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 Bizarre
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 03:25 PM |
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What to do with old computers
What do you peoples do with the old computers.
just clearing the desk and i have on oldie that is good for internet conection but not a hope for games etc
Before i dump it in the upcomming council clean up is there anywhere/one that recycles these things???
barry
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Maybe call your local IT people? (YellowPages or something)
If not, EgeWorks could help you out... he's an IT dude! :P
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 03:51 PM |
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Barry.. What is it? I'm always looking for old P1's and P2's to use for customer premise equipment.. Does it have a Lan card?.. I have a client at
Padstow that needs a warehouse computer..
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 03:53 PM |
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Ummmm...........an old IBM 200.
I used it as a internet connection
just dont have the space.
Comes with a 14" and 17" monitors
Comes with an inbuilt networking card.
interested??
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 04:04 PM |
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On second thoughts, i just looked at all the ones I've got here and don't really have a use.. Sorry
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 07:17 PM |
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I'd nab it off you if I lived in sydney... cos thats just what I do :P..collect them!
Seems a waste to have them thrown out! 
But yeah.. I dunno...people still buy em... you could flog it off for 20 bucks to someone who is looking for a machine just to get them started...
elderly people on pentions often opt for a cheap secondhand machine as a first computer to get them into the world of tech... just to see if they
like...
or, as warb said... freecycle.org...tis great! 
Hey speaking of computers, Adam...if ya happen to come thru this thread... just wonderin if ya got my email about the G3... still interested?
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 07:28 PM |
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have you seen the movie office space ??
gravity wont get you high
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 07:33 PM |
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They make good anchors.
If u wire it up correctly in the wrong way, it can also make nice light shows, as my ex-harvey norman bro states.
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 07:38 PM |
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heheh...its fun to throw the monitor down a steep driveway if it doesnt work... youd be syrpriised how much of a walloping you need to give a
seemingly fragile CRT monitor before the tube smashes.... took me a few tumbles down the driveway, a swinging rouund by the cord slamming onto the
cement, and numerous blows from a sledgehammer before it finally broke! :duh
The toaster met the same fate... 
Damn I'm a destructive little prick!
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 07:48 PM |
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Lol. I'm glad they don't break. Everytime i get pissed off at the computer, i'm talking really pissed, i dig my knuckles right into the CRT, and i
wallop it hard !!! knuckles dry, cracked bruised afterwould.
I'm not that much of a psyko.... Its just about once every 2 months. Can u really blame me.... Lol.
Hmm, gives me an idea for a thread.
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 08:00 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Ummmm...........an old IBM 200.
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Excellent base for a Linux router
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 08:19 PM |
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Schmo
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 08:22 PM |
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http://www.classicgaming.com - build a mame machine and re-live the 'fish and
chip shop' days of the 80's...defender, galaxians, centepede, continental circus, 1941....if not give it to a high school for their senior VET IT,
then they can trash it and install Linux on it etc.,
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| posted on April 10th, 2006 at 08:40 PM |
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I don't need it but some else might like to get into the game...
I get my hands on heaps of toss outs, from 5 or six can usually build up one or two machines for the local special schools. They are always
appreciative.
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| posted on April 11th, 2006 at 06:26 AM |
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Offer it to the local school. There are lots of kids from families with limited funds, who need a homework computer. It would be put to good use. If
it does not have a printer thay can put their work onto a floppy and the school will print it for them.
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| posted on April 11th, 2006 at 10:14 PM |
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they make good music players..
dont need a fast chip.
get a big arse hard disc for it and copy all of your cd's music etc onto it and get a nice surround sound system.
spray paint it black.
make a big playlist and put it on random.
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| posted on April 11th, 2006 at 10:57 PM |
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i am all for the juke box machine idea
jam it in the garage with some odd job speakers and when the fans burn out from the dust recycle it ( or install some more $5 fans.)
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| posted on April 12th, 2006 at 11:48 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Schmo
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Heheh...nah mate, sorry!... I'm too lazy...and I hate Sydney traffic...tis a pain in the ass trying to negotiate that hole with a Kombi... :P
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| posted on April 12th, 2006 at 02:17 PM |
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Be a sport and donate it to a MAC user, Stand back and watch as said user freaks out at the increase in raw power and those extra mouse buttons.
