I haven't opened the DECpc to check to see if it was an EISA QVGA card or not.
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Sean Caron <sca...@umich.edu> wrote: > 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 > >>> > >> > >> > > >
