Re: To Buy: Old PC (Trading Fourm)

[PX]Kal Bob · Post by **[PX]Kal Bob** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:55 am

[PX] Nebuchadnezzar wrote:I am looking for a 286. A working 286. I also need the following with DOS/Windows 3.11 support:

Video card
Network card
Sound Card

Also if applicable, I will need a 5 pin din keyboard and a serial mouse, preferably with 3 buttons.

If you have any or all of the following in good working order, please post here and I will offer you cash money to aquire it. $$$$$

Quick Question, why a 286 and not a 486?

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:45 am

Cuz then he'd have to buy from you seeing as I gave you almost 50 of them.

[PX] Nebuchadnezzar · Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:52 am

a 486 would be ok. I just plan to put old OSes on it like IBM OS/2, Windows 1.01 and stuff like that. So I figure slower the better. Of course, not too slow, since I want to do 3.11 too.

[PX]Kal Bob · Post by **[PX]Kal Bob** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:07 pm

I guess, why not use a linux dos emulator. Then you can install anything you want under it?

It will be a lot easier then geting all that hardware to work native.

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 1:33 pm

[PX] Nebuchadnezzar wrote:a 486 would be ok. I just plan to put old OSes on it like IBM OS/2, Windows 1.01 and stuff like that. So I figure slower the better. Of course, not too slow, since I want to do 3.11 too.

I think a 486 would be the way to go....you might actually have some real problems getting Win 3.11 to work on a 286.