yeah mine was an 386sx, running toshiba dos 5.0, I got it in 1993. I didn't discover games till 1996 and then the system survived till 2003 when it finally died. I have never been able to emulate all the old style games nicely. One of the major drawbacks is that I can't get the back of my sa synth to change the batteries. And another to have the keynote software work I need a 386 thats either a straight 86 or an sx running msdos 5 or 6. I tried to get a laptop that was like this but never did. saying that if ever anyone on here does have one in working condition they don't want I may be interested. or even another old system that still has a few years good life in it. Idealy I'd like several that I can just change parts out of. I doubt that will happen but I'd still like to run all the old stuff again Now if I could get something to run with a screenreader in dos using the soundcard and switch to my notepad file with hints should I like to then yeah I'd probably do it. another thing is though I have no real desk space now, so who knows. At 04:27 a.m. 15/06/2008, you wrote: >Hi Shaun, >you were lucky. In my day Windows didn't exist. At least not on the IBM >platform. There was the X-Windows system for Unix servers, but on IBM >systems we had good old MS Dos. Since my parents couldn't afford an IBM >we had an Apple A2-J running Apple Works. >I still remember how primitive the Apple Works os was. you inserted this >big 5.25 inch floppy disk into the drive, and from the command prompt >you used the run command to launch programs on the disk. If memory >serves me correctly edit opened text files the same way it does on MS >Dos. Great for doing homework, playing some games like Orig an Trail, >etc but crap compared to what kids run today. >I didn't get an IBM until 1993 or so and by then the IBM i386 systems >were out with Windows 3.1 and MS Dos 6.x. That was a major leap forward >in technology for me, but still ain't nothing to write home about >compared to this laptop I am using right now. > > > >shaun everiss wrote: >> oh man. >> I never knew he was that yung either. >> lets see at 12 I was only just on my first windows computer. >> didn't know a thing what to do. > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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