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cyrnel · 03-10-2005, 10:44 PM

Many old systems need a boot floppy like phukraut described, either because of the drive or the BIOS. The thing is, you can pick up an old tank P3 or better system on craigslist for $50. It really isn't worth fighting the ancient systems just for the time they cost. I cried a little when I dumped my early-mid 90's Pentium servers & AMD boards, but try a buildworld on one and the knife cuts a little easier. Gack.

03-10-2005, 10:44 PM	#12 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Many old systems need a boot floppy like phukraut described, either because of the drive or the BIOS. The thing is, you can pick up an old tank P3 or better system on craigslist for $50. It really isn't worth fighting the ancient systems just for the time they cost. I cried a little when I dumped my early-mid 90's Pentium servers & AMD boards, but try a buildworld on one and the knife cuts a little easier. Gack.