Comment Creative use of old equip. a better approach? (Score 1) 111
I believe that nostalgia is the best avenue for
older boxes.
With a drill press and a cutting wheel, my 286 now hangs tastefully over my office desk in the form of a clock. The back mounting is clear oak and the "numbers" are the chips from the machine.
In the 12:00 position is the main 286 CPU.
In the 6:00 position is the (costly) 287 Co-proc.
At the 3:00 and 9:00 positions are the BIOS chips with the stickers removed so as to reveal the clear window.
The other positions (eight in all, conveniently) are the memory chips.
In the background, I've mounted one of the platters from the 40MB MFM hard drive.
The clock is worth far more than the old system was. My 486 will find similar fate.
Donated equipment might garner more funds as a transformed piece of nostalgia (such as a clock) than in its original form.
older boxes.
With a drill press and a cutting wheel, my 286 now hangs tastefully over my office desk in the form of a clock. The back mounting is clear oak and the "numbers" are the chips from the machine.
In the 12:00 position is the main 286 CPU.
In the 6:00 position is the (costly) 287 Co-proc.
At the 3:00 and 9:00 positions are the BIOS chips with the stickers removed so as to reveal the clear window.
The other positions (eight in all, conveniently) are the memory chips.
In the background, I've mounted one of the platters from the 40MB MFM hard drive.
The clock is worth far more than the old system was. My 486 will find similar fate.
Donated equipment might garner more funds as a transformed piece of nostalgia (such as a clock) than in its original form.
