topic Re: Still runs! in BreakPoint

Still runs!

altenbach — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:46:51 GMT

I still had my old Pentium 1 around that I used to learn LabVIEW 4.0. Still starts up fine in Windows 95 and still had LabVIEW 5.1 on it. Serial port mouse, keyboard with that big connector, 1024x768 monitor, etc 3x ISA slots, no USB in any form. 64MB of RAM was enough for anything I threw at it!

The only maintenance issue we had were these tiny CPU fans that tend to gum up at least once a years. I made it much more reliable by mounting a much bigger fan on a hand-made aluminum bracket and had no issues since.

Looked at some of my old programs and was impressed by all the workarounds needed. For example I hade a tab structure using a row of buttons that changed the visibility of the relevant controls on a square decoration (hard to edit!). No event structures anywhere, because they did not exist.

This is a 30+ year old machine that really brings me back to the old times! How time flies!

Re: Still runs!

santo_13 — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 04:41:43 GMT

I am surprised that you still had it intact to load and run. I used my Pentium III machine to learn and practice assembling a PC.

Re: Still runs!

altenbach — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:35:34 GMT

Yes, it was just sitting in a corner untouched for well over a decade. Started right up... 😄

I was amazed how quickly it booted and how snappy LabVIEW opened. Impressive for a ~100MHz processor with only 64MB of RAM. Of course back then this was top of the line.

Award bios from 1995.that looks like on a socketed ROM for "easy" upgradeability.

Re: Still runs!

wiebe@CARYA — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT

I have 2 Mac's (somewhere 🙄) with LabVIEW 2 on it.

I never actually used them (I started on LabVIEW 4 on Windows 3.11 IIRC).

It takes a lot of patience just to open a VI... That weird mouse with only one button doesn't help.

But on topic; they still run.