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PM_ME_UR_MESSAGE_THO t1_ja2ydxi wrote

You failed to mention the one piece that's still in use! I'll take that BNC splitter if you're not using it.

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fragnet t1_ja41qtk wrote

486DX2 are still used in PC104 computers. I was updating some Turbo C code in a virtual NT computer using VirtualBox almost three years ago.

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kester76a t1_ja346gz wrote

Kind of strange it doesn't have a termination cap 🤔

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jsveiga OP t1_ja2zu6w wrote

But I did mention it! It's the Ethernet splitter. Apart from the terrible speed and sniffing paradise, 10Base2 was a nice solution; no hubs, a single daisy chained cable going around, and adding another computer only required one more splitter and laying a short cable from the last computer to the new one.

I'd gladly give it to you, but you'd have to come by to get it and have a coffee - I'm in Brazil ;-)

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funwithdesign t1_ja2x4ph wrote

Ah the good old days when AMD made Intel clones

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drksdr t1_ja2x9en wrote

god, its like we bought the same machines. after the Amiga, my first PC was a packard bell with the DX2-66. Fucking amazing times.

Pentium MMX was my next PC i paid for with my own money, feeling like a proper adult.

You cant be dropping a nostalgia bomb like this outta nowhere. You gotta declare war or something first! Isnt thems the rules?

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jsveiga OP t1_ja2yy97 wrote

I was attacked with no warning too!; I decided to clean the drawer when for the 10th time when reaching inside, I had one of that cursed EPROM pins stabbing me under a fingernail!

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bn911 t1_ja417a6 wrote

Old CPUs are unexpectedly pricey on eBay.

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jsveiga OP t1_ja4r6uo wrote

I didn't expect that. Thanks, I'll look into it!

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jsveiga OP t1_ja2smuf wrote

Reposting OC, deleted due to bad title (rule 6)

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