Ancient technology (Explored)

I was once asked to repair a similar Laptop from Olivetti, I said to the owner it will be cheaper and wiser to buy a new one.
I have a much older Desktop PC, It has IBM DOS, speed 5 MHZ With turbo to give 10 MHZ, 64 kB ram, two 5.25 inch floppy drives (for those paper floppies) and an enormous 10 Mb Hard disk, Monitor is Monochrome and it still works.

My first computer was a Kaypro with a CPM operating system, no hard drive, no graphics, monochrome screen (6"), two 5 1/4 floppy drives. This in comparison was very high tech.

Excellent post and a great reminder of where it all started.

My first experience was on a 365 !

Great idea and composition.

Oh nein ... aber ein tolles Foto ist dabei herausgekommen.

Yes, a good subject for the challenge!

ah those days, fits well the subject

Oooo that's interesting Esther. Amazing how things have moved on and I recall working for a company and we were updating the mainframe computer and the side had to be taken out of the building the equipment was so huge. Thanks for the memory jog.

What to say... Sort of technology that really does not last long! This morning I just read about new future network technology called LiFi, where the ambient interior LED light is used for wireless data transfer. The bottom line is, the computers become more powerful all the time, which makes it possible to process even more complex software and data, and all this still seem to develop like there is no end for it.

Who'd have thought you could get nostalgic over an old computer, but you can indeed Esther. I too have kept some old items that would seem archaic almost by today's standards including my Binatone TV game and my Commodore 64 microcomputer! :)

Great memories. First computer here was a Sinclair128 which had the memory on casette tapes. After that an IBM with Windows 3.1 and a dial up modem. That one cost about 4 times as much as my latest. I also learn Basic programming and was the first in our school area to have a computer with internet connection in my classroom. I had got a special grant from a govmt department for it.

I started with Wang, 2 floppy drives inside, no harddisk. Those were the days....

At least you've got an extra key here ;-)

Great shot, Esther! It is quite amazing how fast computers age; 3 years is considered old by today's standard. This one you photographed is a dinosaur, lol!

Congrats on Explore, Esther :-)

Klasse!

wow, oldie but a goodie..

looks like new. And I remember well ;-))

It does seem like things are changing rapidly in the technical area, one just figures out how to work one and it's replaced with something new. :( It amazes me how small those items are and how much they can do.

It's a miracle I'm here at all. I haven't got a clue about them, other than knowing mine has a mind of it's own. I still struggle working my microwave.

Awesome capture! Congrats on Explore!

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Beautifully captured.
Congrats on Explore.

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Well done Esther! My first computer had two 8 inch floppy disks. One for the software and one for the data. I had to wear a static strap to keep from shocking the computer and causing a reboot.

nothing like a piece of old technology to bring out the nostalgia, nice one!

I still have a 50 pound 16K hard drive in the basement.

:)
I have a 50lb, 12 rack unit, first generation video encoder in mine; nowadays that's a chip the size of your thumbnail