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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
      last edited by

      It is certainly a hard one to track down.

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      • Mike DavisM
        Mike Davis
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        Where was that taken? I mean there are stacks of computers with 5 1/4" drives next to it.

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        • jrcJ
          jrc @Mike Davis
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          @Mike-Davis

          It was in an abandoned storage locker I bought. Everything in there was mid-90s and earlier. So that is why I am saying this thing has to be early 80s or older.

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          • nadnerBN
            nadnerB
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            While searching for answers to the OP, I found some epic necroposting (happening a lot around here lately) : https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.sys.pdp8/BV_KBpHXKcI

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            • ObsolesceO
              Obsolesce
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              Well weren't 3.5" floppy drives more mainstream going towards the mid 90's? I'd say 1990+ for sure. Of course, if it was one of the early 3.5" floppy drives, late 80's at least.

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              • jrcJ
                jrc @Obsolesce
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                @Tim_G

                The machines you see in the picture are mostly 286 and 386 machines, so 1987 - 1991 or so. That said, 5.25' drives were still used in computers well into the early 90s.

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                • nadnerBN
                  nadnerB
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                  And now we wait...
                  https://twitter.com/JediMasterOdd/status/859623806016659461

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                  • ObsolesceO
                    Obsolesce
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                    Well I can't find anything like it here: http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/

                    So it must be pre-1950.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                      @Tim_G said in Let's play name that computer:

                      Well I can't find anything like it here: http://www.old-computers.com/MUSEUM/

                      So it must be pre-1950.

                      LOL.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @jrc
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                        @jrc said in Let's play name that computer:

                        @Tim_G

                        The machines you see in the picture are mostly 286 and 386 machines, so 1987 - 1991 or so. That said, 5.25' drives were still used in computers well into the early 90s.

                        Yes, I'm guessing VERY late 80s or early 90s from the looks of it. Not that that means much, but the style and materials feel like that era.

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