I have a 90 MHz laptop, 24 MB of memory, 750 MB hard drive. No CD drive, and I can't boot from the floppy. Battery holds some charge, though how much is unknown. Parallel, serial, VGA, PS/2, IR, RCA, and game/midi dongle ports, and one for some variety of SCSI. 32-bit PC card slot. Standard three sound jacks. 12" color LCD.
The current install of Win '98 is frelled. If I want to, I can stick the hard drive in another computer and put an OS on it. However, I have no reason to do that at present. Can anyone give me one? If not, can you come up with anything cool to do with the components?
Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
If you feel like going on a destructive binge, just smash a mallet on top of it.
Come on, you know you want to.... Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Coffee table modern artwork piece? Paper weight? Knick knack?
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
A high-tech humador? Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Considering you could probably pick up a second hand laptop of similar specs for about a tenner, I wouldn't bother. The time invested would be better spent learning how to breakdance.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
If only.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
You could rip out the LCD panel and build your own projector with it. That is, if you can find the thing's pinout schematic somewhere.
(Learning how to breakdance might be less of a hassle, though.)
Posted by Doctor Jonas (Member # 481) on :
I read something about turning an old laptop into an interactive picture frame. Something to hang on the wall. Maybe that would be interesting for an old color laptop like yours.
Posted by Daryus Aden (Member # 12) on :
quote:Originally posted by Omega: can you come up with anything cool to do with the components?
You have enough computing power there to design a rocket that can go to the moon. Get to it.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
You can always put it on Ebay as an "Advanced Set Piece From the Star Trek TV Show: Enterprise". Seeing how things go there, you would probably make enought to buy a nice new 64 bit Desktop system.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Find the smallest version of Linux you can find and use it as a portable X-terminal?
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
Use it as a server for porn or MP3 files... that or just use it a set decoration for your place.
Seriously though, I'd donate it to an organization like Goodwill or send it to Latin American to a school that needs it.
Posted by Matrix (Member # 376) on :
Give it to the US military. They love peice of shit materials.
EDIT: Better yet, don't give it them, sell it to them. You will get at least 5,000 for it. That's enough to buy a state of the art laptop.
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
I'd just use it to run Star Trek: Borg...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Compatibility mode. Don't make me say it again.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge: Seriously though, I'd donate it to an organization like Goodwill or send it to Latin American to a school that needs it.
That's actually avalid idea: this is the last year you'll be able to donate a computer to a school and write it completely off your next year's taxes (basically just make up a somwhat realistic figure- $500 would not be frowned on).
Posted by Vice-Admiral Michael T. Colorge (Member # 144) on :
My friend bought three laptops from 1991 on ebay for about $100... he got a tax write-off for $550.
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