>> [Ever tried to do software rendering on a 286? Hint: this belongs to the 
>> class of operations that is "not fast".]
> 
>   I don't believe Doom even works in a 286. (Maybe a much later third-party
> port, perhaps, but not the original one.)

OK, well, we *are* talking about events that happened well over 10 years 
ago. My memory isn't so hot. What I do remember is this:

1. At the time, Doom was reputed to require insanely expensive high-end 
hardware to run usably.

2. My school had old, crappy hardware.

3. A friend of mine cunningly hid a copy of Doom on several PCs. 
(Installed it in a folder named "...", so nobody would spot it.)

4. It was slow as hell!

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