Tulip PC's were used for the first network in our small UK family business in 1988.. It was an 8 user system with a 286 server!! We started with a gargantuan 40 MB server hardrive but had to upgrade to 80 MB after about 18 months!! The business closed about 12 years ago but I salvaged 3 of the PC's, including the server, which I still have. At the time the system was purchased, I also included a PC for home use, which I still have. It was only ever used for word processing. We had no problems with the Tulip equipment, which was well made, the hub and some other peripherals did cause problems though. As did the bespoke software we had written. We had a difficult stock control requirement which despite assurances, never worked as we ordered. There were no off the shelf solutions back then of course. We were ahead of most of our competitors with computers though, many of which were large companies. They were amazed that we were producing computerised invoices, delivery notes etc! Now it would all be so simple and for a fractionof the £15,000 it cost us then!
I still own Tulip Computer shown at 0:51 It's fully functional, and I'm using it for playing retro games 😁 Just had to 3d-print drive bay adaptors, cause I was missing some.
Tulip PC's were used for the first network in our small UK family business in 1988.. It was an 8 user system with a 286 server!! We started with a gargantuan 40 MB server hardrive but had to upgrade to 80 MB after about 18 months!! The business closed about 12 years ago but I salvaged 3 of the PC's, including the server, which I still have. At the time the system was purchased, I also included a PC for home use, which I still have. It was only ever used for word processing. We had no problems with the Tulip equipment, which was well made, the hub and some other peripherals did cause problems though. As did the bespoke software we had written. We had a difficult stock control requirement which despite assurances, never worked as we ordered. There were no off the shelf solutions back then of course.
We were ahead of most of our competitors with computers though, many of which were large companies. They were amazed that we were producing computerised invoices, delivery notes etc!
Now it would all be so simple and for a fractionof the £15,000 it cost us then!
Thanks for this upload. My first PC was a Tulip 486-DX2-66 (this was 1994). Wish I had keep it :)
Wat een geweldige video, dank voor het uploaden!
I still own Tulip Computer shown at 0:51
It's fully functional, and I'm using it for playing retro games 😁
Just had to 3d-print drive bay adaptors, cause I was missing some.
My employer in Dubai (UAE) back in 1996/7 was the dealer of Tulip. Their PCs were reliable yet couldn't succeed in the market, as compared to Compaq.