Could I stick a modern IDE controller in there as well as a few big hard drives, and keep the bulk of my media on that system? Also, if this old dinosaur would work for this purpose, I'd like advice as to what OS to use, how best to set said OS up I'm willing to learn a bit about Linux, if need be , and what IDE controllers would be best for my purposes.
Post by darthdavid » Sun May 09, am It'd be slow as hell but it would work. Clunk a couple hundred gigs in there and run a linux distro with low sys requirements. Really fucking low system requirements. Or you could run windows 95 on it. That would be easy and you probably have a copy already. Just about everyone does. Hell if you didn't mind it going kinda chuggy you could probably get 98 to run.
Anything newer will slow it down. I have to tell you something everything I wrote above is a lie. Post by Vendetta » Sun May 09, am Don't do it! It's a Packard Bell! They were sent by Satan to plague the world and make miseries of the lives of tech support people.
Burn it at the stake! Kill it, before it can strike! Post by Sarevok » Sun May 09, am lol. Post by Sea Skimmer » Sun May 09, am Packard Bell's are just plain terrible computers that you shouldn't rely on for anything but migraines. The system would be very damn slow anyway, whatever you throw on those extra hard drives would need to be things you don't really intend to look at, I don't think it could support streaming video or music and your LAN party would be limited to somthing with the system demands of a medium sized Red Alert game.
By LuckyHawk. On March 20, If your here at this site, chances are your into computers on some level. Im in no way a computer expert far from it but I am an average joe and I would like to share some of my first and fondest memories on computers and the internet. This isnt my computer but its the same exact model we had, im sure many of you had one of these Packard Bell's. PC World voted Packard Bell as one of the top ten worst pcs ever, but when my family brought this machine into our home in it was the greatest thing I had ever seen.
We all talk about our love of our old gaming systems such as NES and Genesis, but what about your first pc? We purchase things from track jackets to belt buckles that bear the image of nintendo controlers and such but where are the t-shirts for packard bell and windows 95?
Many of us talk about the hundreds of games and movies we loved as kids; but what about all the software and game applications from the past? The more we advance in technology the more these memories are lost in time. Above is the Windows 95 disc Microsoft included with each pc purchased with Windows installed. Its pretty much just a few random games and videos that showcased just what windows was capable of. Nothing special at all by todays standards; but like fire to primative cave men this was amazing to me.
One of the music videos included was Buddy Holly from Weezer, one of my favorite songs at the tme. The video quality was very poor compared to MTV, but the fact that I could watch a Weezer video any time I wanted to on my computer was revolutionary. I must have watched this video a thousand times.
I dont remember this movie at all. What I do remember is the trailer for it that was included on the Windows 95 disc. Now days the internet is filled with literally millions of movie trailers but this had to be the first movie trailer on a computer ever. Funny though, im sure even with it's inclusion with every pc that was sold back then, the movie still didnt do well. This disc also had a really fun bumper game on it, sorry I couldnt find a single picture from it on the internet and thats something you cant say often.
Just more proof that these are dying memories. Another free software program included was the Spiderman Cartoon Maker. It was pretty much a primitave version of flash software where you made your own clippets of Spiderman.
I didnt realize until today how much this must have influenced me in my life, I now work at an advertising company editing video; its clear that my time playing with this software as a kid lead to my interest in the field today. The last of the free software im gonna be talking about today is Encarta At its time of conception there was nothing like it.
Today the internet has become an endless supply of information; any question you have can be answered with just a few clicks. Until Encarta came out I had to do all of my research on the families giant encyclopedia set from the eighties. Im not saying that it had a ton of information because to be honest it was quite limited; but it really did set the groundwork for what internet encyclopedias would come to be.
One of the greatest things Encarta 95 introduced me to was David Bowie. I had never heard of him as a kid but here he was on encarta with pictures, music samples and a biography. That picture above is the exact picture used on Encarta, and for years I thought that was how he always looked. It was very suprising to me when I saw his Ziggy Stardust and cross dressing phases. The computer was more than just an eductaional tool for me, as we all know the pc came with a few games too. Skifree was a very simple game, you pretty much just ski'd down an endless mountain, hitting jumps and avoiding trees.
I say endless but its really not; after a while a giant Sasquatch comes out and eats you. Scary huh? The first game I ever bought for the pc was Wolfenstein 3D, packaged with Doom. Now I played Doom just as much as the next guy ; but I feel it deserves its own article so I wont get into it. Instead, ill talk a bit about Wolfenstein. Many dont know this but Wolfenstein 3D is actually a sequel to Castle Wolfenstein on the Apple 2 in I never played it but from what I understand, it was more of a stealth based game like metal gear.
The level designs were anything but special, I use the phrase "level design" loosely, considering each level is just a bunch of square rooms on a flat plane. But it was the first game to ever make me feel as if I was really inside of it. The game immersed me in its pixelated world of nazis and german shepherds. The greatest part? Killing Hitler all over again! Except this time the furher got a giant robot suit.
All hail RoboHitler! Often we talk of our fond memories of Doom and Wolfenstein. To me, there are a number of subjects that have been talked about so much to the point that they shouldnt really even be talked about anymore. That game was so much fun! My point? Id like to leave my stamp on Retrojunk.
One perfect example of what im talking about is Chex Quest. Yes thats a man inside of a giant piece of cereal zapping green aliens.
Looks insane? You bet it was. But it was also a ton of fun. You were the Chex Warrior and you used weapons like spinning sporks to defeat the green flemoids. You may have never played or heard of this game, but it has a massive fanbase; so much to the point that unofficial sequals have been created by fans.
Can you remember when free AOL hours actually meant something? It was insane! They started off advertising 10 free hours then by the end of it they were giving away , free hours or something like that. Me and my friends use to steal them even though they were free from stores just to have something to throw at each other. I used to work at a store that gave these away and I spent much of my free time finding new ways to destroy them Speaking of useless things Replies: 0 Last Post: , AM.
Can I trade in this dinosaur for a new computer? By Alicia in forum MarketPlace. Replies: 1 Last Post: , AM. By John K in forum Games. Bookmarks Bookmarks Digg del. Link Box 1. All times are GMT The time now is PM.
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