Propschick opened this issue on Oct 01, 2010 · 33 posts
Rance01 posted Wed, 06 October 2010 at 5:55 AM
I have a machine purchased in 1993 - a 1992 model - that STILL runs DOS 6/Windows 3.1. An old (old) IBM PS/1 486 SX with DX co-processor upgrade.
The thing runs like a top. They made machines a lot better back in those days - didn't know they'd be pushed to the back burner within a couple of quarters in favor of the next newer/faster/better machine. Of all the machines I have the ones running Win3.1 and Windows 95 seem to be the most solid. Less disposable. They still do what they were intended to do.
I remember running a Persistance of Vision raytrace for hours only to find I had the camera in the wrong position.
Still have a shoebox of floppy disks in the backroom too ...