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For a number of years there has been an old beige box - our former computer - sitting underneath its replacement. I don't know why I kept it. Perhaps it says something about my penchant for hoarding. Anyway, given that our youngest is a constant tweaker, and the most dangerous sort: he does to try things out, not out of knowledge - I decided I might resurrect this beast for his enjoyment alone.
I had no idea what was stored on this machine, but when I switched it on, it took an eternity to start up. It was not always like this. This state-of-the-art machine, with 4mb RAM, and a 220mb HDD with its racy 486 DX2-66 processor, used to absolutely rip into action. It must be complaining about lack of use for a few years, because I had to go away to make coffee in order to give it time to do its stuff.
It now has two HDDs (total 1.2Gig) and 20mb RAM, but is still way behind the ball game. I shudder to think about how many generations back this processor comes from, or the RAM chips for that matter.
Still, it might be more useful than a paperweight... at least for a little while, until S finishes tweaking it. Then it will be paperweight material only.
Only 11 years old and its been on the scrap heap for 4 years!
Posted by gary at January 29, 2005 06:47 PM
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