Russian Computers of the 90's

[jronald]

http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2010 ... more-18825

Ron

[Radioguy]

70's disco floppies!

Ah floppies....I remember when I had to have an ED capable drive so I could flaunt my 2.88MB disks.

[killer]

Anyone else notice the caption about a floppy dick?

[Tasurinchi]

Me! Ha haaa!! That's hilarious

[Radioguy]

You know....several jokes occurred to me as well (You should have seen the post previews) but I tried to keep this thread clean....silly me.

[mediasponge]

Well, it IS an 8" floppy disk. Actually, those were used in the US on Apollo Computers in the 80's as well. The one in the picture looks like a standard Maxell 8" floppy. I've got a vintage IBM computer with a warning label on the monitor. Would you believe it weighs 35 Kg? It's a 3270 AT/GX. It was intended for graphics applications. The monitor cable is a bundle of 5 twin-ax cables, each with its own BNC connector at the monitor end. The display adapter is in a separate chassis from the main AT chassis. Only IBM...

The story goes that when a Russian pilot defected and handed over an intact Mig-25 Foxbat, at first the US Air Force analysts snickered at its nickel-plated hardware and vacuum tube technology. Then they discovered it had the world's most powerful airborne radar system, virtually jam-proof. They were being used for reconnaissance over Israel. Stripped of all its armaments, a Mig-25 could hit Mach 3.2 for a short run, but they had to literally discard the engines afterwards. The pilots were lucky to live through it, which may explain why one of them defected.

[BillMorrow]

there once was, and may still be, an electronics salvage and resale warehouse on park blvd in palo alto..
near the 3000 block near where park avenue motors mercedes is..
it looked JUST LIKE THAT series of photos..
but this was about 25 years ago that i was last there..

[mediasponge]

Some of the old surplus houses have closed down. The guy who runs this site has a warehouse out in Livermore with his collection, and many computers that get re-purposed to the needy. It was one of his earlier Vintage Computer Fairs where my 3270 AT/GX took a trifecta. Best in class (post-1981), best presentation (completeness), and best in show. As far as the best current surplus store in the Bay Area, I go to Weird Stuff.

It is said that if a surplus shopper goes to the Boeing Surplus Outlet in Seattle, they will feel like they died and went to heaven...

[ajkula66]

mediasponge wrote:

at first the US Air Force analysts snickered at its nickel-plated hardware and vacuum tube technology

Which just goes to show that one should never laugh at Russian military technology...they might not give two kopeikii about the design, but their stuff is well-built, and has always been...