Our 286 computer is so cool 😭 it might not be peak computing, but it's very close to it

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

Our 286 computer is so cool 😭 it might not be peak computing, but it's very close to it

[queroseno@social.vivaldi.net]

@nina_kali_nina Norton Commander?

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@queroseno RAR

[queroseno@social.vivaldi.net]

@nina_kali_nina shareware version likely :P

[zakalwe@plasmatrap.com]

@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt Sun!

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@queroseno correct! But there's licensed WinZIP on this 286

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@zakalwe with Java, even

[queroseno@social.vivaldi.net]

@nina_kali_nina That is good, I don't think there is a single licensed software in my 486 xD

[pinkmoon@tech.lgbt]

@nina_kali_nina

I also have a small 386 with 20 MHz—cool stuff.

[yoasif@mastodon.social]

@nina_kali_nina Umm, so I see one of those pizza box Sun machines on Facebook Marketplace - is that something I should pick up to play with?

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@queroseno apparently we even had a real Doom copy, but if course it doesn't work on this machine except for the text mode

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@yoasif if you can afford it, and want to run some Unix™, then it's a good choice for a beginner (beware, requires a sync on green support in your monitor)

[x0r@mamot.fr]

@nina_kali_nina That Sun SPARCstation though 😍 It might even still run recent versions of #OpenBSD!

[queroseno@social.vivaldi.net]

@nina_kali_nina Now that you mention, Jazz Jackrabbit, Raptor and Screamer were original copies.

There is a Doom text mode?

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@queroseno there is, these days

[till@ubuntu.social]

@queroseno @nina_kali_nina I used Norton Commander back in the early 90s, too!

[till@ubuntu.social]

@nina_kali_nina And there is a nice, loud dot matrix printer! 9 or 24 pins?

By the way, these old printers still work with Linux.

#OpenPrinting

[zanagb@mastodon.social]

@nina_kali_nina It's what peak real-mode computing looks like

(yes yes it's technically the first one to introduce protected mode but aaaa it wouldn't be a joke now would it)

[ltning@pleroma.anduin.net]

@nina_kali_nina Beautiful! Which file manager is that? :)

[nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt]

@till It's a 9-pin, and yes, I use it with Ubuntu for quick man page-ing; it's surprisingly fast for text printing