'90s era PC recommendation.

[Bill Degnan]

On Sun, May 6, 2018 at 10:45 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> On 05/06/2018 04:45 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> > Depends on your CPU needs, but if you're willing to settle for P2/P3
> era,
> > anything using the Intel i440BX or GX generally has very good ISA
> support.
>
> Well, to be honest, I don't have any real need beyond enough to run the
> OS, a basic editor (preferably something more user friendly than
> ed(lin)) and run a networking stack.
>
> I /might/ consider playing some old DOS / Windows 3x / Windows 9x based
> games, nothing fancy.  (Yoda Stories is the most likely candidate.)
>
> > If you want to go earlier than that (90s covers a lot of ground), a 486
> > or P1 or SS7 board might also be a possibility.
>
> Ya.
>
> I'm thinking more in the P I / II / III range.
>
>
I think I'd rather have a NeXT if I had an unlimited budget and it was say
1993, but that's also when Pentiums came out and changed everything.

I have set aside a few intel machines from the 90's.  I really like the
quality of the Dell Dimension 466V.

Bill