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The memories.... I started learning C on my second PC, a 486SX, then later swapped its CPU to a 486DX2 which continued to run until early 2001, serving a websi
by mfontani 6y ago
The memories....
I started learning C on my second PC, a 486SX, then later swapped its CPU to a 486DX2 which continued to run until early 2001, serving a website and a MUD from a desk at a local ISP until its final demise.
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoA 486DX-50 was my high school graduation present, first non-68k non-6502 machine, my intro to the Intel world, and my first Linux machine (pre 1.0, even). I used it from 1991 to late 1997, and it was the machine that I did my first web development on, learned Python and C on, wrote my papers for my philosophy BA, wrote bad poetry on, and so on and so on. I have never had a love for the Intel architecture but I have to admit that machine was amazing.
- ido 6y agoThat computer in 1991 must have cost a fortune...Maybe $5000 with a monitor?
- cmrdporcupine 6y agoNah, I believe about $2500 or $3000 CAD. 8MB RAM and 200MB hard drive. Pretty sure it was fall 1991, there's a chance it was spring 1992? Not sure
- ido 6y agoFrom looking in magazines of the time I seems you got a hell of a deal, as it would have otherwise been around $6000 US: https://books.google.com/books?id=FeIuiOQN-nEC&pg=PT125&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjw-ZyzpqvvAhUQzIUKHaRdBbsQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg https://books.google.com/books?id=FeIuiOQN-nEC&pg=PT125&sa=X... https://imgur.com/a/igN4CSY https://imgur.com/a/igN4CSY Also scroll down that page to see some of these configurations at a cost as much as $19k!
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- cmrdporcupine 6y agoThen it must have been late 1992 when I got it, not 91 :-)