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Oi!...WATCH IIIIIIIT! :vader
Oh.. and it's Mac... not MAC... :P
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yes, dont start the whole Mac vs PC debate. I would be so much happier if apple dominated the computer market. The software for the mac is generally
written much better than software for windows so that the mac requires less raw power to run faster than a PC.
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| Quote: | Originally
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yes, dont start the whole Mac vs PC debate. I would be so much happier if apple dominated the computer market. The software for the mac is generally
written much better than software for windows so that the mac requires less raw power to run faster than a PC.
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Don't you love people who say don't start this... then go straight into it themselves.
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| posted on April 12th, 2006 at 04:16 PM |
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ya have 2 giggle,
I find you can pritty much always tell if a person is a Mac user and if I carn't, I try not to embarrass them by asking!
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| posted on April 12th, 2006 at 06:42 PM |
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army auction
they aint worth a lot ,i went to an army auction the other week and there was computers lots every where ,1 lot of 8 pallets (yes 8 pallets) of
computers screens printers etc etc etc went for $60
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| Quote: | Originally
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yes, dont start the whole Mac vs PC debate. I would be so much happier if apple dominated the computer market. The software for the mac is generally
written much better than software for windows so that the mac requires less raw power to run faster than a PC.
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This man, he speak the word of God! :jesus
Amen brother!
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Anybody wants an OLD computer..I've got a Tandy 600 laptop (april, 1985)
Might make a handy clock, or boat anchor...
http://www.obsoletecomputermuseum.org/m600/
Super Mega Bonuses- Floppy disc drive. LCD screen. Beige.
bog'n'grumble
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ooooooooooooh!!!..FLOPPY DRIVE!!!
Tell me tho... does it those new fangled 3.5" floppy's, or the good old 5.25" ones??? :P
I hear chicks don't dig 3.5" floppies much!
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Vintage computers are getting collectable. Have been for a while. Early Apples get good money if they come with original packaging. Apple Newtons are
also worth money now. Acorns and BBC Micros are great for kids right up to year 10. They are simple, and with Basic, they get a great grasp of
programming. (emulators work well too). Early PCs are worthless. CRT fishbowls are worthless. A working PC with some form of windows are great for
kids doing IT VET, as this course if competency based, so they have to be able to pull one apart and rebuild it ... so if a local high school offers
VET IT, then they could make use of an old PC, but doubt they'd want the monitor. Printers are worthless, especially as Colour Lasers are sub 500
these days.
It is a trend (and I have a friend in the UK who sells on eBay) to get an old machine and fit a mini-itx motherboard and redo to make a PC. The yanks
like them a lot - they make great receptions toys. ( http://www.mini-itx.com/ ) -
check out the mad toys and cigar box PCs...
Also 'Game and Watch' handhelds are highly collected, as are Atari Woodies...ROM games are collectable too - but you need the box to make them worth
while.
Simon (MB Games) and Texas Instruments Speak and Spell - and Speak and Maths are getting good money now - but check the 'edition' later ones are not
as well made or desirable. Early calculators are worth collecting, as are LED Watches.
The great thing about collecting vitage electronica - is that it's plentyful and affordable. As an IT teacher, I use old machines - as it makes kids
think more - XP does everything on auto pilot, to the point that when it doesn't work, it's too hard for kids to problem solve, as they usually have
no real idea of how it's working (or not).
Software for vintage micros is all over the internet, and if you do have kids in year 9/10 who are starting out, then using BASIC is a good idea as
its a simple language to learn and then if/when they extend to something like Visual Basic - the favourite choice for HSC programming tasks, they will
have a better entry point.
If you've got early VIC20's C64s, Game and Watch, Apple Classics, Speak and Spells or Atari Woodies, let me know ... and do check out the mini-itx
site, there are some very cool projects ... it's not that hard to turn a toy VW into a PC!
(and Macs are better than PCs) - Massive clock speak = heat and limits the number of processes the CPU can do in any given cycle, which is why Macs
run faster off lower clock speeds - horse power without torque is pointless.
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