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265134 2004-08-25 05:36:00 Battle!

Who has the oldest working computer?

Me. I have a 486 dx 66Mhz, 400mb HDD, about 24mb ram. cool huh? oh yeah and a 4x CD-ROM drive.
and a AMD (yay) K6 225MHz. 6GB HDD, 64meg ram. 2mb crappy PCI video card. 52x cdrom

My friend has a 386.

Does anyone have a 286? (working) 		fus1_n (3818)
265135 2004-08-25 05:41:00 My Sinclair ZX Spectrum still works! CYaBro (73)
265136 2004-08-25 05:48:00 I am the proud owner of one Toshiba T3200 Personal Computer.

Portable Desktop.

Old school laptop.

Click here.

This is ofcourse the predecessor to my Toshiba T4850CT, with a whopping 16MB of RAM (8MB of which is by PCMCIA cards), with a nice 486DX.

Then there's the P133, then the P200, and the other P200 running server 2003, and the p266 that I relied on uptill miday through 2003... 		Growly (6)
265137 2004-08-25 06:02:00 Does my abascus or 10 digit fingers count? (pun intended) nzStan (440)
265138 2004-08-25 06:03:00 I am the proud owner of one Toshiba T3200 Personal Computer.

So yes, I have a 286. Infact, it's a 80286-12 Microprocessor. Here's the instruction manual: sal.neoburn.net

It also has, infact let me quote:

"...The Toshiba TC3200 is one of the most advanced portable personal computers available. Weighing only 19 pounds, it offers more power than the IBM PC AT..."

"An 80286-12 microprocessor operating an IBM PC AT compatible BIOS ROM at 12MHz or 6MHz (selectable from keyboard) plus a socket for an 80287-8 math coprocessor [to] provide speed and flexibility in software operation."

"An internal 3.5" hard disk drive, which can hold up to 40MB of data in fixed (non-removable) storage, and an internal double-sided, double-density, 3.5" diskette drive, which accommodates diskettes that hold up to 720KB of information, provide[s] storage and portability for software and data."

"One megabyte of random access memory (RAM) lets you run most popular software packages without buying more memory."

This laptop is such a beast, that it has it's own AC- DC power supply onboard, and two 16-bit ISA slots.


This is ofcourse the predecessor to my Toshiba T4850CT, with a whopping 16MB of RAM (8MB of which is by PCMCIA cards), with a nice 486DX.

Then there's the P133, then the P200, and the other P200 running server 2003, and the p266 that I relied on uptill miday through 2003... 		Growly (6)
265139 2004-08-25 06:04:00 Excuse the double post, didn't thin it went throught the first time. Infact, excuse this post which is excusing the double post too. Growly (6)
265140 2004-08-25 06:17:00 My Sinclair QL works, except for the keyboard:d . Vince Vince (406)
265141 2004-08-25 06:21:00 PDP11-34 (ca. 1972). In the smaller area (the 11 is in a 5ft rack) , how about the Osborne (trans)portable. That's a CP/M machine with a 5" screen and 5¼" floppy. I've got a number of 8086 machines ... I'm sure there's a 286 or two. My first Linux box is a 386sx20 --- still running. My tape backup driver is a 486DX33. There are also a few Acorns and Amigas ... I don't know if my Sinclairs (ZX81, Soectrum) work --- they didn't work too well new. :D Somewhere under the heap there's a TI in a box with all its manuals. Graham L (2)
265142 2004-08-25 06:26:00 Sinclair ZX80, if only I could remember where I put it.

Purchased in 1980. My first PC.

Also a Burroughs E8000 mainframe (1969 - 1972) but it no longer goes, so does not count. Literally.

Also IBM System/34 mainframe (~1980) but it "no longer counts" either.

Both the mainframes make excellent shed cupboards now. 		godfather (25)
265143 2004-08-25 06:30:00 a family member still uses regulary an sanyo XT (8mhz ????). has a hardrive and 5" floppy drives. runs DOS fine (no idea what ver) and some really basic spreadsheat program for doing family accounts on. even had some text based games for it once apon a time. tweak'e (174)
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