Topic: Out of curiosity, Who's got the slowest PC for daily use? (Read 6062 times)

The Bar-Abbas Anomaly · « **on:** November 29, 2005, 08:30:22 pm »

Not the one your company assigned to you that they won't upgrade (I use an 800Mhz desktop and a 1.33Ghz laptop for work) but who here is still muddling through with a P-II or less as their own, personal home computer?

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$:-\$

Midnight Tech · « **Reply #1 on:** November 29, 2005, 08:36:40 pm »

Got a 533ish Presario with XP that was given to me for working on another machine - although that is my secondary machine.

Dash Jones · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2005, 09:10:48 pm »

My aunt has a machine that she switches between the one I'm currently typing on (this one isn't anywhere close to being the slowest...but the other). That one is a 100 mhz computer with 80 mb of RAM.

Does she win the prize?

Nemesis · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2005, 09:13:30 pm »

My 16mhz palm pilot must win.

E_Look · « **Reply #4 on:** November 30, 2005, 12:24:28 am »

How about my HP 33S scientific programmable calculator? It's run by a CPU (by Sunplus) that I think is 5 MHz and is actually a "computer" is still use and use often... and I guess the older ones don't count here.

Dracho · « **Reply #5 on:** November 30, 2005, 12:40:24 pm »

A Texas Instruments Extensa Laptop. Pentium (nuthin... just pentium) 100 with 128 MB of ram and a 5 GB hard drive. It's slower than drying paint.

prometheus · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2005, 04:21:28 pm »

Quote from: Dracho on November 30, 2005, 12:40:24 pm

A Texas Instruments Extensa Laptop. Pentium (nuthin... just pentium) 100 with 128 MB of ram and a 5 GB hard drive. It's slower than drying paint.

How about this... I've still got a working Amiga 500, PAL version running at 7.09 MHz... I can't say I've used it lately, but many a drunken smoke filled night was had a few years back to two Networked Amigas with dual player Stunt Car Racer on them...

KBF-Crim · « **Reply #7 on:** November 30, 2005, 04:27:06 pm »

Heh...I ran OP even on my P223....

FPF-SCM_TraceyG_XC · « **Reply #8 on:** November 30, 2005, 09:31:15 pm »

Damn, Prometheus beat me to it... lol, was going to say I still have my really old Amiga 500 as well... 7MHz Motorola 68000 chip, 1MB of RAM, no hard drive, 2 floppy drives (only one works now) lol.

Midnight Tech · « **Reply #9 on:** November 30, 2005, 09:36:18 pm »

If I had somewhere to set it up(and the wife wouldn't kill me), I'd drag out my Commodore 128 just to play games on every day!
Sure do miss those old 8-bit games.....

Dracho · « **Reply #10 on:** November 30, 2005, 10:07:48 pm »

The TI is still the laptop I USE..

KBF-Crim · « **Reply #11 on:** November 30, 2005, 10:38:20 pm »

Quote from: Midnight Tech on November 30, 2005, 09:36:18 pm

If I had somewhere to set it up(and the wife wouldn't kill me), I'd drag out my Commodore 128 just to play games on every day!
Sure do miss those old 8-bit games.....

Red storm rising ROCKED...

I also played every gold boxed AD&D game that came out...

And world class leaderboard was the best golf game I had ever played (at the time)

Dash Jones · « **Reply #12 on:** December 02, 2005, 03:59:13 pm »

I tried those AD&D games...they stunk!!!

I don't know how you stood those. I tried those old FR games, and didn't really care for them.

I did find one old aD&D game I enjoyed however...called Dungeon Hack.

762_XC · « **Reply #13 on:** December 02, 2005, 07:27:53 pm »

Quote from: KBF-Crim on November 30, 2005, 10:38:20 pm

Red storm rising ROCKED...

WURD!!!!!

That and Raid Over Moscow.

KBF-WillWeasel · « **Reply #14 on:** December 06, 2005, 01:29:09 am »

Quote from: 762_XC on December 02, 2005, 07:27:53 pm

Quote from: KBF-Crim on November 30, 2005, 10:38:20 pm
Red storm rising ROCKED...

WURD!!!!!

That and Raid Over Moscow.

I just played RSR 2 weeks ago on my c64

That and Pirates! I still have the original manuals for both plus the maps

Sirgod · « **Reply #15 on:** December 06, 2005, 08:09:32 am »

Quote from: Dash Jones on December 02, 2005, 03:59:13 pm

I tried those AD&D games...they stunk!!!

I don't know how you stood those. I tried those old FR games, and didn't really care for them.

I did find one old aD&D game I enjoyed however...called Dungeon Hack.

You got to understand, Those old games where the Top of the line when we where just kids. Yeah that long ago, I still remember Playing the Legendary games like Bards Tale, Dragon Wars, Telengard, Bloodwych on my C-64 and Amiga 500 also. Of course There no where up to spec these days, But C'mon , the first time you went into the mines in Secret of the Silver Blades, Well IT was a blast.

Stephen The official Old Foggey now.

SkyFlyer · « **Reply #16 on:** December 06, 2005, 11:18:30 am »

Pentium 1 133mhz.

The Bar-Abbas Anomaly · « **Reply #17 on:** December 07, 2005, 12:06:51 pm »

Quote from: SkyFlyer on December 06, 2005, 11:18:30 am

Pentium 1 133mhz.

