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Analog computing. [4032x3024 - 3.76MB]

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Before flash cards, there were PCMCIA hard drives. [3272x2796 - 1.13MB]

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One of the oldest computing devices I saw today. [4032x3024 - 5.49MB]

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Ancient computer parts [4030x3022 - 4.31MB]

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A complete Apple IIe set [3024x4032 - 1.13MB]

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Picked this up at the show yesterday. I have no use for this other than as a collectible.

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4.5 megabytes of data in 62,500 punched cards, USA, 1955. [640x889 - 782KB]

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Sealed AMD Athlon XP 2000+ CPU stands the test of time — 22-year-old single-core "Thoroughbred" relic has never been turned on outside the factory

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$1 thrift store find. 1979 IBM terminal layout keyboard.

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Embedded boards with an early PC/104 bus. [4032x3024 - 5.27MB]

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Unix recovery level: GOD.

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Some trash at the show. [4032x3024 - 3.43MB]

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The *Humongous* Cp/M Software Archives

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It is (current year) and I need to upgrade my windows 98 computer to play Deus Ex.

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Old late '90s early '00s internet

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The first microcomputer: The transfluxor-powered Arma Micro Computer from 1962

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K-Mart Yahoo Bluelight (Free Dialup Internet 2000)

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Cemetery of Soviet computers ⋆ Russian Urban Exploration

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How old school cassette tape drives worked

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$2 find. Complete minus the shit shovelware that came with it.

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$1 thrift store score. Radio Shack EC-242.

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Memory Prices 1957 to 2018

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Local used store had a bunch of old Compute! books

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How It Was Made: The Commodore 64 [22:10]

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Sun Ultra 5 UNIX Workstation running Solaris 8. My first workstation.

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