Reply 20 of 25, by BeginnerGuy
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wrote:I need to get one of those :lol: OK just joking, I see you wrote the other way around the "AT that you can drop it down to XT s […]
wrote:XT 286 8MHz is a total must...
I need to get one of those 🤣 OK just joking, I see you wrote the other way around the "AT that you can drop it down to XT speed".
Although that's not entirely true for the very few 4.77MHz things, so if you really need to cover "all", you need a 4.77MHz capable XT and a CGA for the correct colors.
The dedicated CGA PC is far more important in my opinion than the XT. How else can you get the correct CGA colors? That's why for me a single PC is not enough, no matter what speed you can bring it down to. Of course this does not apply for most people who maybe haven't ever seen a true CGA and don't have any interest in such old games.
uh oh, I'm beginning to forget which IBM is which now. AT is also a 286? What's the difference between AT and XT?? And what did we call the original 8088 model? The "PC"?
Didn't the 8mhz 286 models have a turbo to drop down to 4.77mhz mode (that's what I meant in my backwards comment)? Or was that still too fast due to architectural enhancements? Or only clones had turbo switches?
I still want an IBM with a 286 + EGA + IBM enhanced color, exactly how I remember them in my fading memories 😊
Sup. I like computers. Are you a computer?