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1986: That 45-pound IBM portable computer with a 9-inch monochrome screen. ** -- SDHokie 04/23/2019 4:55PM In 1987, I had to buy a IBM PS/2 with dual 3.5 drives. It cost me $1800. ** -- Jackie VT 04/23/2019 12:11PM Same here. I still tell that to young engineers that work for me -- MAHokie69 04/23/2019 1:25PM '88 Freshman here. I remember getting the spec sheet for the computer we -- Tafkam Hokie 04/23/2019 6:56PM Macked out computers have pretty consistely been 1500-2500 over a long -- Nelsonia Hokie 04/23/2019 4:10PM Same-------------> ** -- bourbonstreet 04/23/2019 1:44PM Funny story from '83 -- LaneRat 04/23/2019 11:28AM IBM PC jr -- HOKIE 04/23/2019 10:44AM Class of 88 was the first class that had to buy a PC -- MrBayAreaHokie 04/23/2019 10:35AM That's me as well. VT was the first public University, and I think the 2nd -- Late 80s Hokie 04/23/2019 1:31PM Yes, that was me, no HD, such a relic these days -- fordham 04/23/2019 11:06AM For CS majors it was the Amiga which they replaced for cheaper 2 yr later! ** -- DaChang98 04/23/2019 10:33AM '81... Mainframe or TI 30. Required PC started in 82 I think ** -- 81_Hokie 04/23/2019 10:09AM 1998 - I bought something online from -- VTENGR 04/23/2019 10:00AM Gateway? ** -- MP4VT2004 04/23/2019 10:02AM Maybe Gateway - did they have black white logo - almost cow like? ** -- VTENGR 04/23/2019 10:03AM Cow was Gateway ** -- 81_Hokie 04/23/2019 10:06AM Was that because they were made in South Dakota? ** -- Hokie360 04/23/2019 3:21PM Yep, that's the one, haha. Almost mentioned that in my post. -- MP4VT2004 04/23/2019 10:04AM Beat me by seconds ** -- 81_Hokie 04/23/2019 10:08AM Yep - that's it! ** -- VTENGR 04/23/2019 10:07AM Fall 95 was an IBM ** -- HokieDevil 04/23/2019 09:56AM This...... ** -- vt_mughal 04/23/2019 10:31AM I’m fairly certain mine was a Dell in ‘94. ** -- vthokieq 04/23/2019 09:21AM It was probably along these lines -- HokieAl 04/23/2019 09:12AM $5-10 slide rule REQUIRED for EF in 1974. Yet.... -- 48zip 04/23/2019 08:37AM RPN - reverse Polish notation -- TomTurkey 04/23/2019 08:51AM Always thought that was supposed to be an ethnic joke, but it's real. -- Hokie360 04/23/2019 09:32AM Ditto. First time I heard it called that, I figured it was a Polish joke. -- Late 80s Hokie 04/23/2019 1:32PM I figured it was an ethnic joke too -- Tafkam Hokie 04/23/2019 9:20PM The 11C was a classic. I have an emulator on my cell phone. -- 48zip 04/23/2019 08:59AM Professor Hammer got one of the first 35s on campus -- TomTurkey 04/23/2019 09:01AMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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