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    From Rob McGee@1:105/44 to All on Fri Feb 10 06:29:10 2023
    I have the following retro PC currently being shipped: x-bit.org/retro486/ Fingers crossed that it makes its way to me safely.

    My first PC ever was a 486sx 25 that i later upgraded with a Cyrix 486-100. I don't want to say what i did with it years later as it makes me sad/mad :/

    Looking forward to some 486 era gaming and i'll also install a spitfire bbs just to get the init strings working so it says "waiting for call".

    One of the first upgrads I'm going to do is to replace the badge on the case from this place geekenspiel.com/collections.

    Anyone else have a early era PC? Please share the specs and what your doing with it if so.

    Long live the retro!
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  • From Daniele Somma@2:335/601 to Rob McGee on Fri Feb 10 18:50:32 2023
    Congrats for getting that thing! Wish I didn't trash the one I had back then!

    Enjoy - and let us know how's like BBSing from the 486! :D

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  • From Rob McGee@1:105/44 to Daniele Somma on Fri Feb 10 11:19:13 2023
    Re: Re: my new (old) 486
    By: Daniele Somma to Rob McGee on Fri Feb 10 2023 06:50 pm

    Congrats for getting that thing! Wish I didn't trash the one I had back then!

    Thank you Daniele! And i'm sure a lot of us BBS Ops would say the same thing.

    Enjoy - and let us know how's like BBSing from the 486! :D

    Will do ;)
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  • From Blake Patterson@1:154/50 to Rob Mcgee on Wed Jan 17 19:12:01 2024
    Nice -- any updates on this?

    I am typing this on a V20-based Tandy 1000HX, but next to me is my 486, actually a 5x86 160 running a scenedemo, Compost from the group Orange. I don't really BBS on that system at all. I prefer this Tandy, my Apple //e, or my Amiga 1000.

    Links for more pics of your 486?

    bp
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  • From Ed Vance@1:2320/105 to Rob McGee on Fri Feb 2 13:21:59 2024

    Howdy Rob,
    I haven't used my 486DX2 box for a long while, but it is alongside the XP box. Not turned the C=64 on lately either, but it is in the room too.

    Typing this on a Android phone I got last month
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