Inspector-Gadget
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RE: Broken rear axle
I have lately been rummaging around in the dark corners of my cellar (AKA: the Gadget Cave) and there unearthed a "Hewlett Packard" PC; circa mid-1990s, 233 MHz. processor, 128 Meg of RAM.
Cleared totally disorganized workbench for the PC, connected said PC to an equally ancient "Gateway" monitor and fired-up that bad-boy combo. The PC hard-disk was empty, but I also found the original HP "Rescue" CD-ROM.
So...installed the original Win-95-HP operating system. Slapped in a NIC and plugged into my home network. A few Windows control panel adjustments, some carefully selected swear words and incantations later...
Gadget cave lights flicker
BuuuuzzzzZZZZZZ
Smoke
Electrical arcs leap between cast-iron globes
Lightening
Thunder
It's alive! IT'S A-L-I-V-E! Franken-Puter Lives! :shock:
Updated the browser from Version 3.x to 5.x, installed an early version of Zone-Alarm, and here I am folks - much to my dismay and your chagrin.
Amazing! Franken-Puter has been gathering cellar dust, rust and sawdust for years, yet he lives and breathes.
But, now that I have created a monster, I don't want to live with him.
What to do with this monster? Any ideas for old PCs?
(Next week: smoke signals and Morse code.)
Regards,
I have lately been rummaging around in the dark corners of my cellar (AKA: the Gadget Cave) and there unearthed a "Hewlett Packard" PC; circa mid-1990s, 233 MHz. processor, 128 Meg of RAM.
Cleared totally disorganized workbench for the PC, connected said PC to an equally ancient "Gateway" monitor and fired-up that bad-boy combo. The PC hard-disk was empty, but I also found the original HP "Rescue" CD-ROM.
So...installed the original Win-95-HP operating system. Slapped in a NIC and plugged into my home network. A few Windows control panel adjustments, some carefully selected swear words and incantations later...
Gadget cave lights flicker
BuuuuzzzzZZZZZZ
Smoke
Electrical arcs leap between cast-iron globes
Lightening
Thunder
It's alive! IT'S A-L-I-V-E! Franken-Puter Lives! :shock:
Updated the browser from Version 3.x to 5.x, installed an early version of Zone-Alarm, and here I am folks - much to my dismay and your chagrin.
Amazing! Franken-Puter has been gathering cellar dust, rust and sawdust for years, yet he lives and breathes.
But, now that I have created a monster, I don't want to live with him.
What to do with this monster? Any ideas for old PCs?
(Next week: smoke signals and Morse code.)
Regards,