Whos running the oldest PC?

Cycrow

rmg1 wrote: »

Btw, my first "PC" was 8086 machine with (from memory) 4MB RAM (if not less) and a 320MB HDD. It had to run DOS 3.1 (I think it was) as anything newer came on compressed floppy discs that it couldn't read.

Can't remember the processor though.

sounds unlikely, im not sure of any machine that old capable of using 320mb hd.
4MB is also unlikely, usually 8086's will only have 128-256k

oldest pc i had was a 286 IBM with a 10mb hard drive and 1MB ram

Johnmcl7

Cycrow wrote: »

sounds unlikely, im not sure of any machine that old capable of using 320mb hd.
4MB is also unlikely, usually 8086's will only have 128-256k

That's what I was thinking, that sort of spec would be around the 486 era I think? My first Windows PC was a Cyrix 686 PR133+ @ 110Mhz (original Pentium rival) with 8MB ram, 850MB hard drive and Windows 95 which is just slightly higher spec.

oldest pc i had was a 286 IBM with a 10mb hard drive and 1MB ram[/QUOTE]

Someone brought in a magazine from 1984 which had a review of a new 80286 based IBM machine which was the Rolly Royce of computing at the time and would set the standard for the next few years:

http://johnmcl7.smugmug.com/Other/General/i-G7J6KGp/0/O/20130822_103158.jpg

The spec was an 80286 processor running at 6Mhz, 512k ram, 1.2MB 5.25in floppy drive and a 20MB hard drive which cost an eye watering £4,281 plus the cost of a monitor, operating system and VAT. That's a lot anyway but substantially more in 1984.

John

Cycrow

that looks simlar to the one i had.

no idea how much it would have cost thou, my dads friend got it from IBM, he was a programmer there and often had alot of spare IBM pc's

cant remember the exact year, but it must have been around 86, possibly abit later.

somersethillbilly

HP Brio BA410 Intel Celeron 1.2GHz and 512MB SDRAM, still gets used everyday, lean, clean and stable....Circa 2001

skivenov

Cycrow wrote: »

sounds unlikely, im not sure of any machine that old capable of using 320mb hd.
4MB is also unlikely, usually 8086's will only have 128-256k

oldest pc i had was a 286 IBM with a 10mb hard drive and 1MB ram

When I was at uni, and they were moving campuses and chucking all sorts out, I skip dived an original IBM PC. Replaced the power switch and made a killing on ebay

Ratboy

I have a Philips CDi 210 dated around 1991- capable of internet use, and an Amstrad 2386/20, with Windows 3.11 installed, capable, but not used, circa mid '90's? Also Commodore 64-, Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad 464, etc.

My earliest computer/console is a Commodore 3000H pong type machine from 1978, and apparently rare as hen's teeth, the earlier 2000 version is more common, due to the bilingual language used on the 3000H console (German/English).

SingleSue

Youngest has an Apple Imac G4 from circa 2002, purchased it late last year and it works perfectly.

He also has my parent's old desktop from circa 2002/3 and has upgraded the ram and the processor...works like a demon now, it had always been a pretty naff desktop even from the get go.

Plus, he is working on getting my old Dell from 2006 ish going....and building his own gaming PC too.

VoucherMan

My PC at work has Windows 98

Still used daily (only to connect to main server)

Cycrow

VoucherMan wrote: »

My PC at work has Windows 98

Still used daily (only to connect to main server)

seems alot of buisness dont bother to update thier systems much at all.

a few years ago i was working in Tescos Cash Office and they were still using Dos and floppy disks.

it has since been upgraded thou

rmg1

Cycrow wrote: »

sounds unlikely, im not sure of any machine that old capable of using 320mb hd.
4MB is also unlikely, usually 8086's will only have 128-256k

oldest pc i had was a 286 IBM with a 10mb hard drive and 1MB ram

I probably have got the numbers wrong, but I'm going back 20 years or so :eek:
Now I do feel old!!