I will be thankful for the options.
Personally I find folks choices and experiences interesting.
The bandaged machine I am typing on right now is a Pentium 2 constructed
for me in 2008 or 2009.
Still there is enough USB support in the bios for me to use a full sized
USB keyboard in DOS for the very first time.
its amazing.
On Fri, 13 Oct 2023, Don Tai wrote:
> Old 'puters, are a little ornery. You get what you get, and then
> scrounge
> for parts to upgrade. With luck it all works out in the end, or you die
> trying. Serial and parallel ports are a major constraint, then adding in
> USB will get interesting. Most of my old desktops came with almost no
> memory. In fact I've used these old biddies with as low as 500k of RAM,
> which will run Puppy Linux and an old browser, from a CD boot.
>
> You will need to see if you can combine new and old worlds of PC
> components. Usually I cannot even do a Linux boot from a USB drive.
>
> Let me check my stash of old PC carcasses..
>
> Don
>
> On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 at 09:30, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Good morning sir. Don of the possible rescue!
> > Let me be forthright. I have not bought a computer off the shelf since
> > my
> > very first one.
> > Instead my machines have been built from scratch, or provided with
> > alterations made to them.
> >
> > What that means is that my dictionary may not match yours perfectly,
> > but I
> > will try...when I doubt ask.
> > First at least a Pentium 3, I can be flexible on processor speed as
> > I
> > have utilities working around some of the DOS barriers.
> > As much memory as possible, my previous machine had almost 800 meg of
> > ram,
> > again managers made it work, even had onboard graphics memory although
> > that is less important.
> > A dvdr or combination cd and dvdr would be appreciated, or at least
> > room
> > for both. a 3.5 floppy is a must.
> > serial, USB, and parallel ports are also a must.
> > Slots, PCI are a must, if there is a single ISO slot it would be
> > helpful,
> > some of the alternative synthesizers are full size boards, but that
> > again
> > is not mandatory.
> > In case I messed up that term, think soundblaster pro live. I have a
> > dream-audio 2496 soundcard I still intend finding. I have d-link
> > <spelling> ethernet cards, those sorts of things.
> > Honestly? what this entire situation has taught me is that I need
> > both a
> > spare and a laptop smiles.
> > Still, does that help?
> > I have a combination of DOS programs and adaptive hardware, including
> > sound
> > Ethernet cards and so forth.
> > Unless your items firmly have DOS drivers that is less of a concern.
> > As for hard drive size, well I always have more than one drive, so
> > room
> > for more than one. 20 gig or higher at least.
> > thanks for even offering!
> > Karen
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 13 Oct 2023, Don Tai wrote:
> >
> > > What type of old computer do you seek? Please be very specific, as I
> > have a
> > > couple. Circa year, specs, etc
> > >
> > > On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 at 02:12, Karen Lewellen via talk
> > > <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi everyone,
> > > > will ask the question simply, as it is not one I have needed to
> > > > ask for
> > a
> > > > good decade.
> > > > Need a resource for older computer hardware, freecycle was
> > > > terrific for
> > > > this sort of thing, as was the talent who would build mine.
> > > > Unfortunately a visit by someone from renew computer technology
> > > > Ontario,
> > > > www.rcto.org
> > > > damaged my main computer, at least the motherboard, possibly the
> > > > hard
> > > > drive.
> > > > I have a bandaged machine, does not boot to the c drive, using a
> > > > floppy,
> > > > with the second drive from my main placed in this unit.
> > > > Now some of my critical synthesizer files are being damaged as
> > > > well.
> > > > screen reader utilities..so far at least.
> > > > While I do have talent, quality talent to help me with the
> > > > construction,
> > > > finding say a p3 or p4 may be the challenge.
> > > > Any ideas?
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Karen
> > > >
> > > >
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