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TBH, I think most deskpros are hideous, the ATX ones are so ugly. I like these AT style cases, very sleek and thin, made with some pretty thick metal for the tops. Only thing I don't like about them is dealing with the drives, its so cramped in there.

Old shit no one cares about but me.

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TBH, I think most deskpros are hideous, the ATX ones are so ugly. I like these AT style cases, very sleek and thin, made with some pretty thick metal for the tops. Only thing I don't like about them is dealing with the drives, its so cramped in there.

Only ones I like are the ones like my old one where you can put a monitor on top of them.

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Not quite as ancient as the PET a few pages back, but still back from before it all took shape..

 

The Retro Closet

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The Amiga 500 + 20 MB Supra HDD

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The Commodore 64 + 1531 Datasette + SD2IEC 1541 "Floppy" Drive
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Here is just a couple of the old motherboards that I have lying around. I have alot more but need to buy more plaques before I hang them up on the wall.

 

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This...is...genius.....

 

This.....is.....art.......

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Decided to put back together what was left of my old PCs. I've got an AMD 286-16/S, AMD DX-40 with 8MB RAM, Cyrix 486 SLC and an AMD K6-2 (works but is very temperamental). The computer mice are a Microsoft Serial Mouse (has patent pending on it) and a Serial-Port Compatible Mouse 2. The WD HDD is my original 85MB that was used in my first 3, along with the first FDD. The second Maxtor HDD is the replacement 422MB for the WD - with both still working well past the MTBF. I managed to get the 386 to boot this morning, but its stuck in a restart loop as corrosion from the 486's bios battery has damaged the terminals for the switch. Both the 286 and 486 are damaged beyond repair since the batteries on both have leaked, but since the 386 has always used an external battery its still fine (its built to last and is going to be part of my silent, no moving parts build).

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First off my monitor stands: Old hard drives. (These still work. Pulled them out of working computers long time ago)

 

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Off to my old server computer... (DUAL PENTIUM 3!!)

 

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Last, but not lease. My IBM Model M! (Year: 1994) I still use this today as a daily driver. :3

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"We also blind small animals with cosmetics.
We do not sell cosmetics. We just blind animals."

 

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First off my monitor stands: Old hard drives. (These still work. Pulled them out of working computers long time ago)

 

Off to my old server computer... (DUAL PENTIUM 3!!)

 

Last, but not lease. My IBM Model M! (Year: 1994) I still use this today as a daily driver. :3

 

I'm gonna be getting a Dell QuietKey (RT7D5JTW) keyboard. Not as good as a Model M (this one is membrane, but it is nice and clicky), so... Yeah. Brand new too, so it's a win for me.

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Instant Headache .. LOL

·· When I die i wan't to go peacefully - in my sleep, like my granddad - Not screaming in terror, like his passengers ··


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First off my monitor stands: Old hard drives. (These still work. Pulled them out of working computers long time ago)

 

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Off to my old server computer... (DUAL PENTIUM 3!!)

 

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Last, but not lease. My IBM Model M! (Year: 1994) I still use this today as a daily driver. :3

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Decided to look it up, lmao at the difficulty making them profitable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard

"We also blind small animals with cosmetics.
We do not sell cosmetics. We just blind animals."

 

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So, I found this gem while cleaning junk out from my parents place. This was the first PC upgrade that I ever did, and if I remember right we're talking about 2001ish, maybe early 2002. I just remember it took me forever to save up enough allowance to buy this two stick kit so that I could play newer games. I also found my old school Cyborg Graphite joystick that I bought specifically for playing the original X-Wing vs TIE Fighter. PCMasterRace FTW!! Lolz

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take the sticker off....

 

 

i dare you

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I still have 4x 128MB DDR333 CL3 sticks hanging around. My old Dell from the college close by had all four sticks running in a weird dual-channel setup (according to the BIOS).

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i have a Pentium III 850MHZ intel CPU & 128MB ram

not working because the MB is dead a long time ago and i kept these stuff for memories

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I have some shitter stuff than that

 

Ill dig it out later 

 

 

 

 

(warning.. I might forget and not bother)

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i had the vgen , asked my vendor how much: "Sorry we dont buy those anymore*walks to the front of the store, takes off the sign "buying old rams""

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My first self computer upgrade was 4 1gb DDR ram sticks when I was 11 or 12 (21 now).

 

Upgraded the 512 mb ram on my crappy dell computer to 4gb ram on my crappy dell computer; I needed to play more wow, and things started lagging. (I've had an OK GPU/CPU for the time, by OK i mean 30 FPS ok)

 

I got the sticks from "Crucial", never heard of the company since :o First "Next day shipping" too :)

 

I remember also being scared to "Push" in the ram all the way ^_^

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My first self computer upgrade was 4 1gb DDR ram sticks when I was 11 or 12 (21 now).

 

Upgraded the 512 mb ram on my crappy dell computer to 4gb ram on my crappy dell computer; I needed to play more wow, and things started lagging. (I've had an OK GPU/CPU for the time, by OK i mean 30 FPS ok)

 

I got the sticks from "Crucial", never heard of the company since :o First "Next day shipping" too :)

 

I remember also being scared to "Push" in the ram all the way ^_^

Cruicial is very much still alive. I have 8GB Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer 1888 in my PC right now that I ordered a few weeks ago. 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=crucial&N=-1&isNodeId=1

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I have from work a Old 1987 or something Maxtor Harddrive, it weighs over 30 lbs and is bigger then a PSU. it is also only like 200MB.

“Everything in excess! To enjoy the flavor of life, take big bites. Moderation is for monks.”

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Some DDR1 ram, so what? I have one machine running 1,5gb of that, 3x512mt. With SATA1 200gb HDD (the IDE drive is now in trash).

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my first pc upgrade was on my parents pc becuse a pc does not work well with new pograms and 512mb ram (it was in 2010 and when im looking back on it im glad i not broke the pc)

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