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What is the retro computer you once had, and wish you could get back?
1: GRiDCASE 1520.
It had a lovely red plasma display, amazing keyboard, and the thing was made out of thick magnesium which seemed almost indestructable. Later model became the first laptop to go into space. 286/10, 1MB.
It was gifted to me by a very nice older Hari-Krishna stoner while working in an industrial warehouse on the outskirts of the city. (Arjaya, if you are still out there somewhere, here's to you!)
2: NeXTstation/Turbo.
I picked up a working complete system with monitor and all accessories for $100 at a local swap-meet in the late '90s. It was quite fun, but at that point it could no longer compete with the cheap x86 hardware flooding the market.
Today these systems are probably at the bottom of a landfill somewhere, which makes me a bit sad :(
#retro #retrocomputing
1: GRiDCASE 1520.
It had a lovely red plasma display, amazing keyboard, and the thing was made out of thick magnesium which seemed almost indestructable. Later model became the first laptop to go into space. 286/10, 1MB.
It was gifted to me by a very nice older Hari-Krishna stoner while working in an industrial warehouse on the outskirts of the city. (Arjaya, if you are still out there somewhere, here's to you!)
2: NeXTstation/Turbo.
I picked up a working complete system with monitor and all accessories for $100 at a local swap-meet in the late '90s. It was quite fun, but at that point it could no longer compete with the cheap x86 hardware flooding the market.
Today these systems are probably at the bottom of a landfill somewhere, which makes me a bit sad :(
#retro #retrocomputing