Should I get the extra RAM option for better performance?

[thefunk]

I'm thinking of going the full whack and upgrading to max RAM, but might cost a bit

For dual boxing warcraft....1


LIST PRICE: $2,199

STREET PRICE RANGE: $1,650-$1,800

MANUFACTURER: Compaq Computer Corp., 20555 State Hwy. 249, Houston, TX 77070; (800) 345-1518

MICROPROCESSOR: 80386SX, 20 MHz

MEMORY: 4MB, expandable to 16MB

DISK DRIVES: 60MB hard-disk drive, 19-ms access speed; 1.44MB 3.5-inch floppy-disk drive

PORTS: Parallel, serial, mouse, 16-bit VGA

AVAILABLE EXPANSION SLOTS: Three 16-bit full-size slots (one reserved for memory expansion)

SOFTWARE INCLUDED: None

DISPLAY: Compaq's Advanced (800 by 600, 16-color) VGA technology

DIMENSIONS: 15 by 15 by 3.75 inches

OPTIONS: Compaq MS-DOS 5.0, Compaq's Fastart system configuration and tutorial utility ($99); 20-MHz 387SX coprocessor ($1,199); memory-expansion board ($149); 1MB memory module ($169); 2MB memory module ($319); 4MB memory module ($629); 2400-baud internal modem ($399)


From 1992.

[MiRai]

That's a pretty pro setup right there, I'd stick with it as is.

[crowdx]

Ah, brings back memories ROFL

[EaTCarbS]

lol'd.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

At first I was like, "Hey, lol...they still haven't updated the mailing address for Compaq." Then I saw the 386 thing and the rest of the comment...

Three thumbs up.

[Cptan]

lol

Wonder if there is emulator on android/Apple phone that runs old PC games?

[Owltoid]

$400 for a modem when there wasn't a ton of porn... Ouch

[Hivetyrant]

Should run Crysis on at least medium settings

[alcattle]

no math co-processor? WoW uses math a lot of times like counting your copper

[thefunk]

no math co-processor? WoW uses math a lot of times like counting your copper


You could get this:

- 20-MHz 387SX coprocessor ($1,199)

or build your own abacus

[alcattle]

sadly, some of us did pay this much back in the day. Mine was a Legend 486sx from Future Shop, close to $2k

[Ualaa]

My first semi-modern computer was a 386; the 486's had just come out.
I paid about a thousand for it.

I remember my Dad was rather jealous because I had 2mb of ram, twice what his system had.
But he was the one who convinced me, a Commodore 64 wasn't really comparable for games.