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nemesis Send message Joined: 12 Oct 99 Posts: 1408 Credit: 35,074,350 RAC: 0 |
well adjusted for inflation... we paid fortunes in today's $$ for stuff back then. |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
We sure did. I missed the Pentium craze, but I remember wanting one really bad. I stuck with my 486 with band aids and patches until I could buy my new computer which was a Pentium II 300MHz system. :-D |
kittyman Send message Joined: 9 Jul 00 Posts: 51468 Credit: 1,018,363,574 RAC: 1,004 |
well adjusted for inflation... I paid a fortune for my first..... A 233 mmx......... Bought a danged AMD for about a thousand........ Cutting edge bleeds ya. "Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
well adjusted for inflation... we paid fortunes in today's $$ for stuff back then. I scrimped and saved for my first. I've posted about it before, but that 486SX 25MHz refurb cost me $600 in 1992 or '93. In hindsight it was a bad investment considering it had no L2 cache on the motherboard and no VESA Local Bus or PCI slots, it still used 30pin SIMMs and it didn't even have a Pentium Overdrive socket. It didn't even have a dang sound card or CD-ROM! LOL Meh. You live and you learn. |
Ed_Anderson Send message Joined: 20 Jan 02 Posts: 34 Credit: 4,480,322 RAC: 38 |
I joined in 2002, but fell out of the program when I replaced that computer. Just came back in and everything has changed. Not that I am surprised. No green icon Now I have classic units and new BIONIC units But it is all good. Crunching away again is a good thing. Ed |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34253 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
So i say welcome back Ed. With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Welcome back Ed! Though I feel it must be pointed out that the name of the software you are using to attach to SETI@Home is BOINC, not BIONIC. |
Jim_S Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31 |
I joined in 2002, but fell out of the program when I replaced that computer. Just came back in and everything has changed. Not that I am surprised. Welcome back Ed. What was your first cruncher? I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
SciManStev Send message Joined: 20 Jun 99 Posts: 6651 Credit: 121,090,076 RAC: 0 |
Jim, you just made me think back. My first cruncher was a Pentium Pro 200. It cost over $3000, and had an 8 Meg video card. It was made by Blitz Computers. I was delighted to be able to contribute to the scientific community. I've come a long way as far as crunching power goes, and this was mostly in the last year. Now I will always build my own system, based on what I have learned. It took me a lot of mistakes to come up with the beast I have now. Steve Warning, addicted to SETI crunching! Crunching as a member of GPU Users Group. GPUUG Website |
Douglas WONG Send message Joined: 6 Apr 03 Posts: 36 Credit: 1,493,275 RAC: 0 |
Jim, you just made me think back. My first cruncher was a Pentium Pro 200. It cost over $3000, and had an 8 Meg video card. It was made by Blitz Computers. I was delighted to be able to contribute to the scientific community. I've come a long way as far as crunching power goes, and this was mostly in the last year. Now I will always build my own system, based on what I have learned. It took me a lot of mistakes to come up with the beast I have now. You guys are rite! I am not a very long time user. It is going to be the eighth year now. We just do (or crunch) our machine quietly. Nowadays, they can get a machine too easily and dun respect them much. I remember my Pentium 100 MHz machine back to 1996. It was so much fun to maintan that!!!! Good old days! |
aka_Sam Send message Joined: 1 Aug 07 Posts: 471 Credit: 1,637,878 RAC: 0 |
:D |
M5WJF Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 147 Credit: 6,484,657 RAC: 6 |
Some us still run the 486 we started with, ok, maybe not, but things in life do sometimes prevent continuous participation. I'm sure I'll slowly catch up with you guys one day. |
Jim_S Send message Joined: 23 Feb 00 Posts: 4705 Credit: 64,560,357 RAC: 31 |
My first modem was one that you dialed in and set the receiver in the cradle. I Desire Peace and Justice, Jim Scott (Mod-Ret.) |
Mike Send message Joined: 17 Feb 01 Posts: 34253 Credit: 79,922,639 RAC: 80 |
I had of of those With each crime and every kindness we birth our future. |
nemesis Send message Joined: 12 Oct 99 Posts: 1408 Credit: 35,074,350 RAC: 0 |
i've forgotten what i had in the old days... i'm sure they are still in the shop or garage somewhere.. pretty sure there was a 286 in there somewhere. |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Some us still run the 486 we started with, ok, maybe not, but things in life do sometimes prevent continuous participation. Actually, I do still use my original 486 on occasion. I powered it up a couple days ago to play some old games, including The Shadow of Yserbius, which was the first MMORPG (technically a Multi User Dungeon or MUD) I got involved with. I wish I could still play it online, but AOL bought out The Sierra Network and converted all their servers into dial-up servers for AOL. Even played a little Doom 2 for DOS and some Monopoly for Windows 3.1. ;-) |
Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8962 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0 |
Good lord, I'd forgot about muds---used to LOVE them. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
My first modem was one that you dialed in and set the receiver in the cradle. Mine plugged into the cartridge port and into one of the joystick ports as It was a two piece affair back in the 80's and It was a 300baud dialup modem and there was no ISPs back then or at least I wasn't aware of any. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
M5WJF Send message Joined: 5 Jul 99 Posts: 147 Credit: 6,484,657 RAC: 6 |
Ok I can beat that, BBC Radio 4 FM used to Broadcast Programs as Audio after the Shipping Forecast in the early hours of the morning, this was very early 80's and I had a ZX-81, but the BBC created its own Programs for all the major 'home computer' platforms. I used to record onto audio tape and then use the same audio tape to load that weeks BBC Program into the Sinclair. I still use radio to transmit and receive data, messages, and pictures, as a Radio Amateur, on UHF through to HF, AX25 through to ALE order wire. I even hold a MET Office Licence to receive encrypted Satellite Data from MeteorSat, and its all down to listening for the end of the Shipping Forecast... The 486 is still in the garden shed I think, stop giving me ideas that the wife will likely raise her eyebrows over. |
zoom3+1=4 Send message Joined: 30 Nov 03 Posts: 65709 Credit: 55,293,173 RAC: 49 |
Ok I can beat that, BBC Radio 4 FM used to Broadcast Programs as Audio after the Shipping Forecast in the early hours of the morning, this was very early 80's and I had a ZX-81, but the BBC created its own Programs for all the major 'home computer' platforms. I used to record onto audio tape and then use the same audio tape to load that weeks BBC Program into the Sinclair. Sure You can, but was Your computer ever modded? Mine was, It had a B-Key keyboard to replace the stock membrane keyboard and 48K of ram, A stock Atari 400 comes with only 16K of Ram. The 48K ram board required some soldering and Yes I did some of the work Myself. The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's |
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