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POWERING ON MY $600 486 GAMING COMPUTER!
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2021-10-13 at 4:20 PM UTCOh I forgot the MSX computer I bought a couple of months ago too, photos of that in my thrifting thread.
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2021-10-13 at 4:24 PM UTCI bet you can't post a picture of a 1950s Thunderbird "muscle car".
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2021-10-13 at 4:26 PM UTC
Originally posted by stl1 A Thunderbird is NOT a muscle car.
Fucking British.
I hate to embarrass you but...
"Muscle car is a description used for a high-performance American car, by some definitions an intermediate sized car fitted with a large displacement V8"
Ford Thunderbird
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Engine 292 cu in (4.8 L) Y-block V8 312 cu in (5.1 L) Y-block V8 -
2021-10-13 at 4:31 PM UTC
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2021-10-13 at 4:33 PM UTCMuscle car - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car
OverviewTerminologyHistoryAustraliaLists of muscle cars (1963-1973)See alsoExternal links
The definition of a muscle car is subjective and endlessly debated. Muscle cars often have many of the following characteristics:
• A large V8 engine in the most powerful configuration offered for a particular model
• Rear-wheel drive
• Being manufactured in the United States in the 1960s or early 1970s (the specific year range of 1964–1973 is sometimes used)
1950's cars are not even categorized as muscle cars. Besides, a T-bird would more aptly come under the "sports car" classification. -
2021-10-13 at 4:35 PM UTCMuscle car - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car
OverviewTerminologyHistoryAustraliaLists of muscle cars (1963-1973)See alsoExternal links
The definition of a muscle car is subjective and endlessly debated. Muscle cars often have many of the following characteristics:
• A large V8 engine in the most powerful configuration offered for a particular model
• Rear-wheel drive
• Being manufactured in the United States in the 1960s or early 1970s (the specific year range of 1964–1973 is sometimes used)
1950's cars are not even categorized as muscle cars. Besides, a T-bird would more aptly come under the "sports car" classification.
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sports car
[ˈspôrts ˌkär]
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2021-10-13 at 4:36 PM UTCThe following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!
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2021-10-13 at 4:39 PM UTC
Originally posted by stl1 The definition of a muscle car is subjective and endlessly debated. Muscle cars often have many of the following characteristics:
• A large V8 engine in the most powerful configuration offered for a particular model
• Rear-wheel drive
Please continue trolling yourself gramps. -
2021-10-13 at 4:40 PM UTC
Originally posted by stl1 Muscle car - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_car
OverviewTerminologyHistoryAustraliaLists of muscle cars (1963-1973)See alsoExternal links
The definition of a muscle car is subjective and endlessly debated. Muscle cars often have many of the following characteristics:
yes. not set in stone.
but from your own sauce :Although the term was unknown for another fifteen-plus years, General Motors is credited by some as introducing the first "intentional" muscle car in 1949, when it put its 303-cubic-inch (5 l) Rocket V8 from its full-sized luxury car 98 model into the considerably smaller and lighter Oldsmobile 88.[1] The competition between American manufacturers started when Chrysler installed the 331 cu in (5.4 L) Chrysler Hemi engine in the mid-ran
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2021-10-13 at 4:41 PM UTC"Incredibly powerful for its era, the 1955 Thunderbird is one of the most unforgettable muscle cars produced by Ford. ... The first two-seater from Ford since 1938, the 1955 model included fender skirts and a removable fiberglass top, though a fabric convertible top was a commonly requested option."
The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2021-10-13 at 4:41 PM UTC..but please, embarrass yourself further...
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2021-10-13 at 7:13 PM UTCDamn yanks and their gas guzzlers
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2021-10-13 at 7:20 PM UTC
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2021-10-13 at 8 PM UTCIf it's a muscle car, they should have named it the Thunderlion, or the Thunderbear, or the Thunderbull.
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2021-10-13 at 8:22 PM UTC
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2021-10-14 at 5:30 AM UTC
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2021-10-14 at 6:39 AM UTCLol the British dude just called a 292 cu engine big… lol
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2021-10-14 at 9:23 AM UTC
Originally posted by Jiggaboo_Johnson You either get it or you don't…
It's like people who insist on owning and driving a 50s muscle car…it's technologically inferior to a modern car…same with Harley motorcycles…overpriced pieces of shit but people insist they are "the best".
Using a 486 era PC to run 496 era software is the same as restoring a 1950s Ford Thunderbird to play chicken on the backroads of small town 'MURICA…A 2020 Kia just isn't going to cut it.
Wrong.
It's like people who insist on owning a Mustang, or Camaro but can only afford the gimped v6 version.
No, he's literally playing it on less than bare minimum specs. The motherboard he has is actually for a 386, and the CPU is one designed as for doing a 386 -> 486 swap.
If he was smart he'd have gotten a Pentium I or II -
2021-10-14 at 9:35 AM UTCThere were some really beautiful cars made, and there were some really awesome and fascinating computers made.
A 486 is like a clapped out Ford Escort, or whatever the cheapest, most basic car was where you lived. That is all it will ever be, a very basic, commodity piece of hardware. The sort of thing everyone had, and everyone was glad to upgrade away from.
I just don't see the point. "Oh, look at this 1990 Volkswagen Polo. It's slow, uncomfortable, rusty, burns oil, and is ugly." I don't get it. -
2021-10-14 at 9:35 AM UTCWho cares?
