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June 27th, 2000, 10:56 AM
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any silly uses for a 486
Can anyone think of amusing things to use old 486s for (its for a comp question) , funny answers only please
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June 27th, 2000, 12:28 PM
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ESD experiments......120v straight to anything inside it.
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June 27th, 2000, 03:58 PM
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Connect it to your house to turn the lights on and off when your away.
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June 27th, 2000, 04:10 PM
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Why stop at the lights !
I mean, you could have coffee and toast ready for you first thing in the morning, dinner cooked and the shopping done by the time you get home, etc,etc. ------------------ So, How many modems got fried this thunderstorm ?
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June 28th, 2000, 05:39 AM
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1. Pull everything out and use the case to store your shoes. Especially if it's a full-tower one.
2. If a friend of yours collects insects (spiders or ants), give it to him. It'd be a great park and they could have some fun. 3. Put four wheels on it and use it as a skateboard. ------------------ "Matter is passive. In spite of its power, it can't be controlled without the human mind." Sokrates
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June 28th, 2000, 11:15 AM
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they make great rockery ornaments or doorstops.
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June 28th, 2000, 01:52 PM
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What do you mean, amusing? My PC is a 486!
I guess running OS/2 and NT Workstation on it is pretty amusing... LOL ------------------ R. Bret Walker, CNE Professional Hockey: 8 months of the year when life actually means something.
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July 4th, 2000, 07:03 AM
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How about a head stone.
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July 4th, 2000, 07:30 AM
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Good old Doom days
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July 5th, 2000, 11:15 AM
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let the kiddies play with it.
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July 5th, 2000, 01:28 PM
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Use it to educate the fishes!
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July 6th, 2000, 03:49 PM
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You need to try overclocking it to the max, try attaching a car battery to the processor for some extre juice if needed. If all else fails it makes a nice give it to some younger kid so they can learn all about these wonderful thing called a 486 they learned about in their computer class.
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July 21st, 2000, 06:45 PM
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I use mine to feed my fish (becuase I surf so much I forget)
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July 23rd, 2000, 01:14 AM
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See what it looks like at the bottom of a pool. Give it to your dog to play with. Send it c.o.d. to your mother-in-law (with a dead fish inside it). set it outside with the trash and see how long it takes before someone takes it. I did that with 4 old 13" IBM monitors and 2 old apple printers. I almost had a war in my front yard!
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July 24th, 2000, 12:52 PM
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Try and install Windows 2000 on it, by tweaking the bus rate
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Linear Mode
