[carbonF1]

I'll age myself a bit with this post, but I've been a fan of the Dolch PAC 486. Can run Windows 95, I think some of the later ones even run WinXP. Only weighs 20lbs! But at a launch price $12,995 in 1989...hey at least the keyboard is still quite popular over in the mechanical keyboard world.

Pretty sure these were used for analyzing networks out in the field. Wouldn't know anything about that though. Kids like me these days, I tell ya hwhat.

 

[JanMc]

I was lucky enough to have an Eagle instead of a Compac. Mine was an 8086 instead of an 8088 and somewhat faster and came with a 10mb hard drive. I remember when 286s came out - what a fabulous upgrade! Then when VGA came out and we got full color screens it was a complete game changer.

My first computer was an Atari 800 when I worked for Atari. My first hard drive was 6mb and cost $3,000. Now you can buy 20 terrabytes for less than $500. Progress!

 

[dstrimbu]

I'll age myself a bit with this post, but I've been a fan of the Dolch PAC 486. Can run Windows 95, I think some of the later ones even run WinXP. Only weighs 20lbs! But at a launch price $12,995 in 1989...hey at least the keyboard is still quite popular over in the mechanical keyboard world.



Pretty sure these were used for analyzing networks out in the field. Wouldn't know anything about that though. Kids like me these days, I tell ya hwhat.

We used the Dolch PCs to demo AutoCAD back in the day... <g>

 

[Timster]

Yep...at least that's what we called them at IBM!

Had one of these I used to 'lug around' to my customer locations

I learned Lotus 123 on one of these

and on one of these I learned Wordstar and "Adventure" or "Colossal Cave"

YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING.
AROUND YOU IS A FOREST. A SMALL STREAM FLOWS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND
DOWN A GULLY....

(I know it's not portable but is was the first real computer I got to play with at high school in '82)

 

[Roy G. Biv]

(I know it's not portable but is was the first real computer I got to play with at high school in '82)

TRS-80 for me -

 

[porchwizard]

and on one of these I learned Wordstar and "Adventure" or "Colossal Cave"

xyzzy
I wonder if this thread could be described as maze of twisty little passages all alike...

 

[Ripper2860]

I learned Lotus 123 on one of these

I'll see your Lotus 123 and raise you one VisiCalc.

(Note: TI 44/A with cassette storage and acoustic coupled modem was my first system. I could not afford the $500 5-1/4" floppy drive. IIRC, it was a 180K Single-Sided.)

 

[dr cornelius]

I'll see your Lotus 123 and raise you one VisiCalc.

(Note: TI 44/A with cassette storage and acoustic coupled modem was my first system. I could not afford the $500 5-1/4" floppy drive. IIRC, it was a 180K Single-Sided.)

Wordperfect...

 

[ghfiii]

My first "PC" in 1982. An H-100 (Heathkit version)
HEATHKIT / ZENITH Z-100/110/120

These models were also available as the Heathkit H-100 series, sold then as kits. In these versions the monitor and video boards were preassembled, but user actually had to assemble the controller board and the analog video circuit on the monitor board.

Back when I was young and able to solder, this wasn't so bad

The 8088 ran at 5 MHz initially, and then later at 8 MHz. The first boards could handle 192K RAM, but later boards could have up to (and use) 768K on the main board. The default Video RAM was 64K, but allowed 3 banks for up to 192K for full color.

When IBM came out with four color CGA this was PC was capable of full color display

 

[45longcolt]

Fond memories of learning Vulcan/dBase with my uncle on a Kaypro II one long summer. My IT career started there....

Kaypro! The Kay family and I live in the same small city.

 

[audio philestine]

Bah! Who needs electricity?!

 

[quimbo]

You too? Damn things were the size and weight of a suitcase.
It was so cool to upgrade to the Compaq Portable III.
Dropped half the weight, had a '286 CPU. The orange plasma display was so very cool back in the day.

My first portable for work was probably one of these. It had a 300 baud modem. My pager went off in the middle of the night, I excitedly hooked up the phone and dialed up work. I watched 2 80x24 screens slowly paint, disconnected everything and drove 30 minutes into the data center. I can semaphore flag faster than 300 baud

 

[audio philestine]

My first portable for work was probably one of these. It had a 300 baud modem. My pager went off in the middle of the night, I excitedly hooked up the phone and dialed up work. I watched 2 80x24 screens slowly paint, disconnected everything and drove 30 minutes into the data center. I can semaphore flag faster than 300 baud

I used to like 300 baud, because it was about the speed I could read at. That was nice for surfing bulletin boards, but not really practical for downloading anything useful.

 

[JohnnyCanuck]

You probably wouldn't appreciate 75 baud over HF radio then...


JC

 

[Kyyul]

Did i miss something? Is my Modi Multibit now a collectors item??