Subj : I remember when: 10MB hdd
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Wed Mar 31 2021 00:27:00

AA>I have a brand new mobo: GA-586T2 PCI-ISA BUS by Gigabyte. It
  >was intended for a self-made upgrade.. but I never got around to
  >it.  It has all the parts and ribbons, sans CPU.  Breaks my
  >heart to throw that out. eventually.

The one thing I never stocked up on and regretted were power supplies. I have
at least 3 computers that were given to me only because they blew the power
supply, and for a while there you could buy decent ones for under $20.
Now the old type are very hard to find and often about 5 times that price.

RM> New keyboards they don't even
RM> make adapters to USB for anymore,

AA>I think you can still find PC to USB adapters.

How abount full sized DIN to USB.. I could do it with 2 apators linked
together I suppose but that's a bit cluttery..

The only reason that's only an issue is because I usually bought high quality
keyboards. One, like I described above, was worth $125 and is brand new.
Two other *used* IBM ones I have were $400 and $170 new.
The one I am typing this on I mentioned on here somewhere earlier, is about to
celebrate it's 30th birthday in daily use, so buying quality does tend to pay
off in the long run. It started off life on a 386DX system..

RM> not to mention drawers and boxes full of modems...

AA>I have a modest line up of modems that I stopped using. Most
  >still work. But considering that a storm could easily wipe out a
  >modem, I tended to buy another one as a spare, just in case.
  >And now I have a mix of Winmodems, external modems, and 2400kbps
  >to 55kbps.

Yes, same here, although in all my years on computers (1983+) I've only had
one modem fail for any reason, and it was only a partial failure behaving like
noisy phone lines rather than not working at all.

RM> It will break my heart but, some day, I'm going to have to 'clean house'.

AA>Maybe there is a computer museum in your area that would be
  >happy to do something with all that.

Ironically I was in a computer shop last year and they had an 'antique' Laptop
on display in a glass case, and it was identical to a working one I still
have at home..    B)

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