I have finally entered the 21st Century

capnq · #1 September 20th, 2007, 07:15 AM

Hmm, I'll think about the video card. I think the most graphically demanding game I'm looking at is probably SEV, so I don't really need the video power that something like a FPS would call for. I've got a long shopping list of things I need more urgently than computer hardware, so I only expect to be downloading demos in the short term.

I made a mistake in my description. It doesn't have two HDs, just two partitions on the HD. This is the first system I've had with a big enough HD to warrant more than 1 partition.

Atrocities · #2 September 21st, 2007, 02:28 AM

I am still using my Acer P75 with its 100mhz cpu, 16 megs of ram, 2meg Mytrox Mystic video card, and 800meg hard drive. Its the best damn machine money could buy. I especially love windows 95, the best OS ever made for a pc. This is my work horse PC and if a game won't run on it, then I don't play it.

Combat Wombat · #3 September 22nd, 2007, 02:39 AM

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Atrocities said:
I am still using my Acer P75 with its 100mhz cpu, 16 megs of ram, 2meg Mytrox Mystic video card, and 800meg hard drive. Its the best damn machine money could buy. I especially love windows 95, the best OS ever made for a pc. This is my work horse PC and if a game won't run on it, then I don't play it.

That was all sarcastic right? The only OS worse than 95 was ME and you couldn't even fit SE4 on that hard drive.

capnq · #4 September 22nd, 2007, 05:01 AM

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Combat Wombat said: you couldn't even fit SE4 on that hard drive.

Now you're being sarcastic. My SEIV folder is only 566M currently.

Combat Wombat · #5 September 23rd, 2007, 01:48 AM

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capnq said:

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Combat Wombat said: you couldn't even fit SE4 on that hard drive.

Now you're being sarcastic. My SEIV folder is only 566M currently.

I am sitting at 1.28GB for my install and also keep in mind hes got have room for the OS and stuff too.

capnq · #6 September 23rd, 2007, 03:41 AM

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Combat Wombat said: I am sitting at 1.28GB for my install and also keep in mind hes got have room for the OS and stuff too.

A minimum install of Win98 is less than 250M; I assume Win95 would be similar in size. An 800M HD would have enough room if you used compression and limited how many mods and shipsets you installed. Granted you couldn't do much else with it, but it's still possible.

Gandalf Parker · #7 September 23rd, 2007, 11:33 AM

What happened to the old machine?
You can load Linux to it for free. Since linux needs so much less machine than Windows does, you will get a box at least as powerful as your new one (altho limited to other purposes).

Make a server out of it and you can replace all of your ISP needs for you, family, and friends. No more limits on webspace, email size, ftping. And host domains. And you can host games. And be useful as a beta tester. And you can provide hosting for peoples mods/maps.

Or if you are a programmer then you can play with the power side of it. Especially for really large text applications, databases, spreadsheets, etc.

Or you can automate your house. Lights, temperature, security, all of the things you have seen on any SciFi tv show. You can even give it voice control and give it a name or have it work as if its magical spells. If you want to consider that then visit www.SmartHome.com (WARNING: hand the credit cards to someone else to hold before going there the first time if you have low self-control)

Herode · #8 August 17th, 2008, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Combat Wombat

That was all sarcastic right? The only OS worse than 95 was ME

You forgot Vista. I never went to Linux - I am computer-lazy and don't like heavy intall procedures at all - but now I've installed Vista on my new PC & I know... I will soon migrate (to Ubuntu)

Give me baaaaaack my XP

Azselendor · #9 September 24th, 2007, 03:05 AM

Atrocities, you brought back an old memeory.

I used to have an old Compaq 2200 running windows 95. For years, I kept the default config but over time, components failed. I still have it in my closet, a hulk of metal, duct tape, and good intentions. 120mhz processor, 32mb ram, 3.1 gb hard drive (shipped with a massive 1.2 gb drive), built-in sub-woofer and speakers, CD-rom running windows 95.

It lasted for a good 10 years and I did everything from designing websites to playing video games to work on it. It still works, but I had to join the 17th century back in 2003 and bought a new computer.

On the flip side, I bought an emachine once, lasted 3 years (two of which was spent with a lunch-box-cold-pack cooling system keeping it from catching fire). It ended its life flying across my front yard where it was savagely beaten with a metal bat.

capnq · #10 July 25th, 2008, 08:02 AM

Since some else dredged this up, an update.

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capnq said: I made a mistake in my description. It doesn't have two HDs, just two partitions on the HD.

Turns out I was right the first time; it had two HDs. I only verified this when the larger drive died of mechanical failure. Now I'm down to only 12.7G. Luckily, the OS and all the internet software were on the surviving drive; the one that failed was almost all games, so all I really lost was assorted solo games in progress.

Ironically, the sole HD on my second PC failed on the same day, apparently due to a corrupted boot sector. I'm undecided what to do about that one; I may try to transplant the HD from the third PC to the second.