My $8499.00 Computer [Archive] - HP Deals, Computer Coupons And Bargains

brain

03-18-2002, 11:04 PM

http://www.kingwoodcable.com/johno/2k1/fi/radioshack.jpg

Should this be posted in the gotdeals? forum? :heh:

coleslaw

03-18-2002, 11:06 PM

Awesome! Back in 1986, I had the original Tandy 1000, with no hard drive, 5.25" floppy drive, and was upgraded to 640K of RAM! :P

irwin

03-18-2002, 11:22 PM

What a freaking beast!

mojo

03-18-2002, 11:51 PM

it's a rip-off! no mouse :disa:

leemaj

03-18-2002, 11:57 PM

1. can we overclock it?

2. can we PM w/ amex blue?

3. is there a rebate?

modena

03-19-2002, 12:09 AM

hmmmm, I think i will wait for the price to come down!

eSDee

03-19-2002, 12:11 AM

I think I have a user who is still running that on my network :rolleyes:

NuTs62

03-19-2002, 12:26 AM

Originally posted by EsDeeLoco
I think I have a user who is still running that on my network :rolleyes:

that sucker can actually run on a network?

penguintrix

03-19-2002, 12:31 AM

roflmao :heh:

this is why i love these forums,... got a good laugh out of me from a horrible monday,... you guys are too funny! :)

GraingerGuy

03-19-2002, 12:32 AM

Originally posted by mojo
it's a rip-off! no mouse :disa:

It's ok cause it has mouse support build in! This will kill my computer! :) I wonder if an optical mouse would work on it...:)

coleslaw

03-19-2002, 12:36 AM

Originally posted by GraingerGuy
I wonder if an optical mouse would work on it...Nope, you have to use one of these:

http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/Archive/patent/Mouse.html

Kevster

03-19-2002, 12:55 AM

I see it has that wonderful IBM MicroChannel architecture! That'll be compatible with a whole 2 different I/O cards to go with that! Then you can upgrade that VGA memory to a whopping 512k! Think of the power!

mojo

03-19-2002, 01:08 AM

Originally posted by coleslaw
Nope, you have to use one of these:

http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/Archive/patent/Mouse.html http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/Archive/patent/mouse1s.gifhttp://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/Archive/patent/mouse4s.gif

looks like a good idea. think it'll catch on?

Kevster

03-19-2002, 01:38 AM

Originally posted by mojo
looks like a good idea. think it'll catch on?

Tough call. Even money on the Koala writing tablet or the trackball.

MJordanash

03-19-2002, 04:14 AM

I think I still have a computer almost exactly like that sitting down in my basement collecting dust.

oblongmelon

03-19-2002, 04:51 AM

20 Mhz :tongue: :laugh2: :shake:

topane

03-19-2002, 05:13 AM

Originally posted by NuTs62

that sucker can actually run on a network? Sure it could. It could load up a Netware DOS client, or run LANtastic, or it could even run Windows for Workgroups and hit an NT domain...

GraingerGuy

03-19-2002, 05:51 AM

LANtastic....now that's something I haven't heard of in a looooong while. :)

Jeffbx

03-19-2002, 05:52 AM

Originally posted by MJordanash
I think I still have a computer almost exactly like that sitting down in my basement collecting dust.

Ha ha! So do I! The IBM PS/2 (ever wonder where the PS/2 ports came from?) Model 70. A 386 running at a whopping 16MHz. It came with a huge 12" VGA color display and Windows 2.11. Yeah baby!

03-19-2002, 06:16 AM

Up til a few years ago I had an old 8088 with a 386 Turbo card in it. 40mb hard drive. Literally took three minutes to boot to a DOS prompt. Every once in a while I'd fire it up and have a laugh.

-OC

Butch

03-19-2002, 06:44 AM

Originally posted by coleslaw
Awesome! Back in 1986, I had the original Tandy 1000, with no hard drive, 5.25" floppy drive, and was upgraded to 640K of RAM! :P

heh, I used to have one of those also. Then we upgraded to a Tandy Sensation . . . one of the first computers with a CD-ROM drive. My mother was actually using that until about a year and a half ago!

Kevster

03-19-2002, 08:58 AM

Originally posted by DarkFury
Geez... and I thought I got hosed on payin' $2K on a 386! The folks who bought this really got fleeced back in '89. :hihi:

That's exactly why I stuck it out and avoided the whole 386 line and went from an 8088 (with 8087 co-processor!) XT directly to a 486/33!

And that was back in 1991!

Oh how far we have come from those days...

Merlin

03-19-2002, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by Kevster

That's exactly why I stuck it out and avoided the whole 386 line and went from an 8088 (with 8087 co-processor!) XT directly to a 486/33!

And that was back in 1991!

Oh how far we have come from those days...

All hail that machine. Where we first played Doom and X-wing.

WhiskeyPapa

03-19-2002, 09:49 AM

Originally posted by leemaj
1. can we overclock it?
Yes, but probably not much more than 24 MHz. Anyone here ever overclocked a computer by desoldering and replacing the oscillator?

attgig

03-19-2002, 10:32 AM

Originally posted by mojo
http://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/Archive/patent/mouse1s.gifhttp://sloan.stanford.edu/MouseSite/Archive/patent/mouse4s.gif

looks like a good idea. think it'll catch on?

a mouse????
nawwww
who wants a mouse runnin around on their desk~!

now, if you'd call it a dog...maybe...

Hoser

03-19-2002, 06:52 PM

I thought that this picture had been posted before, but I can't find it now.

Showtime

03-19-2002, 09:02 PM

Originally posted by leemaj
1. can we overclock it?

Now i might be mistaken, but last month(?) someone posted in the OCing forums an article on a group of british guys who oc'd one of those old puters. They got it from 20Mhz to like 70Mhz and eventually fast enuff to play quake. They put in a fridge and got it up to 270 Mhz running Quake for 7 minutes before frying it. I dont know if its true but it was good fun to read.
I apologize, too lazy to search for the post, but im sure someone else read it too.
-jel

BrewMaster

03-19-2002, 09:17 PM

oooooh! i want one! haha.

we have some old IBM PC's sitting in our Mat Sci lab. They are the old old old skool ones. They have dual 5.25" floppy drives, no hard drive. And the few that do have hard drive are those huge 4" or however high drives with something like 5MB or whatever. ah, memories...

Stylish Sushiboy

03-20-2002, 07:18 AM

old computer OC'ing (http://www.gotapex.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=37919)

(maybe it's stupid to post a link to my own thread, but I don't really care about that)

whitak24

03-20-2002, 10:03 AM

man, it's hard to believe that computers used to cost that much. i remember buying a 486sx/25MHz for ~$1000 in 1993. it had 2 mbs of ram and a whopping 130MB hd.
aaahhhhh.....the bad old days. i definitely don't want to see them come back :heh:

whitak24

03-20-2002, 11:30 AM

Originally posted by cpugeek04
:pfft: mines older
ah, but that wasn't my first computer, grasshopper.
i had one of the trs80-IIs (pictured above) as well as the trs-80-III (which was actually my first computer).
so :pfft: yourself :P

Merlin

03-20-2002, 12:55 PM

Originally posted by DarkFury
Y'all gonna make me bust out with my Commodore 64 on ya! :hihi:

BTW, it still works... I even used the upgraded color monitor to play video games with my Nintendo using the RGB composite inputs.

Each disk with 664 blocks free. Well unless you cut a hole in the sheath and were able to use both sides!

The C-64. My first computer.

To transfer files, you need the new punter protocol.