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catlaxative t1_j2i6fmw wrote

Reply to comment by boondoggie42 in I drew this pixel art scene and called it... "lighthouse" [OC] by v78

I just upgraded my SoundBlaster so I can hear that sweet Roland midi

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CamsFeet t1_j2idgho wrote

Don't forget to set the IRQ!

God's, how old are we?

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ZouDave t1_j2j9006 wrote

old enough to know the difference between extended and expanded memory, and how to tune your autoexec.bat and config.sys files to squeeze every ounce of power out of that DX^2 66 you can.

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SuperGameTheory t1_j2kj70y wrote

It's a good thing I just bought a whopping 4mb of memory for only $400!

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UStoJapan t1_j2kwlvj wrote

Thank goodness I paid extra to get the computer with the 20MB HDD instead of the default 10MB HDD!

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ZouDave t1_j2l0hce wrote

The hell will you EVER need 20MB on a hard drive? You got taken.

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xproofx t1_j2kmw8g wrote

I'll get QEMM to help me get the most out of my memory.

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ZouDave t1_j2l0ekc wrote

QEMM was some of the most must-have software that existed in the early 90s.

I worked at Software Etc. (what has now become GameStop) back in 1993-1997. One of the perks of working there was you could 'check out' software (usually games) for a week to try it, was a good way to learn about the software to help inform customers. We all had copies of everything we'd ever need from the store all for the cost of blank floppies (which we got at a discount). DOS 6.22, Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, QEMM, QModem Pro, and a few others, were always at the front of my disk case.

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AtariDump t1_j2l69bx wrote

Old enough to remember what the dial up noise sounded like AND at what speed you were going to connected based on those sounds.

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