Comment Re:Ah the memories (Score 3, Informative) 495
I think they were more fun.
My 486 was a 486SX/25 with 4MB RAM 170MB Conner HDD, later upgraded to 8MB with a 2x CD-ROM drive for the small fortune of just over $1,000 (AU).
Back then, incremental versions of Microsoft products provided actual functionality. Memmaker (bundled with MS-DOS 6.0+) was a godsend for anyone who had sat down trying "loadhigh" (autoexec.bat) "devicehigh" (config.sys) and the ordering of drivers to get more than 600KB of conventional memory free.
Games back then had more depth and bredth - I was a big fan of the Sierra/Dynamix series - Kings Quest 5, 6 and 7, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry 6, Quest for Glory 3 and 4, Police Quest 3 were among the games I spent too much of my childhood playing :-)
As a side-note, I remember Kings Quest 6 in particular came in a 12 or 13 (I think) disk set. Included was a note saying that in order to hear the Theme Song (Girl in the Tower), I would have to call a radio station in the USA and request it. For an 11 year old Australian, that bummed me out!
Ahh.. I don't know where it is anymore, but that box se.. oh crap. I left it in the crawlspace in the roof of my old house. C'est la vie.
My 486 was a 486SX/25 with 4MB RAM 170MB Conner HDD, later upgraded to 8MB with a 2x CD-ROM drive for the small fortune of just over $1,000 (AU).
Back then, incremental versions of Microsoft products provided actual functionality. Memmaker (bundled with MS-DOS 6.0+) was a godsend for anyone who had sat down trying "loadhigh" (autoexec.bat) "devicehigh" (config.sys) and the ordering of drivers to get more than 600KB of conventional memory free.
Games back then had more depth and bredth - I was a big fan of the Sierra/Dynamix series - Kings Quest 5, 6 and 7, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry 6, Quest for Glory 3 and 4, Police Quest 3 were among the games I spent too much of my childhood playing
As a side-note, I remember Kings Quest 6 in particular came in a 12 or 13 (I think) disk set. Included was a note saying that in order to hear the Theme Song (Girl in the Tower), I would have to call a radio station in the USA and request it. For an 11 year old Australian, that bummed me out!
Ahh.. I don't know where it is anymore, but that box se.. oh crap. I left it in the crawlspace in the roof of my old house. C'est la vie.
