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[off topic] For the people still using old 16bit vintage PCS - ngIRCd - IRC Server

charliebrownau charliebrownau at protonmail.com

Mon Aug 30 09:13:37 BST 2021

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Gday Gemini Community

Bit off topic from GeminiI came across this gem for the people stillusing old 16/32bit DOS based vintage computers

ngIRCd - IRC Server - DOS 16-bit port for 8088 or better PC'shttps://github.com/mikechambers84/ngIRCd-DOS

Honestly I would be amazed if any RLL/MFM or IDE drivestill works from 1985-1995-2000ish era

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For anyone wanting to go back to old Intelwithout IME, DRM and the Cloud ( pre 915 chipset)

You could build a PC using Aliexpress

USD$17.43 - Intel LGA775 CPU x5460https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32736327257.html?

775 mobo atx/matx - $25-55https://www.aliexpress.com/af/775-motherboard.html?

PSU - $45* CDROM (SATA) - $25* HDD (SATA) - $45* Low end PCI video card $25-45 (older probly better)* Case $25-45* Old VGA LCD - free - $25

You might be able to get an PCI 32bit stuff off ebay/ali/2nd hand market , cross fingers onboard sound/lan still works in 2020-2025

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I went thou several systems before x85 ,Atar2600

Amstrad CPC664

Amiga 500

Custom Built XT (1997) even using oldstuff like 3DFX/Cytrix and 486's that had an SX 486 processor and a 386 maths copro

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In SHTF would we really be depanding onthis stuff in grid down situation ?

Also its possible to do ethernet over barb wire

All the best

________________RegardsCharliebrownauCharliebrownau at protonmail.comcharliebrownau.com