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| Thread ID: 83860 | 2007-10-15 16:08:00 | 1970's Computers. An Archive Of Photos | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 601842 | 2007-10-15 16:08:00 | Just for fun, how many of these (content.zdnet.com) do you remember? | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 601843 | 2007-10-15 17:35:00 | Thanks Joe. Interesting. This site shows 90 old computers all on one page, along with many links: oldcomputers.net This was my first computer: oldcomputers.net I remember the adverts for these: oldcomputers.net oldcomputers.net |
Morpheus1 (186) | ||
| 601844 | 2007-10-15 17:50:00 | Funny stuff. My first was this Aquarius (oldcomputers.net) - it was already old by the time I got it, when it was given away as part of a package computing course I did. Morph, I was surprised not to see an old BBC on that page. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 601845 | 2007-10-15 18:58:00 | Greg, I see your Aquarius had 4k RAM, with a max of 20k. Holy c***! Yeah, could not find a BBC on the main page either. Maybe sold under a different name in the States? |
Morpheus1 (186) | ||
| 601846 | 2007-10-15 19:38:00 | Can't see my old C64 there! This was just a glorified toy until I bought SuperScript and SuperBase for it. Suddenly, with the addition of a Star 9-pin dot matrix b&w printer I had a productive tool to use. Primitive by today's standards, but certainly changed my life. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 601847 | 2007-10-15 20:21:00 | I wonder if anybody remembers a particular NZ designed computer. This was introduced to our school in the 1980s and was apparently some sort of co-operation with the government and others! It was all in one - a hideous plastic housing with the monitor in its usual position and if my memory serves me right two arms thrusting forward to hold the keyboard - but where the computer components were defeats me now. It was clumsy and had that sort of "It's the last thing I would want to own" look about it. The quoted price was way above the Apples we were using and nobody seemed interested. I suppose it died a well deserved death. But I would love a photo of the thing and more details if anybody can produce them. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 601848 | 2007-10-16 00:24:00 | Can't see my old C64 there! This was just a glorified toy until I bought SuperScript and SuperBase for it. Suddenly, with the addition of a Star 9-pin dot matrix b&w printer I had a productive tool to use. Primitive by today's standards, but certainly changed my life. because the C>64 was an 80's computer. See production dates for 1953 to 1990 below: # 1953: Jack Tramiel opens a typewriter repair shop in the Bronx, New York. # 1954: Tramiel founds Commodore. # 1955: Tramiel relocates to Toronto and becames the biggest manufacturer of low cost office furniture in Canada # 197? Commodore manufactures calculators and digital watches, but gets killed by Texas Instruments. # 1976: Commodore purchases MOS Technologies, an American maker of IC chips. MOS' senior engineer, Chuck Peddle was working on the 6502 micro processor. A popular 8 bit processor that soon would be used in machines like the Apple II, the Atari 800, the Commodore PET and 64. # 1977: January - Commodore first shows a prototype PET computer at the Winter Consumer Electronics Show. # 1977: January - Commodore's Chuck Peddle shows the first PET to Radio Shack, hoping to have Radio Shack sell it. # 1977: April - Commodore Business Machines Inc. shows its PET 2001 computer for US$600. The computer shown is a one-of prototype. # 1977: June - Commodore shows its first production PET computers at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show. # 1980: May - Commodore Business Machines introduces the CBM 8032 microcomputer, with 32KB RAM and an 80-column monochrome display. # 1980: May - Commodore Business Machines introduces the CBM 8050 dual 5 1/4-inch floppy disk drive unit. # 1980: Commodore Japan introduces the VIC-1001 (later called the VIC-20 in the USA). # 1981: January - Commodore announces the VIC-20, for US$299. During its life, production peaks at 9,000 units per day. # 1982: Hi-Toro Incorporated is formed by a group of midwest investors trying to cash in on the video game craze. The name was later changed to Amiga, Incorporated after being confused with the lawn-mower manufacturer, Toro. Within one year, there are rumours of an incredible computer codenamed Lorraine featuring unheard of graphics and sound capabilities, multitasking, 80 column display, 5+ megs of Ram and MORE! # 1982: January - Commodore announces the Commodore 64 microcomputer, showing a prototype at the Winter CES, for US$600) for US$595. # 1982: January - Commodore introduces the 16K SuperVIC. # 1982: April - Commodore announces the B (700) and P (500) series of microcomputers, for US$1700-3000. # 1982: June - Commodore Business Machines introduces the BX256 16-bit multiprocessor professional microcomputer, for US$3000. # 1982: June - Commodore Business Machines introduces the B128 microcomputer, for US$1700. # 1982: June - Commodore Business Machines announces the P128 microcomputer. It