What Can I Do With A

[Twist3r]

hey i have a old pc in my closet and its been there for along time.. i was wondering what you would suggest doing with it???

the specs are:

Windows 95
2 gb hard drive
cd drive
3 1/2 floppy
5 1/4 floppy
8 mb ram
33mhz clocked CPU

http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/misc/oldpc22200.jpg

im guessing selling it would be the best thing to do with it <_<

[lynx]

Find a tower block....

Edit: or a museum.

[muchspl2]

heh not much
the only usefull thing I would use it for parts as needed and maybe take the hd out and put it in your newer pc, just use it a swap file for windows

[mooseman2070]

that thing is probably worth a lot man. its an antique

[accat13]

if you have a boat then you have an anchor :D

[bigdawgfoxx]

Take it on a big ass building..and drop it off..or just beat the shit out of it for fun..or see how much fire it can withstand haha

[Twist3r]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@3 December 2003 - 04:45
Take it on a big ass building..and drop it off..or just beat the shit out of it for fun..or see how much fire it can withstand haha
YES&#33;&#33;&#33; after i take out the hard drive

[bigdawgfoxx]

HELL YEAH B)

[_John_Lennon_]

They case could probably be up for a nice mod job, if its a nice one.

Post a pic of it.

[Twist3r]

a pic of the inside of the case? or what???

[_John_Lennon_]

The tower, maybe with its side panel off.

:D

[Twist3r]

http://www.chinkii.com/uploads/album/misc/oldpcinsidecase0002.jpg

it has a small mobo lol

im going to take out the hard drive tomarrow :D

[Cygnuz-Y]

OMG, are those ISA ports :o

[bob_the_alien]

If you need a router, you could turn it into that.

[Virtualbody1234]

Windows 95 ???


The minimum requirements for Windows 95 are:

- 486 DX2 66 MHz Micro-Processor

- 8 Megabytes of RAM

- Mouse

~130 MB Free Hard Drive space

And that was the first Windows 95, not Win95b.

I have installed it on a 50 MHz laptop but never on 33 MHz.

[james_bond_rulez]

donate it to the canadian air force defence department..

much needed equipment upgrades ;)

[bob_the_alien]

Originally posted by james_bond_rulez@2 December 2003 - 23:32
donate it to the canadian air force defence department..

much needed equipment upgrades ;)
:lol: :D :lol: :lol: :D :lol: :D :lol: :D

[quiksilver_aus]

wow, 33mhz? win 95?


my dad has an old dell laptop (didnt fit very well on your lap though, so chunky) that measured processor speed in kilohertz. and it ran win3.1
the battery only lasts for about 10 min and its a monotone grey lcd screen.

i remember that computer was the first i used to play such microsoft games as: reversi, minesweeper, and solitare

[Evil Gemini]

Try overclocking the living shit out of it untill it blows :)

[FuNkY CaPrIcOrN]

;) Give it to charity.Alot of kids do not have Computers to play with like we do and it will do one of them good.


FC B)

[lynx]

Originally posted by FuNkY CaPrIcOrN@3 December 2003 - 07:18
;) Give it to charity.Alot of kids do not have Computers to play with like we do and it will do one of them good.


FC B)
I can see the headlines now.

"Child hurt by donated computer - he really did split his sides laughing". :lol:

[bigdawgfoxx]

hahahahaha

[Twist3r]

i think its 33 mhz it says that when its booting up, anyway it has a turbo butten on the case it goes really slow with out it on

[SciManAl]

linux

[clocker]

Originally posted by Twister@3 December 2003 - 15:11
i think its 33 mhz it says that when its booting up, anyway it has a turbo butten on the case it goes really slow with out it on
"Turbo button"?

What does that do, goose the hamster?

[camille]

That&#39;s already an antique, it could be a vintage collection.

[SciManAl]

ohh i know what that is, shame clocker :rolleyes: tsk tsk tsk...
The turbo button is way of overclocking the computer&#33; the maufacterer&#39;s way of making the computer look more impressive and actually do something, with a button hehehehe&#33; :P

[Virtualbody1234]

You don&#39;t remember the turbo button, clocker?

http://www.pcguide.com/ref/case/switchTurbo-c.html

[SciManAl]

hehehe, i remeber it and in all graces i am quite younger than him, he should know... from his time and all... :P ohh well he is after all a car person... :lol:

[atiVidia]

holy fuck&#33; he doesnt know what the turbo button is&#33;?&#33;

and i thot that clocker was GOOD at these things&#33;


yes, the turbo button is a way to overclock a PC, albeit a very ANCIENT method...

[clocker]

I only touched my first computer a year ago this week.

It lacked a "Turbo button".

Had I only known.

[bigdawgfoxx]

Dang...ease up just cuz he dont know what a turbo button is doesnt mean nething

[clocker]

I am busy adding a Turbo button to my new PC.

Do you think that if I make it switch my PSU from 110v to 220v that it will have the desired "boost" effect? :huh:

[mooseman2070]

i think it&#39;d be cool to have a turbo button on your pc. it would be even better now that we have 3.2 ghz CPUs

[SciManAl]

I only mean to play games with those who are older Clocker, as for the suggestion of 110 to 220 the answer is this, working/buring in a ball of flame is equal to 110/220...

the turbo switch actually changed the FSB etc... and overclocked it, i have an old computer that has several jumper configurations with On/Off switches for them or "Turbo" Switches, it is there for effect, not as much as actually dramaticly increasing performance...


