Board:   [DoveNet] Hardware/Software Help
Subject: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run
From:    Nightfox
Date:    Wed Jan 14, 2026 12:56

Subject: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run Dos
@VIA: DIGDIST
  Re: Re: Thin Client Pc To Run Dos
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to MIKE POWELL on Wed Jan 14 2026 06:56 am

 PF> It was an IBM PS/2 model 80, 13" CRT and a Model M keyboard running OS/2.
 PF> Connected to it was an IBM 4019 laser printer. IBM "pointing device", a
 PF> heavy 2-button mechanical mouse.

 PF> That was the exact systemI'd used at my first job - in 1991!

That sounds like a fairly iconic early-mid 90s computer setup.  If I collected retro computers, I wouldn't mind having a setup like that.  I've also thought it would be cool to have an old Amiga (maybe a 2000 or a 3000).  I'd need to have room for a computer collection first..

Nightfox

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