I'm currently revisiting Fallout 1. Running it in Wine and it's awesome.

It's probably not a bad idea to read up on how the Windows kernel works since there seems to be some confusion as to what's actually happening between Windows versions. Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, and now 10 are all based on the 6.x kernel. The changes to the user and application space are what set …

...sounds too negative in German The more likely theory though is to prevent confusion with Windows 95/98, specifically in regards to search results. I heard they skipped windows 9 because there are a lot of old programs out there that just check the version string for 'Windows 9' and assume its …

I'm also hearing that the tracking settings are present in Windows 8 and are not new. If this is true this sucks. I'm glad I don't use Windows as my day to day OS.

Are you sure about the account requirement? I know with 8.1 you have to click "Create account" but at the bottom of the screen is a option to create a local account. You are correct, sir. You can bypass. Does it come with DX12 yet? Not yet. According to this post on the developer blog http://blogs. …

In what I hope is relevant to this forum, since it's technically part of a "new system". If not, kindly tell me to go pound sand. Has anyone downloaded the technical preview of Windows 10? If so what are your first impressions? I loaded it onto a VM. Here are my initial reactions. - A Microsoft …

I remember the stigma of these machines, even though I never knew anyone who owned one. Although I always liked the phase-shifting-dude logo. I'd love to know the story behind this. [img]http://synthetica_media.s3.amazonaws.com/images/packard_bell_logo.png[/img]

ElectricMonk wrote: ... Brocade ... You mean Foundry Networks? ;^) I also work in telecom. We have a large graveyard for interesting old network gear in my office suite. I'll have to post a picture at some point.

Pre XP is retro for me, really. Oh god do I feel old. :^)

ElectricMonk wrote: ...there's no putting that genie back in the bottle. This. I'd rather have these things floating out there 'somewhere' as opposed to 'nowhere'.

it's "ITOS", some OEM from germany for industrial-use PCs I guess, you'll find NOTHING in google about them 😀 Very cool. Maybe the CC-Computerarchiv has some info on it? https://translate.google.com/#auto/en/http%3A … terarchiv.de%2F

my grandpa bought it for me (used) when i was about 10-12 years old. i've learned to code qbasic on that thing and played many, many hours boulder dash on it, as well as reinstalled win 3.11 a dozen times just for fun :-D then it was forgotten in the basement for 10 years or so and half a year ago …

nemail wrote: 386 SX 16MHz 8MB RAM Some Sound Blaster ISA Card That 386 is cool little thing. What's its story?

Just to add my 2¢. I think due diligence and common sense are king when it comes to old games, software and operating systems. Sometimes a physical copy is unobtainium and the only way to get a copy is to download one. Sometimes it goes the other way. In the old days, we downloaded and traded warez …

I remember when these came out in the late 90s. At the time I thought they were ugly as sin, but now I totally dig the aesthetic. I didn't watch the end of the video, I hope you can get it up and running. Throw some Lotus 123 on there and rock out some spread sheets. Good find and good luck!

badmojo wrote: "...retro machine... Hey badmojo. What's the make and model of that PC case? I think I had one with that tree logo on it around 20 years ago (I could also be completely wrong).