|
|
|
|
purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
|
| Back to top
|
|
 Posted: 01/03/03 - 10:16 Post subject: Dang, so much for getting lucky. :(
Guy at work whose gf's personal computer I've fixed in the past told me that he got a new computer for Christmas and would be giving me his old one if I wanted it. He said it was a little old but didn't give any specifics.
I came in to find it sitting in my office this AM. The thing is a 286 12 Mhz machine. Probably has 2 Megs of RAM and a 400 Meg hard drive. Let's hope the monitor is worth saving because the rest of it is just junk.
With my luck, it's probably not even a color monitor. 
|
|
|
|
|
TriBob
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 29 Aug 2002
Posts: 5771
Location: Lost in Transition
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 10:25 Post subject:
I could use it for a spare boat anchor 
|
|
|
|
|
purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 10:29 Post subject:
| TriBob wrote: | | I could use it for a spare boat anchor |
How about a 5.25" floppy drive instead? 
|
|
|
|
|
copteacher
Adjunct
|
|
|
Joined: 08 Jun 2002
Posts: 20588
Location: Teaching in the Halls of Justice
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 10:31 Post subject:
maybe it has one of those VGA cards in it John
|
|
|
|
|
shelflifers
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 10 Jun 2002
Posts: 18633
Location: Austin, TX
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 11:02 Post subject:
yes, but does it have solitaire?
maybe you can donate it to a non-profit, yes?
|
|
|
|
|
prohemp
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 7716
Location: in the cradle of liberty
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 11:06 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | yes, but does it have solitaire?
maybe you can donate it to a non-profit, yes? |
better yet, try the Smithsonian
|
|
|
|
|
purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 11:07 Post subject:
| shelflifers wrote: | yes, but does it have solitaire?
maybe you can donate it to a non-profit, yes? |
I'm not sure it's capable of running Windows 3.1. It does have an AT keyboard though. I need one of those for a back up.
|
|
|
|
|
jrjo
Gone Fishin
|
|
|
Joined: 15 May 2002
Posts: 16451
Location: Lake Wobegon, MN
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 11:07 Post subject:
Sounds like an outlet for some Anger Management...
|
|
|
|
|
omega lambda
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 4691
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 14:57 Post subject:
Be sure to pull the vacuum tubes out of it first.
|
|
|
|
|
Sandy Cheeks
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 4605
Location: in the city that never sleeps
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 15:01 Post subject: Tee-hee
You could break it apart and use the parts for something.
I know a guy who uses a CD-ROM drive as a cupholder.
|
|
|
|
|
Erstwhile Lurker
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 4047
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 15:02 Post subject:
I have a few old computers to get rid of. I'm too embarrassed to donate them because they probably won't run much. A 133Mhz with NT server. A 166 running '98. A five year old Mac.
|
|
|
|
|
brethelm
Member
|
|
|
Joined: 06 Dec 2002
Posts: 429
Location: Somewhere - Lost in Rod Blagojevich's Hairpiece
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 15:34 Post subject:
Can you open the chassis, poop on the motherboard, put the chassis back together and put the computer in his office? Just a suggestion.... 
|
|
|
|
|
purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 17:32 Post subject: Re: Tee-hee
| Sandy Cheeks wrote: | You could break it apart and use the parts for something.
I know a guy who uses a CD-ROM drive as a cupholder. |
It's too old to have a CD-ROM drive.
I did hook the monitor up to a machine and it is a color model and it supports up to a whopping 640 x 480 resolution!
|
|
|
|
|
Cappy
Excelent
|
|
|
Joined: 16 May 2002
Posts: 27368
Location: Spreadsheetylvania
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/03/03 - 19:19 Post subject:
Set it up in the server room, and let Joel pee on it as he pleases.
|
|
|
|
|
purple hayes
Frightened Inmate #2
|
|
|
Joined: 14 May 2002
Posts: 14462
Location: ON YOUR LEFT!
|
| Back to top
|
|
Posted: 01/06/03 - 15:19 Post subject:
I looked at it again this morning and it's too old to even have a mouse. 
|
|
|
|
