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My mum bought one for the family, and my dad complained for years about how much it cost. Great machine at the time, though. Edit: wiki sez "Introductory pric

by geenew 5y ago

My mum bought one for the family, and my dad complained for years about how much it cost. Great machine at the time, though. Edit: wiki sez "Introductory price US$4,369 (equivalent to $9,120 in 2020)", so I get where he was coming from :)

8bitsrule 5y ago
By the time I managed to get my hands on an SE/30 (borrowed from a college) the price was 'down' to $3500. Instead I settled for a IIsi (20MHz 68030 instead of 15-2/3MHz, same RAM, less expansion, no L-2 cache). The IIsi killed its floppy-drive because the fan sucked dust through it. It was then that I discovered that in 1991 a replacement 'Superdrive' floppy cost $400 (~ price of iPhone 12 Pro today). I wonder if Bukowski's IIsi died that way. [https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukowski-william-burroughs-and-the-computer/ https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukow...]
- nix23 5y ago
  >The IIsi killed its floppy-drive because the fan sucked dust through it. Wow, thanks for solving one of my childhood mysteries, now i know why my dad had always some tape over the floppy-drive on his IIsi :)
  - hugi 5y ago
    And now I know why the floppy drive on our IIsi died :)
    - nix23 5y ago
      Well it did not....probably because of no dust in it? ;)
      - nix23 5y ago
        > Well it did not....probably because of no dust in it? ;) Sorry misread the "our" ;)
- monocultured 5y ago
  Ah memories. My first "own" computer was an inherited IIsi with a A4 16 grayscale monitor. Even when it was way past its usefulness I still tricked it out with max RAM and a Nubus FPU. Never ran into the dust problem though…
- sokoloff 5y ago
  I had a work-assigned IIsi that I swapped the crystal on (against my boss’ wishes). I seem to recall I went from a 40MHz crystal to 50MHz (CPU clock being half of that, so went from 20MHz to 25MHz to compare closely with the IIci of the day), but it’s been a few decades.

by geenew 5y ago

8bitsrule 5y ago

By the time I managed to get my hands on an SE/30 (borrowed from a college) the price was 'down' to $3500. Instead I settled for a IIsi (20MHz 68030 instead of 15-2/3MHz, same RAM, less expansion, no L-2 cache). The IIsi killed its floppy-drive because the fan sucked dust through it. It was then that I discovered that in 1991 a replacement 'Superdrive' floppy cost $400 (~ price of iPhone 12 Pro today). I wonder if Bukowski's IIsi died that way. [https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukowski-william-burroughs-and-the-computer/ https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/charles-bukow...]

nix23 5y ago
>The IIsi killed its floppy-drive because the fan sucked dust through it. Wow, thanks for solving one of my childhood mysteries, now i know why my dad had always some tape over the floppy-drive on his IIsi :)
- hugi 5y ago
  And now I know why the floppy drive on our IIsi died :)
  - nix23 5y ago
    Well it did not....probably because of no dust in it? ;)
    - nix23 5y ago
      > Well it did not....probably because of no dust in it? ;) Sorry misread the "our" ;)
monocultured 5y ago
Ah memories. My first "own" computer was an inherited IIsi with a A4 16 grayscale monitor. Even when it was way past its usefulness I still tricked it out with max RAM and a Nubus FPU. Never ran into the dust problem though…
sokoloff 5y ago
I had a work-assigned IIsi that I swapped the crystal on (against my boss’ wishes). I seem to recall I went from a 40MHz crystal to 50MHz (CPU clock being half of that, so went from 20MHz to 25MHz to compare closely with the IIci of the day), but it’s been a few decades.