by "Nibby" (nibby68)
Published 11/14/2017 at 09:44
by "Nibby" (nibby68)
Published 11/14/2017 at 09:44
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BIOS screen
Starting up
dat conventional memory
specs
defrag
defragging
defrag complete
Windows for Workgroups 3.11
installing some games and programs
miscellaneous debris
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
11/14/2017 at 09:51, STARS: 0
I know that older computers are a fun hobby of yours, but I’ve always kind of wondered what is it about them for you? Is it a sense of building them? Of putting them back together to see them work again? What does one do with an older computer?
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
11/14/2017 at 09:53, STARS: 2
That brings up so many.... umm... memories. I was gonna say fun, but then I remember re-installing windows using floppy disks and no. It’s not fun.
"Nibby" (nibby68)
11/14/2017 at 09:53, STARS: 1
I cheated; this is 86box which is a program that lets you emulate older hardware. I’ve never played with a 386 before so Iwanted to see how slow they are. Verdict - super slow.
"jimz" (jimz)
11/14/2017 at 09:53, STARS: 0
Chips & Technologies. there’s a long-gone name.
"Stapleface" (patrickgruden)
11/14/2017 at 09:56, STARS: 0
It took me a long time to convert over to Windows. I was a stalwart DOS-Shell fan until I pretty much didn’t have a choice.
"jimz" (jimz)
11/14/2017 at 09:58, STARS: 0
I knew someone on another message board who spent hours a while back getting an SGI Indy up and running.
keep in mind the Indy was already about 13 years obsolete at that point, and installing IRIX from scratch on a blank machine is no picnic.
all so he could try its video transcoding features which took hours to handle pretty much a postage-stamp size video. A (then new) Core 2 Duo could have done it in like 2 minutes.
"jimz" (jimz)
11/14/2017 at 10:03, STARS: 0
is 86box cycle-accurate?
"Nibby" (nibby68)
11/14/2017 at 10:08, STARS: 0
yeah
"user314" (user314)
11/14/2017 at 10:09, STARS: 1
Oh hello computer I bought for college (1996). I do not miss trouble shooting why my SoundBlaster wasn’t working, or doing up an autoxec.bat and config.sys 3.5 floppy to get TIE Fighter to work.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
11/14/2017 at 10:10, STARS: 1
Flooded with memories of writing book reports on word perfect! My uncle gave me a 386 after my AppleIIGS took a poop. I wouldn’t be who/where I am today without it!
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
11/14/2017 at 10:12, STARS: 1
YAAAHHHSS.
"Wacko" (wacko--)
11/14/2017 at 10:13, STARS: 1
they were fast for their day.
Source:
went from tandy 1000 SL 8086(8mhz) to a 286 with a 40mb hard drive, then the 386. (played space quest, kings quest, police quest maniac mansion, LSL ........)
then from a 486 to a pentium 133
Every one was a huge improvement for the time....
"crowmolly" (crowmolly)
11/14/2017 at 10:17, STARS: 2
Based on the floppy disk order, I presume bootup sounds like
bahh naa naant
BAHH NAA NAAT
*beep*
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
11/14/2017 at 10:20, STARS: 1
Ah, memories.
I learned excel on 3.0, on a Windows 3.1 OS. It was so bare bones, but way easier to fully navigate. The ribbon ruined everything.
I think I still have books around for office 95, gathering dust.
"Nibby" (nibby68)
11/14/2017 at 10:31, STARS: 0
other than the ribbon, the way you use excel/word/ppt is very similar 25 years later
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
11/14/2017 at 10:31, STARS: 1
I remember playing Wing Commander as the last thing I did on a 386.
"Nibby" (nibby68)
11/14/2017 at 10:32, STARS: 1
aww ye
https://winworldpc.com/product/wordperfect/5x-dos
"Nibby" (nibby68)
11/14/2017 at 10:32, STARS: 1
memmaker
"TheRealBicycleBuck" (therealbicyclebuck)
11/14/2017 at 10:38, STARS: 0
Ah, memories. I bought the first 486 on campus way back when. I was BMOC for at least a semester. Then the other nerds came home from Christmas break with newer hardware than mine.
That’s when I learned the trials and tribulations of the never-ending hardware upgrade game.
"Tripper" (tripe46)
11/14/2017 at 10:40, STARS: 0
Oh boy, I can just hear that dot matrix printer singing away. Tearin’ of those feeder strips and folding them into a paper spring...
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
11/14/2017 at 10:42, STARS: 3
That brings back some memories as a kid. We had a (for its day) pimped out 386 as our first computer at home. 40mhz processor, 200mb hard drive, 16mb of RAM, 1MB video card, sound blaster card, 14.4k modem and a reveal 4X CDROM drive. I think my parents spent somewhere around 2 grand on it (in 1990 dollars). We skipped the 486 generation and limped that thing along until it was replaced with Pentium 133mhz. That first Pentium had 56k modem. How sweet that was...
"Nibby" (nibby68)
11/14/2017 at 10:44, STARS: 1
good times, dat joystick
"Nibby" (nibby68)
11/14/2017 at 10:45, STARS: 0
jesus that was high end for a 386
"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
11/14/2017 at 10:49, STARS: 0
I agree completely, except for one major change. No more Microsoft. There is no reason to suffer that crap.
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
11/14/2017 at 10:51, STARS: 0
At the time of purchase, I think it was 12mb of RAM and no modem. The modem and additional RAM was added when we got dial up internet at home in 92/93ish, and I think the CDROM drive was also added around that same time.
"facw" (facw)
11/14/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 0
Yep. Apparently they were bought out by Intel. Though apparently this is emulated, so no real C&T silicon here.
"user314" (user314)
11/14/2017 at 10:57, STARS: 1
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
"user314" (user314)
11/14/2017 at 11:01, STARS: 0
Running ComTest to get a USR Sportster 33.6 modem installed.
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
11/14/2017 at 11:46, STARS: 1
Yeah, though just like the cars of that era, all my fighters seemed to be underpowered and handled like a cruise ship.
"TheRevanchist" (therevanchist)
11/14/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 0
You kids were spoiled with these color screens.
"Nibby" (nibby68)
11/14/2017 at 12:35, STARS: 1
baller AF
"Nibby" (nibby68)
11/14/2017 at 12:35, STARS: 1
AOL!
"NojustNo" (front24200)
11/14/2017 at 12:46, STARS: 1
Sounds identical to my first gaming machine except 4MB ram lol. My first AMD cpu too as Intel stopped at 33mhz. Played original Doom (loaded from 3.5" floppy disks!) great.
"bhtooefr" (bhtooefr)
11/25/2017 at 10:52, STARS: 0
I was excited, until I saw that it was emulated - that particular CPU ain’t common.