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First post, by hasnopants

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Is there a resource anyone knows of that tracks information on pre-built PCs from the 90s? Lists of included software, year of release, OS included, ect?

I am on this quest to see if I can find out what PC it was that we had when I was a child (both my parents don't remember at all) and all I remember for sure is a few pieces of software that was bundled with it. Not sure where else to really start so I was looking to see if theres some site out there that perhaps cataloged a few or a lot of these prebuilt machines from the era to see if I could narrow it down.

The two pieces of software I vividly remember using on it as a kid were 'Secrets of the Pyramids' (maybe a demo) seems that came out in 1994. And some sort of early photo morphing program (maybe photomorph or fantamorph) but not entirely sure which one. It really could have been any of the big players or maybe it was even some mom and pop (which I know would be like impossible to track down now). So I am hoping maybe it was something like a gateway or a packard bell.

Thanks for reading.

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Reply 1 of 4, by feipoa

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Try searching through PC World magazines and the like with google. A lot of these old magazines are online now.

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Reply 3 of 4, by hasnopants

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Will do. Thanks for the idea!

Current Systems:
DIP40|8088|640K|HERCULESGB102|PCSPKR
DIP40|V20|640K|VGA|ADLIB/TNDY/COVOX
S7|P233MMX|128M|S3ViRGEDX/DM3D|SB16
S370|P600MMX|256M|SIS630/DM3DIIX2|SBLIVE!5.1
S775|P43.4|2G|6800GS|SBAUDIGY