Oldest ''Working'' Computer Gets New Life

[exfileme]

The oldest "working" computer is getting a make-over and a spot in a retirement home.

Oldest ''Working'' Computer Gets New Life : Read more

 

[nonstoprobot]

But can it run Crysis?

 

[grieve]

seriously... This guy only had stamina enough to use a calculator for 30 mins?

"In a race with a human mathematician using a mechanical calculator, the human kept pace for 30 minutes, but then had to retire exhausted as the machine carried on remorselessly."

Recycle that old POS, build 10000 new PC cases from it.

 

[grieve]

[citation][nom]nonstoprobot[/nom]But can it run Crysis?[/citation]
lol... um no.
It can hardly calculate the tax for the purchase of the game.

 

[kikireeki]

It is very nice as an antique, but putting all that money to revive it is a complete waste!

 

[ssalim]

Lol, I knew someone would ask something about Crysis.

 

[jellico]

[citation][nom]nonstoprobot[/nom]But can it run Crysis?[/citation]
Hell, it can't even SPELL Crysis. Still, it's kinda cool to keep stuff like this running for posterity. As fast as the computer is evolving, it would be like going to a museum and seeing an exhibit with actual, living neaderthals.

 

[Impulse Fire911]

OMFG i am soooo overclocking that shit!

 

[mactruck]

I'm impressed it could run for 10 days. I doubt the average user's Windows install can last that long without a reboot.

 

[johnny_5]

[citation][nom]grieve[/nom]seriously... This guy only had stamina enough to use a calculator for 30 mins?"In a race with a human mathematician using a mechanical calculator, the human kept pace for 30 minutes, but then had to retire exhausted as the machine carried on remorselessly."Recycle that old POS, build 10000 new PC cases from it.[/citation]
He's using a mechanical calculator (they didn't have those fancy pocket calculators at the time), working furiously to keep up. And I think that even if he could keep going another half hour, there was little reason to do so, the conclusions would be the same.

 

[johnny_5]

[citation][nom]kikireeki[/nom]It is very nice as an antique, but putting all that money to revive it is a complete waste![/citation]
Agreed. Also I don't even want to know how much power that thing must consume.

 

[igot1forya]

[citation][nom]johnny_5[/nom]Agreed. Also I don't even want to know how much power that thing must consume.[/citation]
If I owned it... it would be a Case mod for my more modern super computer/main-frame. I would show people the beast and then wow them when they see it run Crysis

 

[Major7up]

I applaud the preservation of our digital heritage!

 

[Greg_77]

[citation][nom]nonstoprobot[/nom]But can it run Crysis?[/citation]

Even if it did have the processing power, playing on ticker tape would prove rather difficult. I mean, my graphing calculator would be 100 times more suited for Crysis! At least it has some form of screen...

 

[athreex]

Someday Crysis-ready computers will be a waste and we will see some of our modded computers in a museum. There's gonna be other people in that year and they will ask ( Can it play some badass-uber demanding graphics game?). Hell our computers are going to be total joke.

 

[Blessedman]

Super computers from 10 years ago are a joke compared to what sit on our desktop, for that matter even the iphone.

 

[gekko668]

They should move that computer from museums to museums so the people and children could see what computers are like years before they are born.

 

[eddieroolz]

[citation][nom]jellico[/nom]Hell, it can't even SPELL Crysis. Still, it's kinda cool to keep stuff like this running for posterity. As fast as the computer is evolving, it would be like going to a museum and seeing an exhibit with actual, living neaderthals.[/citation]

Guys, the "Can it run Crysis" thing is a joke. Chill down a bit, no need to take it so seriously and literally.

 

[kingssman]

So... If its running, what would it be calculating? Museum attendance?

 

[Ciuy]

Yeah it can run Crysis, i just tested it with windows `51