Re:When is a PC not a PC? The PC-98
by b800h on Monday January 09, 2023 @02:35AM
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UK users of HN of a certain age will no doubt, like me, be scarred by the horrible RM Nimbus 186 machines which often took the place of the beloved BBC Micro / Master in classrooms in the late 1980s. Ghastly pieces of crap which weren't properly PC-compatible, similar sort of deal to this thing.
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Re:When is a PC not a PC? The PC-98
by jaytagdamian on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:11AM
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Not scarred at all - happily nostalgic! We worked out that the machine had an IBM PC compatible mode, which allowed us to boot from floppy disk to play Commander Keen. I recall that lots of other software didn't work correctly (the emultation/compatibility must have been pretty poor) but back in 1994 it kept us entertained on rainy days when we weren't allowed outside to play.