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#1 2007-08-02 12:42 am
- FutureDreamz
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Eldesthunt.
HP is looking for the oldest installation of HP-UX.
http://news.com.com/2110-1010_3-6198460 … ;subj=news
We should do that, too.
Objective: Find out who owns the oldest system.
Rules: Must be full operational, can be booted up (although if the Disks with the OS on them are missing or corrupted, it's OK.), isn't virtualized HW, system must have the processing unit, and an output device that states that the internal HW works.
Categories (open for suggestions):
Mac.
Apple DOS.
Windows.
MS-DOS or CP/M.
Linux.
LOS (Lisa Office System).
Big ass building fillers.
Handheld device (must be programmable).
Newton.
Commodore.
Game consoles.
Acorn.
Atari.
Aster.
Lynx
MSX.
HP series 80.
Texas Instruments.
Orion: Apple IIgs, Oprational, Multiple versions of Mac OS.
[s]xxAmondra AKA dhack21: Commodore VIC-20, operational, Commodore BASIC 2.0.[/s] trashed
dvpierce: Quadras, operational, OS unknown.
Pariah: Ti-99/4A
Scott: Lisa2, operational, LOS 7/7
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#2 2007-08-02 11:22 am
- xxAmondra
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Re: Eldesthunt.
I got a Commodore VIC-20 hanging around the apartment 
Is that considered old? 
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#3 2007-08-02 11:41 am
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Re: Eldesthunt.
Anything that is old enough that a couple dozen people didn't get it in the same month (and you still have it). So, yeah.
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#4 2007-08-02 12:54 pm
- xxAmondra
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Re: Eldesthunt.
I might try to plug it in today just to see what happens. I'd throw my blue and white out there as well but its not exactually "super" old
Somewhat unrelated to this post.. i just looked at your LOLCAT link.
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#5 2007-08-02 1:09 pm
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Re: Eldesthunt.
Revised the rules slightly.
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#6 2007-08-02 3:43 pm
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Re: Eldesthunt.
Off-topic but HP-UX is still around? Wow.
I don't have any old systems around any more. The Intertec SuperBrain CP/M machine, ca. 1980, bit the dust 10 years ago. I still miss it. Not enough to look for a replacement, mind you.
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#7 2007-08-03 8:03 am
- xxAmondra
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Re: Eldesthunt.
So i went home and plugged it in, needless to say i was surprised to see Commodore BASIC 2.0 on my tv 
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#8 2007-08-03 12:08 pm
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Re: Eldesthunt.
Gotta be better than most of the other smurf on TV these days.
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#9 2007-08-03 4:40 pm
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Re: Eldesthunt.
So:
FutureDreamz: Apple IIgs, works, but no disks.
xxAmondra: Commodore VIC-20, operational, Commodore BASIC 2.0.
Meh, I'll put the scores in the original post.
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#10 2007-08-03 9:19 pm
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Re: Eldesthunt.
I have a IIgs from 1987 or 88 (it is a first revision one) with a butt load of programs, several versions of the Mac OS and lots of games. Softdisk and Softdisk GS were awesome! It was our first computer ever.
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#11 2007-08-03 9:54 pm
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Re: Eldesthunt.
Orion wrote:
I have a IIgs from 1987 or 88 (it is a first revision one) with a butt load of programs, several versions of the Mac OS and lots of games. Softdisk and Softdisk GS were awesome! It was our first computer ever.
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#12 2007-08-03 11:37 pm
- dvpierce
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Re: Eldesthunt.
All I have are a couple Quadras. They work pretty good though.
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#13 2007-08-04 4:19 am
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Re: Eldesthunt.
My Mom has a Texas Instruments Ti/99 (is that right?) that still works. Last year when I visited I checked it out.
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#14 2008-03-30 11:57 pm
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Re: Eldesthunt.
Old topic, apologies for bumping, but I wanted to add to this...
I've got a Lisa 2 in the original boxes with all documentation, disks, Office 7/7 suite, programmer's workshop, and sales brochures. Works great--had a bum RAM board when I got it but fixed it in 2001 and took it out for its first show at a user group meeting the following year.
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#15 2008-03-31 12:50 am
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Re: Eldesthunt.
updated
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