Too good to throw away

DerbyBorn · 2016-01-15T10:12:19+00:00

Having decided out desktop is no longer needed and it wasn't worth passing on, I decided that the case would take up less room in the bin if I stripped the innards out and flattened it.......... I was impressed by the standardisation that must have been agreed so that components could easily be fitted and added with just a few screws. The motherboard (ASUS) - well, I can't bring myself to throw this away. The tiny tracks on the circuit board - the standardised sockets - the lever operated socket for the processor. All amazing works of mass production. The Hard Disk drive. I don't think I have ever seen such a wonderful peice of precision engineering - all for a very low cost. Next to appreciate on its way to the bin will be the CD drive. The power supply has gone on e-bay as it was fairly - impressive in the way that so many standard voltages and plugs are agreed upon. Should I seek help?

Jan 15, 2016 43 Replies

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spuorgelgoog 10 years ago

Just don't buy any satellite dishes from a bloke down the pub what works at Heathrow :-)

Owain

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The Natural Philosopher 10 years ago

Well, er - yes, probably !

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tony sayer 10 years ago

Simples answer .. just re record lots of old Max Bygraves toon's on them no self respecting hacker would ever tolerate 'em;!...

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GB 10 years ago

Curiously, Wordstar on a Z80 ran superbly well. Such were the benefits of hand-tuned assembler. I used Wordstar for ages after it went out of fashion, as it was so productive. You could do everything without removing your hands from the keyboard. (Yes, okay, you needed to remove your hands from the keyboard when you went to the loo.)

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