On Wed, 19 Dec 2018 at 13:35, Bill Degnan <billdeg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 486 / early pentium computers have their own support challenges, both > hardware and software. The skills differ from the XT era PC clones and such.
Yup. > This is definitely a vintage era of it's own, I call the GUI era to > differentiate it from the WWW era that followed it. I like that distinction. > The broader GUI vintage includes all Windows/MAC, Amiga, NeXT, SGI desktops > made for home use, Whoah whoah whoah, what? SGI made home computers?! > desktop publishing, mouse-driven applications, LAN comms, and before > widespread Internet communications. The GUI era would have its origins in > the 70's but it's heyday would be 1985-95. Yep, sounds about right. > To that end, there are some tough to find GUI era items that were trash 10 > years ago that get a lot of $$ on Ebay now. Color adapter for NeXT, certain > Soundblaster cards for thr 486 PC, first gen Pentium 60/66 machines, Working > / complete and functioning Novell network demos, BE boxes, MAC Ivory systems, > etc. Yes indeed. I recycled stuff in 2014 when I was leaving the country that's now sellable -- and I did sell everything I possibly could. 5¼" HD floppy drives -- if Fred will spare me, PC-AT style 1.2 MB drives -- fetched $30--$40 each, and I had at least half a dozen of 'em. -- Liam Proven - Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk - Google Mail/Hangouts/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven - Skype/LinkedIn: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 - ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
