Maximum PC's dream machine!!

[rudeguy]

DROOL

 

[IronWing]

Which ATOT member scanned that in for them?

 

[ajskydiver]

Huh, Maximum PC is still around...didn't know that.

The Boot days were the best. I am old.

 

[rivan]

haha:

IBM PC/AT Keyboard (used) ... $59

Used? Wtf?

 

[BurnItDwn]

haha:

Used? Wtf?

Those keyboards last for like 50 years, used or new, doesn't matter ... They can survive a nuclear detonation..

 

[ElFenix]

haha:

Used? Wtf?

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

 

[Rubycon]

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.

 

[sdifox]

haha:

Used? Wtf?

Model M keyboards are legendary. Just don't drop water on them and keep using it instead of unplugging it right away. Killed three that way

Currently typing on one made on March 3, 1990.

 

[silverpig]

haha:

Used? Wtf?

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.

 

[Rubycon]

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!)

 

[dainthomas]

haha:

Used? Wtf?

rofl, I was gonna quote that too!

And what kinda 17" monitor was that for a grand? I started getting into PCs about then, and don't remember anything like that.

 

[Rubycon]

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!

 

[sdifox]

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!)

lol, you live on a ship and are complaining about keyboard sound?

 

[Rubycon]

lol, you live on a ship and are complaining about keyboard sound?

LOL I'm not on deck two where it can reach 130 dBA!

 

[sdifox]

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!

I think I paid a grand for a Viewsonic PS790 sometime in the 90s.

 

[Rubycon]

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).

 

[sdifox]

LOL I'm not on deck two where it can reach 130 dBA!

Is there low level harmonics throughout the ship or does that all get dampened?

 

[Arkaign]

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).

Matrox FTW I had a 4mb millennium (not sure on model) along with a 21" crt back in 95-96

 

[Rubycon]

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.

 

[sdifox]

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.

About what I figured.

 

[rivan]

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

 

[Arkaign]

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

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.

 

[amdhunter]

They are stupid. I can build that PC for under $50.

 

[Rubycon]

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.

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!

 

[BassBomb]

that web interface has way too much going on