Questions tagged [identify-this-computer]
Requests to identify a historical computer. Whole, self-contained machines only; use [identify-this-card] instead for extension cards.
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identification of old computer used at CERN library
I am trying to identify an old computer, but I cannot find anything like it. There are no labels to indicate the manufacturer. It is likely from the 70's or 80's, and was the first computer to be used ...
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Did any CPUs have a special instruction for multiplying or dividing by ten?
I recall reading about a CPU from the 90s which had, in addition to normal integer multiply and divide instructions, also had a special set of instructions for multiplying and dividing by ten. Does ...
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Two Unknown Sony Corp Boards - Please identify
There are two Boards:
The first one has
Chips with the name "Sony 501 0C 185", "Sony 502 0J 043", "Sony 504 1B 002 504-3", "Sony 509 01 017 509-00", "Sony ...
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What was this Desktop Programmable Calculator circa 1975
In 1975, my high school computer lab (Maryland USA) had 3 computing devices/terminals. One was a Teletype connected to an offsite mainframe via an acoustical modem. Our class assignments were on this. ...
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What computer is this, a clone of a ZX Spectrum?
Recently I stumbled over this article with an interesting teaser image. It shows some home computer, presumably of the eighties. Unfortunately the image is too blurry to read the keywords on the keys:
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Denys Fisher, of Spirograph fame, using a computer late 1976, early 1977
Denys Fisher, the creator of Spirograph, sold his company, bought an estate in Scotland and started working on his next creations, or at least so is narrated in a BBC's documentary, broadcast as part ...
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What is the likely function of these circuit boards?
(I've edited this question to include a second board - the seller told me he had two of the same, but having received the photo of the second board it's clear to me that they're different).
I am in ...
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Identify these old accounting machines
My mom is an accountant and when I was a child I remember that she had at her work some odd accounting machines. I wish to identify what those were, but unfortunately the bits and pieces she remembers ...
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Was there a keyboard layout starting with "TBSY"?
Watching an episode of Murder, She Wrote (7x12 "Suspicion of Murder") and, at one point, a character picks up a typewriter and throws it through a window.
However, said keyboard has the ...
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What is the mainframe in this image in Ireland?
Someone recently posted this image of his gran (on the right).
Mainframes were before my era, can anyone positively identify the model? I don't see a console in the image, which is where I would ...
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What series of AS/400 is the 9406 F2?
I am considering the acquisition of an old IBM AS/400 midrange computer. The provider has stated the model is "9406 F2".
I have dived into the AS/400 information provided by IBM in their own ...
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The laptops in the Turkish movie Recep İvedik 3 (2009)
I watched Recep İvedik 3 as a kid and it had a story about laptops.
In Clip 1, Recep broke Zeynep's laptop trying to kill a fly.
In Clip 2, he tried to buy a laptop from a Teknosa store but he didn't ...
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Does any computer resemble the model taught in UK secondary education?
In UK secondary education, there's a model called the fetch-execute cycle, which describes how computers work. (See: Isaac CS; Bitesize GCSE, Higher; Teach CS.) As I understand it:
The processor has ...
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What was the small (cheap) atari-2600 compatible personal computer (not legal) called, that you could program 2600 games, in the 80's?
What was the small (cheap?) Atari-2600 compatible personal computer (not legal?) called, that you could program games for the 2600, in the 80's?
I assume people would try and sneak it through the ...
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What was a MicroAce?
I am familiar with the original ZX80 and its "cousin", the Jupiter Ace, a similarly specc'ed machine but running Forth rather than BASIC.
However, a colleague at work stated that there had ...
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