Mis primeros pasos en 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒙 fueron con una 486DX, 𝐒𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 2.1 𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐧 0.91 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐚, leyendo manuales y manuales desde el set “𝖫𝗂𝗇𝗎𝗑 𝖣𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗋’𝗌 𝖱𝖾𝗌𝗈𝗎𝗋𝖼𝖾 𝖢𝖣-𝖱𝖮𝖬” de 𝑰𝒏𝒇𝒐𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 de 1995.

No era instalar y listo: era aprender particiones, kernels, módulos, X11, comandos y paciencia.

Ahí entendí que 𝑳𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒙 no era solo un sistema operativo: era una invitación a comprender la computadora desde adentro.

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Ich bin so alt
Ich hab meinen ersten PC für eine vierstellige Summe in DM bei Vobis gekauft
486 DX 33 mit 14" Highscreen-Monitor, 4MB Ram, 80MB Festplatte und Soundblaster-Pro sowie einen StarLC24 Nadeldrucker

Hardware konfigurieren noch mit Jumpern für IRQ und hex-Adressen

Huch, Vobis gibts immer noch?

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Installed Windows 3.1 on my 486 last night ^^ Dedication to the whole playing retro games in real retro gear! I’m getting Myst installed for my first playthrough and was surprised to find it’s a requirement.

Turns out drivers for video and audio are quite the tricky ones when you need SVGA support on a VESA card and audio from a SB Awe64. Both are required to play the game properly.

I’ll need to find working drivers for my S3 Trio64v2/DX card as well as something that is actually willing to install wave support for the Awe64.

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I have learned I likely blew the fuse providing power to the external floppy drive on my Toshiba Portégé T3600CT. The crime? I plugged an IBM ThinkPad floppy drive with the SAME EXACT GODDAMN CONNECTOR into it. ThinkWiki says:

"ATTENTION!
Also Toshiba produced a cable with same connectors as IBM 74H0219. Toshiba 20mm connector pinout is different: at the very least, pins for power and ground are shorted relative to IBM. Tip by Ziginox."

😭

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