Since this seems to be RAM, you might make it a battering RAM, but it might prove a little fragile for that purpose.
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What to do with my ancient Compaq Presario 5000?
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"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wonderous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross... but it's not for the timid." Q, Q Who
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Re: What to do with my ancient Compaq Presario 5000?
Or that nutty American-English pair on that Military Channel show about recreating ancient weapons.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:A mini-trebuchet, then send it to the Mythbusters or those crazy guys from England I saw on Mythbusters.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
Re: What to do with my ancient Compaq Presario 5000?
Has anyone suggested a doorstop yet?
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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Yes. You have.Mark wrote:Has anyone suggested a doorstop yet?
"If you can't take a little bloody nose, maybe you ought to go back home and crawl under your bed. It's not safe out here. It's wonderous, with treasures to satiate desires both subtle and gross... but it's not for the timid." Q, Q Who
Re: What to do with my ancient Compaq Presario 5000?
Yay me! 
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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OK, someone who has looked at it in person tells me it holds 32 MB. Now, in the pic below I'm holding that ancient behemoth in the left hand and a 2 GB SD card in the right. This tiny thing holds 64x as much data as that huge thing which I couldn't even get completely in the picture!Captain Picard's Hair wrote:Speaking of old stuff, I've had this box sitting in my closet for ages, and I just looked inside it and found what is clearly a computer board of some kind, but one so old as to be unrecognizable. I can't imagine how powerful it isn't.
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Re: What to do with my ancient Compaq Presario 5000?
Wow. That's some impressive technological evolution. 
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Dear and fluffy lord, how old is that thing?
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Re: What to do with my ancient Compaq Presario 5000?
It the result of Ed Beagly Jr. violating the temporal prime directive!
They say that in the Army,
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They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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or to the cast of ''dirty sanchez''
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Re: What to do with my ancient Compaq Presario 5000?
I am still using my first 1997 PC. However, with regular upgrades/replacement parts it's the old story of the hammer with two new heads and six new handles - the only original parts been the keyboard and mouse mat.
I've got a Commodore Amiga and a 1984 Sharp MZ 700 in the attic I can't bring myself to throw away.
I've got a Commodore Amiga and a 1984 Sharp MZ 700 in the attic I can't bring myself to throw away.
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A Commodore Amiga?! Man, when I was in college that was the absolute shiz-nit! We used to make some killer aggro tunes on that thing.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
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I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
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Wish I could say I had an Amiga. 
Was born too late tho.
Was born too late tho.
Re: What to do with my ancient Compaq Presario 5000?
Mikey wrote:A Commodore Amiga?! Man, when I was in college that was the absolute shiz-nit! We used to make some killer aggro tunes on that thing.
"Beep...beep.......beep..beep..beep"
They say that in the Army,
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
the women are mighty fine.
They look like Phyllis Diller,
and walk like Frankenstein.
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The Amiga's synthesizer hardware was WAY ahead of its time. We actually featured one in a battle-of-the-bands.
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer