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DMilardovich   11-01-2008 at 07:43:16 PM

Hi everybody.

I want some opinions about what could I do with some old Hardware that I have at home ....... There are Hardware enought to build 6 or maybe 8 (buying some cables, RAM memories and maybe some boards or HDDs).

PCs are between an AMD386 and an Intel Celeron Mendocino 500Mhz (Socket 370).


Just wait for your answeres. Bye!

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alvine   11-01-2008 at 07:56:15 PM
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you can probably use the old hard drive for storing data

new motherboards only come with one IDE connector so you could only use one hard drive.


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DMilardovich   11-01-2008 at 08:44:00 PM
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Thanks for your answere .....

What about using them as a server and earn some money? ... Think it is possible?

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customisbetter   11-01-2008 at 09:48:02 PM
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^Unlikely.
I say build a few working ones and load an OS onto each one. Then stuff them in the back of a closet or bury them in a plastic box in your backyard. Then in ten or twenty years, bring them out and turn them on and gaze at the past and show your kids what a computer used to be like.

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Bronze CPUs badge jj463rd   11-02-2008 at 09:41:32 PM
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Here is a good place to go for old hardware.
Lightspeeds Windows Reference Page
http://oldfiles.org.uk/lightspeed/main.html
You might want to also go to
http://www.driverguide.com/

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customisbetter   11-03-2008 at 05:06:32 AM
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My friend just found a 1 mhz computer with 648 K of ram. Its fairly entertaining and makes a great conversation starter.

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