1500

 

 

9.TI00 /4ATI

10. AMSTRAD

 

 British Origin was very big and was never interested in.

 

 

11. SGI / Gray

Onyx

12. Healthkit

 

 

13. ALTOS

MITS and ALTAIR 8800

14. SILICON GRAPHICS

15. NUC

I am currently on a Mini Computer