I posted Cray and SGI stuff and nobody seemed to mind; I'd say if you've got neato pictures, why not?
If anyone has anything DEC workstation related (like shipping with them) please do share 😀
My fond memory of DEC really stems from trying out their Ppro200 boxes towards the end of their life. They were quick, Win95 loaded, and IIRC had ESFM?
wrote:If anyone has anything DEC workstation related (like shipping with them) please do share 😀
My fond memory of DEC really stems from trying out their Ppro200 boxes towards the end of their life. They were quick, Win95 loaded, and IIRC had ESFM?
Weren't DEC ALPHA machines used to speed up rendering for NewTek Lightwave, back when they still used Amiga based Video Toasters/Flyers?
I've tried looking thru old issues of some CG industry focused magazine from the late 90's/early 2000s, but I can't find the ads selling them. They were high-clocked 21264s with a ton of RAM, and I *think* one model was called "Raptor", or something.
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I remember somehow hanging up a good portion of a mainframe, when I was first learning how to program on a VAX (or VMS) terminal. Everyone in the classroom immediately looked right at me. That's when I learned I'm horrible at programming.
The ones I like most:
wrote:Weren't DEC ALPHA machines used to speed up rendering for NewTek Lightwave, back when they still used Amiga based Video Toasters/Flyers?
Yes but I don't care about DEC Alpha. That's like the only history remaining on the internet were their Alpha-based machines and much less their relatively obscure last-ditch P6-based machines, which were as generic as they come really.
Dec.com/Digital.com even got excluded on TIA 🙁
wrote:I posted Cray and SGI stuff and nobody seemed to mind; I'd say if you've got neato pictures, why not?
It might take me a little bit. I've already got cray, sun, etc... But I've also been grabbing arcade boards, old computers like BBC Micro, C64/128, the Atari VCS, and plenty of other console PCBs.
I've also started grabbing PCB shots of telecommunication equipment (40GigE/SONET/DS1 line cards, routers, switches, the big boxes that make the Internet work. I'm even trying to find good shots that resemble the Central Offices I've been in, so people can see how their phone line/internet connection gets to the phone/cable company.
wrote:wrote:Weren't DEC ALPHA machines used to speed up rendering for NewTek Lightwave, back when they still used Amiga based Video Toasters/Flyers?
Yes but I don't care about DEC Alpha. That's like the only history remaining on the internet were their Alpha-based machines and much less their relatively obscure last-ditch P6-based machines, which were as generic as they come really.
Dec.com/Digital.com even got excluded on TIA 🙁
Well, those DEC Alphas were the only thing about the company that I really remember, beyond them selling/licensing DR-DOS to Novell. 😒
I know they're very important in the development of computer systems, and such. But then again, XEROX PARC sticks out in more peoples minds, to be frank.
Little know fact, but NCR (National Cash Register) use to make/design their own PC clones, and was very successful for a brief time. That was before Gateway and Dell started to really take off.
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Whoops! I thought I made those clickable (and preview-sized). A lot of those PCB shots are like 3000x1700 or more, so they'd be nice for wallpapers.
When I figure out how to not BBCode FAIL, I'll repost.
Need to find some wallpaper sized vintage CPU/PPU/DSP Die shots. Those are always neat.
..."wallpapers"
http://i.imgur.com/zWiCOk0.jpg […]
It's got a freakin' fridge inside 😁
Yeah, this isn't a PCB photo thread, this is a wallpaper thread. Or "background" or however you think of it. Look at original post for examples.
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wrote:Well, those DEC Alphas were the only thing about the company that I really remember, beyond them selling/licensing DR-DOS to Novell. 😒
Wasn't DR-DOS from DR (Digital Research) and not from DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)?
wrote:All right, here goes nothing: Real GUS, not Interwave: http://i.imgur.com/ZW27wp9.jpg […]
All right, here goes nothing:
Real GUS, not Interwave:
I really wonder where you dig up those old picture of my GUS, however this might be more suitable as start for a personal wallpaper:
Retronn.de - Vintage Hardware Gallery, Drivers, Guides, Videos. Now with file search
Youtube Channel
FTP Server - Driver Archive and more
DVI2PCIe alignment and 2D image quality measurement tool
also thanks a lot electricmonk for making me click 'stop' every time I check this thread's page now
wrote:also thanks a lot electricmonk for making me click 'stop' every time I check this thread's page now
Scroll up. I fixed my goof. Sorry.
wrote:I really wonder where you dig up those old picture of my GUS, however this might be more suitable as start for a personal wallpaper:
A lot came from Wikimedia, Quest Studios, Sega16, and the like. Some of the pics I loaded to imgur got auto-resized, but most are over anywhere from 1920x1080 to 5670 x 2850.
I deliberately avoided anything in GIS that came from vogons.org.
wrote:Yeah, this isn't a PCB photo thread, this is a wallpaper thread. Or "background" or however you think of it. Look at original post for examples.
I personally like PCB and Die shots as wallpapers, and the ones I've got are definitely vintage hardware (some date back to the late 70's), so I thought it would be OK.
So vintage telephone switching/distribution and cable tv head-end equipment shots are out too, huh? Rats... Those things look neat (especially old crossbars).
Straight from a Hdd image of a Quantum3D AAlchemy system
The only PCB wallpaper i've used is some macro photography of a Voodoo at a dramatic focused angle 😜
Just straight-up PCBs can be a visual noise eyesore.
