YEAR:1997Initial Price: $8600 Configuration: 200MHz Pentium Pro microprocessor with integrated 256KB L2 write-back cache -currently missing Standard 32 to 512MB of EDO ECC DIMM Four 32-bit PCI, two ISA, and one PCI/ISA combination slot A PC Server Wide Ultra SCSI PCI Adapter A total of six drive bays (two 5.25-inch half-high and four 3.5-inch slim-high)…
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The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
YEAR: 21 Nov 1990 Japan Initial Price: $199 The SNES is Nintendo’s second programmable home console, following the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The console introduced advanced graphics and sound capabilities compared with other systems at the time. The development of a variety of enhancement chips integrated in game cartridges helped to keep it competitive in the marketplace. The SNES was a…
IBM PS/2 Model 56 486SLC2
YEAR: 1993 Initial Price: $7499 The 486SLC had an Intel-licensed version of the 486SX running at 50 Mhz, developed and manufactured by IBM . The computer is an MCA machine but it features a SCSI drive, not the ESDI one that is hard to find if you don`t have a working one. This computer was…
IBM PS/2 model 55SX
YEAR: 1987 Initial Price: The IBM PS/2 Model 55SX was similar to the Model 50, but featured a 32-bit 80386SX processor (with 16-bit external bus) instead of a 16-bit 80286.6 The model 55SX was released around 1987 though Wikipedia states 1988 and the copyright date on the case is 1987. The build quality overall is very good…
Universum TV Multispiel 2006
Year: 1978 Initial Price: 199DM This is the follower of model 2004, released in 1978, uses the same AY-3-8500 chip and offers two more games. Compared with it’s predecessor it has sliders instead of dials. It is quite common and was also sold by Hanimex (model 7771). CPU AY-3-8500 BUTTONS Yes SWITCHES Yes BUILT IN GAMES 6 CONTROLLERS 2…
Palladium Tele-Match 4000
YEAR: 1977 INITIAL PRICE: $99 The Palladium Tele-Match 4000 is a subdivision of the mail order company known as Neckerman in Germany. The console was made under the american MAGNAVOX license, featuring the original AY-3-8500 “Ball & Paddle” integrated circuit. Specifications: ON/OFF power switchRESET buttonSELECT GAME knobBAT SIZE (small/large) switchBALL SPEED (slow/fast) switchANGLE 40°/20°…
The Compaq Portable 486C
YEAR: 1992 INITIAL PRICE: $5899 “The Compaq Portable 486 is a computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1992.[ Its street price upon its release with a 120 MB hard disk was 5899 USD. For a model with 210 MB hard disk the price was 6899 USD, but was not available initially in May 1992.” (Wikipedia) I got this machine…
Apple iBook G3 Clamshell -Blueberry
YEAR: 1999 INITIAL PRICE: $1,599 (equivalent to $2,405 in 2018) After his return, Steve Jobs wanted to refresh Apple as their machines looked very dull. So quickly followed the iMac G3 was the iBook G3. Steve Jobs unveiled the iBook G3 during the keynote presentation of Macworld Conference & Expo, New York City. The iBook was the first mainstream…
Noritsu CT-2MD Foto Lab Terminal
Noritsu CT-2MD is basically a front self service customer oriented product that has been used in the mini foto labs. It is produced by Noritsu Koki Co.,LTD. Japan Model: CT-2MD or simply Noritsu CT2 Serial No. 22222936 The idea behind the machine is that you can go with your pictures on any support (Floppy Disk, SD-Card, MagicGate, USB drive etc.)…
Dauphin DTR-1
Year: May 1993 Initial Price: $2,495 $ ($4,351.80 in 2018) “… the world’s smallest Windows-based, 486 computer” Chinese businessman Alan Yong founded Dauphin Technlogy in 1988. For years afterward, Dauphin had been a seller of high-performance color laptops, including their $10,000 color 386SX laptop from 1990. Things were looking-up for Dauphin, who in 1992 become the Pentagon’s largest supplier of…
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