* Posts by grabla

2 publicly visible posts • joined 21 Jan 2016

Fleet of 4.77MHz LCD laptops with 8088 CPUs still alive after 30 years

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Beware of the external PSU's on these old crocks. Following a recent 'test of the fire alarm' at one site I visited, digging the computer out, powering it on, and 'going for lunch' leaving said crock unattended whilst it booted up, almost resulted in its own, and the buildings untimely (or not) cremation.

Eighteen year old server trumped by functional 486 fleet!

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Y2K

Finally proof that all the money spent on the 'Y2K bug' wasnt wasted.