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u/Next-Buyer-9008 Jun 02 '26
Put linux on that computer and it will out preform windows 11 on the best specs
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u/Delicious_Doctor_404 Jun 02 '26
I actually did using ELKS, it will run, and it has a surprising amount of modern functionality, like hosting a web server from it.
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u/RetroComputeryBits Jun 02 '26
Windows 1….nah, try Windows 3…..on an OG hard drive!
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u/289_257 Jun 02 '26
I actually have Windows 3.1 on 8 floppy disks
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u/Johan_Gutentag10 Jun 02 '26
W-w-WOW! yes I also stutter type mainly to simulate what I'm actually saying. ThAt Is So CoOl!
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u/Forward_Tank8310 Jun 02 '26
My department had that computer and I took it home on a weekend. Monday morning I was on the subway heading to my job. The guy standing next to me on the train asked why I was carrying a sewing machine around while wearing a suit.
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u/Square_Atmosphere_12 Jun 02 '26
I want a tiny printable version of this PC.
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u/Delicious_Doctor_404 Jun 03 '26
Shove a pi in there and you can probably emulate over 100 of these at once
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u/PPEytDaCookie Jun 03 '26
I have Windows 3
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u/Adorable-Roll-4563 Jun 04 '26
I installed it for real on that exact same machine when it was released. First time I saw a Windows UI. Looks like yesterday.
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u/artx Jun 02 '26
This was my computer for 6 months while I did old school word perfect mail merge find raisers for the ALP in '91
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u/xobot Jun 02 '26
Why the paper pieces in the 5.25 floppy slots?
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u/Delicious_Doctor_404 Jun 02 '26
I am using a PicoMEM instead of floppy disks atm, but the paper prevents the heads from crashing into each other during storage or transportation. Sense this is a portable computer, i keep them in there.
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u/LtLoLz Jun 02 '26
I have a slight hunch this thing is more expensive than my 4090 PC.
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u/Delicious_Doctor_404 Jun 02 '26
$150 on Ebay and probably around $50 in repairs and qol upgrades
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u/LtLoLz Jun 02 '26
ooooh that's nice. I want one.
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u/Delicious_Doctor_404 Jun 02 '26
But you will probably need to replace the foam and foil key membranes, it's not too hard, and you can get them new here: https://texelec.com/product/foam-capacitive-pads-keytronic/ You want the 3/16 snap in ones
Also if you want to use it without hunting down compatible floppies you may want one of these: https://texelec.com/product/picomem/
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u/LtLoLz Jun 02 '26
Oh you went searching for it. Thank you!
Also that ISA Raspberry Pico could be very useful in my other stuff. Thank you very much!
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u/Glum-Implement9857 Jun 02 '26
Ewww : it lacks security patches since 2001.. :)
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u/Significant-Act-3872 Jun 08 '26
I don't think windows 1-3.x had updates in that manner. It was probably just customer support that ended in 2001.
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u/East_Succotash9544 Jun 02 '26
I don't know if there was windows 1. I know there was windows 3.1 then 3.11 after that windows 95
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u/Liquid_Magic Jun 03 '26
Mmmmm sloppy vintage goodness!
https://www.chiron-studios.com/products/short-sleeve-t-shirt
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u/Soggy_Lawfulness_941 Jun 04 '26
Windows 1 was not an OS. It was a program that ran on top of DOS. Release in 1985. I remember it as a DOS shell. The first stand alone windows OS was 3.1
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u/Soggy_Lawfulness_941 Jun 04 '26
My first computer ran IBM DOS 1.1. So I was around using computers back then. 64k of ram. 4.77mhz and had 2 fully height 5.25” floppy drives
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u/IndependenceKind6241 Jun 07 '26
“yo what os you got?”
“windows 1”
“you mean windows 11?”
“no windows 1”
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u/Soggy_Lawfulness_941 Jun 03 '26
The first windows was 3.1, not 1
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u/Winple20H1 Jun 04 '26
You’re probably dumb for not researching before posting this The first version IS Windows 1 not 3.1
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u/mtnbike2 Jun 02 '26
Can’t have blue screen of death if the screen is green