First post, by senrew
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- Oldbie
I recently was given a few machines by my new boss. Most are generic OEM desktops from the s360, s478 era. One was a Compaq Presario 5000 series in PERFECT condition, I mean fucking perfect. It even included all the original restore discs and manuals, etc. As none of the machines were remarkable in any way for my needs and the cases weren't too reusable as they were all microatx OEM cases with horrible power supplies and proprietary front panel connectors, etc, I started gutting them for parts to add to my spares pile. As I was ripping apart this particular Compaq, I looked at the front panel I had destroyed to get the drives out and started to get a major feeling of remorse and guilt over having been the one to kill what may have been some kids first computer. Machines, especially these OEM home computers from the late 90s/early 2000s have a history and it just hit me really hard. It was several minutes before I realized I had been staring blankly at the broken panel, lost in thought at the people who may once have been overjoyed to bring the thing home.
Does anyone else ever get misty eyed when they find themselves being the reaper to old machines?
Halcyon: PC Chips M525, P100, 64MB, Millenium 1, Voodoo1, AWE64, DVD, Win95B