Most Decrepit Daily Use Computer

[Red Arrow]

After some comments from another thread, I thought I'd see if I have the most decrepit daily use computer.

AMD K6-2, 233 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Win98SE, 56K dialup.

My back-up computer, which I use to download GPS files from a recorder, is a Compaq Presario 1080, 166 MHz Pentium with MMX running Win95. I have to use the wall charger because the battery won't hold a charge.

[Hoss]

quote:Originally posted by Red Arrow

After some comments from another thread, I thought I'd see if I have the most decrepit daily use computer.

AMD K6-2, 233 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Win98SE, 56K dialup.

My back-up computer, which I use to download GPS files from a recorder, is a Compaq Presario 1080, 166 MHz Pentium with MMX running Win95. I have to use the wall charger because the battery won't hold a charge.

If you don't, you're pretty close.  The last time I hade a K6 233 was in the late nineties (the K6-2 was released in 1998).

[okcpulse]

Yikes.  I'm an NT Administrator with a quad core workstation at home.  I'd pull my hair out over such a machine.  SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio wouldn't even be able to be installed.

[Conan71]

Radio Shack TRS-80 [}:)]

[Kashmir]

Ha!  I thought it was so awesome when my dad had a VIC-20.  Space Invaders Champ!

[dbacks fan]

You mean this is not state of the art computing at it's best?



Commodore PET

Old computers

[Gaspar]

Thanks grandma.
It plays pre-MP3 files too.

[Gaspar]

My laptop.

[dbacks fan]

Wow Gaspar, you got the small version. I'm stuck with this for a laptop. I hear Emilio Estevez has one as well.....

[tulsa1603]

quote:Originally posted by Red Arrow

After some comments from another thread, I thought I'd see if I have the most decrepit daily use computer.

AMD K6-2, 233 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Win98SE, 56K dialup.

My back-up computer, which I use to download GPS files from a recorder, is a Compaq Presario 1080, 166 MHz Pentium with MMX running Win95. I have to use the wall charger because the battery won't hold a charge.

I had the same spec AMD K6-2, except I only had 32MB of RAM (I seem to remember upgrading to 64 at some point)...and I actually had DSL internet.  It was torture using that thing.  Had a HUGE 17" CRT monitor.  I finally gave up on it three years ago and bought the fastest new computer I could find to make it up to myself.

[Wrinkle]

Still have a functioning one of these:


Though, it just sits there these days.

[jne]

quote:Originally posted by Red Arrow

After some comments from another thread, I thought I'd see if I have the most decrepit daily use computer.

AMD K6-2, 233 MHz, 64 MB RAM, Win98SE, 56K dialup.

My back-up computer, which I use to download GPS files from a recorder, is a Compaq Presario 1080, 166 MHz Pentium with MMX running Win95. I have to use the wall charger because the battery won't hold a charge.

Can I come over and play Oregon Trail?

[Gaspar]

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

Still have a functioning one of these:


Though, it just sits there these days.

You should get a monitor for it!

[dbacks fan]

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

Still have a functioning one of these:


Though, it just sits there these days.

Is that a 386XT? I have one as well.

[Wrinkle]

quote:Originally posted by dbacks fan

quote:Originally posted by Wrinkle

Still have a functioning one of these:


Though, it just sits there these days.

Is that a 386XT? I have one as well.

Nope, two generations earlier. It's a full blown IBM-PC 5150 with Intel 8088 CPU at a blazing 4.77 MHz, 16K RAM, 160KB(Single-sided)5.25" Floppy Drives and a monochrome graphics board. Received Feburary 1982, first Tulsa shipment upon introduction.

Here's where I found the image, has
additional info.

Just part of the 'museum' around here.

UPDATE: I don't remember the exact price, but do recall it in excess of $5,000 with PC-DOS 1.0, EasyWriter (word processing) and Visi-Calc (spreadsheet).