Who has the oldest hardware in use right now.
 

I'm working on a project for work that requires the use of a 486 DX-40, 12Meg HD, Windows 3.1, Borland C 3.1, and a relocatable linker to generate a ROM for an 8051 microprocessor board.

Can anyone beat that? Remember, it is something that you actually use to do something productive, not something sitting in a closet.

Well, I last used my Comadore 64 a month back.

Why the hell would you use a 486 DX-40? A complete Pentium II system off of Ebay can be had for less than $50.

That having been said, I have a machine at work that's a pentium 100, working as an email server.

^ because the linker we have won't install on a pentium... It thinks its an 8088 and it needs the 386's instruction set. Believe me, If I had a choice, I wouldn't use it, but I have to support a product.

Haha. Sweet. Did they actually remove instructions going from 486 -> Pentium? I thought they only added instructions, and it shouldn't matter in that case, right? Oh well. Best luck on getting a better compiler. ^_^

I would have thought they only added instrutions too... But when I tried to install it on a P75 system a few years back, it said something to the effect of: "This software requires a minimum of a 386 instruction set. Installation aborting."

Oh well, I only have to work with P.O.S. about once a year or so anyway. Maybe when it dies, they will break down and buy some newer software tools (or abandon that project for a more modern version!)

Anybody else using old hardware?

I've got a P100 I use as a hardware firewall.
It isn't in the case though.

i keep a PS2 Model 30 8086/8088 (i forget) in the living room to play digger, and sometimes GORILLA.BAS
i even have a BBS setup on it that the whole family logs into to play door games.

My computer is a Pentium 133, running windows 98, with a 2.5 gig harddrive and a 1 gig harddrive.

I am sorry. We should start a "buy jerimiah a new computer" fund.

~ Missy

i also have a pentium 133 w/'98 and a 2.1gb HD. i also have a 386DX 33mhz w/4mb of RAM and an 80mb HD and win 3.1. also a laptop type thing, 486 66mhz w/8mb of RAM and '95 on a 510mb HD and a 4x CD-ROM.

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Sorry Cabo . . I just had to.

my 386 has a 9600 baud modem.:eek:

Man! How could you live like that?

i'm not sure. at the time i had AOL 3.0 on the computer. all i ever really did was go to chat rooms and use the IM thing in AOL.

I programmed on a DEC PDP-10 once, but then it started to smoke because I was asking too many questions.

-Duane

The Surgeon General has determined that smoking is bad for your health.
Have you tried nicotine patches or can you get it to chew gum instead.

UJ

The main computer I usually am on (the one with all my junk, the one I'm typing on right now) Is an IBM Aptiva that started out with a PII at 233mhz, 32mb 66mhz SD Ram and a 6gig hard drive. Now its a PII at 300mhz, 320mb of ram at 100mhz (even though it doesn't matter since its downcycled) and the original 6 gig drive with a 60 attached and a cd burrner replacing the cdrom. Its running WinXP SP1 :P.

Trigger: And that's what I've done. Maintained it for 20 years. This old brooms had 17 new heads and 14 new handles in its time.
Sid: How the hell can it be the same bloody broom then?
Trigger: Theres the picture. What more proof do you need?

I have a 486-DX66 with 52mb of EDO RAM (all 4 slots plus the 8mb onboard full, some of the higher capacity RAM hadn't been invented yet but it detects it all). It takes about literally 40 seconds to count it all at startup. It has a 56k ISA modem (which are hard to find) and IE 5.5, Win 95, even an old version of Winamp 2 although it can't handle mp3s. It's a lovely bright orange and bright green with stickers all over it.

Before you get concerned, I also have a much never computer.

I have a calculator from 1985. I win :p

I am a calculator from 1983, bitch. :p

I am a calculator from 1969 -- top that :)

Van!:D
Still hard and (*whisper* *whisper* *whisper*)..
Really?.....oh!>>>>>>>>

very easy Missy
i'm from 1965 :p

but back on topic i still own a system that works on cp/m - for those who grew up with windows - cp/m is the program language that came before DOS.
you start it by typing go bc00 ( it starts of floppy disks - the big ones)

Look like the Dude2222 wins!

I'll have to dig up my old Sinclair and see if it still runs!:D

A couple of years ago, for work we set up Firstar Bank (now US Bank) branches with new computer systems. We removed all of the teller pcs running windows and replaced them with terminals that now ran off of the OS2/Warp server in the basement.

I wonder who's idea that was?

technically I guess that's not really hardware. Just ignore me.

I'm punching this post into a paper card right now....

I have a calculator that was made in 1986. I still use it when I'm in Peru.

Will that be the 5 1/4 or the 8 inch Sir.

I would have posted sooner but had to wait for the valves to warm up.

UJ

AHAHAHAHAHA! ahhhh! *whew*
The History of The Punchcard..In case you give a shit! :D

http://oldcomputers.net/pics/sorcerer-s100.jpg

with a double 5 1/4 harddisk drive , watch your back when lifting the damn thing.

Where's the screen?

couldn't find a pic and i don't have a working webcam to take pictures.

It doesn't have a screen. It uses an advanced ESP technology to render images directly into your brain.:p

I have 2 of those (love them) but no working PSUs :(

well, right now my firewall/NAT server is this :

code:
[root@Freesco] cat cpuinfo

processor       : 0

cpu             : 486

model           : 486 DX-25/33

vendor_id       : GenuineIntel

stepping        : unknown

fdiv_bug        : no

hlt_bug         : no

f00f_bug        : no

fpu             : yes

fpu_exception   : yes

cpuid           : no

wp              : yes

flags           :

bogomips        : 16.59

        total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:

Mem:  35807232 34934784   872448  6324224 21712896  2965504

Swap: 33550336   241664 33308672

Running Freesco an old Compaq Deskpro. One of these days I'm gonna upgrade it to that Deskpro Pentium 90 that is sitting in the storage room, but I'm lazy.

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/...asp?st=1&c=214

No screenshots, but some technical details and geek porn.

Edit: just remembered I still have one of these.

I still have a working TRS-80 with no hard drive, only a 5" floppy and I think 16k of ram. It's really useful for a good intense game of Pong I wrote.

C64 and NES-8bit... Just touching the units takes me back to the golden era. One can never get tired of the good old 80s :D, everything was better then :up: