16 Feb
2002
16 Feb
'02
12:58 p.m.
I have one question. *WHY*?
I mean, I think it's entertaining and rewarding to keep the old machines
going for the sake of keeping them running, but to go through all that
trouble simply because it's a "repairable" machine? I don't see the
point.
To me, that's like driving a model-T, and not being able to go on the
expressway because it doesn't go over 40 MPH. And the only reason you're
driving it is because it's "repairable". Not because it's an antique
or
collectable, or a family hierloom.
--John
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2002 20:56 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Destructive charities (was: STAPLES STORES...)
This PC started out as a true-blue IBM PC/AT. For which I have the
official TechRefs. It's been hacked (a lot) -- a 486 kludgeboard in place
of the CPU, extra EPROMS added to patch bits of the BIOS, and so on, but
it's still fundamentally a PC/AT. And most of the expansion cards use
good old TTL chips that I can understand...
-tony
Tony Duell wrote:
Oh, don't get me wrong. I wasn't suggesting that all non-Windows software
was good...
Sure... But I noticed the '_good_
software'. Presumably that means you
like non-Windows machines :-)
Not in all cases , I has a dislike of Red-Hat for example. Why because your base machine needs a network card for
internet access. Guess what,
It does what??? Err, in the UK most people still access the internet via
a dial-up modem line.
I got a modem! Linux too is becoming bloatware in
the sense you 50,000
It is. Memory is too cheap so people don't bother trying to write good,
efficient, small, programs any more :-(.
> As some of you know, I am one of the few
poeple to still be using a
> _repairable_ PC. Meaning I have schematics, etc for it. And
meaning that
I know
what all the chips really do.
Where the heck did you find that? Mind you even with DOC's every new