@DrGiltspur@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months ago$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on Windows 3.1 eraarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down17file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1115arrow-down1external-link$200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on Windows 3.1 eraarstechnica.com@DrGiltspur@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agomessage-square32fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@shalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish19•6 months agoYeah, but they should have gone with a 486DX, or SX at least. HUGE difference. The 386 was just too damned frustrating, but it was the first work PC I ever laid hands on. For a personal computer, I upgraded from a 286 to a Pentium 200.
minus-square@Hawke@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoYeah, 486 DX4/100 was the peak of DOS gaming.
Yeah, but they should have gone with a 486DX, or SX at least. HUGE difference. The 386 was just too damned frustrating, but it was the first work PC I ever laid hands on. For a personal computer, I upgraded from a 286 to a Pentium 200.
Yeah, 486 DX4/100 was the peak of DOS gaming.