simply amazing....

a few weeks ago, one of the users here at work asked me to burn him a copy of office. After telling him severl times that I cannot and will not do this, i burnt him a copy of OpenOffice.org. a few days ago he said it didnt work and gave him an error (which he conveniently forgot to write down), so today at lunch time, he brought me his PC....i couldnt beleive what i was seeing.

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...ldpc-front.JPG

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...dpc-drives.JPG

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...dpc-inside.JPG

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...-oldpc-ram.JPG

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...oldpc-side.JPG

according to Belarc Advisor
It has a Pentium processor, running at 83mhz
40mb ram
528mb hard drive
running windowd 95B

I went to openoffice.org website and found that the version he was using isnt supported under 95. i tried to uninstall, but it wont let me (keps telling me files are missing)..so after a few attempts, i delete the damn directory. ran the DCOM update (which will fix the error he was receiving, and now i am installing openoffice 1.0.3 which supports win95. hopefully this works...it is just sad that he is still running this PC

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now i am installing openoffice 1.0.3 which supports win95. hopefully this works...it is just sad that he is still running this PC

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Well, at least he's got that super fast 40x CD-ROM to load it!https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

I would have kicked him in the balls and said, "There's an upgrade for ya beeeeyotch!"

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I would have kicked him in the balls and said, "There's an upgrade for ya beeeeyotch!"

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I think you may be letting your COH life interfere with the "real" life. :p




That hardware would still make an excellent doorstop. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif



Have you thought about loading up an older Linix distro on it instead?

Charge him for it, of course. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Well, at least he's got that super fast 40x CD-ROM to load it!https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2006/04/1.gif

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Welcome ceu. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

lol, well, it did work, everything is ok now (other than that pesky entry in the add/remove programs for that other install of OOo that i couldnt uninstall. but for someone still using that machine, i cant imagine that it will bother him.

i really hate working on user's computers. at least here at work i have controll over their machines, on what gets installed and crap like that. it is a controlled environment...if he wouldnt have carried it almost a block from the parkinglot, and up two flights of stairs, i would have told him no...but it was an old IBM and very heavy. i figured i should at least try

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Originally Posted by delmer_1

according to Belarc Advisor
It has a Pentium processor, running at 83mhz
40mb ram
528mb hard drive
running windowd 95B

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That's a lott'a ram for a PC like that. Probably a $400 upgrade back in the day... :p

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Originally Posted by delmer_1

a few weeks ago, one of the users here at work asked me to burn him a copy of office. After telling him severl times that I cannot and will not do this, i burnt him a copy of OpenOffice.org. a few days ago he said it didnt work and gave him an error (which he conveniently forgot to write down), so today at lunch time, he brought me his PC....i couldnt beleive what i was seeing.

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...ldpc-front.JPG

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...dpc-drives.JPG

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...dpc-inside.JPG

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...-oldpc-ram.JPG

http://www.wrestlingvg.com/uploader/...oldpc-side.JPG

according to Belarc Advisor
It has a Pentium processor, running at 83mhz
40mb ram
528mb hard drive
running windowd 95B

I went to openoffice.org website and found that the version he was using isnt supported under 95. i tried to uninstall, but it wont let me (keps telling me files are missing)..so after a few attempts, i delete the damn directory. ran the DCOM update (which will fix the error he was receiving, and now i am installing openoffice 1.0.3 which supports win95. hopefully this works...it is just sad that he is still running this PC

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got microshaft works ver 1 on floppies somewhere ,,,he can prob load them with that 5.25 drive ,,


freddy

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Welcome ceu. https://forums.windrivers.com/images.../2005/03/1.gif

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Thanks, adept!

He could run win98 on that monster PC :thumbs:

At least he didn't ask for Doom 3...

You can almost smell the age of it by looking at the pics :D

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lol, well, it did work, everything is ok now (other than that pesky entry in the add/remove programs for that other install of OOo that i couldnt uninstall. but for someone still using that machine, i cant imagine that it will bother him.

i really hate working on user's computers. at least here at work i have controll over their machines, on what gets installed and crap like that. it is a controlled environment...if he wouldnt have carried it almost a block from the parkinglot, and up two flights of stairs, i would have told him no...but it was an old IBM and very heavy. i figured i should at least try

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Now your problem will be that he is going to tell everyone in the company what great work you do. Monday you wil show up and ten more people will have dropped off their home computers on your desk. I suggest you change your name and relocate to another city far away.