I’ve gotten really interested in old Computers since I got my Commodore PET 2 months ago, so to play some good ol MS Train Simulator and Stronghold 2, I got this massive beauty. Here is a little size comparison between it and my main PC

  • @Glowstick
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    1011 months ago

    3 optical drives? Why?

    • @[email protected]
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      2511 months ago

      If I had to guess:

      1 is a dvd drive.

      1 is a high speed cd-rom read only drive

      1 is a cd-rw drive

        • EchoCranium
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          311 months ago

          I still have a spindle of Lightscribe cd’s around the house somewhere…

        • @Glowstick
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          311 months ago

          I had a drive with that feature. I think i used it once. It was way slower than a sharpie

          • wjrii
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            311 months ago

            Ha! I used it TWICE!

            Also, to OP, that definitely wouldn’t have come OEM on a PC that shipped with Win 98.

      • Mr.MofuOP
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        611 months ago

        Seems to me that you are right with that. The top one reads data in lightning speed. The middle drive doesn’t seem to work saddly and the last one got a fat DVD logo on it so im guessing thats right

          • @[email protected]
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            111 months ago

            for windows 98 technically needs the startup floppy disk to even start the installer

            • ElectricMachman
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              211 months ago

              Depends which version you have - there is at least one official Win98 release that had a bootable CD.

    • Mr.MofuOP
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      311 months ago

      Yes