IIRC, they shipped that QVGA card you show on your Compaq P60 page with the DECpc AXP 150, too, no? Man that thing was awful ... I always lusted after the "better" card they shipped on that machine (don't recall) that could do 24-bit. I miss that box too ... ah, nostalgia.
Best, Sean On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Sean Caron <sca...@umich.edu> wrote: > 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 >>> >> >> >
