DAT UPGRADE

"Nibby" (nibby68) 07/06/2015 at 09:04 • Filed to: None

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Snuze: Needs another Swede > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 09:08

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If only...

My father has, on numerous occasions, offered to pay me to build him a computer running Windows 95. He’s not much of a computer guy but says it’s the last operating system he “understood”. He doesn’t buy my “excuses” that it would be more expensive and less functional than just buying a new computer.

Richtofen, Baron von Pickup > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 09:08

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Oh, the memories.

That said, can I upgrade to XP with Service pack 942? I want my damned Start button back.

Nibby > Snuze: Needs another Swede 07/06/2015 at 09:10

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HOLY SHIT DO IT

BUILD HIM A PENTIUM I/II ERA MACHINE COMPLETE WITH S3 GFX AND A SOUNDBLASTER ISA SOUND CARD...

TOP IT OFF WITH 3.5” AND ZIP DISK DRIVES

Snuze: Needs another Swede > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 09:19

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Don’t forget about the 4x CD-ROM

I think my parents thought PC ownership was fad that would blow over, like Beta, or Laserdisc, so we didn’t get our first computer until about the same time they got rid of their rotary phones which was circa 1995 (this is not a lie). It was a Packard Bell with a Pentium 133MHz, 16MB RAM, 2.1GB, 4x CD-ROM, and a 28.8K modem. It was top of the line and cost like $3,000.

I still remember me and all my friends being blown away at how big a 2.1gb hard drive was and how there was no way I’d ever fill it up.

After we moved on to other computers my dad used it as his work computer...

Until it died in 2009.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 09:21

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That brand new stuff.

horspowr1001 > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 09:21

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Nah I’ll just buy a FUCKING COMPAQ

WOOOOO

WRXerFish - WRX-Wing pilot > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 09:26

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Find a SuperDisk drive for it!

nermal > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 09:27

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Why’d you wait a month to put this up?

Nibby > nermal 07/06/2015 at 09:53

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Patience.

Nibby > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 07/06/2015 at 09:54

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Damn right

Nibby > Snuze: Needs another Swede 07/06/2015 at 09:54

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What a sad ending.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 09:56

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AMD K6/2 would be PERFECT for Windows 95. Toss in a Soundblaster 16 and a full-height stepper motor hard drive because dat noise. Don’t forget to also have a 1600x1200 CRT monitor because DAT REFRESH RATE.

I’m basically describing my computer circa 2008 or so.

Nibby > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/06/2015 at 10:04

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Nice! I had a Pentium III 1GHz with 768mb RAM and Windows 98SE/XP dual boot with an AWE64 card around that time too. Also had a 21” 1600x1200 CRT monitor...

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 10:24

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Now I wanna drag my 486 out of the basement and play some SkyRoad

Nibby > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 07/06/2015 at 10:32

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DO IT

pjhusa > Nibby 07/06/2015 at 21:48

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wat.