19 Apr
2003
19 Apr
'03
2:49 p.m.
Dear List,
What is the concensus on disposal of 286 and 386sx
hardware -- should they be consigned to the bin, or
are there any folks out there collecting them? (or
needing spares?).
One is a Schneider 286 Tower PC (10Mhz), and the other
is a Philips P3345 (16Mhz).
Personally, I do not view either as being particularly
noteworth (other than, perhaps, for sentimental
reasons) .. but seems such a shame to turn them into
landfill :-)
Best regards,
Roger
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19 Apr
19 Apr
3:20 p.m.
On Sun, 20 Apr 2003, Roger Bisson wrote:
What is the concensus on disposal of 286 and 386sx
hardware -- should they be consigned to the bin, or
are there any folks out there collecting them? (or
needing spares?).
One is a Schneider 286 Tower PC (10Mhz), and the other
is a Philips P3345 (16Mhz).
I sometimes hold on to some name brand models (i.e. Dell, Compaq) but only
if they are representative of a certain PC era or style, or were
interesting or unique in their own way (both technological and design
wise).
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4:31 p.m.
Personally I wouldnt mind an old gateway 386 in the mini desktop case +
keyboard since I liked the design, and could use a 386 with ps2 type
connections.
Its not worth the shipping to bother with the generic packard bells and
other cheap brand 286's.
I dont think many of the 286 computers will ever be collectable. For some
reason they are just not popular, maybe because of memory/memory management
limitations.
The original IBM pc's are still collectable, same with the original compaq
and portable.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Bisson" <roger161uk(a)yahoo.co.uk>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: 286 Computers
Dear List,
What is the concensus on disposal of 286 and 386sx
hardware -- should they be consigned to the bin, or
are there any folks out there collecting them? (or
needing spares?).
One is a Schneider 286 Tower PC (10Mhz), and the other
is a Philips P3345 (16Mhz).
Personally, I do not view either as being particularly
noteworth (other than, perhaps, for sentimental
reasons) .. but seems such a shame to turn them into
landfill :-)
Best regards,
Roger
For a better Internet experience
http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer
8:02 p.m.
On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, TeoZ wrote:
I dont think many of the 286 computers will ever be
collectable. For some
reason they are just not popular, maybe because of memory/memory management
limitations.
Or because they are just plain boring and uninteresting.
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8:32 p.m.
Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, TeoZ wrote:
Except for the original IBM 6 MHz AT. It is interesting in the same way
that the Compaq 386 is; both are first editions. Also, the original 512K
IBM AT has the piggyback memory chips which are kind of interesting.
Now, add the 386 multiuser system on the 286, ???386 (can't recall the
name of the Atlanta, Ga company), and we are beginning to see the PCs
get usable.
I dont think many of the 286 computers will ever
be collectable. For some
reason they are just not popular, maybe because of memory/memory management
limitations.
Or because they are just plain boring and uninteresting. 
23 Apr
23 Apr
3:33 a.m.
And thusly Vintage Computer Festival spake:
On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, TeoZ wrote:
*But* you can play Castle Wolfenstein 3D on them! ;)
Cheers,
Bryan
I dont think many of the 286 computers will ever
be collectable. For some
reason they are just not popular, maybe because of memory/memory management
limitations.
Or because they are just plain boring and uninteresting.
4:39 a.m.
--- Bryan Pope <bpope(a)wordstock.com> wrote:
And thusly Vintage Computer Festival spake:
When people were still attempting to sell 286s at Hamfests and Fleamarkets,
you could tell the 286s because *that* was running on them as a crowd
attractor.
It also showed off the dogs... all it took was one 386-25 across the
aisle and nobody paid any attention to the 286s.
-ethan
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On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, TeoZ wrote:
*But* you can play Castle Wolfenstein 3D on them! ;) I dont think many of the 286 computers will ever
be collectable...
Or because they are just plain boring and uninteresting.
6:04 a.m.
Reminds me of sellers showing doom2 on a 486/133 at the computer shows
trying to get rid of them before people realised that the pentium was soooo
much faster.
I still have a 386/40 for playing the older games. So far I havnt run into
anything that I need a 286 or earlier to play it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: 286 Computers
--- Bryan Pope <bpope(a)wordstock.com> wrote:
Fleamarkets,
And thusly Vintage Computer Festival spake:
When people were still attempting to sell 286s at Hamfests and
On Sat, 19 Apr 2003, TeoZ wrote:
*But* you can play Castle Wolfenstein 3D on them! ;) I dont think many of the 286 computers will ever
be collectable...
Or because they are just plain boring and uninteresting.
you could tell the 286s because *that* was running on
them as a crowd
attractor.
It also showed off the dogs... all it took was one 386-25 across the
aisle and nobody paid any attention to the 286s.
-ethan
The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo
http://search.yahoo.com
7:39 p.m.
New subject: 286 Computers (and an Apollo note)
*But* you can play Castle Wolfenstein 3D on them! ;)
Why keep a 286 around when it does fine on my Mac? I don't play it
much anymore, I bought the new Return to Castle Wolfenstein, someone
told me it's based on the Quake 3 engine. Very nice, but needs a lot
of memory. The Belkin Nostromo game controller really helps, too.
But what am I supposed to do with the old PC's? I'm keeping the more
interesting stuff like my PC and XT. And my personal favorite, the HP
Vectra. But the typical beige box junk is cluttering up my basement.
Everything from 286/386 parts to Pentium MMX systems, what can be
done with them besides recycling the chassis and hoping you'll need
the other parts eventually? I don't imagine many people need or want
that old stuff, even on eBay.
Speaking of eBay, I have some Apollo parts I'm going to put up just
to see what happens. Odd stuff like WD7000 cards and memory cards and
such. Once I gather up most of the other stuff I'll be offering it
here on the list, but if you're interested in getting an old Apollo
chassis and various parts and bits, let me know. I could probably
ship the small stuff, but the big stuff is pretty heavy so I'd prefer
to give it to someone local. I'll post a note here when I get it all
together.
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