Comment on What are your defining memories of computing in the old days?
boblin@infosec.pub 1 year ago
I remember using QEMM for the first time and finally being able to load games and applications that would otherwise not work.
I remember having to fiddle with IRQ settings to get sound working.
I remember the C64 emulator and finally being able to play Ultima 4 without having to constantly switch disks.
I remember the experimental OS and hardware explosions: QNX (still alive as an automotive OS), BeOS, MenuetOS, Transmeta Crusoe.
The Voodoo graphics cards!
Harryd91@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I remember installing either Red Hat or Mandriva linux years ago and being in absolute disbelief that it was free. I went straight back to Windows when I realised i couldn’t play my games anymore and it crashed all the time but it was still phenomenal.
I never had a voodoo and my old AMD CPU + ATI card could never manage to run glide wrappers properly I don’t think. Super jealous of voodoo owners. I remember drooling over the old magazine ads they used to publish