Vista on old Dell 4500 ?

Yeah, that mention of an RL02 pack kind of killed the thread. Not the Bernoulli
box though... Ben Myers

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:27:18 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1960@mail.com> wrote:

>
><paulmd@efn.org> wrote in message
>news:1177605782.758888.298400@n35g2000prd.googleg roups.com...
>> On Apr 26, 6:12 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
>> wrote:
>>> To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1
>>> Dells with
>>> a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density
>>> SDRAM and
>>> an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory.
>>> One could
>>> be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz
>>> Pentium II
>>> processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz) Slot 1
>>> Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was
>>> younger.
>>>
>>> I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation of
>>> some
>>> of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but
>>> only if I
>>> could watch... Ben Myers
>>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
>>> >news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
>>> >> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>>>
>>> >That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.
>>
>> I have plenty of relics, hundreds, in fact (anyone want a twin 8"
>> bernoulli drive with 2 20mb cartridges???, Anyone?) . Lacking only
>> Vista.
>>
>
>
>:::::::::::^^^^^^THREAD OFFICIALLY HIJACKED BY OLD GUYS^^^^
>^^^^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>
>Get ready for punch card stories...............
>
>(ducking)
>
>That is all.
>

On Apr 26, 2:31 pm, "HDRDTD" <HDR...@comcast.net> wrote:
> If you can find the drive, I still have a brand new box of 8" floppies...
>

Do you want the drive? I'm sure one will turn up here soon... I
normally junk'em, but if someone really wants one.....

Also, I think my shrinkwrapped box of 8" floppies hasn't moved yet.
Anyone want them?



> or an RL02 pack if you have a DEC.
>
> "Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
>
> newskt133tnoc81dn1rh3vgq0p2tke8a0vmor@4ax.com...
>
> > Now we're getting somewhere. Install Vista on a Bernoulli box. Actually
> > you
> > would get the same effect using one of the newer Iomega 750MB ZIP
> > cartridges or
> > one of their late and lamentable Jaz drives. I'll bet that Vista's
> > swapping
> > and thrashing would cause a head crash on the device within an hour... Ben
>
> > On 26 Apr 2007 09:43:02 -0700, "pau...@efn.org" <pau...@efn.org> wrote:
>
> >>On Apr 26, 6:12 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
> >>wrote:
> >>> To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1
> >>> Dells with
> >>> a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density
> >>> SDRAM and
> >>> an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory.
> >>> One could
> >>> be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz
> >>> Pentium II
> >>> processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz) Slot
> >>> 1
> >>> Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was
> >>> younger.
>
> >>> I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation
> >>> of some
> >>> of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but
> >>> only if I
> >>> could watch... Ben Myers
>
> >>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
> >>> >news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
> >>> >> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>
> >>> >That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.
>
> >>I have plenty of relics, hundreds, in fact (anyone want a twin 8"
> >>bernoulli drive with 2 20mb cartridges???, Anyone?) . Lacking only
> >>Vista.

On Apr 26, 3:27 pm, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
> <pau...@efn.org> wrote in message
>
> news:1177605782.758888.298400@n35g2000prd.googlegr oups.com...
>
>
>
> > On Apr 26, 6:12 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
> > wrote:
> >> To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1
> >> Dells with
> >> a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density
> >> SDRAM and
> >> an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory.
> >> One could
> >> be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz
> >> Pentium III
> >> processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz) Slot 1
> >> Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was
> >> younger.
>
> >> I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation of
> >> some
> >> of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but
> >> only if I
> >> could watch... Ben Myers
>
> >> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>
> >> >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
> >> >news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
> >> >> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>
> >> >That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.
>
> > I have plenty of relics, hundreds, in fact (anyone want a twin 8"
> > bernoulli drive with 2 20mb cartridges???, Anyone?) . Lacking only
> > Vista.
>
> :::::::::::^^^^^^THREAD OFFICIALLY HIJACKED BY OLD GUYS^^^^
> ^^^^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>
> Get ready for punch card stories... ............
>
> (ducking)
>
> That is all.

