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I can't believe it's been just over 10 years since Swan Technologies closed down.  Best place I ever worked, and one of the few places where I felt like family.  When we closed down it was a kick in the stomach for all of us.  

On our last day at work, all sitting on the floor because our cubes and seats were taken away and sold, my manager pulled out the bottle of Jack Daniels he bought when he was hired, and passed it around to drink.  One of the guys who wasn't very reliable left to get ice - he never came back.  We symbolically fired him.  There were a lot of tears that day.  I still have my badge somewhere.

I wonder whatever happened to everyone.  At least there's archive.org to relive that wonderful time:

http://web.archive.org/web/19970628151354/http://www.swantech.com/index.html

Here's the computer I had from 1997 to 2002 - cost me all of $400 to build myself:

$2899
Multimedia 200 MMXtm Technology
INF205GX

 

Multimedia MMX<sup>tm</sup> Technology 200

business lease
for $100/mo


o200MHz Intel Pentium® Processor MMXtm Technology
o32MB EDO Memory, Expand to 256MB
o256K Pipelined Burst Cache, upgradeable to 512K
o3GB EIDE Mode 4 Hard Drive
o3D Video Accelerator with 4MB VRAM
o12X EIDE CD-ROM Drive
o33.6 Kbps Send/Recieve Fax Modem
oEnsoniq Vivo 90 Wavetable Sound Card
oCambridge Soundworks Stereo Speakers
o17" (15.8" Viewable) .28 Pitch Monitor
oMicrosoft® Windows® 95
oOffice Application Suite
oMMXTM Software
o3 Year Limited Warranty, 1 Year On-Site Service


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