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Appleseed
Appleseed SuperDork
11/12/10 11:51 p.m.

Death Track. Who could forget Death Track?

RexSeven
RexSeven Dork
11/12/10 11:52 p.m.
aircooled wrote:

bludroptop
bludroptop SuperDork
11/13/10 3:51 a.m.

My first computer (really):

Big ego
Big ego SuperDork
11/13/10 7:38 a.m.

ford simulator..

drive the excitement of an aerostar.

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
11/13/10 9:38 a.m.

Harry Potter hottie?

BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim GRM+ Memberand Dork
11/13/10 9:59 a.m.
Woody wrote: My father bought one of these in 1981. I'm pretty sure that it wasn't $8500, though. He hooked it up to a tape recorder and a black and white TV.

I made my first programming baby steps on one of these. Looooooong time ago. God do I feel old.

carguy123
carguy123 SuperDork
11/13/10 10:27 a.m.
914Driver wrote: Harry Potter hottie?

It probably means I'm a sicko, but I'll take the one on the right.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn SuperDork
11/13/10 12:07 p.m.

Heh. I was there that day, although I'm not in the photo.

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
11/13/10 12:27 p.m.
Streetwiseguy wrote:
Rob_Mopar wrote: In honor of the page number and earlier days in my career...
How much home computer could you buy today for $8500? Could you even spend that much?

Nicely equiped with 32GB RAM and 12 core 2.93GHz at $9,849, Fully optioned out is $22,252.85

poopshovel
poopshovel SuperDork
11/13/10 12:40 p.m.

...If only I'd invested all those quarters in microsoft....

poopshovel
poopshovel SuperDork
11/13/10 12:44 p.m.

EricM
EricM Dork
11/13/10 2:31 p.m.
poopshovel wrote:

Check the mail, then go north.

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
11/13/10 2:36 p.m.
EricM wrote:
poopshovel wrote:
Check the mail, then go north.

Can't check mail. mailbox closed

SkinnyG
SkinnyG Reader
11/13/10 2:48 p.m.
neon4891 wrote: Nicely equiped with 32GB RAM and 12 core 2.93GHz at $9,849, Fully optioned out is $22,252.85

And completely obsolete by March 2011.

Appleseed
Appleseed SuperDork
11/13/10 4:53 p.m.

This was my crack. The only goal: destroy e36 m3!

wbjones
wbjones Dork
11/13/10 7:35 p.m.

my first EDM class had one of these (donated from a local business) and we programed (huge stacks of punch cards) using Fortran

Rob_Mopar
Rob_Mopar HalfDork
11/13/10 8:45 p.m.
Sonic wrote: This was my first computer, an Amiga 500. It had an upgrade, to 512k of memory!

I got my certification from Commodore in September '87 to fix the A500's and A2000's. Training was held at their headquarters in West Chester, PA. QVC's headquarters is there now.

Platinum90
Platinum90 SuperDork
11/13/10 8:53 p.m.

Why do I want an MR Spyder? (RIP SCC. Pour some out for our fallen brother).

vazbmw
vazbmw Reader
11/13/10 9:18 p.m.

Like

93celicaGT2
93celicaGT2 SuperDork
11/13/10 9:19 p.m.

Because they're bad bitches.

rainydave
rainydave New Reader
11/13/10 10:18 p.m.

My first computer

oldsaw
oldsaw SuperDork
11/13/10 10:31 p.m.

alfadriver
alfadriver SuperDork
11/13/10 10:35 p.m.

Our first computer- minus the monitor, we just used a TV.

IIRC, it cost $2500. (according to inflation calculators- that's a $5700 computer today.

Oh, and that $8500 386 from '88- that's almost $16,000 in todays $$. Some serious computers can be bought with $16k!!!

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
11/13/10 11:04 p.m.

Out specs our first computer from 2000...

neon4891
neon4891 SuperDork
11/13/10 11:55 p.m.

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