Fix up that old computer.

[Ringel05]

How to Revitalize Mature Computers

 

[strollingbones]

it is really an article on fixing up old computers....who would have thunk it

 

[Mad Scientist]

In 1996 my first PC had a Pentium I 166mhz processor, 16 megs of RAM and a "whopping" 1 Gigabyte HD! Cost: $1600. I remember thinking what a great deal it was.

New PC's perform so much better, have a lot more features and are ridiculously cheap nowadays. I wouldn't even consider a refurbished PC.

 

[Mr. H.]

Hmmm... maybe I should dust off my first computer- an Apple IIe.

 

[Ringel05]

In 1996 my first PC had a Pentium I 166mhz processor, 16 megs of RAM and a "whopping" 1 Gigabyte HD! Cost: $1600. I remember thinking what a great deal it was.

New PC's perform so much better, have a lot more features and are ridiculously cheap nowadays. I wouldn't even consider a refurbished PC.

The author does it for charity besides you can refurbish an old system to do one task like a home server or dedicated TV feed. Besides nowadays most of the throw aways are early P4s.

 

[ConHog]

Hmmm... maybe I should dust off my first computer- an Apple IIe.

Coleco Adam here. it operated at around 16 MhZ had 80 KB of RAM and a cassette drive. It was a major piece of shit.