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Sad thing is I remember growing up around this time and would have killed for one of these lol. I felt so damn old when it was emailed to me
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The cadillac of all computers..
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lvent
United States140 Posts
Sad thing is I remember growing up around this time and would have killed for one of these lol. I felt so damn old when it was emailed to me . | ||
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DamageControL
United States4222 Posts
edit: actually, i think it's pretty clearly less than a smart phone. Is there anything today that would be equivalent? | ||
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RubiksCube
Germany259 Posts
Thing was a beast had 16 MB of RAM, too. | ||
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aguy38
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lvent
United States140 Posts
On October 19 2011 00:42 DamageControL wrote: What level of computer would this be comparable today? Less than a smart phone? edit: actually, i think it's pretty clearly less than a smart phone. Is there anything today that would be equivalent? I doubt it lol, I just find it fascinating that this was a monster back in the day; hell it didnt even have a 56k modem in it! Perhaps an old school Razr phone with web browsing? | ||
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lvent
United States140 Posts
On October 19 2011 00:45 RubiksCube wrote: I actually remember having a 33 MHz PC that had a "Turbo Button" that made it go up to 66 MHz. Overclocking like a champ haha | ||
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DamageControL
United States4222 Posts
On October 19 2011 00:49 lvent wrote: I doubt it lol, I just find it fascinating that this was a monster back in the day; hell it didnt even have a 56k modem in it! Perhaps an old school Razr phone with web browsing? I think my current phone with web browsing which isn't smart is actually better...perhaps. | ||
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Ropid
Germany3557 Posts
On October 19 2011 00:42 DamageControL wrote: What level of computer would this be comparable today? Less than a smart phone? edit: actually, i think it's pretty clearly less than a smart phone. Is there anything today that would be equivalent? This is the best possible PC graphics from that time: This runs in 320x200 resolution completely on the CPU without any help from the graphics card. It is perhaps comparable to a Nintendo DS? But I think the Nintendo DS processor gets help from a graphics chip for 3D stuff. | ||
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Belano
Sweden657 Posts
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josemb40
Peru611 Posts
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lvent
United States140 Posts
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fezvez
France3021 Posts
My father bought in 94 the very best thing available, because he wanted something that would last (how wrong he was!) If I remember, it was a Pentium 90 and a, wait for it, 15 inch screen! For the modest sum of 4000$ (I cant believe someone could put that much money in a PC...) And yeah, Quake was THE hype game at that time =) | ||
endy
Switzerland8970 Posts
Feels weird when I compare it with my Samsung Galaxy S2.... | ||
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eviltomahawk
United States11133 Posts
My dad didn't let me mess with our Packard Bell too much since he was afraid of crashes so much. However, he did install a bunch of games from a bunch of demo CDs as well as some educational games. Freddi Fish. 3D Dinosaur Adventure. Louis the Lion. Ah, the memories. Oh, and I also played my first RTS on my old Packard Bell in the form of the Age of Empires: Rise of Rome demo from one of my dad's demo CDs. I still remember how I thought the game was "Age of Vampires" instead of "Age of Empires," and I was thoroughly confused when I couldn't find any vampires in the game. Fun demo, though I struggled to play it as a 5-year-old. | ||
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GigaFlop
United States1146 Posts
I also have a Commodore 64, but I have no clue what kind of display it needs :/ | ||
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Sm3agol
United States2055 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/471740-their-finest-hour-the-battle-of-britain-atari-st-screenshot.png) | ||
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jdseemoreglass
United States3773 Posts
Then again, it was enough to play brood war  Oh, and Sim City 2000 on floppy disks! Oh the nostalgia...These days I've been shopping around for a 120GB solid state drive. It's amazing how fast technology advances. | ||
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Zombie_Velociraptor
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eu.exodus
South Africa1186 Posts
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Vansetsu
United States1453 Posts
I makes me wonder though, soon how long will it take to make something that can push technology? I think the characters in the FF movie hand like 10,000 pores or individual strands of hair or something like that, and were considering them as "digital actors" as I imagine the amount of time it takes to create these types of models is insane. | ||
