Apr 22, 2021 8:27 PM
canaandodd24
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birdychow
valen00
Awww where's the monitor degaussing bong, that was one of the best bits
ZachManDo
I want “It is now safe to turn off your computer” as my epitaph.
vladimirtheliberator
Holy fuck I feel old
CyberAkuma
Try not to think about how the GameCube, a post-Y2K console, is 20 years old now.
LarsenB
Eh... not even 50 here, yet thinking that I started working with a 486 DX25, 4MB RAM, makes me feel like I was born in ancient Egypt
Dreamscapevast
This.
RM641a
v
BannedForSFW05
StickyKiwi
Holy shit, 32 MB of RAM?! MASSIVE!
liveOffOfDownVotes
Right my first I had to upgrade to 4 mb and that extra 2 mb was 200 bucks.
Preshka
When you had to mess with autoexec.bat and config.sys to free up enough memory...
Quessir
ISA? Ugh. All they ever gave me was IRQ interrupts. And them I especially don't miss.
somemenjustwantowatchtheworldburn
Upvote for the IRQ conflict struggle. Wanna install a sound card? Time to check all your other cards jumper settings.
I also don't miss is having to fuck with himem.sys to free enough conventional memory, even though it put me on the path to working in I.T.
urbanfire
I haven't heard a floppy disk reader in decades. Thank you.
RuBisCO1
For nostalgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldjg5ME_FNE
FrolickingFrolicking
Dude even when nostalgia is dime a dozen and we see the retro stuff every day, the “It is now safe” message hit me off-guard
right in the nostalgia
causality
I've found great joy in going on ebay and buying both the electronics I had and the ones I lusted after as a child.
azazyel
I loved the TURBO button, wtf did that even do?
REOJackwagon
A lot of builders never connected those, so usually nothing
lastbagel
Slowed shit down
Jokerthehulk
shwat
When they started making faster processors, games couldn't handle the speed, so they introduced a turbo button which slowed the processor..
I never knew that thanks!
writetehcodez
Overclocked the processor
On the contrary, it was introduced for fast processors that would mess up games, so the turbo button actually slowed the processor down.
Oh, today I learned!
kingkongkeom
I remember windows 2.0 back in1987/88....good times
vrflyer
How about Windows House?!
Flortzweich
Dosshell
And then there was Windows BOB!
Zapathasura
O yes. This is just pushing all the right buttons. That on/off switch alone is a thing of beauty.
DrOsmium
"It is now OK to turn off your computer."
hannahbutnotreally
Looove that clacky keyboard.
KootchieKoo
I held onto Win95 as long as I possibly could.
officialgifpolice
Same.
gotohe11carolina
God I miss a hard power switch. Where the @$&*# did they go? Still use the mechanical keyboard though.
RadHazG
Mmmmm that floppy drive buzz. Delicious.
UseTheForceLuke
* C L A C K *
Kablah15
shredder134
for me it's the TURBO button
stuffyoufindinthecouch
Didn’t even need to unmute. I have memorized that sound and could hear it.
buccaneer9110
Ok let's get you to bed grandpa
bangrya2ndtime
This is an obvious edit. We would still be booting up by the time this vid ends.
VAPOR85
Oooh that click is like cocaine to me
Kirah32
Showed this to my crotch goblin. Said that we had to push too many buttons to make it work. Took too long.....
aluminumfalconjumpercables
Crotch g... nvrmnd
dingofdong
I mean... is she wrong though?
BobaFettApproves
Holy smack... remember logging OUT?
Hurtsdo
TheRedThirst
I remember not having to make floppy discs safe to eject, so long as the program wasn’t running you could hit the eject button
What was it like meeting Grover Cleveland?
BenMayhew
This put such a smile on my face
Elijahrock
Fucking Packard Bell. It would whistle if I was running it too hard. Had to remove a game so my sis could hers on. Then vis versa.
Krytture
Loved my Packard Bell
UnicornSausage
The bearings in fan died in my 486sx died within a month. Sounded horrid. Couldn't get support on the line. Waited hours.
