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Started by Joe, June 16, 2006, 01:32:22 AM

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Joe

Know of any? Basically I need a command line with a text editor.
Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 PMI'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 PM
You might be right about that, Joe.


MyndFyre

FreeDOS.

BTW, they weren't called i286s, I don't think.  The ix86 nomenclature was around for the 386 and was used heavily in the 486 because that's when the AMD/Cyrix/intel chip wars really began to kick off.  They were usually just called 286s or 80286s.
Quote from: Joe on January 23, 2011, 11:47:54 PM
I have a programming folder, and I have nothing of value there

Running with Code has a new home!

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Newby

I saw an iAPX 286 chip in my dad's office once. :O

Couldn't the 286 only do 2mb of RAM? WTF are you doing with such a junker, Joe?
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[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 AM
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

Joe

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Quote from: Newby on June 16, 2006, 01:47:25 AM
I saw an iAPX 286 chip in my dad's office once. :O

Couldn't the 286 only do 2mb of RAM? WTF are you doing with such a junker, Joe?

Do I need to take a picture of my laptop? It's a Compaq LTE 286 with a screen something like 4x8 inches. It sucks, hardcore. I was just wondering if the bitch even worked. =p

EDIT -
If you want a junker, check out my PowerBook 160. It's falling apart from old age, literally.

EDIT -
Found a decent set of pictures of the model.
http://www.overclockers.com/articles1171/
Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 PMI'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 PM
You might be right about that, Joe.


Joe

What to buy.. what to buy? An 80 dollar Compaq battery or a bunch of D-cells that work just as good? Hm. I'm going to have to go for the latter!

To bad all my D-cell's are dead. I know I can power it, though, because it lights up for a second.
Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 PMI'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 PM
You might be right about that, Joe.


iago

You won't find many OSes that work on a 16-bit CPU. 

MyndFyre

Quote from: Newby on June 16, 2006, 01:47:25 AM
I saw an iAPX 286 chip in my dad's office once. :O

Couldn't the 286 only do 2mb of RAM? WTF are you doing with such a junker, Joe?
286s could do up to 16mb of RAM, but only in protected mode, and in order to get back to real mode you had to reset the processor.  Woot!
Quote from: Joe on January 23, 2011, 11:47:54 PM
I have a programming folder, and I have nothing of value there

Running with Code has a new home!

Quote from: Rule on May 26, 2009, 02:02:12 PMOur species really annoys me.

deadly7

LMAO.  Wow.  I'd scavenge any useful parts and use them as bookmarks (see: RAM/PCI[they didn't have PCI, I don't know what port they used though] cards)
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Quote from: Newby on June 16, 2006, 01:47:25 AM
I saw an iAPX 286 chip in my dad's office once. :O

Couldn't the 286 only do 2mb of RAM? WTF are you doing with such a junker, Joe?
286s could do up to 16mb of RAM, but only in protected mode, and in order to get back to real mode you had to reset the processor.  Woot!

Reset as in a soft reset..aha I tried doing that once in Optimix I gave up though. BIOS expects too many things in special locations.
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MyndFyre

Quote from: deadly7 on June 16, 2006, 02:10:08 PM
LMAO.  Wow.  I'd scavenge any useful parts and use them as bookmarks (see: RAM/PCI[they didn't have PCI, I don't know what port they used though] cards)
ISA (Industry Standards Architecture).  No Plug-n-Play, and slow as hell.
Quote from: Joe on January 23, 2011, 11:47:54 PM
I have a programming folder, and I have nothing of value there

Running with Code has a new home!

Quote from: Rule on May 26, 2009, 02:02:12 PMOur species really annoys me.

Joe

@MyndFyre: After taking a look at FreeDOS, I saw that it ships as an ISO? This box has a 40MB HD and no CD drive, so unless I'm totally mistaken there's no way FreeDOS would ever work on it. However, I guess I totally blew off MS-DOS 6.x + Windows 3.x.
Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 PMI'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 PM
You might be right about that, Joe.


Newby

- Newby
http://www.x86labs.org

Quote[17:32:45] * xar sets mode: -oooooooooo algorithm ban chris cipher newby stdio TehUser tnarongi|away vursed warz
[17:32:54] * xar sets mode: +o newby
[17:32:58] <xar> new rule
[17:33:02] <xar> me and newby rule all

Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 AM
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

MyndFyre

Quote from: Joe on January 23, 2011, 11:47:54 PM
I have a programming folder, and I have nothing of value there

Running with Code has a new home!

Quote from: Rule on May 26, 2009, 02:02:12 PMOur species really annoys me.

Joe

I have actually floppies of those laying around. =)
Quote from: Camel on June 09, 2009, 04:12:23 PMI'd personally do as Joe suggests

Quote from: AntiVirus on October 19, 2010, 02:36:52 PM
You might be right about that, Joe.


MyndFyre

Quote from: Joe on June 17, 2006, 03:37:28 AM
I have actually floppies of those laying around. =)

image and upload them!
Quote from: Joe on January 23, 2011, 11:47:54 PM
I have a programming folder, and I have nothing of value there

Running with Code has a new home!

Quote from: Rule on May 26, 2009, 02:02:12 PMOur species really annoys me.