Ryan Pochmara

@kotosan_dayo 8088

初めて使ったPCのCPU教えて欲しい！！！！ 自分はCore i7 3770

@sciencegirl Okay, where can I get one?

100 watt laser igniter that can cut through metal

@sysxplore I update it, then install all of the 3rd party software

What's the first thing you do after a new Linux installation?

@TheGoldenDays 95

which one raised you xp or 7?

@theSiliconSiren Darn dude, like skydiving with a delayed-reaction parachute. Some people's children.

OMG! 😳😱😆

@PcPhilanthropy I owned both!

If you grew up in the 90s there’s a good chance you or someone you knew owned a Compaq or Packard Bell PC

@theSiliconSiren Boy that read/write head in the floppy drive is going to be a slight sticky. It's cool though, still works.

90s cybersecurity at its finest: gum, floppy disks, and a secret hiding spot 💾 Bonus points if you know the movie reference 😉

@xeneks @brockpierson Also Windows 2.0 and Windows 286/386

@brockpierson The one missing from here is the one I used most at the start. Windows for workgroups v3.1.1 - and before that it was DOS with networking extensions.

What was the first version of Windows you ever used?

@brockpierson Yep, it seems with MS every other OS is good.

Accurate for MS Windows

@theSiliconSiren @USPS Oh, no! The heck did they do, smash it with a sledgehammer?

Noooooooooo!! 😭 Damn you to HELL @USPS I always wanted a pre-built Micron Millennia PC, even though I built my own. Drooled over them in Boot/Maximum PC, Computer Shopper, PC Mag, etc. I finally get one and this happens 😖 Knocked the CPU fan right off. Hope the AWE32 is ok!

@theSiliconSiren Oh, I remember the good old IRQ conflicts. You only had 15, and sound cards and modems did like 5! Goofy manufacturers.

In the 90s, your Sound Blaster and modem could both try to use IRQ 5. Your PC’s response? Nope 🚫 No sound. No internet. No explanation. IRQ conflicts were chaos 😵

@theSiliconSiren I just did it to see if it would work, luckily I didn't break it or the motherboard lol.

@OWGotStung This is the technique I tried and completely failed at with my P2 🥲😂

Back in the 90s, if you wanted to attempt to overclock your CPU, you didn’t just open the BIOS menu, you pulled off the side panel and went straight to the motherboard. Motherboards used tiny plastic jumpers to set things like bus speed and multipliers. One wrong jumper position… and the system wouldn’t even boot. Overclocking used to be an adventure, to say the least.

@alphafox 2400 US Robotics

How fast was your first modem? Mine was a 2400 baud Hayes:

@alphafox I've had so many retro computer types from 8088 to current, but I've never had a Pentium Pro or a K6-3. It's hard to get a Pentium Pro system because they bulk sell the CPUs for gold recovery.

I always wanted a dual CPU Pentium Pro computer: 🙌

@cqcqcqdx When Windows had 1 control panel!

@Itsfoss Rocky

Well, share yours! 👇️

@maietta @figamin Packard Bells were good when you took off their software and put on your own copy of Windows and such. I had one and loved it even better when I did just that. It was very stable, but keep their stuff and yes they crashed a lot. My PB was also my first brand new W95 computer.

@figamin I sure do miss Packard Bell. They kind of sucked, they crashed a lot if I remember right, but it was the first Windows 95 computer I remember getting brand new.

We can't internet relay chat. We don't know how. We lost the technology.

@BenThePCGuy Windows 2000 was something special for sure, and in my opinion "peak" Windows. I liked it better than XP.

Arguably the best version of Windows ever. Enough functionality for power users. Easy enough to use for normie. Rock solid stability.

@apexgamingpcs I want this, I use an old Quadro on a Pentium III Windows 98 SE box!

Who wants this?