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What Happened To IBM PCs? Why The Company Stopped Making Them (www.bgr.com)
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Y'all remember shareware Doom on an IBM 486DX?

Welp, my back hurts!

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[–] terabyterex@lemmy.world -2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

i looked it up. i was counting the 2168 as one model but i guess there were ten variations. but your answers dont seem real. you sound like a young person who didnt buy a pc. we didnt buy pcs from sears. are you using ai?

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

...my first PC ran a MOS 6502, loaded programs from a philips cassette, and used an acoustic coupler modem...

[–] HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 2 points 23 hours ago

are you using ai?

Maybe you should, your grammar is awful. Are you using your face to type?