My main current PC is probably one of the oldest/slowest on the forum. I built it in 2008, and never bothered upgrading it much because it always does what I want it to do just fine. I'm not really a big "current gen" gamer and don't really aspire to be. Mostly I use it for internet access, e-mail, …

My main current PC is probably one of the oldest/slowest on the forum. I built it in 2008, and never bothered upgrading it much because it always does what I want it to do just fine. I'm not really a big "current gen" gamer and don't really aspire to be. Mostly I use it for internet access, e-mail, …

By the era.... For early XT stuff and 286's I typically prefer the ATI VGA Wonder or Oak Technology 099 Chip cards with the EGA/VGA/CGA capabilities. I have three of these, though my 286 is currently using a 1MB ET4000 ISA card because I prefer the resolution and color depth I get when showing off …

Had a bit of insomnia last night.........did a lot of sound debugging on my 486...... Quick short rundown - 486 DX2/66, 64MB RAM, 8GB HDD w/DDO running MS-DOS 6.22/WFWG 3.11 with a multi-boot config...in an XT Clone chassis.Soundcard is a SoundBlaster Pro 2.0 (CT-1600, I'll be mentioning it a LOT …

I'm pretty much a fan of the 486 era hardware the most, not too old, not too new, can slide either way towards a more modern internet ready broadband happy box or towards an older pure-DOS machine with oldschool VGA and a smaller hard disk and still look and act the part. My 2 particular favorites …

A second hand Tandy 1000 SX from my sister who had moved a few cities away with her new husband. I was 16... 1986 Tandy 1000 SX CPU: 8088-2 @6 MHz (downclockable to 4.77 via key combo during POST) RAM: 640K at that point, I'd bought a memory upgrade for $40.00 from 384K using Radio Shack's outdated …

Here's 4 of my 5 machines, I'll post the Compaq Portable 486 later as I just took some pictures of it. The monitor is long gone, I'm stocking up on CRTs for them now. When we move into our new house, I'm planning to set them up with a few "period correct" items around them to create a certain retro …

My list is pretty sad, not too many.... - The Secret of Monkey Island - Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge - Ultima VI: The False Prophet - Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist - Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards (AGI) - Leisuir Suit Larry VGA - Leisure Suit Larry III - Police Quest …

I joined to talk to people about Retro-PC Hardware. I 've been a Retro-Gamer since 1995, and I've been a Retro-PC Enthusiast since 1997 when I got my first Pc, a Tandy 1000, which was already over 10 years old at the time. I was smacking together 8088/286/386/486/early Pentium hardware back when …

My Avatar is a logo of a little Computer company in Norcross Georgia that makes my favorite obscure old PC's, they're just whitebox clones. To me it's the apitamy of 80's vintage I.T. Cool. The company is GEM Computer Products, owned by MEC, who also ran a chain of stores in the late 80's/early 90's …

My 486 DX2/66 running DOS 6.22/WFWG311 runs 24/7 right next to my Windows 7 64-bit Pentium D! I'm often working on stuff on them both at the same time, and often times their tasks overlap. The Pentium-D is not that new either , it's 7 years old. I use the 486 for all of the following - E-mail - …

My "Mothership" PC's from 1997-present THE COMPUTERS THEMSELVES - Tandy 1000 SX - 1997-2000 - Flight 386 SX (actually a ZEOS 486DX inside) - 2001-2001 - IBM PC-330 100DX4 6571-W5K - 2001-2003 - GEM Computer Products Full-Size AT/ATX Case Modded Beast - 2003-2008 - JCS Model 1 System (with various …

Whatcha got back behind that black box under your desk? Also, holy crap, that fake wood grain is awesome. Very Happy Behind the black box under my desk is a 486 DX2/66, which also has a DX4 chip for it. Specs are as follows.... CASE: Songcheer XT class Chassis, 150 Watt Generic XT PSU MOBO: FIC 486 …

Hello, new here...maybe a few have seen me around on VCF and UCL possibly though. Found this place reading up on tweaks for old DOS boxen like I've got and have been tinkering with for the past 10 years for old DOS and Windows 3.x games. I added as attachments as they did not display as images using …