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Post by Winger2 »

okay I have an awesome old packard bell..but I can not for the life of me figure out where to check the specs...any advice?
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Post by Unknown_K »

If your running dos type MSD.exe and it should give you some basic specs like mouse/memory/processor etc
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Post by Dogbreath »

http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php <-if you want to know EVERYTHING about your computer, try that.
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Post by Unknown_K »

Dogbreath wrote:http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php <-if you want to know EVERYTHING about your computer, try that.
I am sure that windows app will work great on a dos machine.

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Post by Dogbreath »

Haha! No, I assume that he has windows running on it... if not, then try what Unknown_K said.
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Post by jmmijo »

I still have an old DOS version of PC Tools Deluxe. I do beleive it too has a tool like MSD ;)
Suck it down!
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Post by Guest »

486dx2 66mzh
4mb ram
52x cdrom
soundblaster16
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Post by Dopefish »

I have the following:
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486DX 50mHz (I know, weird speed)
16MB RAM
SVGA video
Soundblaster 16
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Pentium I 90mHz
1GB HDD
*I don't remember the rest of the info, it stopped working a while ago
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Pentium II, unkown speed
64MB RAM
ATI Rage-128 video card
*I don't remember the rest
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Pentium III 450mHz
128MB RAM
GeForce 4 MX 440
Yamaha DS-XG onboard sound
8.5GB HDD
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Apple IIe (platinum) 1mHz
128K RAM
Composite video
Internal speaker
(2) 5.5 floppy drives (no hard drive)
Mouse
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Joris
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Post by Joris »

My comp:

AMD Duron 1300 Mhz
256 Mb RAM
40 Gb Harddisk
8 Mb 3D card <-- yes I know... it itsn't the best one...
WinXP
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Post by Kazer0 »

Hey joris, I jsut updated my video card. It WAS a ATi Rage XL 8mb, and before that, an ATi 3D Rage II + DVD 2mb card, and that was only 6 monthes ago. Behold the power of my new GeForce 2 MX 400 64mb card!
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Post by Kazer0 »

Would you please cut down on its size? Try using <font size="-2">.
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Post by OddTodd »

Here's the computer I'm stuck with.

1.8 Ghz processor
60 gig hard drive
64 mb GeForce 4 MX 420
POS Intergrated sound card
ATI TV Wonder VE TV Tuner
256 mb Ram (I will be updating to 512 for christmas)
52x CD RW Drive
30X DVD Rom and CDRW Drive

I know it's not great, but it does whatever I need it too.
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Post by denrix »

Oddtodd: I got a pentium celeron 466 mhz with 8.7 GBs, 64MB ram. Wanna swap?
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sasha: Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go have sex with my boyfriend.
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Post by OddTodd »

No, that's ok. B)
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Post by denrix »

lol
I thought so.
Moral of the story: Always be happy with what you got.
sasha: Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go have sex with my boyfriend.
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Post by Kazer0 »

Ha ha, denrix, mines better than yours. Look in my sig.
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Post by Guest »

Computer 1
P4 3.06 Ghz
512 MB Ram
120 GB hard drive
128 mb Geforce 4 mx 440 graphics card
48X cd-rw
16X dvd

Computer 2
P 75 Mhz
8 MB Ram
1.5 GB hard drive
4X cd drive
(I use this one for old Dos and Win95 games)
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Post by Splodginator »

I've upgraded mine:

1.1 GHz Intel Celeron
Intel 82810 Motherboard
HP Pavillion mx50 Speakers
126MB SDRAM
2 HP Generic Speakers.
Cable Modem
"Windows" XP
20.4 (14.4) GB Ultra DMA HDD
HP CD-Writer Plus
HP Generic Keyboard
HP Generic Mouse
GeForce 4 MX440-SE
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Post by Guest »

Well, this is more like the opposite of Bragging, but heres the output of my Sysinfo Xchat script:

<Zaphod`> CPU: Mobile Pentium MMX @ 234 MHz | Mem usage: 18.9/45.3 mb (42%) | Swap usage: 23.4/204.4 mb (11%) | Disk usage(IBM-DTCA-24090): 2.7/3.7 gb (73%) | Uptime: 56 mins 45 secs


Stuff Sysinfo cant tell you: The LCD is broken. I'm using Redhat Linux 9.
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Post by Zaphod` »

That was me.

Whew, twice in one day. I'm batting 1000.
- One in a small breed of Linux using Dos gamers. Dosemu forever! :D
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