Dos_Box Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 Ah, looks almost like a Commodore Plus 4! So it must be the 116: Yup I had a C16 but always wanted a Plus 4. Admittedly they were flops and were only on sale for a year or so, but the Plus 4 had some great features incuding a built in office suite.
3s-gtech Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Just refound this beauty. Boxed, never touched. Some of you may know what it is, and what should have happened to it...
Dos_Box Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 Just refound this beauty. Boxed, never touched. Some of you may know what it is, and what should have happened to it... [ATTACH=CONFIG]41577[/ATTACH] Ooh! I'm drawing a blank so far but can I ask for a hint by suggesting it is a US machine?
3s-gtech Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Difficult to answer. Some US, some UK heritage. My research would suggest that these are properly rare though, more than I realised.
deKay Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Anyone know what this is from? I need to find out myself so mention me in the reply if you know! Connector is 15 pin D style [ATTACH]41546[/ATTACH] 15 pin D means it has to be a PC controller rather than a console one.
gshaw Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 15 pin D means it has to be a PC controller rather than a console one. Or a BBC Micro as it turns out
MrEprise Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) Just refound this beauty. Boxed, never touched. Some of you may know what it is, and what should have happened to it... [ATTACH=CONFIG]41577[/ATTACH] It looks like the Open University Hektor I which I believe was a Microcomputer you could build from scratch if you happened to be taking the OU course related to it. EDIT: Upon researching further, the course is one that teaches you how to design and build a microcomputer and the reason they're quite rare is that the OU required students to return them at the end of the course. Wonder how many actually did though... Edited February 13, 2017 by MrEprise 1
mikeprice Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 That's a Jupiter Ace. A machine that uses FORTH instead of BASIC. finally one comes up that I know and I go off and and I'm off doing housework and stuff 1
3s-gtech Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Yup, it's a Hektor. The OU sold them off when they updated the course materials - I can't say if that happened here though! It has a stack of course books and an add-on board, plus PSU, might be fun to turn it on. Doubt the OU want it back at this stage, but I have no idea how or when it got here.
Dos_Box Posted February 13, 2017 Author Posted February 13, 2017 Yup, it's a Hektor. The OU sold them off when they updated the course materials - I can't say if that happened here though! It has a stack of course books and an add-on board, plus PSU, might be fun to turn it on. Doubt the OU want it back at this stage, but I have no idea how or when it got here. Now that is probably a very rare computer indeed. From the quick look around I've been able to do only a few thousand were ever made. Guard it well!
3s-gtech Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 I intend to. It's the sort of thing we should donate or monetise for the school, but once it's gone it's gone. It has sat safely under a desk since before I started ten years ago, and it'll probably stay there unless I get a compelling offer. 1
LeMarchand Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 I intend to. It's the sort of thing we should donate or monetise for the school, but once it's gone it's gone. It has sat safely under a desk since before I started ten years ago, and it'll probably stay there unless I get a compelling offer. Hmmmm....
deKay Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Or a BBC Micro as it turns out A BBC Micro is a PC
Arthur Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Can anyone guess what PC this is? It was released just over 9 years ago.
Arthur Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) Is it a Commodore XX? Nope! It is made by a well known company though. I reckon @ICTDirect_Dave might know what this is. Edited February 14, 2017 by Arthur 1
ICTDirect_Dave Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 I reckon @ICTDirect_Dave might know what this is. Whilst I new know what it is (bit of detective work FTW), it's way out of the standard remit for what kind of kit I'd see. Finding something like that here would maybe be a 1 in 100,000 unit chance. Having said that it is a cracking bit of kit for it's time
3s-gtech Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) It's an HP Blackbird 002! Not something I've seen about. The case is lovely, wonder if they take standard innards? Edit: yup, they do. Rare as rare though. Edited February 14, 2017 by 3s-gtech 1
ICTDirect_Dave Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 It's an HP Blackbird 002! Not something I've seen about. The case is lovely, wonder if they take standard innards? It's HP, very unlikely id say. Even where a case uses standard ATX fittings, I've found HP like to change the Pin out on their PSUs so normal supplies wont work
3s-gtech Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Looking at the reviews of the time, this was built more by the subsumed Voodoo PC than HP, and they used standard parts. Was designed around upgrading, unusually!
Arthur Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) It's an HP Blackbird 002! You're 100% correct. It is the HP Blackbird 002. Voodoo PCs (and the subsequent HP PCs) looked better than Alienware's at the time IMO. Edited February 14, 2017 by Arthur
ICTDirect_Dave Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 This made me chuckle! Cracking open the HP Blackbird 002 DE LCi gaming PC - TechRepublic So much power in the day. So puny now! - - - Updated - - - This made me chuckle! http://www.techrepublic.com/pictures/cracking-open-the-hp-blackbird-002-de-lci-gaming-pc/ So much power in the day. So puny now! 2
Arthur Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 So much power in the day. So puny now! A whole 2GB of RAM too! Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 3.0GHz Quad-Core 2GB 1,066MHz Corsair PC2-8500 SDRAM Dual ATI Radeon x2900 XTs, each with 512 MB of GDDR4 SDRAM 2 x 160GB Western Digital Raptors (RAID 0). 1 x 750GB SATA HDD 1100 Watt power supply Liquid cooling for the video cards and the CPU Cost = $6,200 It's pretty amazing to see how things have progressed in just nine years. 2
Dos_Box Posted February 14, 2017 Author Posted February 14, 2017 Two years later, once the i series chips were out, it would have struggled to be classed as an entry level gaming rig! 1
ICTDirect_Dave Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 I do love that the graphics cards are packing some GDDR4! Not many cards ever shipped with that!
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