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GeneralJust in case... Pin
Mark_Wallace4-Dec-18 3:26
Mark_Wallace4-Dec-18 3:26 
... the IBM PS2 286 ever comes back into fashion, I've still got compatible memory cards for it.

And for dozens of flavours of 386, 486, Pentium, and every other desktop & laptop whose memory I've upgraded (i.e. all of 'em; one of the first things I do when I buy a machine is max out the memory).

I've also got "just in case" old video cards, sound cards, and every other kind of card -- sometimes multiples of each!

If Token Ring ever sees a resurgence, I won't have to spend a penny on hardware -- Hell, I've got network cards for protocols I don't even remember or recognise!

Same problem with cables. I must have almost every kind of cable, adapter, and converter that's ever seen the light of day, but I don't even remember what many of them were designed to connect to!

Need a USB 1 card? I've got 13 (although I have used a couple of these in newer machines -- why waste precious blue ports for HIDs?)

[edit] I forgot to mention the hard drives! Anyone want slow-as-molasses drives with a capacity of under a third of a gig? [/edit]


The really good thing, though, is that I'm highly competent at carpentry and building, because I need to add an extension to my computer room.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!


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