Who's got the SLOWEST computer? [Archive]

alpha

07-23-2002, 03:26 AM

got a 486 DX 33mhz - can be 'turbo-ed' to 66mhz with 4mb of RAM - problematic POS.

and an IBM 133mhz Aptiva 16mb ram with its drives ripped out to supplement a 850mhz Duron with 128mb of ram - which is also supplemented by parts from a Compaq 166mhz 16mb ram - not as many problems as a 486 but there were still problems.

all of the above were bought in between $1000 - $3000 (just computer through whole package) - at the time when those babies took the floor of a computer store ;)

took some parts of the computers above and built a 850mhz Duron (last year) for less then $300 total - i think i need to get it a new and bigger HD - it has 3.6gb total hehe

now, just a year ago.. built a 1.2ghz athlon tb 256mb ram, cdrw, 45gb HD, GeForce2 for a total of just around $600 and added a 60gb HD, 19' monitor, another stick of 128mb ram, logitech z560 4.1s, dvdrom for additional $250 or so... fastest computer I ever owned and don't ever remember having a problem with it - wasn't really value when I built it but it was cheap but quality computer ;)

viGeek

07-23-2002, 03:47 AM

I have a...

200 MHZ P1 MMX w/32MB ram.

And also have a 386, with 8MB memory, I beleive. I think its in the attic where it belongs :)

DanielP

07-23-2002, 04:00 AM

I have an x86 Toshiba T1000 Laptop with 640k ram, 720k floppy drive and dos 2x builtin to a chip! Even has a 2800 baud internal modem!!!

Monocrome screen as well!

NetXL

07-23-2002, 04:17 AM

Originally posted by DanielP
I have an x86 Toshiba T1000 Laptop with 640k ram, 720k floppy drive and dos 2x builtin to a chip! Even has a 2800 baud internal modem!!!

Monocrome screen as well!

I recently threw out an NEC laptop that I had. I think it had 600k of ram or something. Back in the day it was top of the line, it was one of the first that came out with 'dual' disk drives. :)

shaunewing

07-23-2002, 04:27 AM

I've got an Apple Macintosh LCII - it's about 20mhz from memory with 20mb ram.

Of course, that's not my main computer - I hardly ever use it :)

I did have a Unisys Workstation (80286 - 8mhz) but it died about 2 years ago.

I've got a Tandy Color Deluxe machine still at my parents house that still works. That would probably be a finalist for the slowest computer :)

My Redhat test machine is a Pentium 100 w/32mb ram which runs wonderfully as a headless box.

--Shaun.

tazd9t9

07-23-2002, 05:24 AM

My man has a P166 with 64meg of RAM, hes recently upgraded to that from a 486.

I have an old Packard Bell XT and a couple of 286's lying around here too

Alareach

07-23-2002, 06:29 AM

Originally posted by alpha
got a 486 DX 33mhz - can be 'turbo-ed' to 66mhz with 4mb of RAM - problematic POS.

Okay, Call me too young to know better back then, but why the Turbo button? Why would you not always leave it in turbo? It's not like you would wear it out quicker like a car engine, right?

Steve-PWH

07-23-2002, 07:09 AM

Beat u all

have a 8088 running at 4.77mhz with 640k LOL

Dont use though (NO REALY)

okihost

07-23-2002, 07:18 AM

I have a Packard Bell 386SX/16 with 1 MEG ram and a 20 gig hard drive.. Used to run a BB's off of it with my trusty Hayes 2400 baud modem. Just never really bothered to throw it out..

F.N

07-23-2002, 07:26 AM

We have enough to start a pretty decent "PC" musuem!

Nich

07-23-2002, 09:18 AM

I have a Commodore 64....that means 64 KB of RAM. Comes with a Keyboard, Floppy Drive and Cartridge loading system! I even have Word Processing software for it.

:)

shaunewing

07-23-2002, 09:31 AM

Originally posted by GetBoxed
I have a Commodore 64....that means 64 KB of RAM. Comes with a Keyboard, Floppy Drive and Cartridge loading system! I even have Word Processing software for it.

:)

I had one of them many years ago... I even had the state of the art Commodore dot-matrix printer :)

I don't know where it is now, I think it's in storage somewhere :)

--Shaun.

Jedito

07-23-2002, 09:41 AM

Well.. I still have in a box my first Sinclair 1000 :)

Ahmad

07-23-2002, 09:58 AM

386 SX 25 MHz
2 MB Ram
120 MB HD

:D

neil

07-23-2002, 11:43 AM

The slowest one I own is a sun SparcStation IPX - it has netbsd on it, and was used daily as a shell server to access my network from the outside until about 4 months ago.

Techark

07-23-2002, 11:48 AM

Ahh heck I got you all beat. In storage somewhere I have a TRS80 with a Z80 4 mhz 4 k ram and a tape deck for a hard drive.
:cool:

sonichost

07-23-2002, 12:35 PM

Slowest Laptop:
IBM Thinkpad 770
P233, 160MB RAM, 5GB, 8x DVD
(still runs like a dream!)

Slowest Desktop:
P133, 48MB RAM, 1.2GB, 32x CD ROM

Studio64

07-23-2002, 01:16 PM

I have a functional Compaq 386 (16mhz) "Laptop"... It was called a laptop... But, if ya want to use it as one you could consider yourself sterile.... It weighs about 20 pounds. It's actually called a transportable.

