> > Absolutely. No disagreement there at all. > > But because the kit is mysterious to them, they're willing to spend > money to get it and explore it. > > Same as people are now actively seeking late-era fast 486s and early > Pentium-era boxes, for Win9x gaming. A lot of games didn't make the > transition to the NT-based Windows era, and for them, period kit is > the best way to play them. > > I personally think it's barking but then I am not much of a gamer. > > > Are you feeling old yet? > > Nah, I'm used to it. > -- >
486 / early pentium computers have their own support challenges, both hardware and software. The skills differ from the XT era PC clones and such. This is definitely a vintage era of it's own, I call the GUI era to differentiate it from the WWW era that followed it. The broader GUI vintage includes all Windows/MAC, Amiga, NeXT, SGI desktops made for home use, desktop publishing, mouse-driven applications, LAN comms, and before widespread Internet communications. The GUI era would have its origins in the 70's but it's heyday would be 1985-95. To that end, there are some tough to find GUI era items that were trash 10 years ago that get a lot of $$ on Ebay now. Color adapter for NeXT, certain Soundblaster cards for thr 486 PC, first gen Pentium 60/66 machines, Working / complete and functioning Novell network demos, BE boxes, MAC Ivory systems, etc. Bill >