How foolish can fko get?

Swoka Ikran · April 14, 2011, 04:29:46 PM

Quote from: bommel on April 14, 2011, 04:10:23 PM
Quote from: Swoka Ikran on April 14, 2011, 04:04:36 PM
Why?

I do have 2 systems capable of reading them (and an envelope full of blank disks): A Pentium 2 with Win98, and an AMD "586" (basically a P1 clone) with DOS 6.22/WFWG 3.11.

Anyone remember the combo drives that fit in a single 5.25" bay and read both 3.5" and 5.25" disks?
Still have some old SW (and old HW of course)
And we had such a combo drive but it broke some years ago...

They aren't the most robust thing in the world. I still have a working one in the AMD 586 though. I think it came from a curbed or garage sale system.

As for old SW/HW...I've also got a pretty good stock laying around.

Niwantaw · April 14, 2011, 04:33:02 PM

I have DOOM on floppy disk somewhen around here

bommel · April 14, 2011, 04:34:31 PM

Quote from: Swoka Ikran on April 14, 2011, 04:29:46 PM
They aren't the most robust thing in the world. I still have a working one in the AMD 586 though. I think it came from a curbed or garage sale system.

As for old SW/HW...I've also got a pretty good stock laying around.

yeah, I like older HW too. Especially those slot CPUs

Swoka Ikran · April 14, 2011, 05:05:53 PM

Quote from: bommel on April 14, 2011, 04:34:31 PM
Quote from: Swoka Ikran on April 14, 2011, 04:29:46 PM
They aren't the most robust thing in the world. I still have a working one in the AMD 586 though. I think it came from a curbed or garage sale system.

As for old SW/HW...I've also got a pretty good stock laying around.
yeah, I like older HW too. Especially those slot CPUs

Pentium 2s come to mind...

akiwiguy · April 14, 2011, 08:02:36 PM

Quote from: Swoka Ikran on April 14, 2011, 05:05:53 PM
Quote from: bommel on April 14, 2011, 04:34:31 PM
Quote from: Swoka Ikran on April 14, 2011, 04:29:46 PM
They aren't the most robust thing in the world. I still have a working one in the AMD 586 though. I think it came from a curbed or garage sale system.

As for old SW/HW...I've also got a pretty good stock laying around.
yeah, I like older HW too. Especially those slot CPUs
Pentium 2s come to mind...

I have a 600MHz Slot A PIII in my cupboard.

Swoka Ikran · April 14, 2011, 08:23:07 PM

Quote from: Eltu lefngap 'eveng on April 14, 2011, 08:02:36 PM
Quote from: Swoka Ikran on April 14, 2011, 05:05:53 PM
Quote from: bommel on April 14, 2011, 04:34:31 PM
Quote from: Swoka Ikran on April 14, 2011, 04:29:46 PM
They aren't the most robust thing in the world. I still have a working one in the AMD 586 though. I think it came from a curbed or garage sale system.

As for old SW/HW...I've also got a pretty good stock laying around.
yeah, I like older HW too. Especially those slot CPUs
Pentium 2s come to mind...
I have a 600MHz Slot A PIII in my cupboard.

Tech school had a system with two Slot A P3s. No clue on speed...it was an old server that mostly sat and collected dust.

Newer P3s were like today's processors (went in a ZIF socket).

bommel · April 14, 2011, 11:57:28 PM

Still have a P3 700 (Slot 1) with an Asus P3C-E and 512 MB RDRAM (freaking expensive Rambus) ^^

Nyx · April 15, 2011, 06:48:14 AM

More funny fail stories, plz

bommel · April 15, 2011, 08:31:43 AM

What about the bastard operator from hell (BOFH)? A real classic

This is also great: Dusty PCs

Sіr. Ηaxalot · April 15, 2011, 08:43:31 AM

Quote from: bommel on April 15, 2011, 08:31:43 AM
What about the bastard operator from hell (BOFH)? A real classic

This is also great: Dusty PCs

I'm a bit guilty to the last one, at least with some machine. And a machine I serviced earlier was highly guilty ^^

Nyx · April 15, 2011, 07:57:53 PM

BOFH is hilarious! (Though I hope it's all made up... well, most of it at least)

Swoka Ikran · April 15, 2011, 08:28:34 PM

Dusty PCs...ugh, some of those were nasty. My old PC that's being used as a server looked like some of those.

Took it apart a few hours ago and cleaned it out. It's been running since January.

akiwiguy · April 15, 2011, 09:34:43 PM

I haven't booted up my half-server in ages.
And it's dusty as all hell.

Human No More · April 16, 2011, 04:32:01 AM

Quote from: Sir. Haxalot on April 14, 2011, 03:41:13 PM
"Back in the days when the floppy disks where actually floppy"

Random fact: In the city where I go to school there is a street called "Floppydisk street".

hrhrhrh

Quote from: Nyx on April 15, 2011, 07:57:53 PM
BOFH is hilarious! (Though I hope it's all made up... well, most of it at least)

It's fictional, but inspired by reality

'Oma Tirea · April 16, 2011, 06:36:47 PM

Spoiler

bommel · April 17, 2011, 04:49:21 AM

Thought my PCs were dirty xD

'Oma Tirea · April 17, 2011, 10:22:34 PM

Dirty vs. weird: (true story) when in a tech class, we were cleaning out computers, and some of them were a little dusty, however a couple things we managed to find inside a couple computers: writing utensils and someone's Japanese homework

Sram, school computers...

Vawm tsamsiyu · April 17, 2011, 11:01:50 PM

The stories about idiot computer users explain why nick burns insults everyone he helps and leaves with
"and by the way, your welcome"

Tsamsiyu92 · May 06, 2011, 04:58:23 PM

The Smoke cathegory is really hilarious... especially when the rest of the family are sleeping.

Human No More · May 11, 2011, 05:19:52 AM

Quote from: bommel on April 13, 2011, 02:14:54 AM
This site contains pictures of people unable to build computers (we call it DAU "Dümmster Anzunehmender User" - sth. like dumbest computer users living on this planet): DAU Alaram
It's in German but you can still have a look at the pictures (click "Gallery" and then select a category. I guess you will know what it is as soon as you see it)

Some of those are just... what

As for dirty PCs:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/13/ventblockers/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/18/ventblockers_2/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/26/ventblockers_2/

Try beating those

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