Oldest rig that's still running, or still CAN run

Careface · Jan 9, 2006

_slh_ said:
Ive got a zx81 thats still working. Doesnt get much older than that.

i have my dads old zx spectrum in the wardrobe.. ive only ever used it once, played Hungry Horace, and it really really hurt the eyes >-<.. whats the comparison between the 81 and the spectrum? i was born in 89, so both are well before my time

Careface*

Francocomp · Jan 23, 2006

comadore 64 baby

Xoligy · Jan 23, 2006

huh, ive played on the zx and ive owned a commodore, amiga 500plus!, mastersystem, nitendo, 486 dx, p 75mhz, amd 300 @350mhz then i jumpped to amd1.75 sempron and the a 3200venice

FlailBoy · Jan 23, 2006

Audioaficionado said:
Just my trusty 486DX2/66...

Me too. In fact just *yesterday* I made a CMOS battery for it. It kept forgetting it had hard drives so I had to go into the BIOS every time I booted.

It had a 3.6v stand alone battery, hardwired to plug into a header on the mobo. No *way* I was gonna' find a replacement. I pulled it out, snipped the wires and soldered them to the ends of 2 AA batteries-which I had also soldered together and then duct-taped the whole assembly. It's only 3.0v, but it works.

autolex84 · Jan 23, 2006

ive got a 286 suitcase comuter that still functions.

JigPu · Jan 23, 2006

As far as PC architecture goes, I've got an 8088 in my parents' closet that still works 100%. 4MHz (8MHz Turbo!

), 20MB HD, DOS 3 (originally... now has DOS 5), etc.

As far as oldest computer, I've got a Commodore-64 (who doesn't??), and a Commodore VIC-20 (which apparently is 3 months older than the ZX81

) lying around somewhere as well. I think I'm missing cables to it though, so it technically isn't working...

And finally, if video game consoles count, it'd be an Atari 2600. I only have a few games for it -- most of my old ones are for the 800XL instead.

JigPu

scoobydoo · Jan 23, 2006

commodore 64

286 8mhz/12mhz on turbo mode

kingkobra · Jan 23, 2006

how about an old Timex Sinclair??? Have it in the closet..I know it still works... it's sittin beside my 286sx... (no coprocessor...LOL)

Zatrix · Jan 23, 2006

my uncles old computer thats a 1992 i believe still runs fine.

it has great games on it such as minesweepers, solitaire, and some otehr stuff.

EVEN a word processor.

and it runs on a whooping 66mhz!!!

ilikepie · Jan 23, 2006

Ibm xt still have the box. Nice and yellow

Yuriman · Jan 23, 2006

I don't keep really old stuff around, the oldiest piece I have here is my dual P-Pro 200. Great little box, and pretty darn fast too, considering it's age. I stuck 1gb of 168pin EDO in it, and some SCSI hard drives.

JTanczos · Jan 24, 2006

Commadore 64, Apple IIgs, one 286 somewhere, P133, AMD K6-3 450.

JT

zexmarquies01 · Jan 24, 2006

a TRS80 ( Trash-80 ) that my old Teacher gave me when he moved to a new house, and wanted to get rid of some of his old stuff. since i was the computer geek in the class, i got the TRS-80!

i even have his old Cassett tapes which he used to save to. I havn't tried those though. But the system itself DOES work, just havn't tried his old Saves.

Not sure how much RAM it has. havn't really checked. But i KNOW it doesn't have a HDD....well...because it uses Cassett tapes. heh. i still want to try saving to one, for the fun of it ( and to see how long it takes!

)

Still works. but its put up, where it wont get damaged or anything. Thats something i will make sure NEVER gets damaged, and always stays in perfect condition. and will NEVER be sold, or thrown away...EVER.

JimmyG · Jan 24, 2006

How about a Tandy 1200. This is an IBM PC XT clone. It still works. Has a 10 MB hard drive and 640K ram. It prints to an Epson dot matrix printer and runs a word processing program and visicalc....LOL

JimmyG · Jan 24, 2006

zexmarquies01 said:
a TRS80 ( Trash-80 ) that my old Teacher gave me when he moved to a new house, and wanted to get rid of some of his old stuff. since i was the computer geek in the class, i got the TRS-80!

i even have his old Cassett tapes which he used to save to. I havn't tried those though. But the system itself DOES work, just havn't tried his old Saves.

Not sure how much RAM it has. havn't really checked. But i KNOW it doesn't have a HDD....well...because it uses Cassett tapes. heh. i still want to try saving to one, for the fun of it ( and to see how long it takes! )

Still works. but its put up, where it wont get damaged or anything. Thats something i will make sure NEVER gets damaged, and always stays in perfect condition. and will NEVER be sold, or thrown away...EVER.

I once had a TRS80 model III that I used in college in 1981-1983. I gave it to the Good Will in 1991.

benbaked · Jan 24, 2006

the oldest computer i currently have is a yellowed mac se fd/hd with an internal 20 meg hard drive, 1 whole whopping meg of ram and an 800k disk. it doesn't run right now as i haven't had the desire to install a system on the worthless thing, i'd rather blow it up.

my oldest working computer is a fourteen year old mac quadra 950 with 24 megs of ram and a 400 meg hard drive. i can still cruise the internet with it on system 7.6 or 8, it's painfully slow but useful. i don't use it much anymore since the 300w power supply puts out quite a bit of noise.

_slh_ · Jan 24, 2006

Careface said:
i have my dads old zx spectrum in the wardrobe.. ive only ever used it once, played Hungry Horace, and it really really hurt the eyes >-<.. whats the comparison between the 81 and the spectrum? i was born in 89, so both are well before my time

Careface*

The Spectrum had either 16, 48 or 128k of Ram, depending on the model. The ZX81 had 1k. Spectrum had 8 colour gfx, and was capable of sound. The zx81 had 2 colours, and no sound at all. They were the main differences.

Blueacid · Jan 25, 2006

JigPu said:
As far as PC architecture goes, I've got an 8088 in my parents' closet that still works 100%. 4MHz (8MHz Turbo! ), 20MB HD, DOS 3 (originally... now has DOS 5), etc.

Check this out then:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5885351342753379583&q=8088

http://www.oldskool.org/pc/8088_Corruption

Blueacid · Jan 26, 2006

.....nobody thought my link was cool?!

damarble · Jan 26, 2006

486 66mhz laptop here. Works like new (but that's not a good thing). Saved it from the dumpster (why?). I tried surfing the net and it took over 10 minutes to load OCF. It went back in my closet after that and I havent touched it since.

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