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486 Multimedia dream build ( 1993/94 )

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Reply 200 of 204, by Intel486dx33

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Guys,
I can’t believe how many Programs and Games I can run on this 486 computer with only 16mb of Memory.

And its Still Very Fast for a 486 computer.

This is the computer I wish I would have had back in 1993 when I was taking computer classes.

Reply 201 of 204, by Intel486dx33

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Guys, I am Sad to Hear Microsoft will be Ending Support for Publisher program in October 2026
I loved working in this program for many years.
It’s so easy and intuitive to work in.

So I decided to install in on the old 486.

Reply 202 of 204, by Intel486dx33

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Guys,
Backing up the 486 is Super Easy.

I just Network Map a drive to my WD MyCloud NAS and copy the files over into a folder.
From my Windows-10 PC I can pickup the files and burn them to a CDR disk.
To Restore I just boot my 486 off a DOS Floppy with CDROM support. Use the xcopy command to copy the files from the CDR to the 486 Hard drive if I want a System recovery CD.

Playing Joust on my FREE time.
With the turbo switch I can Slow down my 486dx4-100 to a 286@20mhz so I can play games like Joust which require a Slow CPU.

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Reply 203 of 204, by Intel486dx33

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Hello Guys,
Nothing Wrong with an Old PC.
The English language and Number system has NOT changed since the Creation of the computer.
And Music on the CD was the Best I think.
Windows 95 was designed for the 486-33 CPU and is the Best OS for the 486 I think.
Just use 8mb or more of memory. A CF card really helps too.

Reply 204 of 204, by Intel486dx33

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This was my first digital camera back in late 1990’s from what I remember.
It cost about $300 back in late 1990’s.
I recently found another one brand new on eBay
It’s the “HP C30”.
It’s not very good picture quality but it worked okay back in 90’s.

But anyways a multimedia computer needs a camera.
The system requirements reads it will work on a 486 computer with 16mb of ram and Win95.

So let’s see if we can get it to work on the Ultimate 1993, 486 computer.
I use to use this camera wih My HP Kayak computer running WinNT-4.0 and Dual Pentium-III CPUs.
The picture quality is about the same as 35mm film. Not very good.