Reminds me of sellers showing doom2 on a 486/133 at the computer shows
trying to get rid of them before people realised that the pentium was soooo
much faster.
I still have a 386/40 for playing the older games. So far I havnt run into
anything that I need a 286 or earlier to play it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: 286 Computers
> --- 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 - 10:04:00 BST