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DonaldDuck82

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i think ive got all of you beat, i have an IBM pc jr. with 8b of memory, no hard drive and a three color monator. I dont really use it much, ive had it since it came out, but i keep it up in my room for kicks, some times i will play digdugger on it.
 

GreenBeret

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I have a functional 286 mobo/cpu/ram hanging on my wall. The HDD broke, and the platters are hanging next to the mobo. Looks pretty sweet...

I also have a 386 w/ 387, 100mB HDD, in working order, but no video.

Where did that video go? Into my 200MMX w/ 16mB Ram and 1.7GB HDD. NO CD-ROM, or sound.
Video: 1mB ISA

Hmm... where did that machine's video and CD-ROMgo?
It went into my current system, a BP6
(2x 366@517), 128mB RAM, 20.5GB 7200RPM HDD.
Sound: SB16 ISA
Video: 2mB PCI s3 trio64
CD-ROM: 8x IDE Acer
 

The Mutha

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Oct 10, 1999
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Check this out, I've got:

  1. 1) ORIGINAL Apple mac.
  1. 2) MSX
  1. 3) Amstrad PC, an 8086 with 512K of ram, a 10mb hard drive, and a HD 5.1/4 floppy.
 

etech

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Oct 9, 1999
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I also have one of the original IBM PC's, 8086, two floppy drives, long persistence green monitor. My wife wants me to get rid of it, to me it's a collectors item. Still works, at least it did the last time I booted it up.
 

abracadabra1

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hahaa! you can never take my gateway 386/25MHz system on!
baby has 4 sweet megs of ram...
200MB hd.
14.4 Modem.
surround sound case speaker.
reset and turbo button!
hah, this is where the l33tness comes in- only cost me 3200 when i first bought her about 8 years ago!
 

pastee

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I have a 486 running Windows 98....and a 286 disassembled somewhere. Anything older than that would be paper and pencil.
 

chansen

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My DataTrain 286 runs a blistering 12MHz with a whopping 1024KB of RAM. Actually runs Wolfenstein fine, but primarily collects dust. I wish my old Atari 800XL still worked - I'd love to play Miner 049er again!

Craig
 

slicksilver

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I think I have the oldest one out here:)..bought this old timer 12 years ago..here are the specs...

8086/286 ( I am not sure) runs at 4 Mhz!
640k Ram
11" b/w monitor
no HDD
a 5 1/4 drive
keyboard
Running MSDOS 3.3
......that's all......

I can still play Prince of Persia and Digger on it:)

My mom wanted to sell this 4 years ago and my bro objected saying that it is an antique!.....the guy offered us 100 dollars for it....I wanted to sell it too......but over the years I am happy that we kept it......will post a picture of it in a few days.....

Raj
 

apoppin

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I still have a working Atari 800XL. No memory upgrades or modem. Daisy wheel printer died long ago. Only one 5 1/2 inch floppy.

Centipede, Donkey Kong and Miner 2049er still play pretty well.