Slowest Computer, I think I win. \ VOGONS

Reply 1 of 8, by Stiletto

Posted on 2014-10-22, 20:46

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Info and Manual: http://www.polylith.com/~brendan/ClassicCompu … uCptrTrain.html
Manual Pages: http://www.polylith.com/~brendan/ClassicCompu … ainManual1.html
Some more info: http://vintagecomputer.livejournal.com/67414.html
Even more: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1053&st=1
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6c5zp45BYWg

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Reply 2 of 8, by sliderider

Posted on 2014-10-22, 22:23

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Is it slower than a KIM-1?

Reply 3 of 8, by squareguy

Posted on 2014-10-22, 23:04

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Nice, TY.

Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE

Reply 4 of 8, by squareguy

Posted on 2014-10-23, 00:02

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It appears to be slower than a KIM-1 which had a MOS Technology 6502 CPU, which would have run somewhere between 1-2 MHz. The Microcomputer Trainer has something around 300-400 KHz.

Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE

Reply 5 of 8, by pewpewpew

Posted on 2014-10-23, 01:22

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Here's the catalog page. It was much later than I was guessing.

EDIT:
Re 'slowest', I've just checked the 'computer on a chip' chip of my 1976 TI-30 and it's in the same range. This page has a good section on the full line it comes from, and notes "The highest clock frequency attainable by the series is 0.4MHz."
http://www.datamath.org/Story/Intel.htm

Reply 6 of 8, by RacoonRider

Posted on 2014-10-23, 06:01

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I think, I win.
Where did you get that badass anyway? 😀

Reply 7 of 8, by squareguy

Posted on 2014-10-23, 12:04

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hehe honestly an abacus would be faster doing any calculations.

I forgot I had it actually. I probably got it at a thrift store or garage sale a few years ago and yesterday I was going through some things and ran across it.

I want to get the manual printed out and try to mess with it soon.

Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE

Reply 8 of 8, by squareguy

Posted on 2014-10-23, 12:28

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This beauty also contains the TMS1312 CPU.

http://www.datamath.org/Desktop/ti-5225.htm

Gateway 2000 Case and 200-Watt PSU
Intel SE440BX-2 Motherboard
Intel Pentium III 450 CPU
Micron 384MB SDRAM (3x128)
Compaq Voodoo3 3500 TV Graphics Card
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz Sound Card
Western Digital 7200-RPM, 8MB-Cache, 160GB Hard Drive
Windows 98 SE

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