Subj : Re: Raspberry Pi
To   : Abbub
From : fusion
Date : Wed May 10 2023 08:32 pm

On 10 May 2023, Abbub said the following...
 
 Ab> without hitting a half dozen old computers. My 'back catalog' of old
 Ab> hardware to tinker with is so big that I really don't *need* anything
 Ab> else, so new acquisitions have to fall into the 'too good to pass over'

in my case, i suppose i would keep the newest old pc capable of doing what i'd like.. for example my sound blaster 16, which is ISA, has a pretty big window of hardware that's compatible all the way to some P4 boards. in reality probably a P3/K6-2 would be the sweet spot.

problem is now there are people nostalgic for windows 95/98..

it's funny because i must have had several dozen P2/3/K6-2 era machines that either were pulled from stacks of them left by the trash, marked $4.99 as-is
at the good-will, etc. could stack them up and throw a few boards across to build a computer-computer desk or something lol. nowadays with a little patience they'd net me a few thousand bucks.. ah well

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