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davekone Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #1 · Old computers & calculators Doing a rather odd product photo job at the moment. These are unprocessed photos form RAW->JPEG. Posting more for the nostalgia you might find from old machines of the past. I have a ton more to do, will follow up later on.. Enjoy this old gear, some are actually ancient old! Oct 08, 2008 at 11:49 PM

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davekone Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #9 · Old computers & calculators more......................................... 3rd photo I did some post proc on. Edited on Oct 09, 2008 at 10:49 AM · View previous versions Oct 08, 2008 at 11:53 PM

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dweldon Online Image Upload: Off p.1 #11 · Old computers & calculators Thanks For The Memories...... I started my career in 74 using one those old huge calculators with a pull handle. My 1st computer was the Apple II I also started MSDOS systems with that huge Compaq suitcase, 7" monitor, (2) floppies and no HDD. Oct 08, 2008 at 11:58 PM

David Sm Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #12 · Old computers & calculators I wish someone made Curta mechanical calculator replicas. Oct 09, 2008 at 12:16 AM

Steady Hand Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #13 · Old computers & calculators That series sure did bring back some memories. I remember some of those so well. What a difference 20 years has made in computing! I can remember that Commodore 64 (thinking....how cool...it has so much power!). And the timex, compaq portable (wow...bigger screen than the Kaypro!).. It has been a while since I last saw these. Sure would make a nice collection in the future. Oct 09, 2008 at 01:37 AM

Sam Bortol Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #14 · Old computers & calculators Man this is absolutely awesome...I wasn't even born at the time most of these were made. Really great you have put all these together, really shows how far we've come and where we came from! Oct 09, 2008 at 01:38 AM

cwebster Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #15 · Old computers & calculators Nice! I had one of several of those. I punched IBM cards as my after-school job in college, and my first "computer" was a terminal and an acoustic modem. Loved my Osborne, but 'bout went blind trying to write manuals on that tiny screen. Thanks for the memories. <Chas> Oct 09, 2008 at 05:32 AM

davekone Offline Image Upload: On p.1 #16 · Old computers & calculators I ran in this order: TI99 TI99/4A Timex Sinclair 1000 Atari 520st Atari 1040st On the Atari I was running a DOS emulator that went faster that the fastest Intel based DOS machines available at the time. I ticked a lot of hard core DOS people off with that one. Then I went PC based in the 80286 era forward. I ran a BBS system on the Atari 1040 with a 20 meg hard drive. Ran a BBS using TBBS The Bread Board System on the PC and also used WWIV. I remember when I turned my Meg HD into 30 by using an RLL controller. My friend was Commodore I was Atari, can you imagine the disputes! Makes Apple versus Windows fans look weak! I remember when you could type a program in from a magazine and it actually did something! Then storing them on a cassette tape, that I do not miss! Computers during the time I started seemed to have much more personality and simply were more exciting that today. Each one was very different in look, feel, and OS. They had style, today it is more of the same standardized stuff that just gets bloatier (is that a word) and the hardware faster, but never fast enough. Today you would need an army of programmers to churn something useful out that is not already done or has been commercialized into a download via paypal for $29.95. I could go on but... Oct 09, 2008 at 11:11 AM

Mike Abbott Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #17 · Old computers & calculators Interesting shots of old gear I was thinking, until I got down to the last image - the Compaq. That stopped me in my tracks. I remember working with one. How time flies... Oct 10, 2008 at 09:48 PM

2thfixr Offline Buy and Sell: On p.1 #18 · Old computers & calculators Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Cool idea! Oct 10, 2008 at 10:10 PM

mhayes5254 Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #19 · Old computers & calculators The first laboratory based computer I used in the late 70's required the following to boot (can not remember the model): 1) using toggle switches on the front panel, key in a 20-30 step 16 bit binary program that taught the system how to read paper tapes (Half inch wide tapes with holes punched in them with the program code) 2) read in a 30 foot long paper tape operating system/program and hope the tape did not break Always keep plenty of backup paper tapes on hand. It did not have a hard drive but had a 5 1/4 inch floppy for data storage Oct 11, 2008 at 07:48 PM

nikt Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #20 · Old computers & calculators Love these products, just not keen on how they've been lit. Still have an Amiga 4000 they I play pinball on! Oct 12, 2008 at 06:46 AM

JeanYves Ahern Online Image Upload: On p.1 #21 · Old computers & calculators great objects. is it a garage sale? jean-yves Oct 12, 2008 at 03:19 PM

Krosavcheg Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #22 · Old computers & calculators Wow!! Great shots!! I still got 2 C64 and 2 Amigas - 500 and 1200...=) True pleasure to use still. Oct 13, 2008 at 07:18 AM

Bill Gass Online Image Upload: On p.1 #23 · Old computers & calculators Holy crap batman...Check out this stuff...Try surfin the net with those...Love the dual floppy drives and the old phone modems. Don't even have a home phone anymore... 20 meg hard drive... ...Remember how much those things cost new back then... Nice shots, ~Bill~ Oct 13, 2008 at 12:52 PM

Desmo Offline Image Upload: Off p.1 #24 · Old computers & calculators davekone wrote: I ran in this order: TI99 TI99/4A Timex Sinclair 1000 Atari 520st Atari 1040st On the Atari I was running a DOS emulator that went faster that the fastest Intel based DOS machines available at the time. I ticked a lot of hard core DOS people off with that one. Then I went PC based in the 80286 era forward. I ran a BBS system on the Atari 1040 with a 20 meg hard drive. Ran a BBS using TBBS The Bread Board System on the PC and also used WWIV. I remember when I turned my Meg HD into 30 by using an RLL controller. My friend was Commodore I was Atari, can you imagine the disputes! Makes Apple versus Windows fans look weak! I remember when you could type a program in from a magazine and it actually did something! Then storing them on a cassette tape, that I do not miss! Computers during the time I started seemed to have much more personality and simply were more exciting that today. Each one was very different in look, feel, and OS. They had style, today it is more of the same standardized stuff that just gets bloatier (is that a word) and the hardware faster, but never fast enough. Today you would need an army of programmers to churn something useful out that is not already done or has been commercialized into a download via paypal for $29.95. I could go on but... +1 ! I was almost the same ! Waouh, I want to cry... Oct 14, 2008 at 02:36 PM

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