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rivan said:
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Used? Wtf?
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probably the old mechanical keyboard that a lot of people swear by. not made in decades.


edit: only 8MB RAM? even back then that wasn't extreme. a friend of mine had 32 back in 1994.

edit2: the article says 32 but the price list has 8
 
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I miss Quantum's SCSI division. Maxtor bought them out and (so far) they seem to be the same. Of course SAS is where it's AT today. Especially SAS solid state storage. 🙂

Oh and the Matrox Millennium series were definitely the best. Windows RAM. 🙂
 
rivan said:
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Used? Wtf?
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I noticed that too, but I guess it's because that's a classic keyboard that they weren't making anymore.

What I'd find more interesting is predictions from back then of what kind of systems we'd be running in 2010.
 
You can find those M keyboards around un used. Lots of NOS (new old stock) STILL! 😉 Buckling spring keyboards are too noisy for me now. I type too fast and the noise is distracting. (think Hilti hammer drill!) 😱
 
Good 17" monitors both in aperture grille and shadow mask variety supporting 1600x1200 resolution with BNC or 13W3 inputs were quite costly in the 90s. 20-21" versions were well over two grand! 😱
 
Rubycon said:
You can find those M keyboards around un used. Lots of NOS (new old stock) STILL! 😉 Buckling spring keyboards are too noisy for me now. I type too fast and the noise is distracting. (think Hilti hammer drill!) 😱
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lol, you live on a ship and are complaining about keyboard sound?
 
Rubycon said:
Good 17" monitors both in aperture grille and shadow mask variety supporting 1600x1200 resolution with BNC or 13W3 inputs were quite costly in the 90s. 20-21" versions were well over two grand! 😱
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I think I paid a grand for a Viewsonic PS790 sometime in the 90s.
 
While 1600x1200 was the holy grail back then it was VERY difficult to find the right combination of display, adapter AND cabling that truly supported this resolution at 100Hz refresh rate (my eyes are very sensitive to flicker) AND be sharp as a tack too! Most were running 1280x1024 which I never really liked (5:4 is too funky).
 
Rubycon said:
While 1600x1200 was the holy grail back then it was VERY difficult to find the right combination of display, adapter AND cabling that truly supported this resolution at 100Hz refresh rate (my eyes are very sensitive to flicker) AND be sharp as a tack too! Most were running 1280x1024 which I never really liked (5:4 is too funky).
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Matrox FTW 🙂 I had a 4mb millennium (not sure on model) along with a 21" crt back in 95-96 🙂
 
11Hz is felt (and heard by some of us!) all the way to the top just forward of mid ship. The higher frequency sounds are gone past the first bulkhead.
 
I've got an old IBM clicky keyboard still, and while I love the feel, it really is just too noisy for me now.

Matrox was for the masses, Number 9 made kick ass video cards 😀
 
rivan said:
I've got an old IBM clicky keyboard still, and while I love the feel, it really is just too noisy for me now.

Matrox was for the masses, Number 9 made kick ass video cards 😀
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They did? The #9 cards I saw were S3-based 🙁

My old PCI Matrox would do 1600x1200, but only at 85hz. Still looked good on the screen though, nice and crisp. Had this huge fat vga cable that broke off into 5 twist-on coax connectors. God I hated moving that screen.
 
Arkaign said:
They did? The #9 cards I saw were S3-based 🙁

My old PCI Matrox would do 1600x1200, but only at 85hz. Still looked good on the screen though, nice and crisp. Had this huge fat vga cable that broke off into 5 twist-on coax connectors. God I hated moving that screen.
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Those were the best for DB15 output cards. Discrete output devices (five way BNC) were MUCH more expensive. (think high end workstation card prices!)

Never cared for number nine Ticket to Ride (nowhere), revolution, etc. Of course we had Glint Labs Oxygen cards in our workstations. I still have one of those and it's longer than a 5970! 😱
 
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