Old Computer and PC Brands

[naefeart]

A little nostalgic trip down memory lane... the computer brands graveyard - something that occured to me when looking at the 'What was your first PC spec?' thread.

I had forgotten just how many computer manufacturers there were and many of them home-grown. From the 80s though the 90s in into the 00s we were certainly spolt for choice. Not all of them great, but many fondly remembered.

Who remembers these bygone brands? Doesn't just have to be computers, but anything related. I'll start us off...

• Acorn - Obvious one, I still have my BBC B 32k and my BBC A3000 (Archimedes)
• Abit - Great motherboards, what happened to them?
• Cirrus Logic - still going!
• Dragon - 8-bit computers produced in Wales!
• Dan
• Elonex
• Evesham - The first PC I bought with my own money
• MESH - Often PC Pro group test winner, always wanted one
• Oric - Sinclair Spectrum competitor
• Tiny - budget brand PC manufacturer, seemed ok at the time

 

[naefeart]

Time computers were pretty poor. A friend bought one solely on the basis that Leonard Nimoy was part of their advertising campaign! We told him not too; it had a non standard psu and motherboard and would only run at reasonable temps with the case off.

Ah I didn’t know Argos sold PCs…

 

[naefeart]

Remember getting my first PC from Escom. P60, 8mb ram and a tiny HD in a full tower case, most of which was completely empty.

Is that just before they went bust? They made my Amiga 1200 too!

Tandy is another I remember as a kid, they even had a shop in my local town.

Panrix was another that I lusted after, but they were at the more expensive end.

Aries… I think they made PCs too.