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POWERING ON MY $600 486 GAMING COMPUTER!

  1. 2021-10-07 at 5:51 PM UTC
    #81
    stl1 Cum Lickin' Fagit
    Can you whine "Not my fault!" for all of us?
  2. 2021-10-07 at 6:18 PM UTC
    #82
    the man who put it in my hood Black Hole
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Anyone who remembers continually having to edit their config.sys, autoexec.bat files for every fucking game they buy or creating boot disks to run their games or messing around with IRQ/DMA settings to get their soundblaster clone board to work with there other boards knows that is NOT replicated in a virtual environment.

    he can't even get it to turn on, very authentic classic PC experience. FRICK THIS COMPUTER STUFF IM GONNA LISTEN TO MY TAPES INSTEAD
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
  3. 2021-10-07 at 7:23 PM UTC
    #83
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Back when I built my first 486..an SX 25mhz and I wasn't too au fait with PCs at the time as I was an Amiga user primarily with a 386SX 16 that I barely messed with, my stupid brother "Insisted" is buy an Adaptec Scsi card rather than using the IDE that was on my serial/parallel/IDE card…140 BRRRRRitish pounds I paid for that fucking thing (A fortune to me at the time)..just for the card..had to buy a scsi HD to go with it.
    He claimed the IDE was no good and that scsi was the way to go…as if that slight increase in HD speed fucking mattered to me when I was on a tight budget, the twat…making me spend money on shit I didn't need.

    I must agree, SCSI was only advantageous in server back then. The speed bottleneck was in the clock and bus speeds. The HDD didn't become a bottleneck until the Bus speeds excceded the read/write speeds of IDE architecture. By that time SATA was a thing so still SCSI was just an over priced nerd ego booster for a home PC. And of course today we have hybrid SATA/SDD and SDD which rape SCSI read/write performance.
  4. 2021-10-07 at 9:20 PM UTC
    #84
    Quick Mix Ready Dark Matter [jealously defalcate my upanishad]
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Back when I built my first 486..an SX 25mhz and I wasn't too au fait with PCs at the time as I was an Amiga user primarily with a 386SX 16 that I barely messed with, my stupid brother "Insisted" is buy an Adaptec Scsi card rather than using the IDE that was on my serial/parallel/IDE card…140 BRRRRRitish pounds I paid for that fucking thing (A fortune to me at the time)..just for the card..had to buy a scsi HD to go with it.

    He claimed the IDE was no good and that scsi was the way to go…as if that slight increase in HD speed fucking mattered to me when I was on a tight budget, the twat…making me spend money on shit I didn't need.

    was this before they placed break seals on the cases? I remember hearing people would crack the boxes, remove and replace expensive cards and then return. I'm not a thief but I'm surprised it took 10-15 years before the computer companies caught on.
  5. 2021-10-07 at 11:10 PM UTC
    #85
    vindicktive vinny Black Hole
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Back when I built my first 486..an SX 25mhz and I wasn't too au fait with PCs at the time as I was an Amiga user primarily with a 386SX 16 that I barely messed with, my stupid brother "Insisted" is buy an Adaptec Scsi card rather than using the IDE that was on my serial/parallel/IDE card…140 BRRRRRitish pounds I paid for that fucking thing (A fortune to me at the time)..just for the card..had to buy a scsi HD to go with it.

    He claimed the IDE was no good and that scsi was the way to go…as if that slight increase in HD speed fucking mattered to me when I was on a tight budget, the twat…making me spend money on shit I didn't need.

    and now you return the favor by telling people to get a CF for HDD ?
  6. 2021-10-07 at 11:49 PM UTC
    #86
    Quick Mix Ready Dark Matter [jealously defalcate my upanishad]
    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny and now you return the favor by telling people to get a CF for HDD ?

    He can cheat by getting a Zipdrive which was the first CF of sort. just the size of a razr flip phone with 100megs
  7. 2021-10-08 at 12:36 PM UTC
    #87
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    Originally posted by vindicktive vinny and now you return the favor by telling people to get a CF for HDD ?

    CF cards are a great solution for 486 systems Vincent. If you look how much it costs to buy a 1-2gb hard drive...not even thinking about the fact the thing is 25yrs+ old and will likely fail after you've just paid $100+ for it then you'd know it's a good cheap alternative...and much more robust and reliable than a stupid sd card.

