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« on: July 13, 2011, 07:41:17 PM » |
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No matter how much new hardware we have we all tend to keep older systems for other purposes or for nostalgia.
Ive been a collector for a long time and I also keep older systems that I was fond of over the years like my P4 3.4ghz system.
Whats the oldest hardware youre still using?
For me its a pentium 90 system with 64mb that I still use for older gaming and running older apps.
I have collector systems like Apple IIs but dont use them everyday.
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2011, 06:35:26 PM » |
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Core 2 duo, 2.0ghz, one of the first Conroe chips to come out. So that makes it about 5 years old now.
I wish I had the foresight to keep my older computers around, like the Commodore 64 that got me started. Been thinking of buying one off of Ebay for nostalgia reasons.
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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2011, 06:36:29 PM » |
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Thats your oldest computer?
You should visit my house as Ive gota wide variety of systems starting from the 80s,90s and beyond.
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« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2011, 06:48:34 PM » |
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I have an old K6-II still in daily use here.
Its actually still got all the old components from when it was first bought back in 1998 apart from the cd drive that died a while back.
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« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2011, 06:50:06 PM » |
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Yeah. I don't like to keep old equipment around, if I upgrade machines I don't keep old stuff lying around although sometimes I will keep certain components and re-use them in the "new" PC. I think my CD drive is like 10 years old.
I had an old AMD Thunderbird cpu in a box for years, until I threw it out recently. Also found a 100mb hard drive in box somewhere, threw it out too. But I really regret throwing out that Commodore.
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2011, 06:55:14 PM » |
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You need to come by my place as Ive got alot of older stuff.
Ive got a large video card collection and Im one of the five most avid 3DFX collectors around.
I can build a system from any era with the parts I have.
Love tinkering around with the older systems and I havent found a decent C64 yet either.
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2011, 06:57:14 PM » |
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I'll have to drop by next time I'm in your area! Trip down memory lane.
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2011, 06:58:59 PM » |
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« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2011, 09:03:25 PM » |
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I just sold some of my older stuff on ebay a a package deal just clear it out , didn't bring but $25.00 but was better than just tossing it
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« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2011, 09:04:09 PM » |
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Contact me next time and let me know what you have as I might have given you a better deal.
Always looking for older stuff.
In 2007-2008 when we were short on cash I sold alot of stuff for over $10000
Much of it was collector items and one 3DFX voodoo5 5500 pci card went for over $245
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« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2011, 01:34:05 PM » |
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i still have the shuttle sn45g that i'm trying to breathe some life back into, since i still like the looks of it. my other older pc's are not worth keeping around.
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« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2011, 04:21:54 PM » |
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I use a variety of older pcs, from pentiums,p2s,p3s,A64,P4 for gaming,servers,and other uses.
I use Linux on most of them and my older systems fly.
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