We should have a Computer Hardware HALL OF FAME!
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Fame not shame
Agreed on the P1-133, BX chipset, voodoo1, Celeron 300A.
Geforce 4 ti4200 and Radeon 9700 Pro both deserve inclusion for great designs with amazing longevity.
I'd put an exibit on the race between AMD and Intel to 1ghz
(yes, I know this one is about a newer tech, but...) And if this was a year ago, I'd also have a bigfoot style "The Legend of the Athlon 64: Does it really exist?"
I'd nominate the mouse as well
(yes, I know this one is about a newer tech, but...) And if this was a year ago, I'd also have a bigfoot style "The Legend of the Athlon 64: Does it really exist?"
I'd nominate the mouse as well
I'd definately have to say Logitech's MX series mice would need a vote whenever they were to "become eligable" for the Hall of Fame. The MX700 changed how we view wireless mice (we=gamers).
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I'd say my old compuadd 386 with a 70mb harddrive, ISA sbpro, oak technology 1mb video card, 512k ram, win 3.1 and dos 6.22. That thing ran like a champ, had it for 6-7 years. Many many hours of TIE fighter and Commander Keen 1-7 on that thing. Oh Yeah it was a whopping 25Mhz.
Duron 600...remember that sucker doing 1ghz plus....
AXIA 1ghz tbirds doing 1.5ghz on air...
Soon to be nominated my 1.6a@2.74ghz...I believe this ushered in the first 1ghz overclocks....
Lite-On 163 DVd-rom...Spanks the big buys with industry leading dvd-rip speed when we needed it and top notch DAE speeds at a fraction of the cost of the others....Best buy of mine in the last few years...I got this back in 2001 but it was out before then so I don't know if it makes the 3 year guideline...
AXIA 1ghz tbirds doing 1.5ghz on air...
Soon to be nominated my 1.6a@2.74ghz...I believe this ushered in the first 1ghz overclocks....
Lite-On 163 DVd-rom...Spanks the big buys with industry leading dvd-rip speed when we needed it and top notch DAE speeds at a fraction of the cost of the others....Best buy of mine in the last few years...I got this back in 2001 but it was out before then so I don't know if it makes the 3 year guideline...
Voodoo2
Celeron 300a (@450mhz 'natch)
SBLive (like it or not, it's the most prolific PCI sound card of all time)
SB AWE 32
3Com 3C905 series NICs
Honorable mention (too early to tell):
Athlon 1700XP Rev B
ATI 9700 Pro
Celeron 300a (@450mhz 'natch)
SBLive (like it or not, it's the most prolific PCI sound card of all time)
SB AWE 32
3Com 3C905 series NICs
Honorable mention (too early to tell):
Athlon 1700XP Rev B
ATI 9700 Pro
The 3.5" floppy drive. A medium 15+ years old that's still in mainstream use today, basically unchanged from when it was introduced deserves something.
Oh, and my Abit KT7-RAID board. One of the first mainstream boards with an onboard RAID controller, IIRC.
Oh, and my Abit KT7-RAID board. One of the first mainstream boards with an onboard RAID controller, IIRC.
Products of "yester-year";
AMD K6-2.
An excellent processor that, imo, was a true gamers processor for its time.
nVidia GeForce1 (SDR & DDR).
The first T&L Capible card.
3DFX Voodoo2.
While the V1 was around first, the V2 was the product that really opened our eyes to gfx.
SoundBlaster 16 ISA.
One of the best, most versitile sound cards ever released.
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Products of "today";
nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200.
Never used one, but from benchmarks, i could tell that it offered very good performance for a cheap price.
ATI Radeon 9700pro.
The next real step in computer gfx rendering since the V1. Offered Amazing performance, and even now, over a year later, competes extremely well with the top cards from each respective company. Awsome product.
AMD Athlon64.
The first 64bit consumer processor. Offers great 32bit performance, and has 64bit compatiblity to boot as well!.
SoundBlaster Live! Series.
While the Audigys might well be better, the Live! was the first soundcard to offer us surround sound, EAX, music upmixing (on pc), and a whole host of other things.
AMD K6-2.
An excellent processor that, imo, was a true gamers processor for its time.
nVidia GeForce1 (SDR & DDR).
The first T&L Capible card.
3DFX Voodoo2.
While the V1 was around first, the V2 was the product that really opened our eyes to gfx.
SoundBlaster 16 ISA.
One of the best, most versitile sound cards ever released.
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Products of "today";
nVidia GeForce4 Ti4200.
Never used one, but from benchmarks, i could tell that it offered very good performance for a cheap price.
ATI Radeon 9700pro.
The next real step in computer gfx rendering since the V1. Offered Amazing performance, and even now, over a year later, competes extremely well with the top cards from each respective company. Awsome product.
AMD Athlon64.
The first 64bit consumer processor. Offers great 32bit performance, and has 64bit compatiblity to boot as well!.
SoundBlaster Live! Series.
While the Audigys might well be better, the Live! was the first soundcard to offer us surround sound, EAX, music upmixing (on pc), and a whole host of other things.
I agree with that.
I`d still be using the orginal A7V now, if it wasnt for the fact that the socket fell off the board....
So ive got a KT7A-RAID thats been running perfectly for years now.
Diamond Monster MX300 Sound Card.
A3D was amazing, I'll never forget those nights of Unreal Tournament in A3D. It can't be described.
MS Natural Keyboard and Variants deserves a place on the list as well.
Nvidia TNT, TNT2, Ultra etc. A very powerful card in it's day.
I'll agree with the K6-2 (or III), because it brought the prices of CPUs down to a reasonable level. I must disagree about the earlier comment about it being a gaming CPU. It was pretty good, but it wasn't very close to a Pentium II or III for gaming.
A3D was amazing, I'll never forget those nights of Unreal Tournament in A3D. It can't be described.
MS Natural Keyboard and Variants deserves a place on the list as well.
Nvidia TNT, TNT2, Ultra etc. A very powerful card in it's day.
I'll agree with the K6-2 (or III), because it brought the prices of CPUs down to a reasonable level. I must disagree about the earlier comment about it being a gaming CPU. It was pretty good, but it wasn't very close to a Pentium II or III for gaming.
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nForce2 for AMD chipsets
exhibits on:
development of ATX
development of USB
Xerox's contributions to personal computing (mouse, Windows3.1/Mac GUI, etc.)
the requisite "Every Single Frickin' Processor Made, EVER" exhibit
optical media
the internet
this is only for the "hall of fame", too.
exhibits on:
development of ATX
development of USB
Xerox's contributions to personal computing (mouse, Windows3.1/Mac GUI, etc.)
the requisite "Every Single Frickin' Processor Made, EVER" exhibit
optical media
the internet
this is only for the "hall of fame", too.
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