Given the reality of modern computers with complex device drivers, good luck finding an antique in running order.
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PoetPhilosopher
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You've got to think outside the box. Ie, throw lots of money at the problem.
It is kicking my butt to get a good C99 compiler environment set up, so I don't have to learn C++. I want the good C but not all the classes and so forth. I want the honey but not the bee.
Wu Wei
ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
I haven't seen a "green screen" like that since Gameboy Tetris (because that and Space Invaders was about all I ever played on it).
I had one of those too
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ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
PoetPhilosopher
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My old computers collecting dust, are much too modern for @Revoltingest , I'm afraid.
I lost my win98 license.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
I discovered that at some point in time I put a hard drive in my computer, apparently to store it there as it isn't hooked up (I need another ribbon cable for that). Or maybe I hid something on it? Doubtful, but it's also not really like me to just store a hard drive in such a place.
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I have one of these
SGI Visual Workstation 230 Intel Core Duo 2.20Ghz, 4gig ram, 500gig drive. | #1817490900
with 2 dual core xeon 1200 processors sitting in the attic. It works great. We used it when the computer set on fire before the new one came.
Running Linux mint now but had Windows 3.1 on it when we inherited it.
Linux mint is a great OS and proof that the reason we need powerful machines is Windows. (outside of video editors and such who really need horsepower)
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
I like Linux. What I hope for some day is that they'll find a way to include it on store bought PCs.
Hmmm, 3D graphics needs bagggggs of ooomphhh, we sold with the company a 16 blade SGI mainframe with 64 four core processors.
That was when we worked, now i can do most of what i do on a seven year old Google nexus tablet. With a PC with windows 10 for writing letters, moving money and appeasing the tax man
Many of the build your PC to spec stores give the option of OS. Its easy enough to install anyway.
PoetPhilosopher
Veteran Member
That's true. But I'm talking more like Walmart PCs
- I once tried to install Linux on a Walmart bought PC and due to the PC having a special motherboard built from the ground up for that PC, hint: the motherboard wasn't even square or rectangular but more like two rectangles attached by a thin strip of electric board - it wouldn't let me install Linux
That's true. But I'm talking more like Walmart PCs
Ahh right. Seen things like that, won't touch them with a barge pole.
Having said that, a few months ago our old pc caught on fire, literally so we invested in dell. Custom motherboard, solid state drives etc,. It came with windows 10, ive not tried to upgrade it to linux.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
I'm so glad I have stuff I need to do and I'm expected to put those needed things off so others can do not needed things.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
If it weren't for the hit-and-miss compatibility I would use nothing but Linux because it is so vastly superior to all others.
We used a version of its big brother at work, irix, sgi's version of unix. Didn't notice it much*, the workstations had to run windows in a shell because there was no really good unix/linux software.
* It needed a full techie to drive it