On Thu, Apr 05, 2001, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 08:23:03PM -0400, Daniel Freedman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote:
<snip> > > Original CGA monitor by IBM (Model 8513: near fine condition) > > Original Compaq Deskpro 8088 (built like a tank; > > if I can find it, still :) ) > > AST Research 386sx/16 (BIOS issue) > > Assorted peripherals > > A museum? > > Seriously, this stuff's mostly of interest to someone with an insane > interest in very arcane and old hardware. I'm not surprised you're not > getting takers. > > My practical suggestion would be eBay, describing the goods fully, and > working out suitable shipping arrangements. > > The 386SX/16 tugs some heartstrings -- my first Debian install was on a > Compaq Deskpro 386SX/16 with 12 MB RAM. The computer was a piece of > junk, but the OS shone. No, I don't need to relive my lost youth, in > case you're wondering. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Hi, Thanks for the suggestions. I appreciate them. I don't want to go the eBay route, mainly because whatever meager monetary value I could get out of it isn't worth my time. I'd rather not get any money for them, anyway, I was just hoping to find them good homes. As another poster pointed out, if shipping were free, they could probably find a good home in some school or developing country or the like. Anyway, you mention the foundness of your first Debian install on a Compaq; I guess that's primarily why I'm so hesitant to throw this stuff out. It's mainly nostalgia. That, and I remember that during my undergrad days, I'd definitely be able to find someone who would want this stuff, as old as it may be (maybe there were just more geeks around there :) Incidentally, to follow up your story, I should also happily mention that I recently liberated (from running windows) the first PC that I ever owned: a Compaq Deskpro 386sx/20 (and my final machine running MS); I installed Debian Potato (CDROM then network install). I was going to mention it on the list at sometime anyway, since it only has 8Mb of RAM, and, although I've heard of others trying to install on similar or less memory, the on-screen install isntructions for Potato list 12Mb as the minimum configuration and 16Mb as the recommended. So, I was awfully proud of my poor machine to struggle mightily and pull off a real OS. No X, but it makes a fine ssh-mail station, and will potentially do some light network tasks (ipchains, maybe light personal mail relay). Well, I'm getting sort of nostalgic here, so please forgive me... Anyway, as to my present situation, it seems that the concensus of respondents is to dump the stuff (I'm in cold central New York, not local to Silicon Valley; but thanks to the person who kindly offered to find a school for them if I were). I feel bad but it seems that that's it. Thanks again for all the responses. Take care, Daniel -- Daniel A. Freedman Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics Department of Physics Cornell University
