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What's your favorite retro computing PC platform?

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First post, by jasa1063

Posted on 2021-06-06, 00:44

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I currently have 24 retro PCs in my collection ranging from XT class all the way up to Core 2 Quad. I got to thinking the other day about what my favorite retro PC platform was and my answer without a doubt was Socket 7. There is just something about that era in the mid to late 90s that has the most nostalgia and the most fun for me. XT class systems come in a close 2nd as a Tandy 1000 was my first computer. Please chime in on your favorite retro PC platform.

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Reply 1 of 5, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2021-06-06, 01:57

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My Zenith 286LP Plus of course....

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There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

Reply 2 of 5, by wiretap

Posted on 2021-06-06, 02:00

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Amiga is currently my favorite, just due to the amount of hardware/software mods available, and how modern you can mod them to perform. (CPU accelerators, retargetable graphics cards, sound cards, ethernet cards, RAM expansions, video editing/switcher boards, flash based IDE and SCSI, several different OS choices, etc)

A close second is probably 486 or early Pentium era stuff, just because there are so many classic games I love from that timeframe. The hardware choices there are awesome as well.

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Reply 3 of 5, by imi

Posted on 2021-06-06, 02:05

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386, while I do love a lot of games from the mid to late 90s from a pure hardware standpoint and pure nostalgia 386 is my favorite.

Reply 4 of 5, by maxtherabbit

Posted on 2021-06-06, 03:01

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+1 for the 286

16bit protected mode gang rising !

Reply 5 of 5, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2021-06-06, 04:08

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maxtherabbit wrote on 2021-06-06, 03:01:

+1 for the 286

16bit protected mode gang rising !

You WILL be assimilated!!

It wont hurt much at all.

There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

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