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Posted on 2014-01-28, 05:50

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So I bought some RAM for one of my systems that was listed as parity RAM. I bought parity specifically because that's what is in it now. I suppose I can try it and see if it works, it just ticks me off that they list it as parity RAM and then go and send me non-parity. If the system recognizes both …

Re: Best OS for a 286?

Posted on 2014-01-28, 01:50

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I always found PC-DOS to be a great dos option for the 1000 line and would highly recommend it. I no longer have any 1000's (the original TL was my personal favorite), and never tried PC-DOS 2000 on it, but I assume it would be the best choice. The last version I used on any 1000 was PC-DOS 7 (and …

Re: Best OS for a 286?

Posted on 2014-01-28, 01:33

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DosFreak wrote: I have this blog in my rss feed: http://theguiblog.com/author/brandon/ […] Show full quote I have this blog in my rss feed: http://theguiblog.com/author/brandon/ He reviews DOS GUIs Fun500 (Site says 386 but docs say 16bit...) http://fun500.brandoncornell.com/ http://theguiblog.com/ …

Re: Best OS for a 286?

Posted on 2014-01-28, 00:51

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Well, I probably wouldn't be able to do much with Win 3.0 and only 1mb of RAM. At this point, I'm thinking either DOS 5.0 or 6.22 and maybe Gem or Geoworks on top of it. Or, of course, Deskmate. I know this will sound silly, but there is just something I don't like about the look of the earlier …

Best OS for a 286?

Posted on 2014-01-27, 18:15

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So I went ahead and ended up getting something as close to my first PC as I could manage: a Tandy 1000 TX (I think I actually had a 1000A or 1000SX but wanted something with a little more legroom and the TX seemed like better option as it was about the same price). I'm going to try and see if I can …

Re: Ever wish something had replaced the floppy beside CDs?

Posted on 2014-01-26, 21:16

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Looking at that spec sheet for MD data, maybe it's a good thing it didn't succeed, they list it as having a 500ms seek time. I think CD is faster than that. That would be better than a zip drive or floppy (well maybe not for a zip disk (i think it's 28ms or so)..also i think that the actual drive …

Re: Ever wish something had replaced the floppy beside CDs?

Posted on 2014-01-26, 16:00

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I will say that I've got a legit copy of bio shock 2 via Steam but it's such a pain in the ass to deal with the Games for Window Live BS that I don't bother with it. I can never remember the password for an account I don't use, lol. I think the only other games I have that use it are Shadowrun ( …

Re: Ever wish something had replaced the floppy beside CDs?

Posted on 2014-01-25, 16:16

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MD data would have been nice. Around 2004 there was an update to the standard called Hi-MD that could store 1GB of data, so with maybe a blue laser as opposed to red, you could get something like 5-10GB on it (I think that is the whole reason behind the name Blu Ray is that it uses blue wavelength …

Re: Ever wish something had replaced the floppy beside CDs?

Posted on 2014-01-24, 20:27

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Steam and Gog are nice, but I still want something to be able to archive things to long-term. Not to mention the internet/cloud isn't always available. I've thought about picking up a floptical drive for certain things since they have a really long shelf life, but I'm not sure how much longer media …

Re: The best way to sell old pc's

Posted on 2014-01-24, 20:12

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It really depends on what they are, and what parts they are composed of. Some stuff you would probably make more parting them out, I'm sure, but that is a pain since it multiplies the amount of listings and work you have to do. What sort of gear are we talking about?

Ever wish something had replaced the floppy beside CDs?

Posted on 2014-01-24, 20:06

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It always bugged me to no end that back in the day the only option was floppies or CDs. CDs could store a lot of data and eventually became dirt cheap due to economies of scale, but the damn jewel cases were fidgety and fragile as hell, not to mention problems with the disks themselves getting …

AWE 64 or AWE 32?

Posted on 2014-01-21, 04:43

For a 486 or Pentium system, which would make more sense? I have seen the AWE 64 ISA and it has simm sockets but I remember reading somewhere that they aren't regular 30 pin simm sockets, and it supposedly uses more cpu time? So in a lower end system it may not make sense? I see AWE 32s pop up all …

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