Also @ clocker, why the hell didn&#39;t you say so man??? &#33; year ago??? we should have had beers, and celebrated&#33;&#33; :beerchug: &#33;&#33;&#33;&#33; Happy Year and a Week&#33;&#33;&#33;

hehehehehe :P

ohh the turbo switch... hehehehe :P

[Virtualbody1234]

You guys don&#39;t seem to get it. The &#39;turbo&#39; mode was &#39;normal&#39; and non turbo mode was to slow th PC down for older games. The games were designed to run at the speed based on the CPU speed. The newer, faster PCs needed a slow setting to play the games at the right speed.

It&#39;s not overclocking. It&#39;s slowing it down.

[SciManAl]

Really?? did i mess up that bad??? what model is it???

[clocker]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@3 December 2003 - 20:37
You guys don&#39;t seem to get it. The &#39;turbo&#39; mode was &#39;normal&#39; and non turbo mode was to slow th PC down for older games. The games were designed to run at the speed based on the CPU speed. The newer, faster PCs needed a slow setting to play the games at the right speed.

It&#39;s not overclocking. It&#39;s slowing it down.
Well hell, that&#39;s no fun at all.

I can think of lots of ways to slow this thing down.
I can even crash her at will.

Where&#39;s the challenge in that?

[SciManAl]

lol, hehehe i know i could kill my computer in mere seconds if my will desired it...
(although i know my pocketbook won&#39;t :P )

i really thought i knew that one... slowing down a 33,hz was not the problem back then... it was making them go faster... ohh well i guess i was wrong... :rolleyes: hmmm...

[lynx]

Clocker, what are you thinking of?

Forget the turbo button, go for nitrous oxide. :eek:
If it doesn&#39;t work, at least you can have a laugh about it.

:lol:

[ilw]

Originally posted by clocker@4 December 2003 - 01:26
Do you think that if I make it switch my PSU from 110v to 220v that it will have the desired "boost" effect? :huh:
I did that :P, can&#39;t say i saw much of a speed increase though.

I always wondered what the turbo button was, it didn&#39;t seem to do anything on my old comp.

As for a 33MHz computer, you could run some older distros of linux with graphics turned off, i haven&#39;t figured out why you&#39;d want to, perhaps as a router or a print server or a calculator? :blink:

[clocker]

Originally posted by lynx@4 December 2003 - 07:17
Clocker, what are you thinking of?

Forget the turbo button, go for nitrous oxide. :eek:
If it doesn&#39;t work, at least you can have a laugh about it.

:lol:
A man after my own heart.

I&#39;ll have to safety wire my CPU and RAM right away.

[atiVidia]

Originally posted by clocker+4 December 2003 - 09:45--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 4 December 2003 - 09:45)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-lynx@4 December 2003 - 07:17
Clocker, what are you thinking of?

Forget the turbo button, go for nitrous oxide. :eek:
If it doesn&#39;t work, at least you can have a laugh about it.

:lol:
A man after my own heart.

I&#39;ll have to safety wire my CPU and RAM right away. [/b][/quote]
nitrous oxide, eh?

how bout liquid nitrogen?

even better, get a mini fridge and put the PC in that&#33; (@ GCN, who hasnt posted in a while)

where is GCN anyway?

[3rd gen noob]

didn&#39;t KITT have a "turbo" button...?

:-"

p.s. use the comp as a router, as was already suggested

...or beat the sh*t out of it, as was already sugested :)

[Snee]

I had an old 33Mhz aptiva, win95, with ran pretty smooth btw.

I got hold of a couple of old 100Mhz processors though, installed an overdrive one on it, so it&#39;s no longer a 33 MHz.

I was/am going to install linux, if I can find two network cards that fit, thataway I can turn it into a firewall. It&#39;s the best non-dstructive idea I&#39;ve got. :)

[RGX]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

"best non-destructive idea i&#39;ve got"


I would personally use it as a test rig for old hardware, and maybe as a basic server to put my stuff on, with upgraded hard drives

[balamm]

Has this been suggested ?

http://www.doslife.com/

[3RA1N1AC]

you could sell that baby on eBay as a "Near Mint Turbo Doorstop **RARE** No Reserve&#33;&#33; L@@K." either that or Turbo Paperweight.

[Keikan]

Do some EXTREME modding to the cpu

[peat moss]

My dads a trucker serving downtown Vancouver Bc. He brings me all the computer parts he finds by the dumpters. Some kool stuff tho But I throw out Anything under a p 133 turbo button or not. I just dont tell him. Its amazing what people throw away found great edo memory in quite a few, 4 g hard drives too. One mans garbage is a nothers gold

[Sparkle1984]

Isn&#39;t there anyone in your family or younger students who could just use it for basic word-processing and stuff?

[ibelledthecat]

ever tried doing this :-

http://www.geocities.com/shubhodeep_das/bestwaytousecomputer.gif

[Kunal]

pmsl @ http://www.geocities.com/shubhodeep_das/bestwaytousecomputer.gif

[bigdawgfoxx]

Originally posted by Sparkle1984@6 December 2003 - 18:19
Isn&#39;t there anyone in your family or younger students who could just use it for basic word-processing and stuff?
I wouldnt even TRY that.