Compaq Presario

"Nibby" (nibby68) 02/26/2018 at 13:17 • Filed to: None

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For Sweden > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 13:33

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iPaq > Presario

someassemblyrequired > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 13:33

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It appears you have stolen a CompUSA and placed it in your garage.

LOREM IPSUM > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 13:48

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I used to call em Crapaq.

HP can bite it too.

Textured Soy Protein > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 13:53

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“You too can have an amazing body just like this guy’s, which is totally hidden from view by baggy 90s clothing! All you have to do is use your computer while sitting on a table next to your monitor, with one foot on the table, while placing the keyboard on your lap, and not looking at the monitor! Only with a Compaq Presario!”

user314 > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 13:58

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Aw yeah, that’s some good nostalgia there. Time to go listen to some 4 Non Blondes, Ace of Base, Snow, and Meatloaf before watching Conan O’Brien take over for Letterman on Late Night . 

Nibby > LOREM IPSUM 02/26/2018 at 14:04

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but business line HP doe

Nibby > someassemblyrequired 02/26/2018 at 14:04

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brb going to compusa

Nibby > For Sweden 02/26/2018 at 14:05

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prosignia master race

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Textured Soy Protein 02/26/2018 at 14:31

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He’s just waiting for that 700x800 pixel porn to download.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 14:31

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Family got one of these babies Christmas 1995 as our first PC, it was a freaking a revelation, man. I spent hours going through the tutorials and video walkthroughs, it was the damn future to someone who had only ever seen a dedicated word processing machine and typewriter to that point.

3D Ultra Pinball still rules

404 - User No Longer Available > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 14:31

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They’re shit. I can’t remember how many power supplies and video cards I went through on my Elite 8xxx.

GLiddy > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 14:41

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Hey, I’ve got one of those monitors with the saddlebag speakers. It’s up in my attic. I had forgotten about it until I saw yours.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney 02/26/2018 at 15:04

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I had that exact set up in college

Snailkite > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 15:19

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My first PC. Came with wonderful Windows ME and out-of-the-box blue screens.

facw > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 15:28

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My first PC that was exclusively mine:

Staples display model (so discount, plus it came with a few extra games). Picked up the 17" monitor as a refurb as well. 233 MHz Pentium II, 32MB RAM, 6.5GB 5.25" HD, ATI Rage IIc 2MB 3D accelerator. I upgraded mine to 64MB, a 12MB Voodoo 2, and an Aureal soundcard.

Nibby > Snailkite 02/26/2018 at 15:31

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beautiful

Nibby > facw 02/26/2018 at 15:31

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you better still have it cause it’s quite killer

facw > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 15:36

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I had it at my parents for a long time, but not sure it survived their most recent move, haven’t seen it around the new place...

Mercedes Streeter > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 15:38

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Gosh darnit, stop making me jealous!

Also, my dual socket xeon board arrives today with its matched pair of hex xeons! :D

Nibby > facw 02/26/2018 at 15:38

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INQUIRE

Nibby > Mercedes Streeter 02/26/2018 at 15:41

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send pictures!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 15:42

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If you didn’t have one of those you had one of these:

someassemblyrequired > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 15:43

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I guess if you don’t have an Incredible Universe close by it’ll have to do.

Nibby > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/26/2018 at 15:48

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we had Dells like this one

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 15:56

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If we didn’t have an HP we had an IBM because my Aunt worked for them and could extend us her discount.

Nibby > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 02/26/2018 at 17:49

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brb marrying your aunt

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 18:09

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She was a software architect for them. Unfortunately her whole division was laid off shortly after the Lenovo takeover.

Boxer_4 > Nibby 02/26/2018 at 19:57

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A good friend of mine had one from new as his first and main computer. It was a later one that came with XP. He had a a Mag Innovision LCD with it, rather than the CRT. That one died about 5 years ago, and he no longer has it. He still has the monitor though.

We now have two of them (maybe three, I forget). He still looks occasionally to try and find any of the color kits. So do I.

Nibby > Boxer_4 02/26/2018 at 21:30

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I kinda want to get one and turn it into a sleeper PC

Boxer_4 > Nibby 03/01/2018 at 19:05

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It would be a fun project, and they do still turn up every so often...

Nibby > Boxer_4 03/01/2018 at 19:10

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the ones on ebay are all $100+ nope

Boxer_4 > Nibby 03/02/2018 at 20:21

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I’ll admit, my frame of reference for price is off, the couple that we have we got for free. To be fair, most of what we get, we get for free.

Nibby > Boxer_4 03/02/2018 at 22:03

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Where do you get this stuff for few

Boxer_4 > Nibby 03/06/2018 at 20:47

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Mostly from friends/family and acquaintances. We still refurbish computers to donate to high school students who need them. We are still in contact with a teacher at our old high school, who in turn tends to get stuff from other teachers. Also, it seems that once you tell someone that you work on computers for underprivileged kids, people are quick to give you stuff ( see also: “I have a computer that is taking up space/I want to get rid of... do you want it?”) . Even college professors cluing us in to/getting us stuff that was just going to be thrown out anyway. Quite soon, you end up with a healthy ( sometimes too healthy ) stream of computers coming in.

We use what we can. A good number of systems get a new lease on life, ready for someone who really needs it. Some ( OK, quite a few ) we hang onto because we think they are old and cool ( ‘80s and ‘90s are our favorites ). Others are just old and not really useful ( If we get another Dimension 4600, I’m going to scream! ).

It’s crazy some of the old stuff we’ve gotten over the years.  

Nibby > Boxer_4 03/06/2018 at 20:59

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yo fuck P4s man

also that’s pretty sweet. i had gotten a bunch o’ P4s and pentium d rigs for free a couple years ago and did the same, donated to an organization that gives them to kids who need computers

Boxer_4 > Nibby 03/07/2018 at 20:47

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The P4s are just annoying to deal with. They aren’t useful now, most aren’t that special, and there were a lot of them. At least a lot of the Pentium D computers were easily upgraded to early Core 2 Duo for real cheap (an early mid-high range C2D is typically $10 or so on eBay). Now though, we’re finally getting away from getting as many of those.

It’s really awesome to be able to give someone without much such a necessary tool in today’s world. Knowing how much of a difference it can make is a real motivator to continue, plus, we find it a lot of fun! 

Nibby > Boxer_4 03/08/2018 at 10:28

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too old to be useful, too new to be retro