286 Computers

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Apr 23 08:39:01 2003

--- Bryan Pope <bpope_at_wordstock.com> wrote:
> And thusly Vintage Computer Festival spake:
> >
> > On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, TeoZ wrote:
> >
> > > I dont think many of the 286 computers will ever be collectable...
> >
> > Or because they are just plain boring and uninteresting.
> >
>
> *But* you can play Castle Wolfenstein 3D on them! ;)

When people were still attempting to sell 286s at Hamfests and Fleamarkets,
you could tell the 286s because *that* was running on them as a crowd
attractor.

It also showed off the dogs... all it took was one 386-25 across the
aisle and nobody paid any attention to the 286s.

-ethan
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Received on Wed Apr 23 2003 - 08:39:01 BST

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