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> By the early and especially mid 90s it was incredibly common for the users to have a graphics card. Well yes, if you were lucky enough to have a new entry-le
by ryukoposting 2y ago
> By the early and especially mid 90s it was incredibly common for the users to have a graphics card.
Well yes, if you were lucky enough to have a new entry-level PC in 1994, you'd have a 486SX with just enough VRAM to run WFW at 800x600.
But, at least as late as Obtober 1992, the cheapest new PCs I see in PCMag are PC/AT clones running a 16MHz 286 (it probably had a VGA card, but come on). You could buy a cheap modem, plug it into your AT clone, and yank down some Gopher stuff.
Some folks didn't have a PC, but still had a computer. One of my old machines is a TRS-80 that was being used almost daily as late as 2013.