LadyNetrex
I remember when we didn't have to turn it off anymore. I didn't like it, felt like it was gonna stay there, on, until I came back.
CampbellsChunkyCyst
The dial-up sounds I wouldn't have cared about as much if I didn't have to hear it THIRTY GODDAMN TIMES IN ONE NIGHT. Goddamn disconnects.
callmethelizardqueen
Mine cycled through all the accessible numbers several times on a Friday night until finally connecting.
pr3viso
Had to run a ping script. 90 second intervals would.
demonic
MOM GET OFF THE PHONE!
FirstAidPoetry
ATL0 in a terminal prompt turns off the speaker.
Unfortunately, my family was barely computer literate. I grew up in a mac household.
Works on Mac too. It’s a standard command set for modems.
I don't think they knew that the terminal existed, much less knew how to use it. Imagine the monkeys at the beginning of A Space Odyssey.
Oh yeah. Like my dad. He was a system engineer but couldn’t even set the clock on the VHS player.
Kabibble
FINALLY! back in a moment
friendsofsandwiches
My machine always had this wind up sound. vrrRRRRRRRRR
captainswoopty
Mine was a pull start, sounded like a backfire Buick Regal
OptimusChristt
I fired up an old PC at the office one time and thought something was terribly wrong. Then realized I just forgot how they used to sound.
KillerTofu615
I had one that just sounded like a space shuttle taking off. VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRoooofffffffffff
MostlyJeffGoldblum
And that infamous BUHH BUHH BOMMP of the floppy drive check
SidneyHarbor
Yeah the fans were so much louder on my first computers.
TheCrusher78
32 megs and a turbo button... it was a big deal when the family 486 got 8 gb lol
fudgetosser
All the 90s kids are like “And?”
gwhh
Right on
mrtweeter04
This fool had a 56k I wish I had a 56k as a kid I’d have to download my porn a week in advance
pirate4lifes
We still use those at my work
itsfivethirsty
Someone 3D printed the save icon??
Forge128
80s kid here, I remember *upgrading* to such a machine. My dad had the nice 486DX and built a 386 machine to keep me off his rig.
I spent a lot of time figuring out why Golden Axe was so ass-slow on the kitchen PC but like lightning on his.
icigilly
and still running, what about your's ?
DvlInsd
This 90’s kid: that wallpaper legit triggered a smell memory for me... the room that the family computer was in
verukt89
I could smell the static on the screen lol
Hexo231
Commander keen bitch
dropTableUsers0
I remember dumb kid me pressing all the keys at random and discovering cheats like flying and moving through walls! That was crazy
Letmeramble
YES!!
mymidlifecrisiswasat23
All the 2000’s kids are like “zoomers and your computers look at you ruining our economy while we eat tide pods”
OHGODBEEEES
Clearly the solution is to massively increase the price of tide pods.
vermillionpenguin
You know 2000s kids *are* zoomers, right?
Oh shit. I meant boomers. Oh that’s funny.
MelfsAcidArrow
WELCOME!
I’m gonna go into lesbian chat and pretend to be a gay woman! With all the other dudes
madmatt2024
That was the rich kid's PC. We had a 486 SX with Windows 3.11, 4MB RAM, and 200MB HDD in the 90's. We didn't upgrade until Y2K.
VidiVeniThenSheLeft
That's basically exactly what i had until exactly when we upgraded.
LeakyPopCan
I had a Vic-20. A little over 3K RAM. Cassette drive to save programs. And was THRILLED to have it.
Joshi666
Same! We had a Gateway 2000!
EuphCat
I was missing that floppy check sound at boot tho
I could write to a floppy disk faster by hand. And quieter too.
dreikommavierzehn
It's there - turn up the volume
mrrrnerrrnurt BWAAAHHDAAHHHBAK BEEP! (had a 3.5 and 5.25) lol
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HuronWendat
This was the Fanchon stuff. I had a 486dx with a 14.4K modem. Your computer is a beast. I also had the gravis gamepad, that piece of crap.
