Personal computing discussed
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ronch wrote:Super 7 is the most amazing platform ever.
drfish wrote:In 2007 I made the planned in advance swap from a E6600 to a Q6600 in my main rig so I could build a new HTPC around the E6600 (and play SupCom on the Q6600).
JdL wrote:286DX > Pentium Pro 200 > Athlon 1000 @ 1.4 GHz > Athlon 64 2.2 GHz > Athlon XP 3200+ > Core 2 Duo 3300 @ 4.0 GHz > Core 2 Quad 6600 G0 @ 3.2 > Core i7 3770 @ stock
The Egg wrote:My first PC was also a 286 (8mhz), but I didn't think they used "SX/DX" monikers until the 386.
Hz so good wrote:The Egg wrote:My first PC was also a 286 (8mhz), but I didn't think they used "SX/DX" monikers until the 386.
I had a 286-12. First time I saw Monkey Island 2 in 256 color, with the Adlib FM blaring thru that crappy Radio Shack speaker was mind-blowing.
/Although, Realsound thru the PC speaker, and that odd EGA mode that Access Software used was pretty wild, for the time.
//And I was still young enough to get conned by the "Amiga Screens Shown" in very tiny print on the game boxes...
The Egg wrote:We got the 286 late, somewhere around 1993 for $90 with Hercules monochrome graphics and 20MB hard drive. First PC I got to mess around with upgrading and installing components. I added:
2MB of RAM (full-length ISA CARD)
SVGA Card (Cirrus Logic 1MB ISA)
3.5" 1.44MB Floppy
14.4 USR Modem
That got me playing shareware games off BBS's and such. Though most of the good stuff wanted a 386 by that point. I don't think we got a Soundblaster until the next PC.