Old junk is a waste of time
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I have wasted lots of time trying to get old junky machines to work. Even if you manage to get a 486 class system running with a couple of hours work, you still have an obsolete system that takes 30 minutes or more to compile a kernel. I finally decided that my time is worth something. A decent Celeron system can be built for $400. If I can't get a 486 working right away, out it goes.
I live in Fairbanks Alaska. Recycling is a joke here since all the stuff has to be shipped two thousand miles back to the states. My old systems go to the rifle range. A couple of Soviet 7.62x54R AP rounds through the disk drive makes unauthorized data recovery a difficult task indeed.
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I have wasted lots of time trying to get old junky machines to work. Even if you manage to get a 486 class system running with a couple of hours work, you still have an obsolete system that takes 30 minutes or more to compile a kernel. I finally decided that my time is worth something. A decent Celeron system can be built for $400. If I can't get a 486 working right away, out it goes.
I live in Fairbanks Alaska. Recycling is a joke here since all the stuff has to be shipped two thousand miles back to the states. My old systems go to the rifle range. A couple of Soviet 7.62x54R AP rounds through the disk drive makes unauthorized data recovery a difficult task indeed.