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So I've got this ancient laptop...
2011-01-24, 9:29 PM #1
Sharp PC-4600. 640k of RAM and 2 3.5 floppy drives, limited to 720k. 10 Mhz Intel 80186.
Have some pictures.
[http://duckbar.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/51/5191553d486d3e78cb52f7b79a94ca0c67d30e69.jpg]
[http://double-chinned.mirror.waffleimages.com/data/25/252f1885da75c1ef61edf5a7365204829ecebed9.jpg]

Post ancient electronics.
2011-01-24, 10:30 PM #2
Used to play ghost n goblins on this bad boy as a wee child (4-5). I remember dad and I would load it up on the B drive, go downstairs to eat dinner, and by the time we got back up it was at 95%. Good times.

[http://www.techrepublic.com/i/tr/tpg/tandy_1000.jpg]

I also had one of these bad boys that I used with it:

[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/hardware/Tandy_Color1_Joystick_1.jpg]
2011-01-25, 7:34 AM #3
I have about three of these in my closet still. Two have spill-resistant backlit keyboards even.

Panasonic Toughbook CF-17 I think is the model, about 128meg of RAM. 11-pounds of zombie-stopping processing power.
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Also, I can kill you with my brain.
2011-01-25, 8:27 AM #4
This is probably the oldest computer I have

[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Poqet_1.jpg]

$2000 in 1989!
"Nulla tenaci invia est via"
2011-01-25, 9:50 AM #5
[http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/Commodore_Amiga2000_System_1.jpg]

Oh don't mind me, just being the best computer ever.
error; function{getsig} returns 'null'
2011-01-25, 9:52 AM #6
I'm still using a Precision M4400... It's pretty ancient...
2011-01-25, 11:01 AM #7
[http://www.lucasnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/SW_JK_DF2_box_art-172x217.jpg]
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2011-01-25, 11:27 AM #8
Er, what?
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2011-01-25, 1:38 PM #9
Originally posted by Emon:
Er, what?

I'm fairly sure he's suggesting that our beloved game is ancient.


And he's right.
And when the moment is right, I'm gonna fly a kite.
2011-01-25, 2:20 PM #10
I think Emon will knitpick that Jedi Knight counts as software, not necessarily electronics. The only real electronic component of JK is the CD itself and even thats "ehhhhh".

Just my speculation.
2011-01-25, 9:17 PM #11
Originally posted by Tibby:
Post ancient electronics.


Wow, you really read my mind as I was tempted to add some of these things to my toys thread.

I was born in 1970 and one thing that was vastly different than today when I was growing up was the grocery shopping experience. Many of the stores I went in had full fledged electronics sections located near the front of the store. Not only could you buy computers but rent movies along with the players. VHS or Beta and even SelectaVision. Some family friends gave me an Odyssey 2 system. I remember my parents giving me a Timex Sinclair 1000 and, later, a Color Computer 3. I always wanted a ColecoVision, Atari 5200, and a Coleco Adam. Oh, and a Vectrex too!

Oh, God, and you can just imagine the Apple and IBM stores of the day. Awesome!
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2011-01-26, 10:01 AM #12
Originally posted by x25064:
I think Emon will knitpick that Jedi Knight counts as software, not necessarily electronics. The only real electronic component of JK is the CD itself and even thats "ehhhhh".

Just my speculation.


Yeah, I think it would better fit in the Old toys thread haha.
"Nulla tenaci invia est via"
2011-01-26, 6:36 PM #13
:carl:
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2011-01-26, 7:01 PM #14
Begun, this Bot War has
2011-01-26, 9:19 PM #15
[http://i36.tinypic.com/28h1jf5.jpg]

My dad bought it over 30 years ago and my uncle broke the needle soon after. Got married, had kids, forgot about it.

My brother just hooked it up today with a brand new stylus.

Been spinning vintage rock albums like it's 1975.
2011-01-26, 9:41 PM #16
i listened to a record today on our record player. FTW.

does my phone count already? it released in 2009...
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2011-01-28, 4:01 AM #17
for a sharp, it sure is blurry!

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