Post #4350412
2026-08-03 09:19 UTC
Replies (3)
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@azonenberg@ioc.exchange 2026-08-03 09:25
@manawyrm@chaos.social Would have to go back to my parents' house across the country and scan some film photos. But it was a Smith-Corona PWP-80.
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@jernej__s@infosec.exchange 2026-08-03 10:57
@manawyrm@chaos.social This is probably the oldest picture of my computer, from January 2004 (I never cared enough to take pictures of my desktop before that). I think this is an Athlon XP 2500+, with either 1 or 2 GB RAM, no idea which graphic card (probably GeForce 2MX), Pioneer DVD-ROM, Teac CD-RW, Teac DVD-RW optical drives, 8+40+40GB hard drives (Quantum, IBM, Maxtor), Hansol H530 15″ 1024x768 LCD monitor, Umax Astra 2100 USB scanner (with Via Eden 5000 mini-ITX board resting on it), and yes, the whole computer was built-into the drawers of my desk.
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@tinmouth@infosec.exchange 2026-08-03 16:20
@manawyrm@chaos.social oldest I got to hand May 2000: Amiga 1200 with '030 and 18 meg ram. Connected to the internet via a PCMCIA card to a VSDL service straight into the ISP I worked for. CD-ROM, 2GB HD, airlink remote control thing (that controlled a sky box IIRC over the internet - the streaming was obviously not handled by the amiga!) uprated (old PC) PSU, prograb 24 frame grabber. External keyboard naturally, alongside a Philips CM8833-II sat on the desk. This open-heart-surgery pile of parts sat on a shelf to the side 😂. Beast of a machine, definitely a battle station, had the base A1200 since 1993, and repeatedly bolted stuff on, on a tight budget. It was starting to become difficult to use as the daily driver around then, but everything about it was great fun. nothing's been remotely such a pleasure to use since.