Neat! I used to have a Deskpro 50M that I used for a long time - this was back when it was only kind of obsolete. It was the 486 version of this. I gave it away when I moved many years ago and haven't found another one since. I kind of miss that box, it was... interesting. Neat to see one that survived!
-Ian On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 12:43 AM, william degnan <billdeg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know I keep pushing the boundary of vintage lately but I wanted to report > to those who care that I finally got my hands on a 1993 Compaq 5/60M - this > is "a if not the" first desktop computer with a Pentium processor installed > stock. it was the 1993 "dream machine - $9000+ It had an EISA bus and > was otherwise a 486 system with a Pentium controller card, not on the > motherboard. Pentium computers' contribution to the WWW era vintage is > extremely significant. > > Pentium killed the minicomputer, or at a minimum merged into it, if you ask > me. The interplay between DEC/Compaq/HP/Intel 1992-1995 culminating into > the launch of Pentium processor systems is vital to understanding the WWW > era of computing. How these companies worked or did not work together and > how the Pentium vs. the Alpha processor came to be...a good tale of woe and > $$. > > For those interested: Compaq 5/60: > http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=612 > > I have a bunch of articles to post on my site related to the first Pentium > desktops which I will do asap. > > Bill > > P.S. while we're on this off-sh topic I also posted some photos of a > Digital 486 laptop, DEC had a 486 laptop before it was absorbed by Compaq. > 1994. Not really noteworthy other than the Digital name > http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=613 > > P.S.S. and related to Pentium and DEC ... here is one of DEC's early (but > not the first) Pentium machine > http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=585
