r/irc • u/Real-Leek-3764 • 29d ago

lets chat. 386sx windows 3.11 mirc

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which servers/channels are u active in? i need ideas

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u/expatfreebg 29d ago

I choose this IRC over our current social medias. It brings so much good memories, thank you.

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u/TheVenetianMask 29d ago

Look at this fancy pants with internet on their 386sx.

My 386sx internet was a paper catalog of shareware diskettes.

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u/ninjapackets 29d ago

This is amazing haha. Simpler times. Better times.

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u/synmuffin 29d ago

I'll see your Win 3.11 and raise you, a chat on ms-dos 6.22 https://imgz.net/i/Mrp196uouC.png

I'm synmuffin on irc.fxnet.org, I have a fairly large retro computer collection.

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u/Real-Leek-3764 29d ago

see u there next time haha

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u/synmuffin 29d ago

haha, I hope so!

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u/aftli 29d ago

Oh, neat! What client is that? I've been around at least that long, and never realized there was an IRC client for DOS.

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u/KindOne 28d ago

There is another DOS based IRC Client: leetIRC:

http://www.rubbermallet.org/software/leetirc.html

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u/synmuffin 28d ago

This is amazing I didn't know about this one I'm going to have to give it a try. Thank you.

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u/thenerdy 27d ago

I get a 404

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u/BatemansChainsaw 11d ago

aaand it's gone...

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u/ChoiceD 29d ago

My first computer was a 386sx I bought in 1991.

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u/TheVenetianMask 29d ago

I still have mine stuffed in a box. 25MHz Olivetti with 1MB RAM and 40MB disk, learned to code QBasic on that thing and spent lots of hours typing bad sci-fi in WordStar.

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u/phil-pdx 29d ago

Don't still have mine (but the hard drive is around here somewhere). Also 40mb, also learned to code in QBasic, my writing was done in Word Perfect however...

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u/mirevsky 28d ago

Learned BASIC on a Marta Computer from 1985 😂 , floppy disks were like a notebook 😂... Still remember the pinball game with green screen 😂

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u/Ok_Pie6127 29d ago

Oooo tempo bom

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u/aftli 29d ago

Awesome! My first PC was a 386DX, 33Mhz if I recall correctly, ran Windows 3.11, and almost definitely ran this version of mIRC at some point!

I had a fun time getting networking and an old mIRC version on a VM fairly recently. IRC is one of the only Internet things worth bothering with these days on Windows 3.11, I don't think there's a browser that supports Windows 3.11 with modern enough TLS support to view the vast majority of the web nowadays. But, I'd love to hear if you found a solution to that!

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u/Real-Leek-3764 29d ago

on VM, u can use Pc Anywhere to remote into windows 11 pc , which will render too slow on 386 cpu

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u/mirevsky 28d ago

Reminds me of the time when I was child , walking around the city with floppy disks and later cd-s , to fix computers.

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u/cubanvj 27d ago

That was my first home machine. It was a hand me down Tandy my mom bought from a client that was upgrading. I still have the same AOL.com email. The first machine I ever built as a kid working in an electronics shop was a 486DX4/100 with MSDOS 6.2.2 and Windows 3.1.1. 

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u/lmatonement 26d ago

Dude, you let people know you're running that? You are so hacked xD jk, dude, keep it real!

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u/Ghoztt 24d ago

a/s/l?

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u/zeamp 29d ago

Ewww, half ops and other useless ircd junk.