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In den Niederlanden wurde in den 1970ern und 1980ern ein CAD-Computer entwickelt, der 1984 als »Aesthedes« auf den Markt kam. Ein ziemliches Monster mit 10 (!) Motorola 68000 CPUs. Das holländische @homecomputermuseum bekam solche Maschinen in die Finger, hat sie restauriert und lernt gerade, wie man damit arbeitet. Die (sehr unterhaltsame) Geschichte dazu gab's als Vortrag auf dem letzten VCF East. Ich wünsche gute Unterhaltung: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQkKTewpvRU #vintagecomputing #aesthedes #cad

VCF East: Aesthedes: Restoring the unknown CAD-machine and uncovering history

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HomeComputerMuseum Jan 18, 2025

Big news! The second Aesthedes is working and the first one is now fully working!

The Aesthedes, the first commercial available CAD-computer, from 1985, is now fully operational.

3 of the 6 screens are broken (but fixable, but the system boots and responds as should be.

We're absolutely thrilled that we managed to get this one up and made the older one now function a full 100% as it was back in the day.

#Museum #HomeComputerMuseum #Aesthedes

@haitchfive Sep 16, 2023

I think @SanderFocus 's post...
https://mastodon.art/@SanderFocus/111075721837170169

...probably and safely qualifies as #retrocomputing. Pictured: the superpowerful 1980s Dutch #CAD system #Aesthedes2.

The Aesthedes 1 had ten Motorola 68000 processors, 2Mb RAM, three 20" monitors, and three other smaller data screens, rendering images on a canvas of up to 64000x64000 pixels. Plus a tablet, and lots of fancy colourful buttons!

The #Aesthedes 2 had two Motorola 68020 processors plus an early GPU!

More specs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthedes

If you can, make sure you visit the:
https://homecomputermuseum.nl

#Aesthedes #Netherlands #NL #Nederland #Amsterdam #HomeComputerMuseum #Motorola #m68000 #m68k

SanderFocus (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image Operating the legendary Aesthedes 2 😎

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Misja van Laatum Aug 2, 2023

You look like a computer from a 60s sci-fi series but you're the real deal! #aesthedes #nerdcore #homecomputermuseumhelmond

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