OT: Re: Time to declare State of Massachusetts the ENEMY! He

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Apr 15 15:55:29 1999

Please STOP calling 386 and 486 machines "OLD"!!
There's stuff in my freezer older than that.
If you want to see "old", we can show you "OLD".


I have been upgrading and maintaining the computers for the local humane
society. In the last few years, I have brought them from XTs up to 486
and Pentium Windoze machines, using nothing but the junk that has been
donated. My current policy is that any pre-VGA monitors go straight into
the rummage sale (usually 1st and 3rd Saturdays); 486 and Pentium machines
get put into use; 286 and non-exceptional 386 get cannibalized to help the
486 and Pentium machines.

By the end of the year, I'm hoping to have everytyhing up to Pentium, and
a few 200MHz level machines for the DTP, etc.


I have occasionally had reports of older machines that "would not work"
with current software. In most cases, other than actual hardware
malfunctions, those problems could be solved by swapping the case with
somebody else's "not working" machine, and putting Pentium stickers on the
box (which makes everything run MUCH faster). A 386 can run Windoze95 IFF
it has a Pentium sticker.
Received on Thu Apr 15 1999 - 15:55:29 BST