POWERING ON MY $600 486 GAMING COMPUTER!

1. 2021-10-15 at 1:13 AM UTC

   #181
   

   ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Black Hole
   A lot of those old machines don't even have hard drives, the entire operating system is on disk memory, so if you don't have an operating disk, it's just a paperweight.
2. 2021-10-15 at 2:51 AM UTC

   #182
   

   Quick Mix Ready Dark Matter [jealously defalcate my upanishad]

   Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A lot of those old machines don't even have hard drives, the entire operating system is on disk memory, so if you don't have an operating disk, it's just a paperweight.

   
   No.. they had floppies you backed up before turning it off or closing the ap. updating on the same floppy(ies)
3. 2021-10-15 at 12:29 PM UTC

   #183
   

   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ A lot of those old machines don't even have hard drives, the entire operating system is on disk memory, so if you don't have an operating disk, it's just a paperweight.

   
   Well no, most have the OS built in..on chip. The Amigas have all been upraded to 3.14 for example, the Sinclair machines have Sinclair basic built in, the TI has Microsoft basic built, the Atari STs have TOS build in etc etc.
   
   In any case...getting the OS/Software is the EASIEST part of the equation.
   
   There are also modern solutions, I have SD/CF card solutions for loading in software for most of my stuff, or Gotek drives (basically a floppy drive emulator where you put the files on USB and the computer thinks it's a real floppy disk).
   The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

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4. 2021-10-15 at 12:34 PM UTC

   #184
   

   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by vindicktive vinny hardcore

   
   ..and that's about 10% of it.
5. 2021-10-15 at 2:38 PM UTC

   #185
   

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   Originally posted by Quick Mix Ready No.. they had floppies you backed up before turning it off or closing the ap. updating on the same floppy(ies)

   
   You had to boot off the master ROM floppy.
6. 2021-10-15 at 2:40 PM UTC

   #186
   

   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You had to boot off the master ROM floppy.

   
   No...those were the early minicomputers...not microcomputers.
7. 2021-10-15 at 2:41 PM UTC

   #187
   

   ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Black Hole

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson No…those were the early minicomputers…not microcomputers.

   
   The Amiga had a ROM floppy you had to boot from. No hard drive.
8. 2021-10-15 at 2:42 PM UTC

   #188
   

   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson ..and that's about 10% of it.

   
   very hardcore.
9. 2021-10-15 at 2:46 PM UTC

   #189
   

   Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole

   Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Amiga had a ROM floppy you had to boot from. No hard drive.

   
   
   All Amigas had a hard drive option.
10. 2021-10-15 at 2:53 PM UTC

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    First computer I got with a hard drive was the Tandy. It had a 5mb drive in it and an actual "desktop", which had 6 options on it: Calendar, Calculator, Game, Notepad, FileManager and Settings. That was all. Nothing else.
11. 2021-10-16 at 8:05 PM UTC

    #191
    

    Quick Mix Ready Dark Matter [jealously defalcate my upanishad]

    Originally posted by ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ You had to boot off the master ROM floppy.

    
    the 5.4x? big floppies is what you're talking about? late 70s models.
12. 2021-10-16 at 10:08 PM UTC

    #192
    

    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Black Hole

    Originally posted by Quick Mix Ready the 5.4x? big floppies is what you're talking about? late 70s models.

    
    5.25" floppy disk for the Commadore64 and 3.5" floppy disk for the Amiga.