Subj : Re: 286 is so cool!
To   : AKAcastor
From : mary4
Date : Thu Apr 18 2024 00:34:56

 AK> Great to see the 286 love around!
 AK> 
<3
 AK> I don't think I've ever owned a 286 - oh no - another thing I absolutely
 AK> need to have!  Maybe I can satisfy myself with some memories of 286
 AK> computers and stay away from eBay.
 AK> 
lol i have to buy them from there because i had none nor experience from them
 AK> I had a friend in school whose family got a 286 "late in the game" - I
 AK> remember they bought it used from someone who told them it was just as
 AK> good as some of the 386s that were popular at the time.  We played
 AK> Wolfenstein 3D on that computer, I remember I was impressed at the time
 AK> that a game like that could actually run on a 286.  I don't remember
 AK> what clock speed that PC ran at.
 AK> 
wolf3d is a great benchmarker for 286 systems
and the classic fps!
i actually dont have a 386 system.
why need it when u have 2 486s and 2 super fast 286s 1 at 16mHz and the other at 25mHz
 AK> Another game we had a great time playing was Scorched Earth.  It
was a  AK> blast trying to blow up your friend before they hit you, and the variety  AK> of weapons was a lot of fun to explore.  
 AK> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorched_Earth_(video_game)
 AK> 
i should get it
 AK> My friend had a Gravis gamepad hooked up to that 286, I don't remember
 AK> how many games we actually used it with but I remember with every new
 AK> game trying it and hoping it would be amazing with the gamepad.  I
 AK> remember playing a lot of games with the keyboard.
 AK> 
 AK> 

i have 2 of those game pads!! :DDDD

--mary4 (Victoria Crenshaw) the 286 enthusiast

.... (A)bort, (R)etry, (I)nfluence with large hammer.

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