*fancy.. autocorrect..
hufflesnuff
Fancy-pants over here with his 14.4 and math co-processor. Me with 486sx, 2400 baud, & 4mb ram loading DOS into highmem to barely run Doom.
I feel ya, my friend could run CIV2 and it looked glorious. My CPU could not handle so much processing power.
IhopeyougetstageIIIcoloncancer
Do you remember the screw-in joystick that was fucking terrible and you unscrewed immediately?
I do, wanted to mention it but you the real hero. That thing was useless.
If the internet has done anything for mankind, it's letting two strangers hate something from 25 years ago together. Go in health, friend!
PokingSmot
Sound blaster Pro
etherfish
The crappy thing about the SBPro was that it was only 8bit sound. I mowed lawns a whole summer to buy one. Too dumb to know SB16 was better.
reeferandbourbon
Came here to say this. Soundblaster changed my life.
derzilly
I kept the same Soundblaster all the way thru, like, four computer upgrades/swaps. My most "recent" (2015 lolsob) is the first one without!
OneGuyWithSixGuns
Your Sound Card Works Perfectly!
kbunyan
Never got the correct drivers lol.
WolfFromTheTVShowFutureMan
Came here looking for this. Wasn’t disappointed.
demodulated
Bill Roper from Warcraft!
fformulaa
Getting all those settings right for different games was infuriating!
I remember going down the list one by one testing them, and sometimes you'd find 2 that worked and would have to choose the "better" one.
Hrll yeah it was. And if you had conflicting IRQs, oh boy..
You just reminded me of a long forgotten pain. Trying to get Battle Chess audio right was nigh impossible.
WhistlinDickC
But fuckin A, that game was sweet once it was going.
Fuckin yes!!! Having to change autoexec.bat to set IRQs omg... I do and don't miss that.
AWE 32!
Stop! My IRQs can only get so erect!
IAmDuckHammer
AWE 64 Gold (2019 CIB for $50)!
Carlillo
Woah look at Mr. Money bags, here.
I mean, I had one in Windows admin class. At home I only had an Amiga 3000D
I had a soundblaster pro II I got from trading my rollerblades.
arcgap
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Strangely, my first introduction to that line was in Twisted Metal 4.
I came to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I’m all outta gum.
Damn. Those alien basterds are gonna pay for shooting up my ride! (cracks knuckles)
twsx
I'm gonna rip off your head and shit down your neck.
SouperScott
Duke needs more lines that aren't one liners stolen from other stuff. He might have been memorable enough to squeeze out another game.
camn333
I think the problem with that franchise is that we grew older, the franchise didn't. It was fun in the 90s, just seems cringy now.
I was never really a fan actually, I just know that 80% of his one liners don't belong to him. Makes him boring.
DontTazeMeBrah
I've Got Balls of STEEL
I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm aaaaall out of gum.
TheSomethingSomethingGenericReplyGuy
I.. I do have time to play with myself
CeoHuntingSeason
...thats not how he looks pixelated, this is how he looked in Duke Nukem 2:
Silverforte
It's just sprite art, relax
I know, I was just finding a way to include the original
VaardArk
Who is Art?
ThisGuyHere
I played the absolute hell out of those games. Commander Keen was fun, but Duke and Wolfenstein 3D were my favorites.
Never beat Hugo's House of Horrors though.
I didn't know much english back then but god did I try hahaha, yeah never got too far, but in Hugo 3 I got to the natives' jail part.
My favorites back then I think were Duke 3D, Doom 2, A nightmare on elm street, Prince 1 and 2, and Monkey Island 1
birdychow
valen00
Awww where's the monitor degaussing bong, that was one of the best bits
ZachManDo
I want “It is now safe to turn off your computer” as my epitaph.
vladimirtheliberator
Holy fuck I feel old
CyberAkuma
Try not to think about how the GameCube, a post-Y2K console, is 20 years old now.
LarsenB
Eh... not even 50 here, yet thinking that I started working with a 486 DX25, 4MB RAM, makes me feel like I was born in ancient Egypt
Dreamscapevast
This.
