I think the XT (4.77 MHz Intel 8088 with optional hard drive) was circa 1983
and the AT (6 MHz Intel 80286 + hard drive) was circa 1984. I purchased my
first computer, an Atari 800 in 1982 at about the same time the original IBM
PC (4.77 MHz Intel 8088 with two floppies) was begin introduced. The XT was
the first "improved" version and the AT the second.
Jim Maki
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gaffer
>
> Hi Hugh,
>
> On Sunday 15 January 2006 15:14, Hugh Gundersen wrote:
> > On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:56:19 +0000, you wrote:
>
> > >> I fixed the problem, but I have to get a new PC darn quick! The
> > >> current one is 6 years old now!
> > >
> > >Your complaining !! ;-)
> > >I'm still getting good service out of ten and twelve year old or
> > > more kit !! My network server is a 12 year old Dell !!!!
> > >
> > >I still have and use my original IBM 6MHz 286 AT. That must be at
> > > least 25 years old..........!!! The date on the hard
> drive is 1981
> > > and it still functions without problems. Can't do much with 5Mb
> > > though !!!
> >
> > Are you sure? 286 didn't become available until around 1985 ish
> > (could be wrong but the first I saw was a compaq running Autocad in
> > 1986 then I bought an Opus 286 6Mhz with a 60Mb Hdd and 8Mb RAM and
> > ran it till I finished my degree and 3 years on then sold it to a
> > student's dad and bought a 486 50Mhz (didn't like the idea of a 486
> > 2x33 = 66Mhz) then got an AMD chipped unit with a 4Gb Hdd and the
> > rest is toytown history.
> >
> > Running P4 3.2Gz 1.5Gb SDRAM dual channel and upteen Hdds + 2 x AMD
> > 512Mb units and a server using another AMD 2100 CPU (I think) better
> > have a look and get the dust out of it!
> >
> > Sir Hugh of Bognor
>
> Without going through old paperwork, as far as I can remember, it was
> late 1982 when I got my first AT. No screen, no mouse, and no hard
> drive. 64Kb onboard with a socket to take a 30 pin dimm of 512Kb.
>
> I used to save the programs out to a tape cassette machine.... What a
> pain that was. Then I bought my first hard disk drive. A
> Sugart 504.
> 5Mb as I recall. In those days you were posh ! if you had a black &
> white monitor screen. Most of them were Amber on black, or Green on
> black. Much easier on the eyes.
>
> I will have to dig it out and have a wander down memory lane.
> Its not
> been used in a while, the battery is probably flat and it will have
> forgotten its settings. The last time I used it, it was for swapping
> data from 5.25" floppy to 3.5" floppys.
>
> Before you say Aah, it never had a 3.5" floppy.... It
> origanally came
> with a full hight 5.25" single sided drive, which I still
> have. Though
> I don't know why I bothered to keep it !!!! The same goes
> for the HDD.
>
> --
> Best Regards:
> Derrick.
> Pontefract Linux Users Group.
> plug at play-net.co.uk
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