If this is your regular, daily-use computer you win the prize. PM me & I'll send you your free P-III upgrade.

Yes folks, this was all just a ruse to get rid of an extra computer that needs a home.

Dracho · « **Reply #18 on:** December 07, 2005, 08:15:53 pm »

Quote from: Dracho on November 30, 2005, 10:07:48 pm

The TI is still the laptop I USE..

Logged in with this bad boy right now.. from a hotel in Philadelphia. The boss is buying me a company laptop or I am going on an after-5 email strike.

The Bar-Abbas Anomaly · « **Reply #19 on:** December 07, 2005, 08:58:07 pm »

Quote from: Dracho on December 07, 2005, 08:15:53 pm

Quote from: Dracho on November 30, 2005, 10:07:48 pm
The TI is still the laptop I USE..

Logged in with this bad boy right now.. from a hotel in Philadelphia. The boss is buying me a company laptop or I am going on an after-5 email strike.

Sorry, laptops are still in demand. I'm having a hard time giving away P-III Desktops, but everybody wants a laptop....

SkyFlyer · « **Reply #20 on:** December 09, 2005, 12:58:49 am »

Quote from: Obi-Juan Barabbas on December 07, 2005, 12:06:51 pm

Quote from: SkyFlyer on December 06, 2005, 11:18:30 am
Pentium 1 133mhz.

If this is your regular, daily-use computer you win the prize. PM me & I'll send you your free P-III upgrade.

Yes folks, this was all just a ruse to get rid of an extra computer that needs a home.

LOL actually its my dos box... But I use it daily

I have a P3 (thanks diehard).

But I have to say, find someone else

E_Look · « **Reply #21 on:** December 12, 2005, 12:22:41 pm »

Well, we've got a research instrument (a spectrometer) running off an old 66 MHz 486 I donated to the lab; we use it all the time, so that is one still used and often used SLOW machine.

Unfortunately, the instrument is designed to be run off DOS software written for a computer based on a 486 chip, so we CAN'T upgrade. In fact, I brought in my old 486, gathering cobwebs in my basement, because the original 100 MHz 486 DX4 croaked.

Man... I tell you I used to lust after the DX4, but after this more or less direct comparative observation, there really isn't much of a speed difference between the two!

Commander Maxillius · « **Reply #22 on:** December 17, 2005, 02:40:59 pm »

Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on December 12, 2005, 12:22:41 pm

Well, we've got a research instrument (a spectrometer) running off an old 66 MHz 486 I donated to the lab; we use it all the time, so that is one still used and often used SLOW machine.

Unfortunately, the instrument is designed to be run off DOS software written for a computer based on a 486 chip, so we CAN'T upgrade. In fact, I brought in my old 486, gathering cobwebs in my basement, because the original 100 MHz 486 DX4 croaked.

Man... I tell you I used to lust after the DX4, but after this more or less direct comparative observation, there really isn't much of a speed difference between the two!

Looks like E wins.

Have you ever looked into finding a 486 emulator and running it on a P4? I'm sure you'd get at leas a 10-fold speed increase.

KBF MalaK · « **Reply #23 on:** December 24, 2005, 09:27:44 am »

Quote from: Maxillius NCC-13443 on December 17, 2005, 02:40:59 pm

Quote from: E_Look NCC-9091 on December 12, 2005, 12:22:41 pm
Well, we've got a research instrument (a spectrometer) running off an old 66 MHz 486 I donated to the lab; we use it all the time, so that is one still used and often used SLOW machine.

Unfortunately, the instrument is designed to be run off DOS software written for a computer based on a 486 chip, so we CAN'T upgrade. In fact, I brought in my old 486, gathering cobwebs in my basement, because the original 100 MHz 486 DX4 croaked.

Man... I tell you I used to lust after the DX4, but after this more or less direct comparative observation, there really isn't much of a speed difference between the two!

Looks like E wins.

Have you ever looked into finding a 486 emulator and running it on a P4? I'm sure you'd get at leas a 10-fold speed increase.

Not to change the subject, but I REALLY need a 486 emulator that'll slow down my P4 to a DX4 speed. Wing Commander just runs WAY too fast to play on this P4/1.6 gig machine of mine, and my girlfriend wants me to retire my 486/100 I have just for that game on her desk.

My 'travel' computer is also a 486/100 AT&T laptop.

The Bar-Abbas Anomaly · « **Reply #24 on:** December 24, 2005, 10:34:13 am »

Have you tried running it under DOSBox?

Also, anyone want a $100 Dell P-II laptop?

Dash Jones · « **Reply #25 on:** December 24, 2005, 10:22:29 pm »

My uncle might, not certain...what OS, RAM, Proc. and other specs?

The Bar-Abbas Anomaly · « **Reply #26 on:** December 28, 2005, 01:27:04 pm »

It's a Dell... Inspiron CPi...? I think. P-II, 233Mhz, 96 or 128Mb RAM, 6Gb HDD, 14" display and CD drive running Windows 98. (I don't have it here in front of me at the moment, but I'll verify this later) It has some minor cracks in the plastic on the back of the display near the hinges, but is otherwise very clean.

$100 takes it and I'll ship it anywhere in the US without additional cost. I just need to clean up the previous users My Documents & other data.

This laptop goes for about $160 ~ $200 or so on eBay.

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