RM641a
BannedForSFW05
StickyKiwi
Holy shit, 32 MB of RAM?! MASSIVE!
liveOffOfDownVotes
Right my first I had to upgrade to 4 mb and that extra 2 mb was 200 bucks.
Preshka
When you had to mess with autoexec.bat and config.sys to free up enough memory...
Quessir
ISA? Ugh. All they ever gave me was IRQ interrupts. And them I especially don't miss.
somemenjustwantowatchtheworldburn
Upvote for the IRQ conflict struggle. Wanna install a sound card? Time to check all your other cards jumper settings.
somemenjustwantowatchtheworldburn
I also don't miss is having to fuck with himem.sys to free enough conventional memory, even though it put me on the path to working in I.T.
urbanfire
I haven't heard a floppy disk reader in decades. Thank you.
RuBisCO1
For nostalgia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldjg5ME_FNE
FrolickingFrolicking
Dude even when nostalgia is dime a dozen and we see the retro stuff every day, the “It is now safe” message hit me off-guard
FrolickingFrolicking
right in the nostalgia
causality
I've found great joy in going on ebay and buying both the electronics I had and the ones I lusted after as a child.
azazyel
I loved the TURBO button, wtf did that even do?
REOJackwagon
A lot of builders never connected those, so usually nothing
lastbagel
Slowed shit down
Jokerthehulk
shwat
When they started making faster processors, games couldn't handle the speed, so they introduced a turbo button which slowed the processor..
azazyel
I never knew that thanks!
writetehcodez
Overclocked the processor
shwat
On the contrary, it was introduced for fast processors that would mess up games, so the turbo button actually slowed the processor down.
writetehcodez
Oh, today I learned!
kingkongkeom
I remember windows 2.0 back in1987/88....good times
vrflyer
How about Windows House?!
Flortzweich
Dosshell
vrflyer
And then there was Windows BOB!
Zapathasura
O yes. This is just pushing all the right buttons. That on/off switch alone is a thing of beauty.
DrOsmium
"It is now OK to turn off your computer."
hannahbutnotreally
Looove that clacky keyboard.
KootchieKoo
I held onto Win95 as long as I possibly could.
officialgifpolice
Same.
gotohe11carolina
God I miss a hard power switch. Where the @$&*# did they go? Still use the mechanical keyboard though.
RadHazG
Mmmmm that floppy drive buzz. Delicious.
UseTheForceLuke
* C L A C K *
Kablah15
shredder134
for me it's the TURBO button
stuffyoufindinthecouch
Didn’t even need to unmute. I have memorized that sound and could hear it.
buccaneer9110
Ok let's get you to bed grandpa
bangrya2ndtime
This is an obvious edit. We would still be booting up by the time this vid ends.
VAPOR85
Oooh that click is like cocaine to me
Kirah32
Showed this to my crotch goblin. Said that we had to push too many buttons to make it work. Took too long.....
aluminumfalconjumpercables
Crotch g... nvrmnd
dingofdong
I mean... is she wrong though?
BobaFettApproves
Holy smack... remember logging OUT?
Hurtsdo
TheRedThirst
I remember not having to make floppy discs safe to eject, so long as the program wasn’t running you could hit the eject button
BobaFettApproves
What was it like meeting Grover Cleveland?
BenMayhew
This put such a smile on my face
Elijahrock
Fucking Packard Bell. It would whistle if I was running it too hard. Had to remove a game so my sis could hers on. Then vis versa.
Krytture
Loved my Packard Bell
UnicornSausage
The bearings in fan died in my 486sx died within a month. Sounded horrid. Couldn't get support on the line. Waited hours.
LadyNetrex
I remember when we didn't have to turn it off anymore. I didn't like it, felt like it was gonna stay there, on, until I came back.
