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Offline EverythingIBM

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« on: Sat, 19 June 2010, 01:58:49 »
http://cgi.ebay.ca/IBM-6562-36U-Pentium-200-MHz-Personal-Computer-300PL-/150453454806?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2307b987d6

YEAH!! A P1 300PL. It even has the extra audio knobs. Now THAT is a computer.

Hurry MW, it's only $200, I'm sure all that money you saved by using salvaged computers, you can now buy this treasure.
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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 19 June 2010, 20:30:25 »
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http://cgi.ebay.ca/IBM-6562-36U-Pentium-200-MHz-Personal-Computer-300PL-/150453454806?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2307b987d6

YEAH!! A P1 300PL. It even has the extra audio knobs. Now THAT is a computer.

Hurry MW, it's only $200, I'm sure all that money you saved by using salvaged computers, you can now buy this treasure.


That's too expensive. Besides, I already have a 200Mhz Pentium computer, and it's even better.

And I got it for free out of a pile of junk in the supermarket parking lot.
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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 19 June 2010, 23:43:47 »
Yeah yeah, you getting it from the supermarket.

No, the 300PLs can support 384 MB of EDO RAM, have a cool headphone jack and knob at the front, and, have a matrox rainbow runner at 4 MB of memory. Uhhh... they're also more compact and are just so much more cool than "gateway".
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« Reply #3 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 00:58:23 »
So do either of you understand how technology works? I have this idea that you don't.

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« Reply #4 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 04:58:05 »
What is it that makes this old computer desirable?
Is it just the case and its capabilities?

Myself, I once cut one of these cases apart just to salvage some striped plastic for a project. I did not pay much attention to the chassis or anything else inside it.
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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 05:40:23 »
There are interesting and/or useful old computers.

The above are not examples of such.
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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 11:08:26 »
They're perfectly useful. They'll browse the web just fine.
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« Reply #7 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 11:46:47 »
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They're perfectly useful. They'll browse the web just fine.


Yeah and you can use DOS stuff at the same time. It's like the ultimate computer for everything.
I got my 300GL loaded with 512 MB of RAM & windows 98 SE.
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« Reply #8 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 11:57:53 »
My Gateway's got 64 and it runs fine. I loaded on Windows 95 and it's unfortunately the most reliable computer I have!
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« Reply #9 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 13:18:36 »
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They're perfectly useful. They'll browse the web just fine.


I can browse the internet on my phone. Probably would be quicker too.
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« Reply #10 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 15:26:23 »
No it wouldn't. And phones have lousy web browsers and tiny screens.
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« Reply #11 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 15:48:39 »
Oh yes it would!



Oh no, seriously, it would. Not running IE1 would be the first advantage of many.
« Last Edit: Sun, 20 June 2010, 15:53:37 by ch_123 »
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« Reply #12 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 21:31:47 »
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Yeah and you can use DOS stuff at the same time. It's like the ultimate computer for everything.
I got my 300GL loaded with 512 MB of RAM & windows 98 SE.


Buy an E Pro and be done with it - you'll have a 300GL/PL lookalike in a snazzy black case. Nobody'll notice it's horribly outdated.

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« Reply #13 on: Sun, 20 June 2010, 21:57:01 »
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Buy an E Pro and be done with it - you'll have a 300GL/PL lookalike in a snazzy black case. Nobody'll notice it's horribly outdated.

:)

Actually the 300PL/GL cases differed immensely (three different case types that I know of for them).


Most 300GLs use case type B... but I like case type A the best because it's much easier to work with in my opinion, more space, and it just looks better.

I actually don't like my 300GL, but it works.
« Last Edit: Sun, 20 June 2010, 21:59:46 by EverythingIBM »
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« Reply #14 on: Mon, 21 June 2010, 04:37:08 »
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I actually don't like my 300GL, but it works.


Butwaitlolwut? Why do you keep going on about it then?
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« Reply #15 on: Mon, 21 June 2010, 04:54:24 »
I still maintain that EIBM is the biggest troll on the forum. By far the least subtle too. It's not a faintly interesting old PC mate, it is however just ripe for shipping off to a third world country so they can strip all the metals out of it.
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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 21 June 2010, 12:27:55 »
GL is the one he doesn't like (despite it being more commonly found in the better case).

PL is the junker and it's oddly the one he prefers.
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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 21 June 2010, 12:31:39 »
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Oh yes it would!

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Oh no, seriously, it would. Not running IE1 would be the first advantage of many.


Mr. Know-it-all apparently doesn't know that Windows 95 runs IE5.5...
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« Reply #18 on: Mon, 21 June 2010, 12:49:08 »
And you think that's a defence?
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« Reply #19 on: Mon, 21 June 2010, 15:29:34 »
Now Kishy, he's got me there. It clearly renders everything I've said invalid.
« Last Edit: Mon, 21 June 2010, 15:31:37 by ch_123 »
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« Reply #20 on: Mon, 21 June 2010, 17:38:19 »
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Mr. Know-it-all apparently doesn't know that Windows 95 runs IE5.5...


A freshly laid turd is still a turd.
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