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    From Mary4@VERT/ANDUIN to All on Fri Apr 19 12:43:00 2024
    what do you think of 286 based machines? :D?

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  • From Thumper@VERT/THEWASTE to Mary4 on Fri Apr 19 08:28:00 2024
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    what do you think of 286 based machines? :D?

    Old school but fun to mess around with. I still have my 386 stored away and have been getting the itch to break it out....


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  • From Mary4@VERT/ANDUIN to Thumper on Sat Apr 20 21:37:00 2024
    RE: what do u think of 286s?
    BY: Thumper to Mary4 on Fri Apr 19 2024 08:28:00

    Mary4 wrote to All <=-

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    what do you think of 286 based machines? :D?

    Old school but fun to mess around with. I still have my 386 stored away and have been getting the itch to break it out....


    ... If a sloth were to clap, it will always sound sarcastic.
    yoooo install FreeDOS to use it with fat 32! :3 <3

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  • From bf2k+@VERT/SHODAN to Thumper on Sat Apr 27 05:34:07 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: Thumper to Mary4 on Fri Apr 19 2024 08:28 am

    Old school but fun to mess around with. I still have my 386 stored away and have been getting the itch to break it out....

    I keep a 486 under my desk that has Win XP on it. I use it to run my old Willem EPROM burner.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to bf2k+ on Sat Apr 27 16:17:40 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: bf2k+ to Thumper on Sat Apr 27 2024 05:34 am

    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: Thumper to Mary4 on Fri Apr 19 2024 08:28 am

    Old school but fun to mess around with. I still have my 386 stored away and have been getting the itch to break it out....

    I keep a 486 under my desk that has Win XP on it. I use it to run my old Willem EPROM burner.

    you sure you can run xp on that?
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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to bf2k+ on Sat Apr 27 14:35:12 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: bf2k+ to Thumper on Sat Apr 27 2024 05:34 am

    I keep a 486 under my desk that has Win XP on it. I use it to run my old Willem EPROM burner.

    I'd think a 486 might be a bit slow to run Windows XP.. Windows XP came out in 2001, which is Pentium 2 era.

    Nightfox

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  • From Bs-Rider@VERT/PHONENET to Nightfox on Sun Apr 28 20:31:50 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: Nightfox to bf2k+ on Sat Apr 27 2024 02:35 pm

    Some applications for Windows XP SP3 not working even on Pentium III, because there's not SSE2 commands extension. :)

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Bs-Rider on Sun Apr 28 09:09:36 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: Bs-Rider to Nightfox on Sun Apr 28 2024 08:31 pm

    Some applications for Windows XP SP3 not working even on Pentium III, because there's not SSE2 commands extension. :)

    It's good to quote the message you're replying to so that it's easier to follow the conversation.

    Nightfox

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to MRO on Sun Apr 28 10:32:36 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: MRO to bf2k+ on Sat Apr 27 2024 04:17 pm

    I keep a 486 under my desk that has Win XP on it. I use it to run my old Willem EPROM burner.

    you sure you can run xp on that?

    Well... It's been running at least since 2000 (and probably before that - that's just the oldest screenshot I have of it running.) It ran my old Atari BBS for many years. I retired it from the BBS around 2020.

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to Nightfox on Sun Apr 28 10:41:46 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: Nightfox to bf2k+ on Sat Apr 27 2024 02:35 pm

    I'd think a 486 might be a bit slow to run Windows XP.. Windows XP came out in 2001, which is Pentium 2 era.

    Now you've piqued my interest... Because I know the machine under the desk is running Win XP and I have a screenshot of it running my BBS in 2000. However it is possible that I have mistaken the 486 I have in storage for this machine (after all, they are both white.) Maybe this machine under the desk could be a Pentium. When I get a free moment, I will pull it out and see...

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Bf2k+ on Sun Apr 28 14:15:00 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: Bf2k+ to MRO on Sun Apr 28 2024 10:32 am

    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: MRO to bf2k+ on Sat Apr 27 2024 04:17 pm

    I keep a 486 under my desk that has Win XP on it. I use it to run my old Willem EPROM burner.

    you sure you can run xp on that?

    Well... It's been running at least since 2000 (and probably before that - that's just the oldest screenshot I have of it running.) It ran my old Atari BBS for many years. I retired it from the BBS around 2020.


    what are the specs of this 486?
    i'm pretty sure a 486 can't meet min requirements.
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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Bf2k+ on Sun Apr 28 15:25:00 2024
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    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: MRO to bf2k+ on Sat Apr 27 2024 04:17 pm

    I keep a 486 under my desk that has Win XP on it. I use it to run my old Willem EPROM burner.

    you sure you can run xp on that?

    Well... It's been running at least since 2000 (and probably
    before that - that's just the oldest screenshot I have of it
    running.) It ran my old Atari BBS for many years. I retired it
    from the BBS around 2020.

    That seems unlikely, since Windows XP was released in October 2001.



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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to MRO on Wed May 1 02:38:55 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: MRO to Bf2k+ on Sun Apr 28 2024 02:15 pm

    what are the specs of this 486?
    i'm pretty sure a 486 can't meet min requirements.

    You may be right. I may be confusing it with another system I have in storage.

    At any rate, I have to finish a customer's PLC system I had to setup in my lab yesterday and cycle it out of here before I will have room to set up the PC... but I will get to it in the next day or two.

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  • From Bf2k+@VERT to MRO on Sat May 11 04:12:16 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: MRO to bf2k+ on Sat Apr 27 2024 04:17 pm

    you sure you can run xp on that?

    Not to restart an old thread... but I did manage to get my two 486's out of storage for testing... one has a bad video card, so the next time I would have needed to use my Willem, I would not have been able to. (New one on order - be here today).

    Turns out... everyone was correct, except for me.

    What I thought were 2 486's were actually 2 Pentium 4's

    oops...
    sorry about that...

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to BF2K+ on Sun May 12 16:37:00 2024
    What I thought were 2 486's were actually 2 Pentium 4's

    Well they do both have '4' in them. :D


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  • From Bf2k+@VERT/TACOPRON to Dumas Walker on Mon May 13 06:34:52 2024
    Re: what do u think of 286s?
    By: Dumas Walker to BF2K+ on Sun May 12 2024 04:37 pm

    What I thought were 2 486's were actually 2 Pentium 4's

    Well they do both have '4' in them. :D


    Probably exactly what my brain did...

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