Who is using the oldest computer?

[calorock]

Hello,
I am new and just checking on the TI-99a. I have a TI-99a and over twenty games for it. Also I have the speach unit and TI Extended Basic.
Texas Instruments start to sell it through a group I was with and then they sold straight to the stores. It was a 16 bit machine back in the early 80's.
TI fail to allow people to program software without jumping through hoopes and it never really got of the ground. My group provided various games and utilities for it.
It was a great CPU.

 

[audioguru2]

Wizard, Hi and welcome.
70 computers? Wow!
I fondly remember the old 8086. Your XT is twice as old as my 486.

 

[mitesh]

really downloading at 1MB/sec. is it possible on lan even for normal user? Then what is speed of the connection, can anyone guess?
Check it out again! ???

 

[MP1]

calorock, welcome to the forum. Yes, I agree. The TI99 was a good platform in it's day. For a long time, I did not have a storage device on mine. If I wanted to run a program, I had to write the program complete each time I powered up the computer and then run the program. Of course, this really helped my programming skills. I finally purchased a tape backup which was later available.

MP

 

[wizard1]

Audioguru,that XT i've mentioned earlier,it's the oldest i've got.
I have other old stuff,newer than that one... Including 486(6 of them) in various configurations....
Regarding Ti99 and Ti products,i have an old CC40 and i was thinking
if someone can help me with a Ti BASIC programming guide(PDF or any other format) for CC40.
Maybe calorock could help me....

 

[wasssup1990]

Hmm, I wonder how much one of those Commodore's are worth? Anyway I know this is completely the opposite to the heading of this topic but i've got a:

P4 2.4Ghz but able to clock 4.16Ghz. Affects at 4.16Ghz is stability, can be assisted be an expensive cooling fan.
512Mb ram.
64Mb ram video card Geforce 4 for games. "Very good!" with video out.
T.V. capture card.
Ethernet card. 100Mb/s
Fire wire 4 ports.
4 USB ports.
CD-R 4x write.
DVD drive (DVD-R, DVD-RW, CD-R, CD-RW)
CD ROM 50x
1 Floppy drv.
Primary 120GB HDD.
Secondary 40GB HDD.
MSI 845E Max P4 Mainboard.
Standard modern technology sound card. On MB.

All made with my own hands. Its an all in one super computer, we've come a long way.
Cost about $700 AUS with screen. Pretty good price, if I didn't have my computer knowledge i'd be up for a few thousand.
Stats:
Can download 220MB in 10 minutes. Cable obviously but with a very good downloading program, not the type you'd get from iexplorer. The program downloads the file in portion's and can download a portion of a file to a woping 500KB/s. My computer is also connected to a hub which serves wireless laptops and computer's, and non-wireless computers. I could say more but I gotta go!

 

[wasssup1990]

I think I should say a little about old computers, my dad picked up an old computer that was kicked out the door from a hospital. Believe it or not but the HDD was about the size of 2 bricks and about as heavy as 1 brick. The HDD took up all 3 slots on the panel. I cant remember but I think it held 20MB. Thats as ancient as i've ever seen them.

 

[audioguru2]

Hey Johnny (Wasssup),
What are you doing over here? Welcome to our forum.
That's a nice computer that you made. You overclocked that much without meltdown?
Yeah, my download accelerator program breaks-up a download into many parts and downloads them all at the same time. During the moment that the program pops-up to tell me how fast it is going, the download is complete. I got cable now, but it also worked well for dial-up.
50X CD-ROM? Mine's only 2.5X, works fine. Watch out for CDs flying apart, since at 50X, the edge is moving at close to the speed of sound!

 

[ante1]

Wasssup,

Must be a good fan, I have seen 3.6G from a 2.4G but with liquid nitrogen cooling!

Ante :

 

[vainajala]

Must be a good fan, I have seen 3.6G from a 2.4G but with liquid nitrogen cooling!

I have liquid(water)-cooled Athlon XP 2700+ at my home. It's not overclocked, but i like that it's bit more quiet because it doesn't need noisy CPU fan.
One adjustable-speed 120mm fan at the radiator keeps the CPU and GPU temp well below 45-50

 

[audioguru2]

Vainajala,
I've seen refrigerators with plumbing hoses attached, but never a computer like yours has. Good idea.

 

[ante1]

wasssup,

This is a bit more effective than a fan!
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/
Now tell me you have 4.16G with a fan! ;D ;D ;D

Ante :

 

[audioguru2]

Ante,
Kindof extreme. My 486/100 doesn't even have a fan.

 

[vainajala]

Vainajala,
I've seen refrigerators with plumbing hoses attached, but never a computer like yours has. Good idea.

I've attached a pic in case you interested... it's really not very complicated system, but it works

In my opinion, best cooling solution would be Innovatek's "Konvekt-O-Matic Standard". It's basically a huge heatsink, which requires no fan at all. It has enough heat capability for normal standard-clocked processors and graphics cards. Even though this thing isn't the best choice for overclocking, I like the 'quiet nature' of this cooling system...

It would be quiet, and with black anodized finish, would also look _really_ stylish when bolted to the side of the case ;D

Too bad it's very expensive, over 100 euros! That's a lot for a PC radiator :-[

If I had the chance to get something like this for a bit lower price, I would most propably get it!

http://www.highspeedpc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=HSPC&Category_Code=InnovaKonvect
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[wasssup1990]

Whoo these cooling systems are cool.
I remember a few years ago when my dad took me to this computer warehouse that was full of computer stuff to buy. Thier was this stand with a computer on it and a resionably sized heatsink on the CPU, but it had two tubes going to it from a pump outside the computer. The tubes were filled with a green liquid, my guess would be radiator coolent. I cant remember the speed that it increased by. Anyway down hear in melbourne its quite cold we normally dont get 45C days, so the CPU in my computer dosent get too hot. The fan just came with the CPU so its just a standard fan, its currently going at 2.41Ghz. I can try to nuge it a bit harder to 3Ghz, but not to 4.16Ghz with a standard fan. The Mother board has a Spread Spectrum unit that stabalizes the main clock generators wave form, and is only needed at a high frequency. The most wierdest method of cooling your fan is putting a cup of liquid nitrogen on your CPU, I saw it on the net someware, must of been a test run because nitro would absorb the heat. Thier are some good heat transfer compounds like this one.
http://www.arcticsilver.com/as5.htm
Thier was also this super fan that I saw in a PCUSER magazine, i'll try and find it when I can.
I'll give ya my results at running on 3Ghz.

See ya.

 

[electronicshacker]

Well mine is not in use so it doesn

 

[ante1]

Hacker,

Are you a collector of old computers? Were do you live? I can send it to you if you pay for the shipping.

Ante :

 

[harsh2]

hi all.
i have a TRS 80 which worked fine the last time i used it.
we bought it for $600 and another three hundred for the expansion board..
like i said it worked well ,but , the connectors on it were lead coated and had to be cleaned with an eraser,whenever it started acting up.
i've used it to learn assembly language., Z80 hehe, and even hooked it up to a breadboard.
At one point i sampled tina turner , i forget which song , it sounded really bad. that was because i wasnt sampling accuratly enough ,because the a/d had no track & hold and because the program controlled the conversion start(also not good for accurate conversions)
anyway i guess the point of this rambling is, a computer is useful and fun no matter how old it is..

 

[audioguru2]

i sampled tina turner,.... is.... fun no matter how old it (she) is..

You did what?

 

[harsh2]

You did what?

hehe ..her song.. i sampled tina turners Song ..