Very old computer working?

[michaelahess]

I still have an apple IIe and IIc and Mac Classic, a TRS-80 and a comadore 64, sold my atari and intellivision (stupid me). I still PLAY the IIc, it's portable, plugs into a tv and has some fun games. This guy isn't totally out, I remember playing warcraft 2 on systems like that. And dude, if you really want a power cord I have a box of around 500, I'll send you one, seriously, heck how bout 2, and some 30 pin 1meg simms even, I got some vesa local bus ide controllers too, and a real nice 256k ati advantage video card. I also have a 40meg hd laying around somewhere (that I paid $300 for!).....Better giving them to someone then thowing them away!

 

[KingLoftusXII]

Hey, I've got a VooDoo3 laying around here somewhere.
Pop that baby in and you'll have yourself quite the gaming
rig....

 

[michaelahess]

heck I got a couple voodoo 2's, he can go all out with SLI!

 

[brainysmurf]

I've also got an old Intergraph TD-425
This was a high-end graphics work station, top-of-the-line technology in 1995: twin 233 mhz Pentium IIs, dual 500mb SATA drives. It cost $10,000 way back when.
I'd be willing to let may-pep have it ... but I don't think I could afford to ship it to him. It weighs about 70 pounds!

 

[michaelahess]

I got an sgi 02 with a mips 10k in it, 9 gig scsi drive, and 512meg ram, can't do a darn thing with it unless you like Maya, cost about 10k also, but I'm keeping that, it looks cool.

 

[shinigamiX]

Beat my abacus, b*tches! :lol:

 

[slvr_phoenix]

In these days, we do need all the humor we can get!

In that case, I humbly present some of the old SPG classics.

(Unfortunately doing a search for the "Silver Phoenix Group" in the hardware section seems to further support my feeling that several of my threads have been culled in the new forumz crossover, but it still brings up a few.)

The SPG presents Bad Caps.
The SPG presents R-T-F-M.
The SPG reports on AMD being under suspicion of illegal arms dealing.
The SPG reports on the truth about vending machines.
The SPG reports on the conspiracy behind the Any Key.

 

[Anoobis]

slvr_phoenix...I bow before thee!!!!

 

[ww1065]

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The SPG reports on the truth about vending machines.
The SPG reports on the conspiracy behind the Any Key.

Oh, yes!!

 

[michaelahess]

I have one of those too, very fragile bone things (I don't even know what they're called), I hate to even touch it.

 

[pip_seeker]

Overclock it? To what? 100Mhz?

mmmwahahahaha :lol:

oh my I haven't laughed this hard in awhile thanks alot gize.

too funny. It probably has windows 3.1 or DOS.


seriously dude give it away to the poor/charity and try to take some money off your taxes. Be happy if they value it at $5. You'd be lucky to run a word processor and a internet browser at the same time and that's in turbo mode. If you try to overclock it you'll probably burn it up.

 

[slvr_phoenix]

DIE EVIL THREAD DIE!!!!!

AH!!!!!!!!

1 PRINT "This is the thread that never ends."
2 PRINT "It just goes on and on my friends."
3 PRINT "Someone started posting to it, not knowing what it was,"
4 PRINT "and now they'll be keeping it alive forever just because..."
5 GOTO 1

 

[WINDSHEAR]

you hit the nail on the head slvr-phoenix :lol:😛

 

[maypep_necro]

Overclock it? To what? 100Mhz?

mmmwahahahaha :lol:

oh my I haven't laughed this hard in awhile thanks alot gize.

too funny. It probably has windows 3.1 or DOS.


seriously dude give it away to the poor/charity and try to take some money off your taxes. Be happy if they value it at $5. You'd be lucky to run a word processor and a internet browser at the same time and that's in turbo mode. If you try to overclock it you'll probably burn it up.

I got windows 95.

 

[Steele]

Come on, guys. The guy had a legitimate question. No need to be such bastards about it.

Besides, that isn't even that old. I remember paying $3,300 for a 486 25mhz with 1mb RAM and a 79mb HDD. It had both kinds of floppy drives (3.5 and 5.25).

I also remember paying $2,000 for an 8086 that also had both kinds of floppy drives (5.25 and 8 ). We put in an 8mb internal HD that cost another couple hundred.

Maypep_necro: You probably won't be able to sell it for as much as $50, but if you can get it working faster, you might be able to give it to a charity or something. You're really better off not investing much time into it.

 

[michaelahess]

My first was a 386sx 16 with 1meg ram and 40meg hd, then I aquired a 286 and an 8088, the 386 was over 3k

 

[pip_seeker]

I got windows 95.

Ok in that case you might get $5.50


put it on ebay, maybe you'll hit the jackpot.

List it for $1.00 and drum it up making it sound very good.

Example:

Comes with the greatest advance in computer history Windows95, 32 bit, color graphics, [it does have color doesn't it? :lol: ],fast mind numbing 66mhz with turbo button for extreme number crunching to 80mhz at the press of a button!

then talk about the memory... how fast it is etc. just list the positives, but keep it truthful, you don't want the stupid thing to come back.

Post pictures of it and set the auction for a week. This will tell you what it's worth. Keep your shipping and handling prices reasonable as well. You might get more than $5 this way.

 

[maypep_necro]

GI but i don't sell it on ebay. My friend want it for 50$ so i wanna get it work without any damages to my monitor and to don't buy a power cord for nothing.

 

[michaelahess]

dude you won't hurt your monitor or your power cord, just plug them in and see if it turns on!!!!

 

[maypep_necro]

i need to get a powercord and they cost 5$ and i dont wanna spend this cord if the pc not working.

 

[michaelahess]

you list your system specs on your signature, you have another computer right? Unplug the cord from your computer and plug it into the old one, what's the problem?

 

[Vascular]

you list your system specs on your signature, you have another computer right? Unplug the cord from your computer and plug it into the old one, what's the problem?

Thats what I said on page 4 😀

 

[pip_seeker]

you list your system specs on your signature, you have another computer right? Unplug the cord from your computer and plug it into the old one, what's the problem?

maybe the power cord don't reach? 😀

 

[crazywheels]

this has to be on e of the funniest threads in a long while, thank you

 

[Vascular]

you list your system specs on your signature, you have another computer right? Unplug the cord from your computer and plug it into the old one, what's the problem?

maybe the power cord don't reach? 😀


Try one of these. Cord Extender