grumpyrom wrote:Airt Mattrèssor wrote:Wow... that's faster than all my laptops combined...
What are you running a Vic 20?
Nope, no Vic-20s in the sweatshop. I DO have a TRS-80 I've been using as a 'net terminal lately, though
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what would you pay for this laptop?
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26 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:28 pm
SMW
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Nope, no Vic-20s in the sweatshop. I DO have a TRS-80 I've been using as a 'net terminal lately, though
27 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:29 pm
Deank
contributor eminence
would you like a vic 20?
28 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:57 pm
FlyingRat
moderator
Dean, so did you buy that laptop for $60, and the money went to United Way?
How does it run?
How does it run?
29 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:05 pm
Deank
contributor eminence
yup bid the laptop up to $60... no one else wanted to play so I got it for $60.. all goes to united way.
Runs just fine. kids love it.
Runs just fine. kids love it.
30 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:07 pm
SMW
major-contributor
Deank wrote:would you like a vic 20?
Nah, thanks. I've been thinning out the Sweatshop's inventory lately to make room for my development lab...
31 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:10 pm
Deank
contributor eminence
how about a 390E IBM thinkpad?
32 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:14 pm
SMW
major-contributor
Deank wrote:how about a 390E IBM thinkpad?
Is that the one with that was missing a few keys?
33 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:28 pm
Deank
contributor eminence
hehe. no
Its one that has been sitting in my garage for 3 or so years now. It got a nasty virus on it.. and I am too lazy to make a boot disk to fix it up.
Its one that has been sitting in my garage for 3 or so years now. It got a nasty virus on it.. and I am too lazy to make a boot disk to fix it up.
34 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:29 pm
Deank
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and the one that is missing keys..
still has the underlying key structure there so you can easily use the keys as long as you know which one is which
all total I now have 8 computers in my house. 4 of which I never turn on any more.
still has the underlying key structure there so you can easily use the keys as long as you know which one is which
all total I now have 8 computers in my house. 4 of which I never turn on any more.
35 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:31 pm
AGEsAces
moderator
heh...i just through away an old DOS Boot disk 
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I have an old Atari 2600 (clone) if anyone wants to buy it
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.I have an old Atari 2600 (clone) if anyone wants to buy it
.36 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:33 pm
SMW
major-contributor
Deank wrote:hehe. no
Its one that has been sitting in my garage for 3 or so years now. It got a nasty virus on it.. and I am too lazy to make a boot disk to fix it up.
Wanna sell it?
37 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:39 pm
Deank
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giveitaway giveitaway giveitaway now!
let me check if it still boots and such.. give me a couple of weeks and its all yours.
let me check if it still boots and such.. give me a couple of weeks and its all yours.
38 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:46 pm
Electrician
general-contributor
I'm a startin' to thinky that that thingamabop laptop really IS a VIC 20...
39 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 2:55 pm
Deank
contributor eminence
right! the vic 20... 9 computers.
40 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:45 pm
SMW
major-contributor
Deank wrote:right! the vic 20... 9 computers.
Only 9?
41 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:04 pm
Electrician
general-contributor
What about printers? How many???
42 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:29 pm
Deank
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well I dont convert toasters or microwaves into Unix boxes so I am at a disadvantage to youAirt Mattrèssor wrote:Deank wrote:right! the vic 20... 9 computers.
Only 9?
43 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:29 pm
Deank
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4 printers... none of them have ink 
44 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:32 pm
Electrician
general-contributor
There's a geeky guy up in the North End on some boulevard, he's got some.
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1.2.3.4.5.....20.....200....2000 seconds....
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1.2.3.4.5.....20.....200....2000 seconds....
45 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:12 pm
incognito
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UNIX on a toaster and microwave?
Let me guess... they’re being used as servers in a cafeteria.
Let me guess... they’re being used as servers in a cafeteria.
46 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Tue Nov 25, 2008 12:16 pm
Deank
contributor eminence
damn your funny.incognito wrote:UNIX on a toaster and microwave?
Let me guess... they’re being used as servers in a cafeteria.
47 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:15 pm
Electrician
general-contributor
...after 24 hours, nobody got the answer...Electrician wrote:There's a geeky guy up in the North End on some boulevard, he's got some.
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1.2.3.4.5.....20.....200....2000 seconds....
Inkster
48 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:10 am
AGEsAces
moderator
Inkster?
Is that like "Napster" for journalists?
Is that like "Napster" for journalists?
49 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:54 pm
SMW
major-contributor
AGEsAces wrote:Inkster?
Is that like "Napster" for journalists?
Wow - all those articles, just waitin' for plagiarizin'! Cool!
50 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:57 pm
grumpy old man
administrator
That must be where Snott Taylor gets his inspiration...
51 Re: what would you pay for this laptop? Wed Nov 26, 2008 1:12 pm
FlyingRat
moderator
I thought forums like these were the napsters of journalism....
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