CampbellsChunkyCyst
The dial-up sounds I wouldn't have cared about as much if I didn't have to hear it THIRTY GODDAMN TIMES IN ONE NIGHT. Goddamn disconnects.
callmethelizardqueen
Mine cycled through all the accessible numbers several times on a Friday night until finally connecting.
pr3viso
Had to run a ping script. 90 second intervals would.
demonic
MOM GET OFF THE PHONE!
FirstAidPoetry
ATL0 in a terminal prompt turns off the speaker.
CampbellsChunkyCyst
Unfortunately, my family was barely computer literate. I grew up in a mac household.
FirstAidPoetry
Works on Mac too. It’s a standard command set for modems.
CampbellsChunkyCyst
I don't think they knew that the terminal existed, much less knew how to use it. Imagine the monkeys at the beginning of A Space Odyssey.
FirstAidPoetry
Oh yeah. Like my dad. He was a system engineer but couldn’t even set the clock on the VHS player.
Kabibble
FINALLY! back in a moment
friendsofsandwiches
My machine always had this wind up sound. vrrRRRRRRRRR
captainswoopty
Mine was a pull start, sounded like a backfire Buick Regal
OptimusChristt
I fired up an old PC at the office one time and thought something was terribly wrong. Then realized I just forgot how they used to sound.
KillerTofu615
I had one that just sounded like a space shuttle taking off. VRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRoooofffffffffff
MostlyJeffGoldblum
And that infamous BUHH BUHH BOMMP of the floppy drive check
SidneyHarbor
Yeah the fans were so much louder on my first computers.
TheCrusher78
32 megs and a turbo button... it was a big deal when the family 486 got 8 gb lol
fudgetosser
All the 90s kids are like “And?”
gwhh
Right on
mrtweeter04
This fool had a 56k I wish I had a 56k as a kid I’d have to download my porn a week in advance
pirate4lifes
We still use those at my work
itsfivethirsty
Someone 3D printed the save icon??
Forge128
80s kid here, I remember *upgrading* to such a machine. My dad had the nice 486DX and built a 386 machine to keep me off his rig.
Forge128
I spent a lot of time figuring out why Golden Axe was so ass-slow on the kitchen PC but like lightning on his.
icigilly
and still running, what about your's ?
DvlInsd
This 90’s kid: that wallpaper legit triggered a smell memory for me... the room that the family computer was in
verukt89
I could smell the static on the screen lol
Hexo231
Commander keen bitch
dropTableUsers0
I remember dumb kid me pressing all the keys at random and discovering cheats like flying and moving through walls! That was crazy
Letmeramble
YES!!
mymidlifecrisiswasat23
All the 2000’s kids are like “zoomers and your computers look at you ruining our economy while we eat tide pods”
OHGODBEEEES
Clearly the solution is to massively increase the price of tide pods.
vermillionpenguin
You know 2000s kids *are* zoomers, right?
mymidlifecrisiswasat23
Oh shit. I meant boomers. Oh that’s funny.
BannedForSFW05
MelfsAcidArrow
WELCOME!
fudgetosser
I’m gonna go into lesbian chat and pretend to be a gay woman! With all the other dudes
madmatt2024
That was the rich kid's PC. We had a 486 SX with Windows 3.11, 4MB RAM, and 200MB HDD in the 90's. We didn't upgrade until Y2K.
VidiVeniThenSheLeft
That's basically exactly what i had until exactly when we upgraded.
LeakyPopCan
I had a Vic-20. A little over 3K RAM. Cassette drive to save programs. And was THRILLED to have it.
Joshi666
Same! We had a Gateway 2000!
EuphCat
I was missing that floppy check sound at boot tho
FrolickingFrolicking
I could write to a floppy disk faster by hand. And quieter too.
dreikommavierzehn
It's there - turn up the volume
Flortzweich
mrrrnerrrnurt BWAAAHHDAAHHHBAK BEEP! (had a 3.5 and 5.25) lol
[deleted]
[deleted]
HuronWendat
This was the Fanchon stuff. I had a 486dx with a 14.4K modem. Your computer is a beast. I also had the gravis gamepad, that piece of crap.
