My dad worked for IBM in the software group but he was able to get decomissioned (usually broken) Thinkpads for me to tinker with. This is actually how I start

My dad worked for IBM in the software group but he was able to get decomissioned (usually broken) Thinkpads for me to tinker with. This is actually how I started my MSP company in the early 2000s. I was selling webspace hosted on Thinkpads with broken displays running Debian Woody (and Sarge) in a ventilated book shelf in my room. Good times