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Richard Deeming8-Aug-14 6:59
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PIEBALDconsult8-Aug-14 6:03
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That, my friend, is no mere "ancient pc", it's not any kind of ancient micro-computer, it's an ancient mini-computer!
A label on the back says it was converted from one model to another in 1986, so it's at least that old, I have no idea when it was first assembled. The VT200 was manufactured in 1986.

As it stands, it has two hard drives, no floppy drives. I saw systems of this type used as front-ends to larger systems*, so there would generally be (at most) one hard drive and no other devices.
I had to buy an adapter to attach it to my home network so I can Telnet into it.
I can open it up and show you what's inside, but there's not much in it.


* Sort of like having a number of web servers as the front-end to a central database server.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

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