Ha, I need to just stop using "OT" since it's ambiguous. On topic, on topic! :O
Best, Sean On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Sean Caron <sca...@umich.edu> wrote: > I'd consider it OT ... I miss my IBM 9595 ... with the P60 processor > complex ... I thought it was doubly cool since the CPU was one of the > examples of the Pentium that got shipped with the FDIV bug ... great > machine to play with WNT 3.51/4, or OS/2 3.x or 4.x. > > I wouldn't say the P5 killed workstations or midrange ... they had maybe > 10-15 years yet to move and shake when the P5 first hit the market ... but > I suppose you are right in that it was probably the first "shot across the > bow". > > But time marched on, and now all you see in a full-size computer is > x86_64. Ho hum ... :| > > Best, > > Sean > > > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 2:35 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pon...@update.uu.se> > wrote: > >> Run of the mill PC clones are rather booring. But brand names, oddballs >> and first are always fun. I wouldn't mind to have the first DELL machine >> in my collection. >> >> I have a DECpc 433 with matching SCSI expansion box. A desktop machine >> with some interesting solutions. >> >> /P >> >> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 12:43:17AM -0400, william degnan 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 >> > >
