Posted on 06/23/2014 8:38:15 PM PDT by wetphoenix
Russia's policy on Western technology is clear: The country can live without it, especially if key issues like economic sanctions, NSA spying and GPS cooperation aren't resolved to its leader's satisfaction. It looks like this tough stance extends to US-designed computer chips too, as a Russian business newspaper is reporting that state departments and state-run companies will no longer purchase PCs built around Intel or AMD processors. Instead, starting in 2015, the government will order up to one million devices annually based on the "Baikal" processor, which is manufactured by a domestic company called T-Platforms.
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$999?
I forgot about blue ray.
Yes. I remember those machines, fantastic colors and multiple sound channels, they ruled the video production arena among PCs.
Like their rocket engines huh?
The ‘newer’ ones still go for 20K apparently. Damn. An iphone has 1000 times the power.
I wonder what the deal is. they went out of biz over a decade ago. Way old tech now.
One thing I’m noticing is that some are not coming with optical at all, which is a shame. You can still get USB 3.0 externals though. I rarely use optical but it’s still needed for a lot of things.
IRS buying up spare parts?
I remember seeing pix from the day of Hollywood SFX houses with racks/render farms of Toastered 2 and 4000s.
Nostalgia is biting bad right now... ;)
Someone seems to be thats for sure. I know Govt used them in simulation/nuke stuff because of their power at the time...could be.
I wish I had some of my old games back, I really loved some of those.
I wonder how many government agencies use them and corporate old legacy systems are still running out there?
I know they were built pretty much military grade. Highest f the high end for the time. At least until they went Intel. It would not surprise me if many still run today in all manner of govt facilities.
And EVERYTHING about them was proprietary for a long time. So i imagine cost recouping is still going on.
hopefully a Freeper with some personal experience with them is out there and speaks up. I would love to know more about them.
if they do, ping me. would be fascinating
Will do. Low odds but they weren’t completely unobtainoum. One of us MUST have played with them.
Lemmings for the win! Loved that one. Much harder than it looked keeping those little ba...er... bad boys alive ;)
so it will have a CPPU chip
my favorite games for my old PC were USNF ‘97 and Tank! and games like that.
In USNF ‘97 I could route dozens and dozens of aircraft on both sides, setting up a battle scenario (with SAM sites and AAA too)
It was a great game. Obviously the graphics aren’t like modern games but it was good.
everything from MiG-17’s to A-7’s, F-14’s and stuff were in there.
There are some vids on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byLowPaiuAw
lol
I still have my Amiga 1000..
A true classic. I may get another 1200 just for the memories. It was a lot of fun.
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