New Build, Will This Dog Hunt?

[mjslakeridge]

Here is my brand new rig. Can it run the latest games such as Frogger?

http://imgur.com/a/DASWW

 

[Eximo]

*Neat*

 

[Dustybin]

No, Frogger requires a CGA graphics adapter or better... you can't tell a lillipad from a river in monochrome. You can however load the seminal Ariel Antics which I can recommend and should run fine in medium/high graphics.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It can run GTA V on max settings , Congrats!!!!!

 

[mjslakeridge]

Bought it used in the mid 80's for around $1500 if I recall. No HDD, that was an expensive add-on. Dot Matrix printer new from Radio Shack was about $1200. Used it for a few years to do accounting for my Homeowners Association. Also used it to write term papers in Grad School.

Programs like "Superscript" (word processing) and "Visicalc" (predecessor to Lotus 123 or Excel, can't remember which). I have boxes full of the discs with all sorts of programs that were proprietary to Radio Shack.

Brought it into my office a couple years ago to show to my younger tech-savvy guys and they were impressed.

Was considered a portable at the time, because everything packs up into the case. and it has a large handle to carry, but is very heavy.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's very cool I love it , my neighbor has an old Apple setup , he found at a flea market last year.

 

[mjslakeridge]

Released in Nov 1983 with a retail price of $1,799. Mine has the optional "user installable" phone modem, but there really wasn't much of an internet to connect to back then. I recall using the modem once or twice to connect to something, but don't remember what or why.

The optional HDD was an external 5MB according to the article I linked to below. Not sure of the memory but I believe it was 56KB.

Edit: Ram was 64KB or 128KB, I believe mine has 64KB.

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1083

http://www.trs-80.org/model-4p/

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Totally cool a real GEM.

 

[Eximo]

Going to have to pull out the TI99-4A and see if it still works now...

Floor model from Sears when they were going to stop selling them 1986 if I recall. All black chassis, EGA/CGA/VGA color monitor, expansion bay/640KB memory upgrade, chrome power supply, video game cartridge player with paddle controls (pin compatible with Atari!), cradle modem, and voice synthesizer. We used to play some of the terrible games on it and mess with the voice synthesizer when we were kids. Games on the IBM 8086 were much better as I recall.