In the late 80s and early 90s personal computers started to become mainstream. Bill Gates (founder of Microsoft) had the vision of putting a computer on every desk in every home and every office. This was delivered through the mainstream adoption of operating systems such as MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows. This period also made mainstream the "LAN", or "Local Area Network". Way before the internet came commonplace it was ambitious to have a local area network which connected all your office / school / home computers together on a network with a centralised server. To demonstrate this we use a Netware 4.11 server to connect most of our PCs from this era which was the leading server platform in the day. |
Our exhibit list is currently being populated and isn't yet complete so please watch this space.
Amstrad PC-1512Year: 1986 Status: On display - Hands on exhibit Two disk drive IBM compatible Amstrad PC |
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Amstrad PC-1640Year: 1986 Status: On display - Hands on exhibit Classic 80's PC running MS-DOS and GEM Desktop 3 |
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Compaq DeskPro XE 466Year: 1993 Status: On display - Hands on exhibit Connected to our Netware 4.2 network with various games and apps. Runs MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 |
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Elonex 486 33MhzYear: 1993 Status: Restoration - In progress Connected to our Netware 4.2 network with various games and apps. Runs MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 |
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Elonex 486 66MhzYear: 1993 Status: Restoration - In progress Connected to our Netware 4.2 network with various games and apps. Runs MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 |
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Siemens Nixdorf PCD-4LYear: 1994 Status: On display - Hands on exhibit Connected to our Netware 4.2 network with various games and apps. Runs MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 |
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Wang 286 PCYear: 1988 Status: Restoration - Awaiting Runs MS DOS 3.22 and Windows 2.11. Black & white monitor |