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KIDS: DON'T SELL OLD PCS WITHOUT PARENT'S PERMISSION

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First post, by cj_reha

Posted on 2016-12-25, 04:36

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So I found this listing while checking eBay for computers and parts.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Compusa-tower-compute … 3AAAOSwMtxXr2o4

A nice looking Pentium III box, a basement find supposedly, listed as a case but seemingly complete. Might be a good addition to my collection, and there was a make offer button, so I asked the guy for a picture of the insides and got a response.

Ohhhhhh boy. I sort of suspected at this point there might be something afoot, and the next day, I got this.

I'm considering sending instructions on how to remove the hard drive, because for some reason I really like the old CompUSA tower style 🤣 🤣

But seriously, I saved some guy from paying like $60 for a computer that has someone's tax info on it. Actually, it wouldn't even be shipped, the dad would've stopped it, probably. 🤣

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Reply 1 of 16, by Vincebus

Posted on 2016-12-25, 04:55

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oh man, i could be very pissed in that situation.

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Reply 2 of 16, by emosun

Posted on 2016-12-25, 04:56

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Yea just tell them they can keep the hard drive. usually invigorates the sale when you tell them you care not for the drive.

Reply 3 of 16, by Ampera

Posted on 2016-12-25, 05:58

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Woahly crap. That's some fruity ass fruit.

The kid is smart enough to work an EBay listing, he must have stolen his parents' ebay pass, it's a very strange case indeed.

Reply 4 of 16, by y2k se

Posted on 2016-12-25, 09:24

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I was a tech at CompUSA when they were selling those things. They were junk.

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Reply 5 of 16, by ElBrunzy

Posted on 2016-12-25, 09:45

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y2k se wrote:
I was a tech at CompUSA when they were selling those things. They were junk.

remembering me a girl here that wanna spend the whole time with you till the laptop battery dies to make sure it last for at least 3/4 and hour ....

Reply 6 of 16, by mrau

Posted on 2016-12-25, 23:37

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he's not interested in you anymore, you're probably of legal age now

Reply 7 of 16, by luckybob

Posted on 2016-12-25, 23:47

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Those things were total junk. My dad had one with a 400mhz celeron. Total garbage, but it did work.

mrau wrote:
he's not interested in you anymore, you're probably of legal age now

umm ok.

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Reply 8 of 16, by xjas

Posted on 2016-12-26, 00:34

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This sounds a lot like mom said "hey, if you help clear out this old junk you can have the money for selling it!" and then dad came along later and said "nooooooo, I still need that for my 1998 tax returns!" I bet there were some sour grapes at the family dinner table. 😜

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Reply 9 of 16, by keenerb

Posted on 2016-12-26, 01:40

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I just revived a Tandy 2500 hard disk that ended up having tax info and a bunch of personal information in WOrks for Windows 3.0...

Reply 10 of 16, by cj_reha

Posted on 2016-12-26, 01:45

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keenerb wrote:
I just revived a Tandy 2500 hard disk that ended up having tax info and a bunch of personal information in WOrks for Windows 3.0...

My old 486 had Quattro Pro for Win3.1 housing files (locked with a password, albeit) on the 250MB hard disk before I formatted it.

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Reply 11 of 16, by cj_reha

Posted on 2016-12-26, 01:45

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mrau wrote:
he's not interested in you anymore, you're probably of legal age now

???

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Reply 12 of 16, by Ampera

Posted on 2016-12-26, 03:17

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cj_reha wrote:
keenerb wrote:
I just revived a Tandy 2500 hard disk that ended up having tax info and a bunch of personal information in WOrks for Windows 3.0...

My old 486 had Quattro Pro for Win3.1 housing files (locked with a password, albeit) on the 250MB hard disk before I formatted it.

486 era encryption? could be broken by most modern systems.

Reply 13 of 16, by xplus93

Posted on 2016-12-26, 03:42

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Ampera wrote:
cj_reha wrote:
keenerb wrote:
I just revived a Tandy 2500 hard disk that ended up having tax info and a bunch of personal information in WOrks for Windows 3.0...

My old 486 had Quattro Pro for Win3.1 housing files (locked with a password, albeit) on the 250MB hard disk before I formatted it.

486 era encryption? could be broken by most modern systems.

Honestly, 486 era proprietary encryption could be good. Nobody's cared about it for so long it would probably have to be reverse engineered from scratch.

Reply 14 of 16, by Jade Falcon

Posted on 2016-12-26, 04:41

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cj_reha wrote:

???

There has to be a back story to this, the user profile says she is 37.

Reply 15 of 16, by Ampera

Posted on 2016-12-26, 04:45

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If it's a standard stored hash, it can be defeated within a few hours with early 90's hashing.

Reply 16 of 16, by Ampera

Posted on 2016-12-26, 04:45

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Jade Falcon wrote:
cj_reha wrote:

???

There has to be a back story to this, the user profile says she is 37.

As I said, Timmy got the password to the account.

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