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    Augurian
    DarrenKC53 got a reaction from Augurian in What was your first computer?   
    Yeah some of these youngsters here lol.
     
    My dad had a Commdore 64. I had an Amstrad CPC 6128.
     
    After that era I had an Amstrad PC1640
    Some sort of IBM PS/2
    A Compaq Prolinea 486 (breaks my heart now that both of these were just disposed of)
    and then first build some Cyrix 133+ based system in a beige mini AT case , wow did those Cyrix things run hot!
     
     
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    DarrenKC53
    DarrenKC53 reacted to AbdulAPA in When does it count as a new PC?   
    Imo you have a new pc when u change ur desktop wallpaper
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    DarrenKC53
    DarrenKC53 reacted to Angel102 in Overclockers UK packaged some Haribos with my CPU?   
    been using Overclockers for 7 years or so, and only not got Haribo once I think, they tend to put a few packets in the bigger orders as well. they are certainly a fantastic goodwill gesture, even if they are just small packets worth about 20p each at most, I do look forward to them as well as the items I ordered to be honest. They have excellent customer service as well as the sugar rush.
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    suits
    DarrenKC53 got a reaction from suits in Is Riley still there?   
    @LinusTech James on Tech linked the other day was brilliant, more like that please!
     
    Its always great as well when he guest co-hosts The WAN NAW Show
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    DarrenKC53
    DarrenKC53 reacted to EC1 in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    My DOS and Windows installation disks...  Beautiful.


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    SlipperyPete
    DarrenKC53 got a reaction from SlipperyPete in Is Riley still there?   
    @LinusTech James on Tech linked the other day was brilliant, more like that please!
     
    Its always great as well when he guest co-hosts The WAN NAW Show
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    Lurick
    DarrenKC53 got a reaction from Lurick in Is Riley still there?   
    @LinusTech James on Tech linked the other day was brilliant, more like that please!
     
    Its always great as well when he guest co-hosts The WAN NAW Show
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    Ωhmbreon
    DarrenKC53 got a reaction from Ωhmbreon in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    They are dummy or continuity ram modules for use with RDRAM.
     
    With that type of ram you couldn't leave any slots empty so had to use those,
     
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAM
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    DarrenKC53
    DarrenKC53 reacted to NoCarrier in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    just finished building my 486 last week.  Pretty much maxed out for a mid 90s gaming rig.
     
    (build log if you're interested)
     
     
     

     


     
     
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    DarrenKC53
    DarrenKC53 reacted to flibberdipper in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    Oh boy, RAMBUS. Everyone's favorite type of memory.
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    flibberdipper
    DarrenKC53 got a reaction from flibberdipper in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    Some retro documentation here, found recently.
     
    Unfortunately not got any hardware from the system it refers to, and I'd even forgotten about Apricot existing, its dated 1989.
     
    The system seems quite advance for the time, there's a section in the Owner's Handbook about the model which had an exchangeable hard drive. 


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    Rubymaster
    DarrenKC53 got a reaction from Rubymaster in what happened to Luke ?   
    He's still on the WAN show most weeks though.
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    Kenjo
    DarrenKC53 got a reaction from Kenjo in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    A couple more from me of the IBM PS/1. Clearly from the era when case design was functional and nothing else!
     
     


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    ProjectBox153
    DarrenKC53 got a reaction from ProjectBox153 in Show off your old and retro computer parts   
    A couple more from me of the IBM PS/1. Clearly from the era when case design was functional and nothing else!
     
     


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