waffllemaster wrote:
No kidding. Unless it's become collectible I imagine 20 year old hardware should be worth about $1 heh.
You could probably get one for free just for offering to haul it away.
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Heh, what a blast from the past.
Sometimes I do feel like putting together an old computer (harware, software, all of it) and mess around with it. Maybe play some old games from my childhood that could never be run on current computers.
Yeah there are ways around it, but I'm not that technical. Plus half the fun is waiting 5 minutes for the computer to boot up and all that 
Feb 13, 2013
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mhchess13 wrote:
can i please have a download link for it... i wanna try!!
If you have an old computer running an old version of Windows, you can try oldversion.com.
Feb 13, 2013
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Who said anything about Windows 95? This is Windows 3.1 (actually it's Windows for Workgroups 3.11, released in 1993).
20 years ago ...
Just the blink of an eye 
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Feb 13, 2013
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I really don't know what version of Windows my first computer experience was with. It was pre-Windows 95. Some kind of IBM monochrome screen.
waffllemaster wrote:
Heh, what a blast from the past.
Sometimes I do feel like putting together an old computer (harware, software, all of it) and mess around with it. Maybe play some old games from my childhood that could never be run on current computers.
Yeah there are ways around it, but I'm not that technical. Plus half the fun is waiting 5 minutes for the computer to boot up and all that
Quite a few really old games will run, I guess because they were so primitive they didn't depend on things like the architecture of your GPU or whatever. But to play most of the games I actually remember, I have to boot up my old 133MHz.
I miss DOS 6.2.
I miss my commodore 64....
Feb 13, 2013
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JG27Pyth wrote:
Remember listening to your modem dial-in, and ring, and then it'd pick up and there'd be this crazy gibberishy sound as the computers tried to talk to each other and then whooosh you were connected? So cutting edge! Oh, the joy of upgrading to a 9600 baud modem! Raw freaking power.
So powerful you can even play chess over it! 
Feb 13, 2013
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waffllemaster wrote:
Sometimes I do feel like putting together an old computer (harware, software, all of it) and mess around with it. Maybe play some old games from my childhood that could never be run on current computers.
You name it, and you can probably find it on the internet.
Feb 14, 2013
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#34
I tried IE5 on Windows 3.1, but it didn't get on with chess.com (or my computer for that matter . Not sure why; it should be fast enough.). It wouldn't render the page at all and kept crashing. I gave up and when I uninstalled it, it messed up Windows and I had to reinstall it (Windows, not IE). Typical Microsoft software, wreaking havoc on my computer so I have to jump through hoops to do even the simplest of tasks 
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adamplenty wrote:
I think it's an absolute disgrace that I cannot use this site on a 16 year-old browser on a 20 year-old operating system .
Whoa! Takes me back to High School...lol. Haven't see that in a log time...haha
Feb 14, 2013
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adamplenty wrote:
ivandh wrote:
Did you try it in Netscape?
Yes. It just crashed (no surprises there ).
I disabled Javascript, and the page loaded!
Well, it's better than IE3 .
Feb 14, 2013
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#39
Or how about those computers they used to sell in SF pulp magazines. It was a kit that consisted of cardboard wheels and paper clips!
What a combover that guy in the video has.