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Author Topic: Another "vintage" computer added to my collection.  (Read 2393 times)
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« on: October 08, 2006, 09:09:10 PM »

Gateway 200, 486 with Windows 3.11, like SUPER small hard disk (dunno how big but 200MB seems realistic)and a floppy drive. PS/2 keyboard and mouse, no sound card or modem.

I didn't think I would use it, but I have been messing around in QBASIC and I typed up a script for my drama class, so it has been useful to me.

Now I need to get a Blueberry iMac DV slot-loader, an Amiga 500 hooked up to my TV, and my own modern iMac or an Athlon 64 machine in my room.
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« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2006, 11:03:02 AM »

Quote from: "KitsuneDarkStalker"
Gateway 200, 486 with Windows 3.11, like SUPER small hard disk (dunno how big but 200MB seems realistic)and a floppy drive. PS/2 keyboard and mouse, no sound card or modem.


That machine would be a really good one to play classic DOS games on.  If you add a CD-ROM drive or an old ISA ethernet card, you can transfer them over pretty easily.  I recently made a disk image of that "House of Games" shareware CD I used to play back in the day, if you want it.  I think it's about 200 megs.  I have another CD that's packed with more DOS shareware games, and yet another packed with Windows 3.1 shareware games.  If you beg me enough I might imagize those as well.

Quote from: "KitsuneDarkStalker"
Now I need to get a Blueberry iMac DV slot-loader, an Amiga 500 hooked up to my TV, and my own modern iMac or an Athlon 64 machine in my room.


Luckily, all those are pretty easy to get, except the modern stuff is expensive. Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2006, 11:24:22 AM »

Those images would be awesome, but as of now I don't have an Ethernet card.

What I've been doing is burning a CD, and putting stuff off of the cd on my P1'S floppy drive, and then putting that in the 486. So i dont think the CD image thing would work. Thanks anyway though, I appreciate it!:)
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