Firaxis preserves the 33-year-old, $10,000 386 PC Sid Meier used to develop Civilization – and it still works
Firaxis preserves the 33-year-old, $10,000 386 PC Sid Meier used to develop Civilization – and it still works
Firaxis Games has announced that the next installment of the Civilization series, Civilization 7, will land on PC and console on February 11, 2025.
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In a 2019 Ars Technica documentary video, Meier said he'd saved two of the Compaq Deskpro 386 computers, but one of them exploded when he tried to boot it up due to the dust in the power supply.
Lol that sucks. "Hey look guys! I found my old PC, let's power it on" BOOM "Well... shit."
45 0 ReplyRookie mistake, always check the power supply and the capacitors
18 0 ReplyFuckin devs...
10 0 ReplyYeah, I'd suspect Rifas before dust when I hear "exploded on first power up"
2 0 ReplyEithee Rifas or shorted tantalums
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Right, dust + air + spark = dust bomb.
3 0 ReplyIt was probably bad capacitors, not the dust that exploded. Electrolytic capacitors are know to be issues with old equipment.
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