Now That is very cool! My German is very rusty but 2000 watts to power it, wow is all I can say. In don't suppose you kept any of the tapes from it huh?
Realtek High Definition Audio (motherboard integrated)
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NEC Multisync EX231W
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1920x1080 @ 60Hz via DVI-D
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2x Western Digital 1TB SATA3 Caviar Black Internal HDD // 1x WD 500GB USB 3.0 "My Passport Essential" External HDD // 1x WD 1TB USB 3.0 "My Passport Essential" External HDD // 2x WD 2TB USB 3.0 "My Passport Essential" External HDD
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Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850
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Antec 300
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Air-cooling
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Steelseries 6Gv2
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Steelseries Sensei RAW Glossy, Logitech M500
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DSL (AT&T)
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Microsoft Security Essentials
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* Japanese Windows XP Professional SP3
* Japanese Windows 7 Professional SP1
Yeah, that is somehow amazing. Younger people today think the world of computing started with Windows 3.1. But there was a lot of computing before that and those big systems were really something.
I had the chance to participate in operating system and data base development for 35 years. And I tell you, the problems we had were very similar to the problems of today. The main difference was that we had no screens for debugging and everything had to be printed on paper. And a core dump could be easily 10 inches high - and all in hexadecimal.
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HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
Super calculators would be a better description of the early computers long before any IBM "Think Tanks" ever came to be back in the 60s! The main purpose for the early development was for analytical purposes long before any OSs were developed even.
The description of looking like something out of an old Sci-Fi movie is about right there. Now some forty to fifty years later when you look at the first notebook on the market you might think that was a museum piece as well. Epson HX-20 Portable Computer
Besides that however I can still remember the first well not quite a desktop I used while working for one company. The monitor shown was a newer model to the old crt "VT278H" model I had to look at during auditing. DEC Pro 350
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AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 2nd remote pc
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Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4-Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H remote pc
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Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Hyper X Fury 8gb 2nd
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MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
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Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio P - Realtek onooard 2nd case
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ASUS VW199T-P 19" HP 2082a Main-HP 2082a 20" remote pc
Screen Resolution
Asus 1440x900 - HP 1600x900
Hard Drives
WD Black 1TB HD per OS W7, W10, and pending W11 presently on 500gb OS Drive - Pending Triple 1TB HDs for Spanned Storage/backup volume
Single 2TB external USB enclosure, single 1TB System 7 Host/Boot drive, Pending 8TB external HD for system image b
PSU
Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case
Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
And what was the first actual computer tosses up a good number of oldies!
When was the First Computer Made?
The debate on the first computer ever made may vary according to the perception of what constitutes a computer. For some, it is the ENIAC made in 1943, while for some it is the Altair launched by MITS in 1974.
As you can see that goes into the first actual and compares that to the first actual computer in desktop form. You can sure there were plenty of designs even if only one was ever made in the years between just those two.
W7 Ultimate x64/W10 Pro x64/W11 Pro Triple Boot - Main PC W7 Remote PC Micro ATX W7 Pro x64/W11 Pro
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 2nd remote pc
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4-Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H remote pc
Memory
Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Hyper X Fury 8gb 2nd
Graphics Card(s)
MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card
Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio P - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VW199T-P 19" HP 2082a Main-HP 2082a 20" remote pc
Screen Resolution
Asus 1440x900 - HP 1600x900
Hard Drives
WD Black 1TB HD per OS W7, W10, and pending W11 presently on 500gb OS Drive - Pending Triple 1TB HDs for Spanned Storage/backup volume
Single 2TB external USB enclosure, single 1TB System 7 Host/Boot drive, Pending 8TB external HD for system image b
PSU
Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case
Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
A tube powered mainframe would take up some factory floor space! For a look at some real oldies you might say are a museum with just a look at one of them you can browse through the photos at Mainframe
The initial uses included nuclear research labs believe it or not for the ability to do then what you would now not even give a second thought of when holding a pocket sized scientific calculator! Gee I got my solar powered Casio sitting right here in front of me that will do as much or more then a good deal of those ancients! $5 at a Walmart and millions of $$$ back in those day for developments!
W7 Ultimate x64/W10 Pro x64/W11 Pro Triple Boot - Main PC W7 Remote PC Micro ATX W7 Pro x64/W11 Pro
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 2nd remote pc
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4-Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H remote pc
Memory
Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Hyper X Fury 8gb 2nd
Graphics Card(s)
MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card
Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio P - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VW199T-P 19" HP 2082a Main-HP 2082a 20" remote pc
Screen Resolution
Asus 1440x900 - HP 1600x900
Hard Drives
WD Black 1TB HD per OS W7, W10, and pending W11 presently on 500gb OS Drive - Pending Triple 1TB HDs for Spanned Storage/backup volume
Single 2TB external USB enclosure, single 1TB System 7 Host/Boot drive, Pending 8TB external HD for system image b
PSU
Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case
Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
Funny you said it like that. This spring while I was still in Florida me and a friend were talking about "Louise" (my G74Sx) and his XPS i5 and it was mentioned that between our two laptops we had more computing power than they used to build the first atomic bomb. As you said though even hand held calculators can claim that distinction. Amazing how far we've come in so short a time.
I tip my hat to all the pioneers in the field who have given us these wonderful machines.
The page there is for Apollo 14 and Skylab information. Since your link didn't work I found the page covering the Apollo program's Apollo Guidance Computer that sheds quite a bit light on what they had to use back then.
W7 Ultimate x64/W10 Pro x64/W11 Pro Triple Boot - Main PC W7 Remote PC Micro ATX W7 Pro x64/W11 Pro
CPU
AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 2nd remote pc
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4-Gigabyte GA-880GM-D2H remote pc
Memory
Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Hyper X Fury 8gb 2nd
Graphics Card(s)
MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card
Creative Labs X-Fi Xtreme Audio P - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays
ASUS VW199T-P 19" HP 2082a Main-HP 2082a 20" remote pc
Screen Resolution
Asus 1440x900 - HP 1600x900
Hard Drives
WD Black 1TB HD per OS W7, W10, and pending W11 presently on 500gb OS Drive - Pending Triple 1TB HDs for Spanned Storage/backup volume
Single 2TB external USB enclosure, single 1TB System 7 Host/Boot drive, Pending 8TB external HD for system image b
PSU
Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case
Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
