On 3/16/2021 2:37 PM, Graham wrote:

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> I have kept all the old computers as they were replaced by newer
> technology. Thus I have one desktop in use and 3 old ones in the
> basement. The oldest is a 486!!
> I'm glad I kept them as the government wanted data and charts that were
> prepared for them and saved originally on 5.25" floppies. I used 2 of
> those old machines to transfer the data to memory sticks and
> subsequently updated the charts using specialist software.
> I have a 17" XP laptop which cannot be updated and the battery doesn't
> hold a charge for long. However, the software it runs for my Garmin is
> obsolete and can't be updated so I keep it going just to record my
> biking activities.

Early to mid 1980s. My first was an 8088 that I eventually added a 30MB
hard drive to. It had two floppy drives, one for the DOS disk to boot
and the other would run the program.

Then a 386SX, that one had a hard drive and eventually added a 2400
baud modem. Ran Windows 3.1 too!