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What is the worst IT setup you have seen at a company? (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

An IBM PC portable. Yes, PC. 4.77MHz, 256k RAM, two floppy drives. Built-in a maybe 8" green CRT screen, and the keyboard could be used as cover for the screen and disk drives.

In theory, this thing was portable. If you were a body builder. The case was steel, and the whole beast was about 15 to 20 kilograms.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Osborne? A fantastic machine for the time...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, not an Osborne. A real IBM Portable.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago

Woah, cool. Didn't know there was a first party portable.