Spotted in an online archive

[D-Dan]

Bargain

 

 

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[doctoryorkie]

I’ll take two. :wacko:

Laptop T420 i5 8GB SSD 2x Spinners Optimus GFX
HTPC 5350 8GB SSD 2x Spinners Antec 300
Desktop 2700K 16GB Revo x2 GTX570SC Antec900
Server N54L 8GB SSD 6x Spinners HD6450

[The Duke]

How old is the mag? that was likely is rrp new.

[The VFM Addict]

Looking at the full spec, 256k etc., the 20MB hard-drive (or Winchester as they were often called back then) stands out and would have been state of the art.     My first proper PC was 640K, 20MB hd and a Hercules (high-res) mono gcard.   I bought in three for the small company I was with at the time.    That would have been 1988.

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[D-Dan]

I believe it was 1985.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[The Duke]

Seems about right for the price of a PC In them days. Shows how far we have come.

That equals around £10,000 today. amazing computing ever took off, especially given, 3months later you’d need to drop another £x hundred on some more hardware , and a full replacement withing a year or so.

You old(er) guys her must of been doing well In the 70s nd 80s to get in to computing.

[Ed P]

Duke you are not wrong about us old pharts shelling out loads of dosh to get into computing. My first Apple II cost me about 20% of my salary, and a lot of fast talking to SWMBO. It did however pay-off in helping me get promotions at work as well as a bit of pin-money writing magazine articles/software.

[Bob Williams]

I missed all that early stuff, was doing lots of other stuff and shared the morbid fear of computers that some 90% of the populace must have had then. I won a competion with WH Smith and Memorex cassettes (!) in about 1980 and went to the store to collect. I could buy a computer, books or albums with my £1,500. I was a workshop foreman at the time, not interested in the ‘pooter, bought some vinyl and books. Then the local manager offered me a holiday, by circumventing the rules: I book it and he puts the remaining £1, 400+ (in WHS vouchers) through the till for a few months. Went to B.C. in Canada for a couple of weeks, motels and hire car. Wonderful, wonderful holiday. Oh, and I also got 50 Memorex cassettes, some of which I still have! :scratch:

So I am not one of the oldpharts with an original ‘pooter history, had to struggle to catch up. Which I almost have, thanks to MM and you guys. What goes around, comes around… :bye:

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[Wheels-Of-Fire]

<p style=”text-align: left;”>I started my computer ownership in 1980 with a ZX81 as i was still at school and it was the only one i had a hope of affording. My school also had two and an RM380Z. The BBC micro hadnt been released yet. After learning Sinclair Basic i was looking for something with better graphics, colour and sound that i may be able to afford. After reading some of the computer mags of the time i chose an Atati 400 with 16k, Basic cartridge and the data recorder. The cost was £490 and after selling my ZX81, Atari VCS and saving my paper round money for 8 months i finally got one at christmas 1981. I got an Atari ST in 1988 but i didnt get a PC until 1992 when my company gave me a 286 laptop. I had been looking at 16 bit computers since the sirrus 1 and origonal IBMPC but could never afford one. Still better late than never and ive had PCs ever since.</p>

[SpaceAlien]

Ahhh, the RML 380Z, I went to the local college in 1980 and they had one for students doing computer science courses, a big rack mount style case with two 5 1/4 floppy drives (single sided?), 56 K RAM, colour graphics and a keyboard built to survive World War III, the keyboard supplied with the original IBM PC has a reputation for being indestructible but it’s nothing compared to the one that came with the 380Z.

 

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