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:eek: WARNING :eek: WARNING :eek: WARNING

Dinosaur disease is seriuos.

Moat susceptible in the public:
Those who say the birth of the 8088.

Most common symptoms:
When you see a 386 laptop and think : gee it's only $90 !
When you think : wow, win 3.1 looks nice on it !
When you think : wow, look at all the games on it !
When you think : wow "write" works good !

Similar symptoms can occur with desktop 486 and p-75/90 !

Beware of these symptoms.
Dinosaur fever is a spreading to certain types of people.
If you see this happening please rescue these poor souls.

Pike, Danny and no one else

Electric coolaid for everyone, except me, never touch the stuff !<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by pike on 12/22/01 09:18 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Should I take them to the hospital???

Rob
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Reply to Arrow

I find it hard to believe you "two" would have a problem with these great systems.

<font color=blue>Remember.... You get what you pay for. :smile: All advice here is free.</font color=blue> :wink:

Reply to OldBear

Lost my damn post going to FAQ, [-peep-].
Well just talking sense into them will do the trick.
Personnaly i've bought to much outdated hardware, reassembled it to find out no one really wants it. Ouch.
Have right now 3 486 and small cyrix p-75 (486-133 i beleive have to recheck). Don't now what to do with the damn things. Have sound, cd, win95.
Do other people have this problem, or is it a generation thing ?
I will inoculate myself for futur contacts.

Danny

Electric coolaid for everyone, except me, never touch the stuff !

Reply to pike

I just rescued a 486 DX/4-100 system. For its case. If you wan the chip, your welcome to it.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Reply to Crashman

I had the hardest time throwing out my old 286/12 when the hard drive controller went bad. Now I'm considering throwing 300 celerons in the garbage.

-- Ah sh*t! sys64738 --

Reply to Mavicator

I think Crashman has a small touch of this desease, no disrespect intended, since he still keeps those 486-100s.
BTW, my 4 year old has a 486-100, 16 ram, 1.1 DD, vesa vid, sb-16(original, hard to find), 4X CD . Hell it work's like a charm. She must have over 30 games and progs for kids on that thing. Everything works by golly. Win95. Not throwing that out the door.
I will give my darn 486-66s to charity, but where the hell is that, and will they take them ? Have spent soo many hours on those damn oldie machines, they become like children to me. :eek:
I on the other hand have contracted this desease and am fighting for my sanity !
Too much coffee , will leave this post before i "meltdown"

Danny

Electric coolaid for everyone, except me, never touch the stuff !

Reply to pike

Send your garbage to me, everything newer than a 486 has some value. Even some 486's have a few dollars worth of parts.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Reply to Crashman

I think if you donate a PC to a charity it has to meet certain specs before the gov. will allow you to write it off.

<b>If you make a sytem that even an idiot can use, only an idiot will use it!!</b>

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