WOW! Look at the price of this computer from 1989!

[ShadowDragon]

a nice pc that i can plug myself into would be great for online games

 

[Icedragon]

yea some virtual reality that would actually work for a change.

 

[GameGURU]

lol, nice price

 

[sithspawn]

haha. awesome link. puts a little bit into perspective doesnt it.....

they are currently working on storing data in a biological sense....much like the way DNA stores information...Where thousands of terabites are the norm....

pretty crazy world we live in hey??

 

[Cappy]

man that was a bargain lol
My 1st system in 96 i think was the year .
Gateway Performance Pro
200 Watt PS
P2 233
IBM 10 gig HD
ATA controler card
64mb PC 100 memory
8mb onboard video(i upgraded to a PCI Vodoo 2 later on)
DVD player
CDRW Drive
56k modem
Audigy Sound Card
WIN 98
A bunch of Microsoft Programs
15 inch monitor
Keyboard mouse and speakers
An Epson printer/Fax
all for like $2500.00 lol
I sold it a few years ago for $500.00 and its still working today

 

[compy]

have any of you guys read the net force books by tom clancey? it's like a sieres i think they aired it on tv to. it was cool, they are these kids and they fight crime through computers...they have the whole going in side the computer to play games and that stuff...you guys should check it out...cool books.

 

[NeoNemesis]

sounds awesome

 

[ShadowDragon]

yeh i read a netforce book, i liked the way u could have ur own VR like a fast car and to ppl with boats you would look like a speedboat instead

 

[mdshort]

They're working on a new type of processor, that instead of 0s and 1s, theres a 3rd option, 0s, 1s, and 2s. I think I read in the article that they were using bionics or something similar.

 

[ShadowDragon]

sounds cool, how many bytes can a human brain hold?