Here a notebook, there a notebook
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
Decorative doorstops? "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
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Decorative doorstops? "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
Roger Wright wrote: Decorative doorstops? That was my first thought as well, but just how decorative are they? Kind of a bland grey... X| I was thinking of saving a couple for when I finish my basement. Maybe embed them in lucite for a fancy bar top. ;P Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
Distributed computing. :) Just harness all of them in one big cluster.
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
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Distributed computing. :) Just harness all of them in one big cluster.
Hawaian shirts and shorts work too in Summer. People assume you're either a complete nut (in which case not a worthy target) or so damn good you don't need to worry about camouflage... -Anna-Jayne Metcalfe on Paintballing
David Stone wrote: Just harness all of them in one big cluster. Via null modem cable?? :laugh: :laugh: Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
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Roger Wright wrote: Decorative doorstops? That was my first thought as well, but just how decorative are they? Kind of a bland grey... X| I was thinking of saving a couple for when I finish my basement. Maybe embed them in lucite for a fancy bar top. ;P Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
Mike Mullikin wrote: embed them in lucite for a fancy bar top. I like that! A keyboard you can safely spill a drink on!:-D "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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Send one to me? I've wanted any kind of notebook for some time. ;)
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." - Jesus
"An eye for an eye only makes the whole world blind." - Mahatma GandhiSend 1 to me too it would be good for college as i can insatll linux on it and work from there ->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->->-> "Police arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. They charged one and let the other one off." Tommy Cooper
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
Decoration, nothing says classic art than a mobile Pentium hanging on the wall :) [EDIT] If you come across a IBM 380XD with a working battery my dad had one with a dead battery and it is less than convenient[/EDIT] Matt
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
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Just don't tell SCO :) Matt
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l a u r e n wrote: linux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any recommendations on what versions to use on this slow of machine? I've heard the new Linux distros (as desktop machines) have just about the same requirements as Win2K. Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
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l a u r e n wrote: linux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any recommendations on what versions to use on this slow of machine? I've heard the new Linux distros (as desktop machines) have just about the same requirements as Win2K. Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
i put RedHat 7 on my PPro180 and it worked fine (tho X was sluggish most of the time). basic command line stuff was no problem. i got bored with it eventually, and now i'm trying to find a way to get rid of the box. the local garbage men won't take computers. -c
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
They sound as good as my 90 Mhz with a bad screen. :cool: "For as long as I can remember, I have had memories. Colin Mochrie."
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
About a month ago, I donated 2 Pentium II 200 Mhz systems to the local public library. There are using them to allow kids to hook up to the internet for educational purposes.
I know how you feel. Women just don't understand what's important. -Colin J Davies
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About a month ago, I donated 2 Pentium II 200 Mhz systems to the local public library. There are using them to allow kids to hook up to the internet for educational purposes.
I know how you feel. Women just don't understand what's important. -Colin J Davies
Bravo! :-D "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
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l a u r e n wrote: linux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any recommendations on what versions to use on this slow of machine? I've heard the new Linux distros (as desktop machines) have just about the same requirements as Win2K. Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
Mike Mullikin wrote: Any recommendations on what versions to use on this slow of machine? Try Suse 7.3 Pro. They are upto release 8.1, I think. Version 7.3 comes with some good documentation, and a myriad of utils. It gives you the various GUIs (besides the standard KDE and Gnome). It's worth your time to check it out. It will even help you install it along side of Windows Fat32. Wayne
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Bravo! :-D "Please don't put cigarette butts in the urinal. It makes them soggy and hard to light" - Sign in a Bullhead City, AZ Restroom
I meant this as a suggestion. I was talking to someone in the rotary org[^]. And they do all kinds of stuff. It's not hard to help the community, you just gotta get moving. So I'm seriously thinking about joining. There are probably some really good organizations in everyones local area, that could use computer help. A friend of mine gives computer classes to people looking for work. So I say be a part of the community and help with what you know.
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
How big are they? Decent color screens? If they're a reasonable size you could turn one into slideshow picture frame[^]. Another idea: detach screen from hinges and hang the screen upside down below kitchen counter. You could make it hinge under the counter when not in use. Then attach a durable keyboard[^] and mouse and use for web surfing, recipe lookup, etc. in the kitchen. That should get you started, I can come up with more... :-D
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This last weekend my family and I went to see my wife's mother for Mother's Day. Upon our arrival my father-in-law says he has a "project" for me. He owns a maintenance/painting company that does a lot of work for a major self storage chain. Occassionaly a facility manager will tell them that a certain unit is overdue and that they are free to have anything in the unit. This happened last week and he found 25 notebook computers. :omg: Most are old, ill-equipped & under-powered. No CD-ROM, no ethernet, no modem, 8 MB Ram, 100 Mhz Pentium. He has given me 4 so far: 1 Micron, 1 Toshiba and 2 Compaqs. He tells me that there is a "bunch" of "misc stuff" for them in a box in one of his trucks. I will probably get everything in the next couple weeks. Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Mike Mullikin :beer:
"When I wake up in the morning, I just can't get started until I've had that first, piping hot pot of coffee. Oh, I've tried other enemas..." Emo Phillips
Mike Mullikin wrote: Anybody have any creative ideas on what to do with these beauties?? Possibly give them to a poor rural school, or similar?
So few words, and yet so precise! Megan, you're a poet of mathematical accuracy! - Jörgen Sigvardsson