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Junk computer: the suggestioning
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So tonight I will be coming into possession of an old computer. It was surplus from a mental health facility. Pentium 600MHz, 256mb ram, includes monitor and keyboard.
Now the question is: what to do with it? Right now I'm leaning towards using it to learn Linux on, or a dedicated dwarf fortress, but I don't even know how well that would run with all the z-levels nowadays.
So, G&T, I open the floor to suggestions.
Now the question is: what to do with it? Right now I'm leaning towards using it to learn Linux on, or a dedicated dwarf fortress, but I don't even know how well that would run with all the z-levels nowadays.
So, G&T, I open the floor to suggestions.
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I have a copy of Win98SE that's just burning a hole in my desk, waiting for the day I pick up an old heap to install it on. The first thing I'm going to do is find a compatible joystick and reinstall Wing Commander III.
In the meantime there's things like DOSBox and Virtual PC, but it's just not the same.
Good idea.
If you get a dual boot setup with Xubuntu and Windows 98 you can learn Linux (and move to a less user friendly distro later on), run a server (Quake or otherwise), and retro game like nobodies business. Make sure and pick up a floppy drive if you don't already have one, this way you can make boot discs for all the old DOS games that require modified config.sys and autoexec.bat files.
Learn what it's like to be a real man by editing them yourself, using EDIT (none of thet MEMMAKER bullshit).
Just make sure that if you decide to have it connected to the net you're going to need a firewall and AV program running. Windows 98 isn't exactly known for it's high level of internet security.
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I'd turn it into some kinda flightsim box, booting some flavor of DOS (is FreeDOS compatible with all the old games and extenders?), 98SE, Xubuntu, with oldschool Thrustmaster sticks and paddles.
Dwarf Fortress would probably run like shit, though.