I deny Being an old guy! I'm only 29. It's just that by the nature
of my job, I get to see, and play with (um make that "work on") some
really old, and sometimes really oddball stuff. (Computer recycling)

http://www.lanecrrc.org/news/index.php

OK, i'll admit it, I'm the old guy.

but I can always claim I didn't know what I was doing. I was having one of
them 'Senior Moments' Judge.....

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

End of hijak
<paulmd@efn.org> wrote in message
news:1177639135.396332.140570@b40g2000prd.googlegr oups.com...
> On Apr 26, 3:27 pm, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>> <pau...@efn.org> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1177605782.758888.298400@n35g2000prd.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Apr 26, 6:12 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >> To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1
>> >> Dells with
>> >> a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density
>> >> SDRAM and
>> >> an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory.
>> >> One could
>> >> be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz
>> >> Pentium III
>> >> processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz)
>> >> Slot 1
>> >> Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was
>> >> younger.
>>
>> >> I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation
>> >> of
>> >> some
>> >> of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but
>> >> only if I
>> >> could watch... Ben Myers
>>
>> >> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>>
>> >> >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
>> >> >news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
>> >> >> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>>
>> >> >That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.
>>
>> > I have plenty of relics, hundreds, in fact (anyone want a twin 8"
>> > bernoulli drive with 2 20mb cartridges???, Anyone?) . Lacking only
>> > Vista.
>>
>> :::::::::::^^^^^^THREAD OFFICIALLY HIJACKED BY OLD GUYS^^^^
>> ^^^^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>>
>> Get ready for punch card stories... ............
>>
>> (ducking)
>>
>> That is all.
>
> I deny Being an old guy! I'm only 29. It's just that by the nature
> of my job, I get to see, and play with (um make that "work on") some
> really old, and sometimes really oddball stuff. (Computer recycling)
>
> http://www.lanecrrc.org/news/index.php
>

But playing with old computers makes you older faster. True fact. Medically
proven... Ben Myers

On 26 Apr 2007 18:58:55 -0700, "paulmd@efn.org" <paulmd@efn.org> wrote:

>On Apr 26, 3:27 pm, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>> <pau...@efn.org> wrote in message
>>
>> news:1177605782.758888.298400@n35g2000prd.googlegr oups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Apr 26, 6:12 am, Ben Myers <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net>
>> > wrote:
>> >> To get a really long WOW, why not install Vista on one of the Slot 1
>> >> Dells with
>> >> a 440BX chipset? Those old boards would handle 768MB of low density
>> >> SDRAM and
>> >> an older higher voltage AGP card with a reasonable amount of memory.
>> >> One could
>> >> be retro in the extreme by installing one of the very first 266MHz
>> >> Pentium III
>> >> processors, or go for burning speed with a 500MHz (or even 600MHz) Slot 1
>> >> Pentium III. Talk about a prolonged WOW! Reminds me of when I was
>> >> younger.
>>
>> >> I would be almost willing to underwrite such a venture with a donation of
>> >> some
>> >> of the relics that I have not yet scrapped or sold to an exporter, but
>> >> only if I
>> >> could watch... Ben Myers
>>
>> >> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:04:22 -0500, "S.Lewis" <stew1...@mail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> >"Ben Myers" <ben_myers_spam_me_...@charter.net> wrote in message
>> >> >news:92b033l2pgt6l63ob073sidhct93atbpu1@4ax.com.. .
>> >> >> And you are a certified masochist? ... Ben Myers
>>
>> >> >That's more like "wwwwwwwwoooooowwwwwwwwwww." I'm guessing.
>>
>> > I have plenty of relics, hundreds, in fact (anyone want a twin 8"
>> > bernoulli drive with 2 20mb cartridges???, Anyone?) . Lacking only
>> > Vista.
>>
>> :::::::::::^^^^^^THREAD OFFICIALLY HIJACKED BY OLD GUYS^^^^
>> ^^^^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
>>
>> Get ready for punch card stories... ............
>>
>> (ducking)
>>
>> That is all.
>
>I deny Being an old guy! I'm only 29. It's just that by the nature
>of my job, I get to see, and play with (um make that "work on") some
>really old, and sometimes really oddball stuff. (Computer recycling)
>
>http://www.lanecrrc.org/news/index.php