Dec. 11th, 2021

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[Welcome to December Days, where I natter on about things organized around a theme (sometimes very loosely), one a day, for 31 days. This year, we're taking a look back at some touchpoints along the way of my journey with computing and computing devices.]

  • CPU: Intel x86 Pentium II-compatible chip @ 266 MHz

  • Memory: 64 MB of RAM

  • Graphics:
    • Primary Adapter: A Super VGA compatible non-nVidia, non-ATI, no-name video card, 8 MB of video RAM, PCI bus.

    • Secondary Adapter: 3dfx Voodoo² 3D graphics accelerator, 8 MB video RAM, also PCI bus, max resolution 800x600

  • Sound: Internal Speaker, Sound Blaster-compatible sound card with 3.5" jacks for output speakers and input microphones

  • Inputs and Outputs: Keyboard (PS/2) and mouse (PS/2), gamepad port on sound card (serial), additional serial and parallel port cards for printers or other devices (not attached)

  • Storage: 2 GB hard drive, one 3.5" floppy disk drive, one CD-ROM drive

  • OS: Windows 98 (on top of DOS, still.)


The last hurrah of DOS and dial-up alike )

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