    I've been running a 4gb CF card in my Amiga 1200 for ummm about 8yrs now and it's as solid as your e-peen when you see a jpg of a little girl.
  8. 2021-10-08 at 12:37 PM UTC
    #88
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    Originally posted by Quick Mix Ready He can cheat by getting a Zipdrive which was the first CF of sort. just the size of a razr flip phone with 100megs

    zip drives are slower than fuck.
  9. 2021-10-08 at 12:49 PM UTC
    #89
    BeeReBuddy motherfucker [pimp your due marabout]
    Originally posted by Quick Mix Ready Fona. The power light is on. Old computers sometime require you hold the on button for a few seconds. The one below the toggle . You pushed it for a fraction of a sec. Hold it in.

    I got it to turn on but I have no video signal.
    Also the HDD sounds like a lawn mower running out of gas.
  10. 2021-10-08 at 4:39 PM UTC
    #90
    Quick Mix Ready Dark Matter [jealously defalcate my upanishad]
    Originally posted by BeeReBuddy I got it to turn on but I have no video signal.
    Also the HDD sounds like a lawn mower running out of gas.

    Is it vga only or is there an old rca output. Try rca. They sell a VGA to rca adapter if your monitor or case doesn't have it. Lines are limited to old standard.

    Why are you being so retro for? You turning hipster on us. You need to grow a beard, first.
  11. 2021-10-08 at 4:40 PM UTC
    #91
    Speedy Parker Black Hole [my absentmindedly lachrymatory gazania]
    ITT a moron wastes good money on a boat anchor with a power cord.
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
  12. 2021-10-08 at 6:27 PM UTC
    #92
    I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4 Space Nigga
    Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson Back when I built my first 486..an SX 25mhz and I wasn't too au fait with PCs at the time as I was an Amiga user primarily with a 386SX 16 that I barely messed with, my stupid brother "Insisted" is buy an Adaptec Scsi card rather than using the IDE that was on my serial/parallel/IDE card…140 BRRRRRitish pounds I paid for that fucking thing (A fortune to me at the time)..just for the card..had to buy a scsi HD to go with it.

    He claimed the IDE was no good and that scsi was the way to go…as if that slight increase in HD speed fucking mattered to me when I was on a tight budget, the twat…making me spend money on shit I didn't need.

    Folks , he hasn't spoken to his brother since this incident. The way he sees it , his brother owes him 140 pound and interest
    The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
  13. 2021-10-08 at 9:35 PM UTC
    #93
    Quick Mix Ready Dark Matter [jealously defalcate my upanishad]
    Originally posted by I Live In Your Crawlspace Secretly4 Folks , he hasn't spoken to his brother since this incident. The way he sees it , his brother owes him 140 pound and interest

    I think they say quid not pounds.
  14. 2021-10-09 at 7:07 AM UTC
    #94
    Donald Trump Black Hole
    Actually they call their unit of currency Queeny-weenie looty-pooties, since the queen's head is on the coin.
  15. 2021-10-10 at 5:25 AM UTC
    #95
    Quick Mix Ready Dark Matter [jealously defalcate my upanishad]
    Originally posted by Donald Trump Actually they call their unit of currency Queeny-weenie looty-pooties, since the queen's head is on the coin.

    use it as butt wipe. it's almost cheaper than TP these fucking days.
  16. 2021-10-10 at 10:40 AM UTC
    #96
    Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist
    Fona should have just got an Amiga 1200.
  17. 2021-10-11 at 12:25 PM UTC
    #97
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    Originally posted by Wariat Fona should have just got an Amiga 1200.

    An Amiga 1200 is going to cost you about $1000+
  18. 2021-10-11 at 10:52 PM UTC
    #98
    Wariat Marine/Preteen Biologist
    Today? Really? what about a 500?
  19. 2021-10-11 at 10:57 PM UTC
    #99
    ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Black Hole
    Back then, an add-in 20MB hard drive alone was $4,999.99US+tax.
  20. 2021-10-12 at 12:21 PM UTC
    #100
    Jiggaboo_Johnson Black Hole
    Originally posted by Wariat Today? Really? what about a 500?

    $350+. Amiga prices went through the roof, I got my 1200 along with a 1084s monitor about 8yrs ago for $150...now you are lucky to find a 1200 for less than $1k and the monitor sells for $250+.
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