modern operating system running on a Reagan era computer

bigkahuna1986 , 5 months ago

Also in case anyone is wondering, Reagan was in office from '81-89. Source

wikibot Bot , 5 months ago

Here's the summary for the wikipedia article you mentioned in your comment:

Ronald Wilson Reagan ( RAY-gən; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, his presidency constituted the Reagan era, and he is considered one of the most prominent conservative figures in American history.
Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and began to work as a sports broadcaster in Iowa. In 1937, he moved to California, and became a well-known film actor there. From 1947 to 1952, Reagan served as the president of the Screen Actors Guild.

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RenegadeTwister , 5 months ago

TIL Reagan was in office in 1998. Could have swore it was Clinton...

refurbishedrefurbisher , 5 months ago

Pentium II was not Reagan era. Minimum requirements include a Pentium 1, which is also not Reagan era.

Still very impressive, though.

bigkahuna1986 , 5 months ago

I expected nothing and was still disappointed. Was hoping for some rare unix os on an 8088 or something.

refurbishedrefurbisher , 5 months ago

You can run FreeDOS on an 8088 using the 16-bit version. Not exactly "modern", but still a recent OS.

bigkahuna1986 , 5 months ago

Wild, I always thought it stopped at 286. Didn't realize it could go that old.

refurbishedrefurbisher , 5 months ago

You got two options for that:

Official FreeDOS kernel: http://kernel.fdos.org/

And SvarDOS: http://svardos.org/

melroy , 5 months ago

Less is more :D

ChicoSuave , 5 months ago

I didn't know Dvd drives were around during Reagan.

FigMcLargeHuge , 5 months ago

CD drives were.

i_have_no_enemies OP , 5 months ago

he is using floppy disk

espentan , 5 months ago

Mhm, but the "Regan era computer" has a CD/DVD ROM and a Pentium processor.

i_have_no_enemies OP , 5 months ago

i think it is possible to run it

i_have_no_enemies OP , 5 months ago

if it can be done for operating systems then it can be done for other programs as well