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« Reply #15 on: August 24, 2006, 05:39:00 PM » |
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sweet. that thing had a lot of great games!
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« Reply #16 on: February 19, 2007, 12:39:51 AM » |
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RedWolf; Did you ever find that CD? lol
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« Reply #17 on: February 19, 2007, 01:14:10 PM » |
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RedWolf; Did you ever find that CD? lol
Yeah, actually, I did, and I ripped it to an ISO. It was the CD called "House of Games." It doesn't have 1000 games like I mentioned (I do have another shareware CD that claims to have 1000 games, though), but it still has a ton and a nice menu system. If I upload it I'm kinda wary about putting the ISO link up publicly due to leeching and bandwidth concerns. Google would probably index this thread and I'd have the whole world on my doorstep trying to download it all the time if I'm not careful.  If anyone is still interested, I'll upload the image and PM you the link. |
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« Reply #18 on: February 24, 2007, 11:32:32 PM » |
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Just wanted to say that my old PC is still alive and kicking, and playing old games like Strife and F-22 Air Dominance Fighter. It also is a 16-bit MOD music station, and for that, I <3 it very much.
I have another computer I need help figuring out how to use!
I have an OLD IBM 286 with Windows 3.1 for Workgroups which I have only used when I need an el cheapo word processor. It has a 200MB HD, a PC beeper, and probably only 64mb of RAM. It does run QBASIC, but I can't figure out what I should do with it. Any ideas (that don't involve destroying it)?
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« Reply #19 on: February 25, 2007, 07:17:46 PM » |
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Just wanted to say that my old PC is still alive and kicking, and playing old games like Strife and F-22 Air Dominance Fighter. It also is a 16-bit MOD music station, and for that, I <3 it very much.
I have another computer I need help figuring out how to use!
I have an OLD IBM 286 with Windows 3.1 for Workgroups which I have only used when I need an el cheapo word processor. It has a 200MB HD, a PC beeper, and probably only 64mb of RAM. It does run QBASIC, but I can't figure out what I should do with it. Any ideas (that don't involve destroying it)?
I would suggest "Windows 3.1 game machine," but 286 is pretty slow, even for Windows 3.1 games. 200 MB is a lot of space for a 286, though. And there's no way any 286 on earth has 64 MB of RAM (Try 4MB tops, if you're lucky -- more likely: 1MB). Are you sure you're talking about a 286? Dedicate it to Solitaire. |
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« Reply #20 on: February 27, 2007, 12:14:55 PM » |
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The first PC my parents bought was a 286 with 16 MB RAM, and that was about double what everybody else had at the time.
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« Reply #21 on: February 28, 2007, 12:14:53 PM » |
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The first PC my parents bought was a 286 with 16 MB RAM, and that was about double what everybody else had at the time.
It's true -- 16MB was the limit of what the 80286 could address. Still, that was nuts for any 286 at the time. When 80286 machines were new, 16 MB was almost as big (if not bigger than) the common hard drives of the day (10 or 20 megabytes). So you must have gotten a late-run cheap 286 with a motherboard designed to handle the max amount of RAM. Heck, even my first 386 motherboard could only handle 2MB of RAM. Most could handle 4 a little later. It wasn't until I went 486 that most machines could take 16 MB of RAM. The motherboard manufacturers didn't bother before then, because until that time, 16MB of RAM was absurdly expensive. Are you sure it was a 286, palad? Honestly, I find it hard to believe that any common 286 motherboard (or memory expansion card, which was common at the time) could handle 16 MB of RAM, unless it was part of a high-end workstation back in the day. I'm not saying you're lying or anything, and I could easily be wrong. But I'd like to know what computer model it was exactly and when it came out. History needs to be amended! |
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« Reply #22 on: February 28, 2007, 02:45:17 PM » |
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I would have to check with my folks or my brother as to brand. It not only had 16 MB of RAM, but a 40 MB hard drive as well. I remember that we used to joke about never having to worry about running out of space. I remember clearly that it was a 286. In fact, the next computer my folks bought was a 486 while I was away at college. It didn't last long before they replaced it with a Pentium 1 - 60 Mhz.
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« Reply #23 on: February 28, 2007, 05:24:38 PM » |
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I would have to check with my folks or my brother as to brand. It not only had 16 MB of RAM, but a 40 MB hard drive as well. I remember that we used to joke about never having to worry about running out of space. I remember clearly that it was a 286. In fact, the next computer my folks bought was a 486 while I was away at college. It didn't last long before they replaced it with a Pentium 1 - 60 Mhz.
Well, I believe you. I looked around on the web and found a number of cases of 16MB 286 machines in the twilight years of the 80286 processor. Still, that's a lot of RAM for a 286.  |
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« Reply #24 on: February 28, 2007, 11:50:11 PM » |
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And there's no way any 286 on earth has 64 MB of RAM (Try 4MB tops, if you're lucky -- more likely: 1MB). Are you sure you're talking about a 286?
I really honestly don't know how much memory it has, all I know is that it must be a low amount. 16MB sounds more likely, though. |
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