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Building a classic computer to run a classic OS
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AnalogRocks
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PostLink    Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:37 am    Post subject: Building a classic computer to run a classic OS Reply with quote


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Back in 1999 I had a PC that had 30 something operating systems on it. I did a clean out and got rid of most of that old stuff.

I'm feeling nostalgic so I want to build a crazy fast 1996 PC. I'm searching for a Compaq Proliant 6500 with quad pentium pro motherboard and 256MB of EDO ECC ram x 4. I'll add a Matrox G400 or G200 PCI card and a soundblaster AWE32 card. I can't recall which capture card worked with this system but I'm sure I'll find out. Of course being a classic system I'll put the 4x SCSI CD-ROM drive with caddy and a whopping 6gig SCSI drive.

The operating system? BeOS.

I want to try that again. Just for fun.

So in 1996 dollars that system would have cost as much as a car. Let us see what it will cost me.

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PostLink    Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beos.. Runs from within Windows? Tried it à few times. Never got me for some reason.
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PostLink    Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No BeOS not in windows. Just BeOS by itself
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PostLink    Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jeremy, I have a Matrox G450 dual-head card that I was about to throw out. I don't have any systems that have AGP ports any more. You can have it for the price of shipping if you want it.
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

garyfritz wrote:
Jeremy, I have a Matrox G450 dual-head card that I was about to throw out. I don't have any systems that have AGP ports any more. You can have it for the price of shipping if you want it.


Yeah I can use that. I'll PM you

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PostLink    Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Classic computer? classic OS - dude i was sure that you meant a DecSystem-10. you know, 35 bit word. with REAL core memory. or at least a VAX/VMS Smile
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 3:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Classic computer? classic OS - dude i was sure that you meant a DecSystem-10. you know, 35 bit word. with REAL core memory. or at least a VAX/VMS Smile


When you get THAT classic then it starts to cost money.

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PostLink    Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

when we got our VAX 8530, the front end was a PDP11/84 it was the size of a briefcase and was designed to lay flat under the monitor. across the room was a pdp11/74 consisting of of 3 72" tall computer racks.

sold the 11/74 to a collector. stamps are smaller.

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PostLink    Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember running Unix on an 11/74 back in 1976 or so...

How about a CDC Cyber 6600? The PLATO system I worked on in college ran on one of those -- what a piece of sci-fi junk. Laughing Some people wrote a Cyber simulator and you can still run PLATO today... how's that for classic, Jeremy? You can still play the game I wrote 35 years ago!!
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PostLink    Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 9:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

garyfritz wrote:
I remember running Unix on an 11/74 back in 1976 or so...

How about a CDC Cyber 6600? The PLATO system I worked on in college ran on one of those -- what a piece of sci-fi junk. Laughing Some people wrote a Cyber simulator and you can still run PLATO today... how's that for classic, Jeremy? You can still play the game I wrote 35 years ago!!
t but first

I'll play it but first I need to get the hair you had back then. Very Happy

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PostLink    Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What, you mean this hair ?? That ain't comin' back unless I rent a fright wig...
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

garyfritz wrote:
I remember running Unix on an 11/74 back in 1976 or so...

How about a CDC Cyber 6600? The PLATO system I worked on in college ran on one of those -- what a piece of sci-fi junk. Laughing Some people wrote a Cyber simulator and you can still run PLATO today... how's that for classic, Jeremy? You can still play the game I wrote 35 years ago!!


yep, worked on the Cyber as well. man what a beast. much nicer to work on the Dec gear.

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 3:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

AnalogRocks wrote:
garyfritz wrote:
I remember running Unix on an 11/74 back in 1976 or so...

How about a CDC Cyber 6600? The PLATO system I worked on in college ran on one of those -- what a piece of sci-fi junk. Laughing Some people wrote a Cyber simulator and you can still run PLATO today... how's that for classic, Jeremy? You can still play the game I wrote 35 years ago!!
t but first

I'll play it but first I need to get the hair you had back then. Very Happy


I'm just watching the introduction how to videos, looks like a fun system so far. I've down loaded the emulator as well.

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I missed out on the bidding for a set of 4 matched Pentium Pro 200's with 1 meg cache.

New plan, apparently BeOS will run on Xenon processor. So I'll look for some of those.

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

AnalogRocks wrote:
I missed out on the bidding for a set of 4 matched Pentium Pro 200's with 1 meg cache.

New plan, apparently BeOS will run on Xenon processor. So I'll look for some of those.


I think I have a pair of pentium pro 200's somewhere. I will take a look tonight and let you know.

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

did a lot of those mid-90s, super-duper machines die from a mass of bad capacitors? I seem to remember shortly after I started in my lab a host of socket 370 machines and better crapped out.
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

aenglish wrote:
AnalogRocks wrote:
I missed out on the bidding for a set of 4 matched Pentium Pro 200's with 1 meg cache.

New plan, apparently BeOS will run on Xenon processor. So I'll look for some of those.


I think I have a pair of pentium pro 200's somewhere. I will take a look tonight and let you know.


Cool thanks....

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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have some old computer junk...I will see what it is and list it for you junk collectors out there. Wink
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PostLink    Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 10:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mc86 wrote:
did a lot of those mid-90s, super-duper machines die from a mass of bad capacitors? I seem to remember shortly after I started in my lab a host of socket 370 machines and better crapped out.


You might find this interesting

http://www.dashdist.com/1u2u/company/capacitor.html

Pretty sure that Pentium pros came out before the bad cap problems.
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PostLink    Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 3:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

greg_mitch wrote:
I have some old computer junk...I will see what it is and list it for you junk collectors out there. Wink


Junk is spelt classic

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