Comments on: Restoration of the week: Remy’s Datamini PA40 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Notes from all over « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-48809 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:07:02 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-48809 [...] comes with a plea for help. Allex has gotten hold of another Datamini laptop; you might remember Remy’s astounding refurb job from a year or so ago, and Allex’s sounds similar. As it is though, Allex needs a little help [...]

]]> By: Anon-e-mouse http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-48363 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:12:19 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-48363 Before Windows 3.0 there was Windows 286. . .

Norton Commander might be interesting too.

Too bad all those old dial up BBS systems are a thing of the past, they were full of software from the 286 era.

]]> By: Some PKGBUILDs for ConnochaetOS « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-46232 Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:53:43 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-46232 [...] of the restored 286 fame, graciously offered me some Web space to host stuff like this, and I’ll see if I can get [...]

]]> By: An SSH management script « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-46014 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:02:56 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-46014 [...] I’m on the subject of text-only systems … if you remember Remy, of the restored 286 fame, you might be interested in his SSHdialog [...]

]]> By: An update: Remy’s Datamini PA40 « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-44054 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:18:58 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-44054 [...] few people have asked for an update about Remy‘s Datamini PA40, the rehabilitated 286 machine I mentioned back in April. If you think you were jealous then, you’ll be positively viridian [...]

]]> By: Antique computer collections « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-43719 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:56:32 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-43719 [...] I wish I had more pictures to show of rehab projects for out-of-date hardware. The last one, the 286 machine Remy was restoring, was a lot of fun. Occasionally I pick up a new-old machine and clean it, but it’s more [...]

]]> By: kokakoda http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-42641 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:14:51 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-42641 Ahh, reminds me of my first IBM compatible. 80286 processor, 640K RAM, 20MB HDD, Hercules monitor. LOL, what a speed demon that was. :D

Although you won’t get Windows 3.1 running, it will run Windows 3.0. There’s a selection of old freeware/shareware games still available on the old FTP sites – http://ftp.funet.fi; garbo; winsite etc. Been a year or two since I checked if they’re still up mind you… :/

Like your rogue-likes? Give Castle of the Winds a try. That works on Win3.0 IIRC.

Shame it’s not a 386 though, there would’ve been so many more possibilities. Would’ve loved to see Calmira running on this thing. :)

]]> By: Remy http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-42639 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 22:00:47 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-42639 My lvl 12 Rogue lost from this stupid Orc :( :P

I’ve been trying to find a good version of pong, no luck yet. Some older people I know still remember Wordperfect and Lotus 123. Wordperfect works quite well, today I’ve written some work papers on the thing, and transferred them via floppy. That sure brings up memory’s :D . And I know why I’ve stopped using them, they crash a lot :P . A: needs to be formatted xD.

When I find some more games I’m going to make some photo’s and put them online…

]]> By: Calvin http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-42637 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:22:27 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-42637 If I remember, there’s Wolfenstein 3D for a game, and old versions of NetHack run under DOS: http://nethack.wikia.com/wiki/MS-DOS#NetHack_3.0.6_through_3.0.10

I read quite a bit about DOS, and there’s some expansion cards to give your 286 the memory management abilities of a 386. Get some more memory and we can run Doom!

]]> By: MK http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-42631 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:34:13 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/restoration-of-the-week-remys-datamini-pa40/#comment-42631 You don’t understand, installing even older components would be cool, but anything newer then 10 years old is just boring. :)

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