relative age

<Wow! A high schooler who's into old computers? Unless there is a <pre-pubescent teenager on this list, I think Daniel has the record as the <youngest collector of old computers. Frightening. ;-) here are some numbers If you are in highschool now: -0 PCs are known as current if highschool was x years ago: 1990 PCs and macs 1985 Apples, macs, Rainbows, PRO350s maybe some PCs 1980 s100, apple][, swtp, LSI11, micronova Microprocessor chips 1977 PDP-11, vax, nova Some LSI and bit slice 1971 PDP-8, PDP-10 TTL mostly, some utilogic and transistors FYI the main computers in the shuttle are this era technology. 1965 PDP-5 Transistors. 1960 First generation transistors, vacuum tubes 1952 first commercial machines, tubes 1947 prototypes, tubes and relays If you were like me and did electronics as a kid following on to a career then everything made from '64-65ish on was current at one time or another to me. Then again I went to the NY worlds fair 1964/5! Allison