StarCraft on a 486?

Rhett Stroh

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Apr 22, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/22/98

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Anybody tried this? I know I should upgrade, but VisualC++ runs
fine on my dinosaur so I'm resisting the upgrade urge.

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D Kerr

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Apr 23, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/23/98

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Yes, I have successfully run StarCraft on a Hewlett Packard 486 dx100mhz
machine with only 24 megs of ram. It even ran on b.net with only a 28.8
modem. However, it was definately laggy and choppy as compared to my
P2-266mhz with 80 megs of ram...

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Tanis

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Apr 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/28/98

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Rhett Stroh <rh...@inet1.inetworld.net> wrote:

>Anybody tried this? I know I should upgrade, but VisualC++ runs
>fine on my dinosaur so I'm resisting the upgrade urge.

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it won't run on a 486 .. it needs a pentium 90 ..

Tanis

D Kerr

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Apr 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/28/98

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Tanis wrote in message <6i4pi1$o...@lilith.uab.es>...

>it won't run on a 486 .. it needs a pentium 90 ..
>
> Tanis

I beg to differ... I have successfully run SC and a 486 dx100 pc with 24
megs of ram. It is a bit choppy but it will run....

Brian Haight

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Apr 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/28/98

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I'm running StarCraft perfectly on a 486 DX4/120

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Tanis wrote in message <6i4pi1$o...@lilith.uab.es>...

|Rhett Stroh <rh...@inet1.inetworld.net> wrote:
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|>Anybody tried this? I know I should upgrade, but VisualC++ runs
|>fine on my dinosaur so I'm resisting the upgrade urge.
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J.D. Silvester

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Apr 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/28/98

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Tanis (ale46...@kolmogorov.upc.es) wrote:
: Rhett Stroh <rh...@inet1.inetworld.net> wrote:

: >Anybody tried this? I know I should upgrade, but VisualC++ runs
: >fine on my dinosaur so I'm resisting the upgrade urge.

: it won't run on a 486 .. it needs a pentium 90 ..

It won't? Are you certain?

I have been successfully running StarCraft on a 486DX66 with 20 megs
of RAM, with absolutely no problem.

Bill Huffman

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Apr 28, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/28/98

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In article <6i4pi1$o...@lilith.uab.es>,

Tanis <ale46...@kolmogorov.upc.es> wrote:
>Rhett Stroh <rh...@inet1.inetworld.net> wrote:
>
>>Anybody tried this? I know I should upgrade, but VisualC++ runs
>>fine on my dinosaur so I'm resisting the upgrade urge.
>

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>it won't run on a 486 .. it needs a pentium 90 ..
>

> Tanis
>

In multiplayer at home we play it on a 486 66MHz, 16MB.
It is playable, especially if you're not used to playing it on
the faster machine. :-) I assume it would play the same in
single player, but, I haven't tried single player on the 486.