Subj : Retro Want
To   : manimal347
From : hohokam
Date : Mon Jul 27 2020 19:35:06

I just put together an Athlon 1ghz system. In order to get it to work i had
to burn 3 cd's and a boot disk. The system is new enough that usb drives work
as a way to transfer files. I also found using a IDE to CF card drive to be
use ful if you want to move a lot of information between them.
I agree that windows 98/95/me have aged pretty badly. I was painfully
reminded that building a computer used to be a day long affair (Recently, I
built a workstation for the office in about 2 hours). I am enjoying using it.
Currently it's just playing the Star trek after dark screen saver, but I also
have the old build engine games on there. I found it relaxing to build and
poke at.
But yeah, in the days of cheap server hardware and raspberry pi these old
machines don't do much.
But my old Atari 800 is fun to look on the desk :)

Peter James
PDX Nerd since 1980

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