any silly uses for a 486

[Debug_Fdisk]

what i have done with mine is utilize upnp and it is basicly my lights and power for my house also use it for the watering of the grass...my 5 spares(4 now i used one as target practice) are just sitting around i have heard that fire departments are looking for them for there detectors...has anyone else heard of this?

[ibennetch]

excuse my ignorance, but what is upnp and how do you use it to control your lights and sprinklers?

[SavagePenguin]

Originally posted by Gabriel:
[B]...have sex on it...B]

You can catch a virus that way. Them computers are filled with viruses! I type with latex gloves just to be on the safe side.

[goinpostal]

I have an old desktop and I removed the cover and made a techno-litterbox.

P.S. I hate cats so I leave it plugged in

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[furlong47]

Tie it to your back bumper and see how far you can drag it down the street

[Jgold47]

I'm All for the fish tank idea, but pull the processor and make, a keychain/hoodornament/pendant out of it, and impress everyone with what a badass tech you are

[AnyTwo]

You just stand two of them ol desktops on their sides, add a couple a 2x8's, and ya got yourself some mighty fine shelving!
Also works great with old wide-carriage dot matrix printers if you remove the platen knobs first.

[pga]

silly uses?

dropping one off of a 7 story building onto your wifes head for the insurance money?

A more practical yet less economical thing to do would be to donate them to a local NFP organization. To you they may only be worth -$25, as a tax deduction you could write a 486 off as $500... that's $500 of non-taxable income!

Latur,


[This message has been edited by pga (edited October 09, 2000).]

[format c:]

Ahhh gee just give it to a friend who has a 286
Donate it to NASA so they can have parts for the Hubble space telescope ( It is powered by a 486 dx 2 )
Read that in Astronomy I beleive

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[goldmeier]

Take out the fan and toss the rest out a window.