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Does this picture bring you memories?

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Clair de Lune

Banned
holy shit

Reminds me of my Pentium 100Mhz 16mb RAM... I used to also have Ranma or Dragonball Z wallpapers, drool after my friend's 133 Mhz which was effectively one third faster, AOL 2.0-3.0 days and punters.

I was such a kid back then... (15-16)
 
I remember. I remember clearly. The last time I saw that image was in a small computer shop in Ohio. I had taken my desktop in for repair a few days earlier and I happened to be in the area, so I decided to stop by and see how the work was going. I opened the door, walked up to the counter and rang the bell. No answer. I rang it again. No answer. I rang it a third time and still, no answer. I decided to take matters into my own hands and walked into room behind the counter. The owner was there, eating. My desktop was on a workbench. It had been fixed, but the background had been changed. I was displeased. He noticed me standing there and said "What are you doing back here? You're not supposed to be here you know." I glared at him. "You're not supposed to talk with your mouth full. It's disgusting" Before he could respond, I grabbed his lower jaw and ripped it out of his face. "Never do it again."
 
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
http://toastytech.com/guis/win95logo.gif

This one does. First computer: Pentium MMX 200, S3 ViRGE, 3.8 GB Quantum HD, 32 MB EDO, etc., and Windows 95 OSR2. Fun times.
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Remember the MMX hype with all the games released utilizing MMX? I remember this third-view dog fighting plane game that utilized MMX...

I'd also drool over my cousin's Packard Bell 200Mhz MMX which ran Starcraft so smoothly while my 100Mhz experienced a tolerable slowdown...
 
Originally posted by: Clair de Lune
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
http://toastytech.com/guis/win95logo.gif

This one does. First computer: Pentium MMX 200, S3 ViRGE, 3.8 GB Quantum HD, 32 MB EDO, etc., and Windows 95 OSR2. Fun times.
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Remember the MMX hype with all the games released utilizing MMX? I remember this third-view dog fighting plane game that utilized MMX...

I'd also drool over my cousin's Packard Bell 200Mhz MMX which ran Starcraft so smoothly while my 100Mhz experienced a tolerable slowdown...
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i remember the Packbard Bell computer I had, Pentium MMX 166MHz S3 trio, 16MB EDO ram, Windows 95 OS2..
 
Originally posted by: sonoma1993
Originally posted by: Clair de Lune
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
http://toastytech.com/guis/win95logo.gif

This one does. First computer: Pentium MMX 200, S3 ViRGE, 3.8 GB Quantum HD, 32 MB EDO, etc., and Windows 95 OSR2. Fun times.
Click to expand...

Remember the MMX hype with all the games released utilizing MMX? I remember this third-view dog fighting plane game that utilized MMX...

I'd also drool over my cousin's Packard Bell 200Mhz MMX which ran Starcraft so smoothly while my 100Mhz experienced a tolerable slowdown...
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i remember the Packbard Bell computer I had, Pentium MMX 166MHz S3 trio, 16MB EDO ram, Windows 95 OS2..
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I remember a random ass picture my mom took of my baby brother sitting in front of a desktop in Sears, I don't know why. The picture showed a print label which read:

Packard Bell Pentium 233Mhz
32 RAM
etc... etc..
$2499.99

Adjusted for inflation, that amount of $ is like spending $3500 today. Yikes.
 
Originally posted by: Clair de Lune
Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
http://toastytech.com/guis/win95logo.gif

This one does. First computer: Pentium MMX 200, S3 ViRGE, 3.8 GB Quantum HD, 32 MB EDO, etc., and Windows 95 OSR2. Fun times.
Click to expand...

Remember the MMX hype with all the games released utilizing MMX? I remember this third-view dog fighting plane game that utilized MMX...

I'd also drool over my cousin's Packard Bell 200Mhz MMX which ran Starcraft so smoothly while my 100Mhz experienced a tolerable slowdown...
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Oh hell yes. Every single pack-in game that came with that computer had MMX and S3D written ALL OVER IT, and most of them had nothing to do with them either!

Strongest memory is of Whiplash 3D that came with it. DOS game, didn't give a shit about S3D OR MMX.
 
Originally posted by: theflyingpig
I remember. I remember clearly. The last time I saw that image was in a small computer shop in Ohio. I had taken my desktop in for repair a few days earlier and I happened to be in the area, so I decided to stop by and see how the work was going. I opened the door, walked up to the counter and rang the bell. No answer. I rang it again. No answer. I rang it a third time and still, no answer. I decided to take matters into my own hands and walked into room behind the counter. The owner was there, eating. My desktop was on a workbench. It had been fixed, but the background had been changed. I was displeased. He noticed me standing there and said "What are you doing back here? You're not supposed to be here you know." I glared at him. "You're not supposed to talk with your mouth full. It's disgusting" Before he could respond, I grabbed his lower jaw and ripped it out of his face. "Never do it again."
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😎
 
Damn, good ol win95 and win98 days. When computers really started to boom and P3's were plentifull. That was probably the best time to own a pc repair shop too. Win98 had to be reinstalled OFTEN.
 
Needed a fan so I pulled an old donor parts machine out of the closet last night. Decided to give it one last hurrah and boot it up. Pentium 100 or so, AT, 32 meg of ram spread over four 30pin modules, etc. Booted fine, clock was only four minutes off after all those years. Aww. It was sort of sad shutting it down for the last time, then I burst out laughing when I saw this screen I'd completely forgotten about.

Not sure why it struck me so funny. Just did.

 
Originally posted by: Rubycon
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I remember playing with it at the university. 'ping -s 5000' didn't crash it like it did with Windows 3.11 and (I think) 95, but a floodping would still take it down fast. And we speculated about putting stuff in the bufferoverflow to try and get it executed, but didn't test it. A while later that was being used by hackers, and Microsoft then fixed it.

Oh, and while they at that time promoted NT as solution for all servers a simple FTP to microsoft.com would get a nice Solaris response 😉
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Rubycon
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I go back to the Apple ][ clone, Sinclair, TI 86/a days.

Messed with CP/M on my 286

Paid a grand for a P60 chip and 700 for the mb.
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Since you mention CP/M...

I was using an S100 bus system with 64KB RAM, 8" floppies with a 4.77MHz Z-80 CPU for turning lights up and down! California Computer Systems Inc. Visual 50 P33 phosphor green screen terminal! Those were the days! :laugh:
 
Originally posted by: Rubycon
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: Rubycon
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I go back to the Apple ][ clone, Sinclair, TI 86/a days.

Messed with CP/M on my 286

Paid a grand for a P60 chip and 700 for the mb.
Click to expand...

Since you mention CP/M...

I was using an S100 bus system with 64KB RAM, 8" floppies with a 4.77MHz Z-80 CPU for turning lights up and down! California Computer Systems Inc. Visual 50 P33 phosphor green screen terminal! Those were the days! :laugh:
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oh oh I can top that.... I worked on a touchscreen terminal system for chemical kettles at Kodak. The original system was punch card driven and the only reason they had to replace it is because they can no longer find punch card reader heads. For some reason all the manufacturers went out of business. This was mid 90s if I remember correctly. I still could not fathom how they kept the thing going til then. Must have bought warehouses of spares.

PS. Do you remember Braun Tubes (for B&W TV) packed in wooden crates with straw as packing material? 😀
 
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