some pics of the hoard<\/p>\n
Apple 2e\t\tThe first PC I ever played with was a mates Apple 2e. Absolutely
\nfantastic machine at the time. If I could get some of the games
\nthat machine had for my current PC, I would still play them.<\/p>\n
Tandy TRS80\t\tNext was a Tandy TRS80 (known in the business as a ‘trash 80’).
\nI wrote my first solo programs on this thing in about 1980, and
\nthey worked!<\/p>\n
Mini-computer\t\tGot to play with a friends, fathers, machine on loan from
\nhis university. This was my first experience of a ‘mini-computer’.
\nBoy was this baby fast! Used an eight inch floppy drive though!<\/p>\n
Fujitsu M780\t\tIn my second job I was introduced to the world
\nof Mainframes, really big computers.
\nIt was a Fujitsu M780. I loved it.<\/p>\n
Olivetti 8086\t\tI drove (and maintained) the first Olivetti 8086 PC to make it
\ninto my workplace in 1986. No networks then, but I got involved in the first attempt to network them and was heavily involved in
\nthe first (card based) attempts to get them to emulate a terminal and connect to the ‘Main-Frame’.<\/p>\n
Toshiba ‘laptop’\t\tI got to use several of the early Toshiba ‘laptops’ or ‘portables’
\nwhile my work PC developed into a 286, I still had a ‘dumb
\nterminal’ on my desk, the PC was a shared resource. I remember having to book time-slots to use the one 386 we had on the floor.<\/p>\n
NEC Powermate Portable\t\tMy first PC was an NEC Powermate Portable, 80286. A brilliant machine that I could carry (read ‘lug’, at 8 kilograms) around
\nand pretend I owned a portable PC. I eventually gave it to a friend with no PC, he quickly upgraded and uses the NEC as a
\nfootrest currently, I expect he will find a better footrest soon and the NEC will find a final resting place.<\/p>\n
Amdahl5995 IBM9600 Hitachi GS8664\t\tBy now of course I was a mainframe bigot and continued to
\nassociate with an Amdahl5995, IBM9600 and Hitachi GS8664.
\n I was hooked.<\/p>\n
Toshiba 310CDT\t\tSince then I have owned a number of X86 based PC’s, all of which I have built myself. A while ago I made a small investment
\nin a second-hand laptop. When I started travelling I found it invaluable and have since invested more seriously in a decent
\nToshiba lappy. It is my lifeline to the rest of the world and my development\/experimentation machine as well.<\/p>\n
Celeron 333\t\tI’ve recently bought a second hand desktop 333 Celeron quite cheap. I’ve networked it to my laptop as a file server. The plan
\nis to use them both as Linux boxes, networked and sharing
\ndevices with ADSL constant internet connection serving this site. Just got to find the time.<\/p>\n
Dual Athlon 1.67 Ghz\t\tJust fnished building a new system. Spec included SMP, 1\/2 Gig RAM, SCSI disk, wireless LAN.
\nMachine runs SUSE Linux 7.2 and is primarily used as a file server.
\nWhat a waste!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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