Windows1 (1985) PC XT Hercules

[itsthedaywalker]

Ohhh the times when computers ask:

"Keyboard not detected, press Enter to continue"
WTF ??

[fakeakkaunt]

Fun fact - windows1's explorer (MS-DOS Executive) still can run on windows 10 and even all of the functions is working.

[csucujo]

If you were lucky to have one of these in your house, back in the days, you were fortunate and your parents most likely had a good job.

[vischo]

The heart rate increasing when you hear that retry noise from the floppy disk drive, and the relief when you see that the file number finally increased... oh my

[High_]

For all those who are making fun of this, it was an awesome thing of its time. The graphical representation of tools like calculator, clock, notepad etc. was somthing people had never seen before. Show some respect. People worked their asses off to get pc to where it stands today.

[Silly-Goose-OG]

I saw this computer in my grandmas house when I was 8 and I was like: This is the future.

[skaruts]

It's amazing how much Notepad has not changed in almost 40 years.

[syedmaqthyar]

Now imagine
When you think about windows 10 in 2050.

[joeywomer]

The fact that a computer like this is still running at this day and age is amazing.

[edga]

2007: But can it run Crysis ?
2020: But can it run Cyberpunk ?
1985: But can it run Paint ?

[MattHalpain]

I am in my 40's and it is super fun to see PC tech I could never afford as a kid.

[jamesduclos]

Just LOVE that sound of the floppy disk drive's motor running!

[tomwilliams]

Computer: Press any key to continue.
User: Where's the any key.

[azbycxbyaz]

Those days when pressing keys on a keyborad itself gave adrenalin rush. Felt like super geek.

[michaelf]

That is a very advanced machine for the era! I was working setting these up for the offices on the University of Iowa campus at this time. A Hercules card was a considerable step up from the IBM display card. The XT ran its 8088 processor at 8MHz, much faster than the original PC at 4.77. And a 40 MB HDD was a real luxury. Most had only 1 or 2 of the 360 KB FDDs. They came stock with just 64 KB RAM, but many upgraded to 256 KB. It wasn't till the AT came out about 2 years later that we saw much more than that.

Our team probably set up 2000 of these bad boys.

[Krisantez]

I'm crying. Many memories. So many sacrifices from many to achieve that wonder. The children of today despise her, without knowing that they are on the shoulders of giants.

[richardhead]

*11:51* A horse delivers your request to the CPU.

[itzmeggy]

I showed this to my dad, he told me that this brought back memories of when he and his dad first installed windows, went out to the garage, brought in a box, and showed me tons of floppy’s, telling me about what each one was for, and showed me tons of pictures taken by my grandma showing my dad and my grandpa installing windows 1.0 on the computer. Most showing my grandpa either mashing keys on the keyboard, or him fiddling with all the floppy’s while my dad is trying to read the manual. My aunt was seen in the back in some photos, and even seen messing with the inner components of the pc while my grandpa is yelling at her. Memories.

[MikeS]

This was ground breaking at the time. I can't tell you how exciting it was if you weren't around before this. We all take these things for granted now. In the late '70s my friend had a TRS-80 with 4k memory and you loaded a program every time you wanted to use it by command prompt LOAD while simultaneously pressing play on the tape recorder, hoping the volume was set to the right level to eventually load the program into memory.

[karansejpal]

Rich kids at that time be like: I have a computer which has calculator, calendar, notepad and even paint
His friends: 😯😮😨😱😵