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Heihachi_73
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Re: Anyone got old PCs to show off?
12/10/10 01:47 AM


> So do you have a room dedicated to storing old computers... If you ever get into
> dumping some of those oldies might come in handy. Some programmers from 10+ years ago
> you can get today used for 5-10% of what they cost when they came out. They can
> require 10+ year old computers to hook up into but they beat the crap out of new
> programmers that would cost you a similar amount today.

I've dumped a few Pentium-era Award BIOSes (although many of these are also around the net), and a SurePath BIOS from an IBM Model 330 (486) courtesy of DEBUG. I don't have anything ridiculously old though, nothing older than VESA-era 486es.

Reading the later posts, I gathered 'dumping' meant dumping game ROMs rather than BIOSes...
Wouldn't mind, but I think Guru would be a bit pissed if I didn't send anything up North.

Edited by Heihachi_73 (12/10/10 01:51 AM)







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Subject Posted by Posted on
* Anyone got old PCs to show off? Heihachi_73 12/03/10 04:39 PM
. * Re: Anyone got old PCs to show off? CpCaveman  11/17/12 04:49 AM
. * Re: Anyone got old PCs to show off? SmitdoggAdministrator  12/07/10 09:00 PM
. * Re: Anyone got old PCs to show off? Heihachi_73  12/10/10 01:47 AM
. * Re: Anyone got old PCs to show off? Naoki  12/08/10 11:09 PM
. * Re: Anyone got old PCs to show off? SmitdoggAdministrator  12/08/10 11:15 PM
. * Re: Anyone got old PCs to show off? Naoki  12/08/10 11:18 PM

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