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> Just throw it away. At the very least, offer it up for free before throwing it away. They're not making any more vintage computers.
by EvanAnderson 2y ago
> Just throw it away.
At the very least, offer it up for free before throwing it away. They're not making any more vintage computers.
- flohofwoe 2y agoExactly, even if the computer itself isn't worth much or is broken, at least it can be stripped for spare parts that are not manufactured anymore.
- askonomm 2y agoActually, they are: https://nixsys.com/legacy-computers/windows-98-computers https://nixsys.com/legacy-computers/windows-98-computers, https://nixsys.com/legacy-computers/windows-xp-computers https://nixsys.com/legacy-computers/windows-xp-computers, etc.
- EvanAnderson 2y agoNobody is fabbing more of the custom silicon you're going to find in non-PC vintage computers. There are FPGA-based replacements for some custom chips of yore, but there won't be any more real SID, POKEY, etc, chips.
- Sunspark 2y agoI think people would buy a new motherboard with ISA and AGP slots even today. I still have old pieces that can make a complete system, just not the motherboard because they all died.
- Dwedit 2y agoSomeone figured out how to get ISA slots on Broadwell-era motherboards by highjacking the TPM port.
- paulcole 2y ago> They're not making any more vintage computers Ah because they’re in such high demand and so useful that they stopped making them.