HuronWendat
*fancy.. autocorrect..
hufflesnuff
Fancy-pants over here with his 14.4 and math co-processor. Me with 486sx, 2400 baud, & 4mb ram loading DOS into highmem to barely run Doom.
HuronWendat
I feel ya, my friend could run CIV2 and it looked glorious. My CPU could not handle so much processing power.
IhopeyougetstageIIIcoloncancer
Do you remember the screw-in joystick that was fucking terrible and you unscrewed immediately?
HuronWendat
I do, wanted to mention it but you the real hero. That thing was useless.
IhopeyougetstageIIIcoloncancer
If the internet has done anything for mankind, it's letting two strangers hate something from 25 years ago together. Go in health, friend!
PokingSmot
Sound blaster Pro
etherfish
The crappy thing about the SBPro was that it was only 8bit sound. I mowed lawns a whole summer to buy one. Too dumb to know SB16 was better.
reeferandbourbon
Came here to say this. Soundblaster changed my life.
derzilly
I kept the same Soundblaster all the way thru, like, four computer upgrades/swaps. My most "recent" (2015 lolsob) is the first one without!
OneGuyWithSixGuns
Your Sound Card Works Perfectly!
kbunyan
Never got the correct drivers lol.
WolfFromTheTVShowFutureMan
Came here looking for this. Wasn’t disappointed.
demodulated
Bill Roper from Warcraft!
fformulaa
Getting all those settings right for different games was infuriating!
PokingSmot
I remember going down the list one by one testing them, and sometimes you'd find 2 that worked and would have to choose the "better" one.
shwat
Hrll yeah it was. And if you had conflicting IRQs, oh boy..
KillerTofu615
You just reminded me of a long forgotten pain. Trying to get Battle Chess audio right was nigh impossible.
WhistlinDickC
But fuckin A, that game was sweet once it was going.
Flortzweich
Fuckin yes!!! Having to change autoexec.bat to set IRQs omg... I do and don't miss that.
FirstAidPoetry
AWE 32!
OneGuyWithSixGuns
Stop! My IRQs can only get so erect!
IAmDuckHammer
AWE 64 Gold (2019 CIB for $50)!
Carlillo
Woah look at Mr. Money bags, here.
FirstAidPoetry
I mean, I had one in Windows admin class. At home I only had an Amiga 3000D
Carlillo
I had a soundblaster pro II I got from trading my rollerblades.
arcgap
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Strangely, my first introduction to that line was in Twisted Metal 4.
BobaFettApproves
I came to kick ass and chew bubble gum... and I’m all outta gum.
Zapathasura
Damn. Those alien basterds are gonna pay for shooting up my ride! (cracks knuckles)
twsx
I'm gonna rip off your head and shit down your neck.
SouperScott
Duke needs more lines that aren't one liners stolen from other stuff. He might have been memorable enough to squeeze out another game.
camn333
I think the problem with that franchise is that we grew older, the franchise didn't. It was fun in the 90s, just seems cringy now.
SouperScott
I was never really a fan actually, I just know that 80% of his one liners don't belong to him. Makes him boring.
DontTazeMeBrah
I've Got Balls of STEEL
camn333
I'm here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm aaaaall out of gum.
TheSomethingSomethingGenericReplyGuy
I.. I do have time to play with myself
CeoHuntingSeason
...thats not how he looks pixelated, this is how he looked in Duke Nukem 2:
Silverforte
It's just sprite art, relax
CeoHuntingSeason
I know, I was just finding a way to include the original
VaardArk
Who is Art?
ThisGuyHere
I played the absolute hell out of those games. Commander Keen was fun, but Duke and Wolfenstein 3D were my favorites.
ThisGuyHere
Never beat Hugo's House of Horrors though.
CeoHuntingSeason
I didn't know much english back then but god did I try hahaha, yeah never got too far, but in Hugo 3 I got to the natives' jail part.
CeoHuntingSeason
My favorites back then I think were Duke 3D, Doom 2, A nightmare on elm street, Prince 1 and 2, and Monkey Island 1