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lvent
United States140 Posts
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Thorakh
Netherlands1788 Posts
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RaLakedaimon
United States1564 Posts
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
On October 19 2011 02:33 Vansetsu wrote: I can totally remember thinking 64mb of ram was just godly... I can see something just stupid like tb of ram someday... I makes me wonder though, soon how long will it take to make something that can push technology? I think the characters in the FF movie hand like 10,000 pores or individual strands of hair or something like that, and were considering them as "digital actors" as I imagine the amount of time it takes to create these types of models is insane. There are things that "push technology." Some animated movies (Pixar-type 3d movies) take hours just to render one frame. Just imagine how long it takes to make a complete movie, including editing and recreating scenes because they weren't good enough or whatever. [e] Also, my first computer was 200 mHz Pentium 1 processor (fuck yea) with 3 gigs of HD memory. Came with a floppy drive AND a CD drive, too. | ||
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
On October 19 2011 02:45 RaLakedaimon wrote: My first family computer didn't come until like 1996 but I remember playing Need for Speed and actually "thinking" I was there, but then again I was 7 and also thought our printer was used to print real US currency. Fun times. Oh and my favorite old game was one that came with a box of Check called Chex Quest ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chex_Quest ). Sexy fucking game it was too. Omg, I remember playing Need for Speed 2 a lot. For some reason, the colors always loaded wrong on the computer. The sky would be green and the middle of the track would be purple. I knew it was wrong because one in a while the game would tease you by loading the right colors. But I didn't mind it at all, Need for Speed was fun. | ||
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Gridlock
United Kingdom517 Posts
IT HAD SPEAKERS BUILT IN TO THE MONITORRRRRRRR!!!!!!!! | ||
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Mementoss
Canada2595 Posts
Also before having a computer I used to go to my friends and watch him play the skiiing game where the monster ate you and chips challenge. | ||
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-_-
United States7081 Posts
On October 19 2011 00:56 Ropid wrote: This is the best possible PC graphics from that time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weDzy_FovQQ This runs in 320x200 resolution completely on the CPU without any help from the graphics card. It is perhaps comparable to a Nintendo DS? But I think the Nintendo DS processor gets help from a graphics chip for 3D stuff. Quite a few old 3d games look horrible with the perspective we have today. Particularly FPS games. Quake's graphics, however, are clear and enjoyable. It reminds me of SC and BW. When designers create graphics in order to serve the gameplay, the graphics always stand the test of time. | ||
thedeadhaji
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Derez
Netherlands6068 Posts
Goes so fast. | ||
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Warble
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On October 19 2011 00:42 DamageControL wrote: What level of computer would this be comparable today? Less than a smart phone? edit: actually, i think it's pretty clearly less than a smart phone. Is there anything today that would be equivalent? Go much more basic: My calculator is more powerful than those computers. | ||
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
I have three games for it I think, I forget which though...some rogue-like (maybe rogue itself?) game with 100% ascii graphics, it's good stuff haha. | ||
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Kal_rA
United States2925 Posts
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jacosajh
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I was so excited I skipped school for two days and read Britannica Encyclopedia (included discs) all day long. | ||
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Deleted User 135096
3624 Posts
 The first computers in our house were a Commodore 64 (fuck yea!!) and a BSR that originally came with the Cyrix 386 processor. I remember playing games like Ringworld and Legends of Valour on it, as well as all of the kickass games (Ultima I-III) on the Commodore...how things have changed. | ||
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rebuffering
Canada2436 Posts
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HardMacro
Canada361 Posts
Then the first Pentium came out in 1993. I feel so old. | ||
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
On October 19 2011 07:05 rebuffering wrote: lol i remember having a turbo button on my 1st computer, think it was like 66mhz or something. good times playing commander keen. Hahaha, I remember that button....the front of my computer had "POWER" "TURBO" "RESTART" My dad was like DONT TOUCH THE TURBO BUTTON ITS BAD Fuck I wanted to press that button so bad every day. | ||
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