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Offline Unknown Target

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Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
on: July 24, 2007, 09:41:10 pm
My dad has recently commissioned me to clean out his computer store attic, and up there he's got about 10 or 12 early 90s (Intel 286-486) PCs, lots of old monitors, printers, etc, all from the early 90s with serial cables and what not. Does anyone have any ideas for a good project or something neat to do with all that excess "junk"?
 

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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #1 on: July 24, 2007, 09:47:38 pm
Sell them?Or maybe make a Robot out of it?
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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #2 on: July 24, 2007, 09:50:03 pm
you could try setting up a distributed computing environment, dont ask how.
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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #3 on: July 24, 2007, 10:06:37 pm
Make a weapon? ;)
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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #4 on: July 24, 2007, 10:07:40 pm
modern art!
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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #5 on: July 24, 2007, 10:55:12 pm
render farm? yeah right.
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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #6 on: July 25, 2007, 05:05:16 am
Sell the CPUs to Nasa! :D
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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #7 on: July 25, 2007, 07:42:01 am
Bury them, deep.
 

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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #8 on: July 25, 2007, 07:43:50 am
I know how you can make robots out of computers....... :nervous:
[22:29] <sigtau> Hello, #hard-light?  I'm trying to tell a girl she looks really good for someone who doesn't exercise.  How do I word that non-offensively?
[22:29] <RangerKarl|AtWork> "you look like a big tasty muffin"
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<batwota> wouldn’t that mean that it’s prepared to kiss your ass if you flank it :p
<batwota> wow
<batwota> KILL
 

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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #9 on: July 25, 2007, 10:18:13 am
Go buy some fireworks or gunpowder or whatever, and blow them to kingdom come.
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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #10 on: July 25, 2007, 10:23:42 am
Hmm, if you're not going to use them, see how fast they will overclock with modern cooling equipment & still be stable.  ;7
 

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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #11 on: July 25, 2007, 03:44:21 pm
Quote from: Nuke on July 24, 2007, 09:50:03 pm
you could try setting up a distributed computing environment

I'd do that. 





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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #12 on: July 25, 2007, 04:22:10 pm
when you say intel 468, is that in mhz? or just the chipset?
 

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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #13 on: July 25, 2007, 05:23:13 pm
The chipset (and it's 486) :)
 

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Reply #14 on: July 25, 2007, 05:33:13 pm
Throw them at people you dont like
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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #15 on: July 25, 2007, 05:55:39 pm
Get them in working order and sell them as retro-gaming machines on ebay.
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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #16 on: July 25, 2007, 08:02:23 pm
I have a p2 450mhz. I am using it right now.
 

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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #17 on: July 26, 2007, 01:20:38 am
i have a p3 450 too
as it came from an office i wasnt expecting much but it came with a voodoo3 and a aureal vortex 2 sound card
was i a happy bunny...
 

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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #18 on: July 26, 2007, 02:48:35 am
I have a bunch of old computer parts... some work, some don't, I'm going to have to sort through them sooner....... or later.  :nervous:    MS Virtual PC has kinda spoiled me...
 

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Re: Need advice - lots of spare early 90s computers, what to do with them?
Reply #19 on: July 26, 2007, 05:33:50 am
Quote from: Topgun on July 25, 2007, 04:22:10 pm
when you say intel 468, is that in mhz? or just the chipset?

bloody noobs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_80486
:D
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