Huge 3 MG RAM, and a giant 20 meg hard drive.

Those completely functional 5 1/2 in true "floppy" drive.

And just a swanking cool monochrome monitor (monochrome meaning red and (marron) and a cream white text...

Also has a top of the line 2400bps modem.

Classic photos of it
http://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/comp/museumpics/lb01.jpg
http://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/comp/museumpics/lbclsd02.jpg
http://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/comp/museumpics/lb06.jpg
http://www.myoldcomputers.com/museum/comp/museumpics/lb17.jpg

That is a little newer model than what I had.... I'll have to dig it up to get some good photos of it. Mine is still cooler because it has the modem. That thing is giagantic. It bolts directly onto the back of the computer and covers the ENTIRE backside of it. Massive.....

Still, it's big pimpin :pimp:

MoSupaFly

07-23-2002, 01:47 PM

The slowest computer that I have still running is a 386DX/33 (AMD) with 8MB of ram 700MB of HD space... a 387 math co-processor... an Oak Tech. 512k vid card with a 14.4kbps modem. :)

The slowest computer that I have that isn't running anymore (my God rest his soul) is a C64. :D

alpha

07-23-2002, 01:59 PM

Originally posted by Alareach
Okay, Call me too young to know better back then, but why the Turbo button? Why would you not always leave it in turbo? It's not like you would wear it out quicker like a car engine, right?

actually... I wasn't really interested in computers then (a youngster then) except playing Spear of Destiny or Doom on it... I just turned it on when I was bored and off when I got bored - had no clue what the point of the turbo button was...

MoSupaFly

07-23-2002, 02:25 PM

Originally posted by alpha

actually... I wasn't really interested in computers then (a youngster then) except playing Spear of Destiny or Doom on it... I just turned it on when I was bored and off when I got bored - had no clue what the point of the turbo button was...

The turbo button actully served a purpose... mainly (if not exclusively) for games back in those days. What happened is that some games would basically play too fast... like the stuff you saw on the screen would zoom by too fast for you to watch. This affected a few of the older games b/c they were written with a timing loop that didnt take into account faster computers. This isn't an issue today because game programmers got wiser to not use timing loops like they used to.

The turbo button really should have been called the slow-poke button because we all wanted our computers to run as fast as it was designed... it's just that sometimes we wanted to make it slower (in my 386DX/33 case... it slowed down to 16MHz).

pugy206

07-23-2002, 05:10 PM

Bit of a rip off of my idea

AnonymousCow

07-23-2002, 05:14 PM

My slowest computer is a commodore 64.. yes, it still works.

My slowest x86 machine is a 25mhz IBM PS/2 with 8 megs of ram... SLC processor, I do not have a floating-point coprocessor.

My fastest computer is a 650mhz Athlon.

MBNapier

07-23-2002, 05:19 PM

TI 99/4A with a tape drive
286 12MHZ with a functioning 42MB Western Digital HD from 1989

ljprevo

07-23-2002, 05:21 PM

I have my 64k Tandy Color Computer 2 from Radio Shack, its filled with cement and I use it as a door stop, does that count? :D

Mike the newbie

07-23-2002, 05:34 PM

I've got a 80186 running at nearly 8MHz, with 1MB of memory. It runs MS-DOS 5.0.

I use it many times each day.

Lamont

07-23-2002, 09:38 PM

I still have my IBM 'luggable' computer that I bought new for $1995 when they first came out.

4.77mhz
640k RAM
2 DS/DD Drives (I added a 10MB hard drive for $600 later)
Amber screen

Sold my Osborne 1 to pay for it! What a DEAL!

I even have the original box it came in. (Is that sad, or what?)

RackFive

07-23-2002, 09:53 PM

dont hate me, but i have pentium 4 2.2 ghz

iamdave

07-23-2002, 09:55 PM

I use to have a 33 Mhz computer, not sure how much RAM or Space was in it, all I know is that it cost around $2000 about 9 years ago.

LadyHawk

07-23-2002, 10:06 PM

I have a Packard Bell 486, 33Mhz, 4 MB ram 250 MB hard drive, 2400 modem. It is packed away in the attic (I have NO idea why I keep it). I also have a 486 75Mhz, 12 MB ram Packard Bell (not sure what else it has in it).

bigperm

07-23-2002, 10:43 PM

I have an abacus.

0k ram, 0mb HD, No peripherals. It's really just some beads on a frame made of wood. I win.

Lamont

07-23-2002, 11:02 PM

I have a Sterling No.594 slide rule.

I dug it out of a box to show the kids. :eek: :confused: :rolleyes:

I don't even remember how to use it. :cartman:

ljprevo

07-24-2002, 12:10 AM

Originally posted by LadyHawk
I have a Packard Bell 486, 33Mhz, 4 MB ram 250 MB hard drive, 2400 modem. It is packed away in the attic (I have NO idea why I keep it). I also have a 486 75Mhz, 12 MB ram Packard Bell (not sure what else it has in it).

Just in case "the new one" breaks down?

:D

TheGAME1264

07-24-2002, 01:05 AM

My father has the original "portable computer" prototype. The thing weighs about 20 pounds and has this big cylinder plastic handle about 6 inches in diameter. But on the bright side, those yellow monochrome colours it can generate...all 4 of them...man, it's all the colours of a rainbow...yawn. :)