The 386.

[Luigi301]

A spectacle of graphics and sound. And it's allllll miiiiiine! Okay, so it's more of a Pentium 90, but I did just beat One Must Fall with it, 64-3 record too

 

http://www.luigi30.com/compy386.jpg

[Flojomojo]

LOL ... OMF!!!

 

That's a nice collection of Flash games you've put together elsewhere on your site!

[Luigi301]

That's a nice collection of Flash games you've put together elsewhere on your site!

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Our school's lucky enough to have laptops for every student. I run the premier game site for those bored during class, such as me

 

Also, I beat Tyrian earlier, too. Score somewhere in the 600,000s, should probably try it on Hard

[Gregory DG]

Boy, that model computer brings back memories. When I worked at Polk CC we had tons of those things (I see yours used to be a school computer too.) We mostly had Pentium 100s, 200s, and up. The case is a pain to get on & off unless you know the trick. And I do, since I literally had to open those things hundreds of times.

[Atariboy2600]

Well I have some old computers as well from Mac Classic to C64.

[Great Hierophant]

If I wanted a 386 machine, I know exactly the one I would pick, the IBM PS/2 Model 40. Why that particular model? Well, it is among the last PS/2 computers to use ISA (3) slots instead of MCA slots. You can put anything into an ISA slot (especially sound cards), very little into an MCA slot. It has pure IBM VGA built-into the motherboard. The 16MHz 386SX is the slowest 386 out there, but that what we have generic 486 machines for.

[MosDN]

I use two of those at my work!!

 

Great computers for running obsolete software in DOS and Windows 3.1

 

Both are used as intergrators, one for an analytical balance, the other for a particle size analyzer.

One is a 486/66, the other a P90.

 

They are used for about 10 years now and work perfectly. The only thing that breaks down once every few years is the harddisk.

 

The only thing different is that some plastic parts are blue, not white.

 

One thing: if you use Win3.1 please install the Johnny Castaway screensaver

Edited June 4, 2005 by MosDN

[+-^CrossBow^-]

Funny to see those IBMs. My first real intro to the PC world was a good friend of mine's IBM PS/2 Model 30. It was a 12mhz 286 based system, but the first time I saw F-19 Stealth Fighter on that thing, I fell in love with it!

 

Later in life and up until about 3 years ago, I was still having to provide parts and tech support to Valuepoint 486 based IBMs, and older model 6560s and such. Now I only deal in Netvistas and one model of Thinkcentre. Still it does make me realize and the rest of us I am sure, just how old we are becoming.

[Luigi301]

The local school boards hold auctions now and then. I picked up the computer for a whopping $1. TDK burner not included. The monitor was a gift from someone. It came pre-loaded with Windows 3.11 and OS/2 Warp 3. I installed the CDROM so I could easily transfer files from this computer over to it.

 

My collection's mainly old Macintoshes (that's all you see at the auctions!), but I've got a PS/2 Model 25 laying around here, somewhere. And yes, I do have Johnny Castaway, on a circa-1994 floppy