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Bin it? ... or put it on a shelf somewhere? ....

  • 17-12-2005 7:37pm
    #1
    hobie
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    With all this talk of $$$$$ underpowered machines with no real upgrade path and the question being asked "what to do with it?", I thought I would tell you a story .....

    My first 'Home' Pc was a IBM PS2 286 ...... now its many years since I've used it and when it was no longer being turned on, I had to make the decision ... Bin it or simply put it up on a shelf out of harms way .... well, the shelf won and today its reached the ripe old age of 15 or so years (it could even be sixteen)

    A bit of a Lightning disaster with a P3 Dell a few months ago left me with no home PC and some Letter work I had to get done .... the IBM was powered up .... everything came up including a Mann 81 steam printer and low and behold, all my letter work was created :p

    So what does a IBM PS2 look like at 15 years of age +? :confused:

    Well here it is tonight ...... 'A pup for the puddle and an old dog for the long road' :D

    ip8tft.jpg


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  • #2
    Karoma
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    :cool:


  • #3
    EOA_Mushy
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    Man that brings back memories... :rolleyes:


  • #4
    BULLER
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭BULLER


    Does that have any kind of gui or windows installed? Whats its os?:confused:


  • #5
    commited
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    DOS i'd assume, with proggys booted into the ram from floppys.

    I think they can handle win 3.1 though :p


  • #6
    hobie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭hobie


    DOS i'd assume

    Yep .... DOS 4.0 ..... :p


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  • #7
    Voodoo2
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    Now that really does bring back memories, did you get a printer to interface with it? That HP Printer to left i presume it wasnt that!?


  • #8
    TerrorFirmer
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    Runs Doom 3 pretty well, yeah? :v:


  • #9
    SirLemonhead
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    Never bin that! :D


  • #10
    SolarNexus
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    wow, thats in better shape than my 'puter I bought from Gateway back in 2000.

    If your asking whether you should keep in case it might apreciate in value, I think that'll never happen. It happens with furniture, clothing, etc. but with technology being outdated before it leaves the workbench, its only use as a museum item. speaking of which...

    http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/


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