Gammitin (Ben) 💾Gammitin@mastodon.social
Jul 3, 2026, 4:14 AMAmstrad PPC640 [1987]
CPU: NEC V30 8 Mhz CPU
MEM: 640k RAM ('all you'll ever need')
STORAGE: Dual 720kb DD Floppy Drives
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Impossible Umbrella :donor: :tux: :vim:ImpossibleUmbrella@infosec.exchangeJul 3, 2026, 11:19 AM@Gammitin Retrospectively these are really good machines - it’s just that they came out quite a lot of years after their spec was good.
- Impossible Umbrella :donor: :tux: :vim:ImpossibleUmbrella@infosec.exchangeJul 3, 2026, 6:02 PM
@Gammitin I should add that I have one of these too. 🙂
Hitchin Hackspacehackhitchin@techhub.socialJul 3, 2026, 12:01 PM@Gammitin
Don't forget.. can run on D size batteries and drive an external CGA monitor 🙂
Jul 3, 2026, 1:16 PM@Gammitin Damn I miss all the cool PCs of the 80s/90s. The quest for sleekness has sure produced some dull old kit recently.
Amin Girasolfluidlogic@oldbytes.spaceJul 3, 2026, 1:36 PM@Gammitin God how I wish modern laptops had real keyboards.
Albert Hickeywinkleink@mastodon.socialJul 3, 2026, 2:48 PM@Gammitin My sister needed a word processor for Uni in early 90s and got her a used PPC512.
By then it was really old technology but it let her do the bulk of the typing at home and only needed the computers in college for the final edits.
Better than having to go to the college computer room to do everything.
raptorraptor@infosec.exchangeJul 3, 2026, 8:29 PM@Gammitin @buherator wow, I have typed my 1st dan 🥋 thesis on one of these!! Back in ‘90. I forgot what the word processor was? Maybe WordPerfect?
buheratorbuherator@infosec.placeJul 3, 2026, 8:44 PM