Marcin Wichary

Look at this beautiful chonkster.

(Compaq SLT386s/20 from 1990.)

Mar 1 at 9:14pmWeb
Show threadacbMar 1
@mwichary Is that the SLT/286? My mum had one of those.
Show threadMarcin WicharyMar 1
@acb The next one!
Show threadNicholas RileyMar 1
@mwichary Never seen that one before! That poor, lonely little Fn key…
Show threadTriple ⁂Mar 1
@mwichary Love it!
Show threadBrialaMar 1
@mwichary They don't make 'em like they used to.
Show threadgkrnoursMar 1
@mwichary mnt reform pocket size :D
Show threadShady CharactersMar 1
@mwichary I have just this evening reached the ThinkPad chapter of Shift Happens, and you know, I think I prefer this bad boy.
Show threadMarcin WicharyMar 1
@shadychars It’s a strange form factor, between a luggable and a laptop. The keyboard is detachable!
Show threadShady CharactersMar 1
@mwichary Even better!
Show threadrelsquiMar 1
@mwichary every physical interface there looks so satisfying. chunk, click, whirrr.
Show threadJ. PetersonMar 1

@mwichary Built in carry handle!

A story: At an Apple employee meeting, shortly after the first Mac Portable was introduced, they gave away a new Portable to one lucky randomly-selected attendee. This was quite the prize, as the machine sold for over $7K back then.

The winner as a rather petite woman who eagerly came to the front to receive her prize. When Jean-Louis Gassée handed the woman the Mac Portable she nearly fell over, and had to lug it off the stage with both hands.

Show threadMalcolmMar 1
@mwichary this was the first PC I ever used. My Dad occasionally brought it home from work. Definitely a solid device!
Show thread5ombr4Mar 2
@mwichary
That is cyberdeck material.
Show threadMarcin WicharyMar 2
@5ombr4 It would be cool to swap in more modern innards!
Show thread5ombr4Mar 2
@mwichary
The case is just perfect.
Show threadBoloMKXXVIIIMar 2
@mwichary My first PC was a (used) Toshiba laptop with EGA monochrome display, 286 processor, 1 MB of RAM, 20 MB hard disk. I don't remember the model but I remember it weighed about 12 pounds!
Show threadMarcin WicharyMar 2
@BoloMKXXVIII EGA forever!!!
Show threadBoloMKXXVIIIMar 2
@mwichary https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/toshiba-t1600-early-286-laptop-80286-1885861476
Toshiba T1600 Early 286 Laptop, 80286 EGA | #1885861476

The Toshiba T1600 was state of the art when it was introduced in 1988. The Toshiba T1600 offers high technology, high speed, excellent legibility, IBM PC AT compatibility and battery machine. The T160

Worthpoint
Show threadEndlessMasonMar 2
@mwichary
Oh lordie, he come'n
Show threadPixel PurritoMar 2
@mwichary that power switch looks very satisfying to use. Maybe close to the flick-switch in the IBM PS/2. The kind of switches that have gravitas and make you feel “now we're in business” when toggling a machine on. Very nice.
Show threadLenniMar 2

@mwichary @KuestenKeks Kind of love this…

Quite a while back we cleared out an office and they had one of those compasqs in suitcase format with a removable keyboards on a twisted cord. I really regret not keeping it. The led battery alone was 5kg I bet.

Show threadLenniMar 2
@mwichary @KuestenKeks oh this one has that. Maybe that’s the one we trashed that day
Show threadThomas Svensson 🖖Mar 2

@mwichary

The briefcase era of luggable computes 😃

That is a phone line plug on pic 4 then, I suppose?

Show threadMarcin WicharyMar 2
@tsvenson Yeah, I think it’s a modem?
Show threadThomas Svensson 🖖Mar 2

@mwichary

Probably came bundled with at least 3 different AOL disks 😆