is to be an enhanced Commodore 64 with 128KB RAM expandable to 896KB. Price US$995. # 1982: September - Commodore Business Machines begins shipping the Commodore 64. Suggested retail price is US$595. # 1982: Commodore releases the 1540 Single-Drive Floppy for the VIC-20. # 1983: January - Commodore Business Machines begins selling the Commodore 64 through mass merchants, which drops the retail price to US$400. # 1983: January - At the Winter CES, Commodore debuts the Commodore SX-100, a portable version of the Commodore 64, with bundled B/W screen, for US$995. Price with color screen and two drives is US$1295. # 1983: January - At the Winter CES, Commodore demonstrates the HHC-4 (Hand-Held Computer). It features 24-character LCD screen with 4 KB RAM expandable to 16 KB. This was one of Commodore's pre-PET business products. Price is US$199. # 1983: January - Commodore's sales of VIC-20s reaches 1,000,000. # 1983: January - Commodore introduces the SX-64, the first color portable computer. Weight is 10.5 kg. It incorporates a 5-inch color monitor and one or two 5.25 inch floppy drive. Price is US$1600. # 1983: April - Commodore drops dealer prices on the VIC-20, which allows it to drop below US$100 retail, the first color computer to hit that mark. # 1983: April - Commodore offers a US$100 rebate on the purchase of a Commodore 64 on receipt of any computer or videogame unit. # 1983: May - Commodore ships the Commodore Executive 64. It features 64KB RAM, detachable keyboard, 5-inch color monitor, 170KB floppy drive, for US$1000. # 1983: June - Commodore drops the dealer price of the Commodore 64 to US$200, allowing the retail price to drop to US$200-230. # 1983: June - At the Summer CES, Commodore shows the B128/256-80, formerly called P128. It has a monochrome monitor with 80-column display. They also show the Executive 64, formerly the Commodore SX-100. It has a 6-inch color monitor and is priced at US$995. # 1983: Commodore debuts the Exactron Stringy Floppy, a high-speed cassette-based data storage device. # 1984: January - Jack Tramiel,President of Commodore International, has a disagreement with the major share holder, Irvin Gould. Tramiel leaves the company and a few months later buys Atari. # 1984: January - At the Winter CES, Commodore shows the SX-64, formerly called Executive 64. It now includes a 5-inch monitor, and one 170KB 5 1/4 disk drive, for US$995. # 1984: January - Commodore announces that during 1983, Commodore sold US$1 billion worth of computers, the first personal computer company to do so. # 1984: June - Commodore announces the Commodore 16. Former name was TED-16 and is expected to sell for around US$100, and marketed as "The Learning Machine". # 1984: June - Commodore announces the Commodore Plus/4, formerly called the Commodore 264. It will now feature four built-in programs, not just one. Price should be around US$300. # 1984: August - Commodore purchases Amiga Corporation. # 1984: Commodore stops manufacturing the VIC-20. # 1985: January - Commodore unveils the Commodore 128 Personal Computer. It functions as three computers in one: a complete Commodore 64, a CP/M mode, and a new 128KB mode. # 1985: January - Commodore announces the 1571 Disk Drive, for the Commodore 128. # 1985: July - Commodore unveils the new Amiga 1000 in New York, for US$1300. # 1985: Commodore stops production of the Commodore 64 several times during the year, restarting each time based on public demand. # 1986: Commodore releases Transformer software for the Amiga, which, along with the Commodore 1020 5 1/4-inch disk drive, provides limited MS-DOS compatibility. # 1987: January - Commodore announces the Amiga 500 and the Amiga 2000. # 1987: January - Commodore debuts the Commodore 128D in the North American market. # 1988: December - Commodore announces the A2286D Bridgeboard for the Amiga 2000. The A2286D contains an 8-MHz Intel 80286 and a 1.2MB 5 1/4-inch disk drive. # 1988: Commodore introduces the Amiga 2000HD and the Amiga 2500. # 1989: January - Commodore announces that 1 million Amiga computers have been sold. # 1989: November - Commodore announces the Amiga 2500/30. It is essentially an Amiga 2000 with a 2630 Accelerator Board (25-MHz 68030 and 68882 math coprocessor). |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 601849 | 2007-10-16 00:56:00 | Course it was! Getting forgetful in my old age. Still it was a wonderful machine in its day. Talking about old age, I learned this morning that I have to have a colonoscopy later this month. Don't know whether to look it up or not. Sometimes ignorance is bliss as they say. |
Richard (739) | ||
| 601850 | 2007-10-16 01:52:00 | Course it was! Getting forgetful in my old age. Still it was a wonderful machine in its day. Talking about old age, I learned this morning that I have to have a colonoscopy later this month. Don't know whether to look it up or not. Sometimes ignorance is bliss as they say. It is not exactly a matter of YOU looking IT up - - - :waughh: |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 601851 | 2007-10-16 01:54:00 | Had two of them so far...heads up! | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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