I'm running FreeBSD on one of these.

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These things are bullet-proof. You'll want the HDD mounting kit ($10) to install a 2.5" laptop drive. That will be the only moving part.

Yeah, I have an HP1300 I use for regular daily monochrome use and the HP2600 just for PDFs, charts and things where color actually makes a difference. Oh, and an Epson R200 to print labels on CD/DVDs and photos.

I've been using an HP 2600n for about a year (so far). It seems well built, the print quality is great. A full set of four toner cartridges are about $300 though.

Here's a free MS-DOS clone.

http://www.freedos.org/

Mensa meetings.

SpinRite has saved my ass more than once.

It's not just a checkdisk/fsck type tool, but reads and refreshes all the blocks on the disk, with ECC on and off. It will beat on a sector hundreds of times if needed to get a trustworthy copy.

So, not for "Oops, I deleted a file" but for "I keep getting read errors on this vital file."

Y'all left out aluminum cans and plastic bottles. How else would you drink your Mtn Dew?

When I was working on the reservation system for EuroDisney in Paris, I named the two servers in a cluster "Micquis" an "Pluteau".

Weather here in Phoenix is good about 320 days per year (although warm in the summer) and I live about 1/4 mile from the office.