<![CDATA[If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster.]]>If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster.

Because developing an appreciation for how far computers have come, that’s pretty cool.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/cc01bb40-f154-4019-b114-cfc9197b1df1/if-the-kids-make-fun-of-you-for-being-old-lock-them-in-a-room-with-a-386-with-no-math-co-processor-and-let-them-figure-out-irq-s-for-their-sound-blaster.RSS for NodeTue, 22 Sep 2026 21:06:23 GMTThu, 03 Sep 2026 07:09:05 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:57:39 GMT]]>@HopelessDemigod
And for full realism: No internet access and (perhaps) the manual that came with the sound card

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/niels/statuses/117211939424912190https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/niels/statuses/117211939424912190Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:57:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:32:41 GMT]]>@HopelessDemigod Haha. Wait 'til they have to figure out how to free up enough of the 640k base memory to get something to run. Faffing endlessly around with autoexec.bat and config.sys. *sigh*

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/OBiW4NSHiNOBi/statuses/117208302345963196https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/OBiW4NSHiNOBi/statuses/117208302345963196Thu, 03 Sep 2026 17:32:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:33:32 GMT]]>@HopelessDemigod Lol I know exactly what ll of this means from reading old computer books for funsies

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.stickbear.me/users/evilcookies98/statuses/117207597857855904https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.stickbear.me/users/evilcookies98/statuses/117207597857855904Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:33:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:25:14 GMT]]>@carstenfranke

Yes

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/HopelessDemigod/statuses/117207565228451219https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/HopelessDemigod/statuses/117207565228451219Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:25:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:23:46 GMT]]>@HopelessDemigod oh yes ... We have come a long way in the last 30 years ...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/carstenfranke/statuses/117207559440697672https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/carstenfranke/statuses/117207559440697672Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:23:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:16:45 GMT]]>@carstenfranke

MSCDEX driver

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/HopelessDemigod/statuses/117207531904841840https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/HopelessDemigod/statuses/117207531904841840Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:16:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:15:31 GMT]]>@HopelessDemigod and then mounting a cd drive to work with it. With limited instructions.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/carstenfranke/statuses/117207527004710672https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/carstenfranke/statuses/117207527004710672Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:15:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:06:42 GMT]]>@HopelessDemigod At least reference your source 😉
For anyone else, go checkout this frickin thing...
https://youtube.com/shorts/-_114J43IL4 Chris Boden / Physics Duck

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/danbenton/statuses/117207256439179766https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/danbenton/statuses/117207256439179766Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:06:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:02:56 GMT]]>@HopelessDemigod Hand them an S100 card and some jumpers then the manual which contains the example code to integrate into your CP/M BIOS to use it.

PC people had it easy 😎

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/etchedpixels/statuses/117207241644021369https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/etchedpixels/statuses/117207241644021369Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:02:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to If the kids make fun of you for being old, lock them in a room with a 386 with no math co processor and let them figure out IRQ’s for their Sound Blaster. on Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:27:45 GMT]]>@HopelessDemigod Setting clock speed and multiplier jumpers on my motherboard so the CPU and RAM could talk to each other as fast as possible. See also: disk interleave.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/gristc/statuses/117207103300317024https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.nz/users/gristc/statuses/117207103300317024Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:27:45 GMT