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I received an old hardware store.

I received an old hardware store.

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SaltesTub
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05-11-2016, 06:08 AM
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I took a look at the old PC tower you had out there. It was just sitting in the cupboard, collecting dust, and I decided to give it a try. Turns out it’s from back in the day—around 2000 or earlier. It’s a Pentium 3 with an 800MHz clock, no fan cooler, 256MB of Infineon PC100 RAM, a dead 10MB hard drive, plus a floppy and CD drive. I wasn’t sure what to do with it since it doesn’t seem very useful anymore. Maybe someone interested in retro systems could make a video about it? If that’s the case, I’d be open to talking with them about getting the parts here in the UK.
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SaltesTub
05-11-2016, 06:08 AM #1

I took a look at the old PC tower you had out there. It was just sitting in the cupboard, collecting dust, and I decided to give it a try. Turns out it’s from back in the day—around 2000 or earlier. It’s a Pentium 3 with an 800MHz clock, no fan cooler, 256MB of Infineon PC100 RAM, a dead 10MB hard drive, plus a floppy and CD drive. I wasn’t sure what to do with it since it doesn’t seem very useful anymore. Maybe someone interested in retro systems could make a video about it? If that’s the case, I’d be open to talking with them about getting the parts here in the UK.

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TeunFTW
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05-13-2016, 06:07 PM
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That hard drive seems completely mismatched with the rest of the system. It probably came from an older setup. Honestly, it’s hard to picture a 10 MB drive being functional in 2000. Even then, the operating system would likely consume most of its space just from running itself and other programs. I recall using an 8 GB drive on a Pentium machine back then.
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TeunFTW
05-13-2016, 06:07 PM #2

That hard drive seems completely mismatched with the rest of the system. It probably came from an older setup. Honestly, it’s hard to picture a 10 MB drive being functional in 2000. Even then, the operating system would likely consume most of its space just from running itself and other programs. I recall using an 8 GB drive on a Pentium machine back then.