1 Apr
2002
1 Apr
'02
4:38 p.m.
What about systems with ethernet. I'd prefer a medium between massive
power-suckers and portables... like say, desktops :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne M. Smith" <wmsmith(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: Computers Manufactured in 1986
processor, 10 MB hard drive and world's first plasma
> Pardon the ignorance here,
>
> But which would you guys consider to be the most modernly functional
one
> of the 1986 bunch?
>
> (What I am trying to do together here is get a setup of only stuff made
in
1986....
It'd be neat to have a system exactly the same age as me :))
In 1986 the computer I really wanted bad was a Toshiba T3100 laptop -- 286
display (I think). Cost $3,400 in 1986, but you can
get one on eBay today
for around 10 bucks or so. For example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2013655798
As far as non-minis go, this was the best of the best at the time, and
arguably the
most "modern."
-W
P.S. I waited 2 years and ended up with a T5100 with a 386/16 and monster
40 MB
hard drive -- well worth the wait and the 5 grand
(particularly as my employer paid for it)!