[QUOTE=jeimizu;31252756]We found a pretty new Dell with Windows 7 out on the curb in front of our apartment one day. The only problem it had was the monitor was broken so one corner wouldn't display.
About like this, but with a smaller damaged area.
[IMG]http://www.mobiletechsd.com/Store/Cracked_LCD_Replacement_files/cracked-screen1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
There's nothing wrong with that Dell! It just needs a new monitor.
:O amazing O.O! Lucky finds :3! I cant tell if ide rather find a new computer, or an old one and explore the technology =_=
[QUOTE=lavacano;31244695][url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136514]Buy this make file server[/url]
If it's running Win95 it's probably got real old hardware in it. But all a file server needs is a good HD, a working NIC and an OS that can handle general file serving protocols. Such as Linux. Couple things though:
1) DO NOT GET UBUNTU. It's got too much crammed into it. I'm not sure if the "rolling release is bad for servers" thing applies to file servers, so if not get Sabayon (Gentoo prepacked with a binary package manager) or Arch.
2) If the BIOS is too old you might need to use the "sda=stroke" kernel option. I remember reading that somewhere to get around HD limits. Or something like that - it's been too long to say for sure.[/QUOTE]
I bet FreeNAS will run on his old computer.
[QUOTE=Rupert;31247724]Good idea, but a SATA II drive like that will most likely not work in a computer with Windows 95 era hardware. There may not even be enough RAM for a modern Linux distro to run comfortably. NetBSD or some embedded Linux distro might work pretty well.[/QUOTE]
it was 2 AM I wasn't thinking about it
[QUOTE=VLC;31248198]Eew. I hate their green drives. I have a 500GB green drive from them out of my WD MyBook, and the slow RPM speed makes file transfers painful, even over SATA. 16~23MB/s average is not very practical, when my 7200RPM drives give me anywhere between 70~80MB/s.[/QUOTE]
I knew it was one of the Caviars that everyone avoided but I wasn't sure which.
I got an entire Commodore A600, power supply and a fucktonne of games for free, some old guy saw me looking at it on his stall and told me just to take it.
[QUOTE=chrishind10;31253094]I got an entire Commodore A600, power supply and a fucktonne of games for free, some old guy saw me looking at it on his stall and told me just to take it.[/QUOTE]
[h2]SWEET FIND.[/h2]
Amazing how nice some people are =]
[editline]21st July 2011[/editline]
Tryin to upload pics, but ipods acting up... I should go look for a new one on the street >.>
[QUOTE=PJAMA;31252826]There's nothing wrong with that Dell! It just needs a new monitor.[/QUOTE]
And a reformat to get rid of all the bloatware that came with it, plus all the useless shit the person who owned it before had installed.
[editline]21st July 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=lavacano;31253048]it was 2 AM I wasn't thinking about it
I knew it was one of the Caviars that everyone avoided but I wasn't sure which.[/QUOTE]
Mine does the annoying save power by stopping when unused then spinning up while freezing everything when you need to use it.
I want to find free shit. :smith:
[QUOTE=Protocol7;31255710]I want to find free shit. :smith:[/QUOTE]
then look for it
go to a dump or goodwill (whatever its called) and tell them its for a college/uni project.
done
[editline]22nd July 2011[/editline]
Also i'm now tempted to dig out my old 90MHZ pentium 1 rig
I once was given a laptop without screen (It broke off).
Sadly, it stopped working, and I stripped it and took out parts.
This became a "Post Your Find" O.o
whats an ass computer
:O I was JUST thinking of how someone would say that O.o
[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;31262298]whats an ass computer[/QUOTE]
It calculates the volume of the gas you just farted out.
I wonder how hard it is to connect a shitton of old computers and get them to cloud-compute...
No idea :D
Because if you could harness the combined power of all of these old computers, that'd be pretty sweet.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;31264405]Because if you could harness the combined power of all of these old computers, that'd be pretty sweet.[/QUOTE]
It would be as fast as a magic bullet.
[QUOTE=Map in a box;31264431]It would be as fast as a magic bullet.[/QUOTE]
Fast as farts, that thing would be.
Honestly though, it'd be pretty cool, running about grabbing old computers simply to harness their ancient powers.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;31264438]Fast as farts, that thing would be.
Honestly though, it'd be pretty cool, running about grabbing old computers simply to harness their ancient powers.[/QUOTE]
Put linux on them and distributed compute the folding of the cancer protein. I'm sure the girls are into cancer curing.
[QUOTE=Map in a box;31264453]Put linux on them and distributed compute the folding of the cancer protein. I'm sure the girls are into cancer curing.[/QUOTE]
You know, I've always wondered... could you plug the human genome into a super computer and tell it to fix it?
I'm being retardedly over-simplified, but you get the jist of what I'm saying.
[QUOTE=ewitwins;31264482]You know, I've always wondered... could you plug the human genome into a super computer and tell it to fix it?
I'm being retardedly over-simplified, but you get the jist of what I'm saying.[/QUOTE]
Do you mean read from the human brain? Its already possible. Look up [url=http://www.google.com/search?q=neural+mapping]Neural Mapping[/url]
I remember my ex classmates old computer
it had wheels and a handle on it, and you turned it on with a switch.
Sounds like a deranged lamp
[quote]I wonder how hard it is to connect a shitton of old computers and get them to cloud-compute.[/quote]
Think of the electricity it would consume :v:
[editline]22nd July 2011[/editline]
Also reply doesn't want to work
I've got a fuckton of computer stuff that I found on the junkyard
a brokoen commodore, shitload of rage3d graphics with pci and agp connection, bunch of sound and network cards, old 486 cpu's, two cyric cpus for socket 7, intel cpu for socket 3, fuckton of motherboards, about 15 celerons, three pretty good CRT monitors, 5 penitum 3 and pentium 2 machines
a whole box of ram, too much powersupplies, too much cd-drives, a bunch of ide hdd's and two small black and white tvs that are older that my father
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and some no name random speakers that do their job pretty good
My granddad gave me his 10 year old PC when he got a new laptop, it's sitting in my room right now because I haven't gotten around to dusting it out yet. I used to have the specs written down, can't find them now though.
[QUOTE=QuAtT;31266690]I've got a fuckton of computer stuff that I found on the junkyard
a brokoen commodore, shitload of rage3d graphics with pci and agp connection, bunch of sound and network cards, old 486 cpu's, two cyric cpus for socket 7, intel cpu for socket 3, fuckton of motherboards, about 15 celerons, three pretty good CRT monitors, 5 penitum 3 and pentium 2 machines
a whole box of ram, too much powersupplies, too much cd-drives, a bunch of ide hdd's and two small black and white tvs that are older that my father
[editline]22nd July 2011[/editline]
and some no name random speakers that do their job pretty good[/QUOTE]
Why the fuck cant I live there O.o???
[editline]22nd July 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;31266768]My granddad gave me his 10 year old PC when he got a new laptop, it's sitting in my room right now because I haven't gotten around to dusting it out yet. I used to have the specs written down, can't find them now though.[/QUOTE]
Should tell you most specs in the BIOS screen ;)
[QUOTE=chipset;31244354]The best things in life are free. I found a 2002 compaq evo beside a dumpster with a broken hard drive. Gotta love computer illiterates.[/QUOTE]
Yeah? Well I found a Kidzbop 3 CD face down on the curb without the case and it [u]worked[/u].
Fuck yeah Kidzbop [img]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/emoot/rock.gif[/img]
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