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September 20th, 2004, 01:58 PM
#1
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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
Some people are like Slinkies . . . not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs
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September 20th, 2004, 02:14 PM
#2
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Originally Posted by delmer_1
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
Well, at least he's got that super fast 40x CD-ROM to load it!
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September 20th, 2004, 02:16 PM
#3
Registered User
I would have kicked him in the balls and said, "There's an upgrade for ya beeeeyotch!"
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September 20th, 2004, 02:21 PM
#4
Registered User
Originally Posted by meatwad
I would have kicked him in the balls and said, "There's an upgrade for ya beeeeyotch!"
I think you may be letting your COH life interfere with the "real" life.
That hardware would still make an excellent doorstop.
Have you thought about loading up an older Linix distro on it instead?
Charge him for it, of course.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. -Douglas Adams
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September 20th, 2004, 02:21 PM
#5
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Originally Posted by ceu
Well, at least he's got that super fast 40x CD-ROM to load it!
Welcome ceu.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. -Douglas Adams
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September 20th, 2004, 02:22 PM
#6
Registered User
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
Some people are like Slinkies . . . not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs
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September 20th, 2004, 02:28 PM
#7
Banned
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
That's a lott'a ram for a PC like that. Probably a $400 upgrade back in the day...
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September 20th, 2004, 02:28 PM
#8
Originally Posted by delmer_1
got microshaft works ver 1 on floppies somewhere ,,,he can prob load them with that 5.25 drive ,,
freddy
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September 20th, 2004, 05:16 PM
#9
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Originally Posted by a d e p t
Welcome ceu.
Thanks, adept!
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September 20th, 2004, 06:21 PM
#10
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He could run win98 on that monster PC
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September 27th, 2004, 08:40 AM
#11
At least he didn't ask for Doom 3...
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September 27th, 2004, 08:47 AM
#12
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You can almost smell the age of it by looking at the pics
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September 30th, 2004, 12:23 PM
#13
Originally Posted by delmer_1
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
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.
"Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I'll remember. Involve me, and I'll learn." -- Marla Jones
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