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danielwang · Post by **danielwang** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 9:09 pm

Has anyone here ever tried to resurrect older b0xes they've found at thrifte stores, yard sales, and 2600-style Dumpster Diving (aka Drive By Dustbin Looting)?

I'm trying to find my old Win95 CDs, as the DotNetGundam crap gives me a STOP error 0x7b when I start it up (Support says this is a bootloader issue). Maybe it's a sign I should just forget it and install Debian.

KhayotiK · Post by **KhayotiK** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 9:13 pm

danielwang wrote:Has anyone here ever tried to resurrect older b0xes they've found at thrifte stores, yard sales, and 2600-style Dumpster Diving (aka Drive By Dustbin Looting)?

Dude, I'm all about it.

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 9:16 pm

Dumpster diving supports my college eating needs.

Roke · Post by **Roke** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 9:39 pm

My dad does it all the time.

My old computer was built entirely out of crap parts, and he somehow made them work for a 256Mhz computer. Of course, it sucked, but it still worked well enough to fuck around on MSPaint.

danielwang · Post by **danielwang** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:04 pm

My first computer was 75Mhz, and it still works. I also have a few 386s as well, though those don't boot up.

I'm installing Slackware by floppy now, as the other methods are futile so far.

Windows .NET Gundam Installer (WINNT) wrote: An error has occured and the computer has been shut down to prevent damage to your honestly boring files.

If this is the first time this error has occured, reboot and hope it doesn't happen again. If this error persists, wiggle the drive cables, scan for viruses, get put on hold by tech support, and/or buy a better computer.

STOP: 0x0000007B Flags 0x00000000 ..... numbers

Red Hat System Installer (Anaconda) wrote: Running anaconda... this may take a while
exec: Input/Output error
Sending hangup signals... done
Sending kill signals... done
Sending Piss The User Off signals... done
Unmounting filesystems.

Mr Pilkington · Post by **Mr Pilkington** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:06 pm

I totally found a dual K6-2 in a thrift store theother day for $5. I totally had to pick it up. MMMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Obsolite technology.

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:33 pm

Hey, a K6-2 runs our internal server. Don't be dissing, ese.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Sun Jul 27, 2003 11:33 pm

K6 had SMP tech in it ? O.o ?

Kthulhu found some junk in the dumpster of this out of business computer store dumpster. One of the the motherboards is in our server :O Along with a stick of ram.

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