Computer news, circa 1991

Kristin’s parents brought some kindling to the cabin this weekend, and I made the mistake of looking at it.  I found these awesome gems:

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Oh yeah, you read it here.  Solaris x86 and SPARC, ready to pave the way to Sun dominance.  Solaris x86 did pick up some steam in the last couple of years, too little to late I suppose.

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Click to read.

Dayum, that be one GB.  We’ve come a little ways in 20 years, eh?

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What a deal!  Hard drive, 3.5″ and 5.25″ drives for the ultimate in compatibility.  Gotta love that In-Order, cacheless, sub 1M transistor goodness!

–Nat

2 thoughts on “Computer news, circa 1991

  1. Derek to the M.

    Nice find!!! Ah, the good old days. Reminds me of the huge 16 bytes of ram I stubbed my toe on at the MIT museum.

  2. Nat Post author

    Sometimes we walk by Cray in St. Paul and they’ve got a couple early ones on display. Functional furniture 😛

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