Pictures of Straight Dope Computer System?

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With specs? That about covers it. Let’s hope the computers aren’t a couple of 386’s thrown together! :slight_smile:

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Here’s one they published a while back; I think that’s Twixter working it.

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Based on the performance, I always just assumed it looked something like this.

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HA! I should have known! (What the hell *is *that thing?) :slight_smile:

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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cRJAh7Fc6lc/UIrkedikWiI/AAAAAAAAA5g/FcFYfSafM5E/w506-h367/Green%2BData%2BCenter%2BServer%2BHeat%2BFire%2BFlames%2BComputer.png

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But of course! (Is Cecil fat?) Is that what happens to ex-mods?

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The power supply.

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Here it is, with bonus Jerrry and Tuba sighting.

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here

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Here’s the very first one. And It’s a Mac.

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There was a movie with them called Desk Set.

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Not a photo of the actual SD host (or, I believe, Cecil) but this is the genesis moment.

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Computers? They just got electricity. Give them some time.

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She’s probably got a 19-inch rack but it could be as large as 23 inches. Lean and mean, and probably fairly hot.

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Haw!! This just keeps getting better and better!
Keep 'em coming! :stuck_out_tongue:

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$700 million, shot to Hell.

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I’m pretty sure we see both Ed *and *Cecil with it in this photo…

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Here’s the system, and here are the mods monitoring our every keystroke.

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Around 1998 when I was a chat host for the old AOL SD chats, I took a tour of the Chicago Reader. I saw the Master’s office and the server. The server wasn’t that impressive, it just struck me as a rather tall tower with a white case.

Sorry for the reality check. But that was some time ago too and it’s probably been upgraded.

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Hm… Which one’s wearing the dress?