Indeed, those are nice systems. Some of them were a bit daffy (the
Prosignia Pentium 120's were odd) but I still have an XE4100 that I run
NextStep on. The integrated video was great....
I do however miss my Deskpro/2000. Dual Pentium Pro and by the end I had
dual PODP chips running in it with I think 2-4 gb of memory. That system
was impressive....
C
On 7/20/2021 2:20 PM, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
If you're looking to donate, Kennett Classic can use these to support
what's in our "post vintage" room (goes up to 1997)
Bill
On Tue, Jul 20, 2021 at 2:11 PM Kevin Anderson via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
For a time I had quite a few Compaq Deskpro towers that had acquired (for
free) from my employer after they updated to a newer HP Compaq model.
These Compaq Deskpros were the white-boxed variety with Pentium III the
like processors that date to the later part of the 1990s and into the
2000s. They interested me because they were able to work with the flavors
of Linux that were becoming plentiful and useful at the time (like
Mandrake, etc.) Anyway, the desktops themselves are gone, as well as the PC
keyboards and the monitors that went with them, with this paragraph just
setting the scene....
But at the same time I also acquired (pulled) from these same computers
and their siblings a whole bunch of wired Ethernet network cards, one or
two video cards, a whole bunch of the IDE/PATA 5.25-inch desktop CD drives,
and a whole bunch(!) of 10- and 20-GByte IDE/PATA 5.25-inch desktop hard
drives. I believe the vintage makes them all PCI cards for the network and
video cards. For some reason I must have had it in my head that I would all
need these extra cards (and more) to keep these boxes (and other desktops)
going into the future when the apocalypse came <grin> !
Now I have no need for any of these parts. I don't want to chuck them to a
recycler either, but it is tempting just to get the stuff out of the house
(as I need to seriously downsize prior to retirement).
Is there a market for any of this that is worth pursing, or is this all
too generic and plentiful to worry about? Giving shipping and that, I am
not sure how much of this I'd care to deal with this through resale (eBay
or privately) versus just dropping it all at the electronics recycling shop
(which fortunately I have locally).
Just starting to sort this out...I've been meaning to send this e-mail for
awhile now. Your collective thoughts? I know most of this is too new for
most of your interests...
Kevin Anderson, Dubuque, Iowa
