High End Computer for G2

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I have been running my G2 on a Dell XP computer with minimum memory, speed, disk size, etc. Finally got hold of a very high end Dell XP system and HOLLY COW. I didn't know what I had been missing all these years. Like writing with a ball point pen instead of a feather quill.

Its nice to fire it up every now and then, if for nothing else but to just see how far we (you) have come.

Now if I could only find the old "add-on" disks (3, I think) for G2. More planes, more fields, more objects - you know the drill.
 
Hello, im looking to find a computer that i can install XP on and then run rfg2.

Can i install xp on any computer and will it work?
 
I think many modern components are not supported by XP. You could probably make it work but would involve many workarounds, third party drivers, ETC. Trying to run in a "Virtual Machine Mode" is where I would start if going that direction. But then again you would have to find the XP software also. Maybe check Ebay or local auctions and find a used one with XP aleady installed. A couple colleges around here have auctions once or twice a year and old computers go for $10-$15 dollars.

When I bought my old Dell XP computer it came with the official Microsoft Windows XP installation disk. At one time I tried to use this disk and install XP on a different computer and it would not work. Once I did have to completely reinstall XP on my computer using the disk and it worked. It may have been "keyed" specifically to that computer. It may be that nowdays computers come with the "installation disk" pre installed on them and back then they did not.

My old XP had 512mb memory and ran very slow. Look for something with a couple mb.

On another note. One of the guys in our club is now using my XP/G2 system. He had a stroke and needed a way to relearn RC flying. Its working great and he is doing great.

edit: Some hospitals also auction or sell older computers.
 
VikingTrad3r said:
Hello, im looking to find a computer that i can install XP on and then run rfg2.

Can i install xp on any computer and will it work?
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XP will not have drivers that will work with most computers released after 2015. Their just aren't any drivers for newer computers. I would bypass XP entirely.
Or, you could set up a virtual machine and install XP on it with its' own drivers. Do you have a computer now? G2 will run on Win XP, 7, 8, 10, and 11. It will not install on any Windows computer running 7 or 8 (8.1) that has windows update KB 3086255. This update from Microsoft released in 2015 blocks secdrv.sys the driver that validates the discs. Win 10 and 11 were never shipped with this driver activated. The driver has deep access to the system and is subject to attacks (who knew?)

Having said that, I have installed G2 on 7, 8, 8.1 and then up graded to 10 or 11 and it works just fine. Windows 8.1 is my OS of choice to start with, it can can be easily upgraded to win 10 and has only been out of support of three years. You do need some computer skills. 64 bit OS's such as Windows won't run 16 bit installer apps that G2 uses, but there are easily available work a rounds that will.

You have to have G2 with serial numbers and a Interlink Transmitter also with a serial number. I got mine as a gift in 1999. 20 years later and grand children had me haul my 2001 Emachines XP computer out of the closet. G2 still worked. I got interested in getting it to work on newer systems. Their aren't many updates left for G2 as the server died a long time ago. But I did find the last three somewhere on the forum.
 
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