How often do you abuse your PC?
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ClockerDude
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I think the most abuse i've ever done to a PC would have to be either:
1. Taking the 100 meg HD out of my DEC 386, temporarily setting it up as a slave drive on my (then working) 486, putting Windows 95 OSR2 on it, putting the drive back into the 386, and then going to use it. The result? Well, it was slow, and i don't really think it liked the old thing's ISA bus too much for some reason, as even though I had the correct drivers, and the correct IO, DMA and IRQ settings, it wouldn't cooperate with my sound card, network card, or onboard video. 16 colours at 640x480. Woohoo. 
2. Taking another 386 mobo, complete with the case tray in Mum's car for about 80 km. No static bags, or anything. Just the mobo clipped onto its tray, sitting on the back seat. It got home safely, and even survived about 2 years, until it died recently! Amazing.
1. Taking the 100 meg HD out of my DEC 386, temporarily setting it up as a slave drive on my (then working) 486, putting Windows 95 OSR2 on it, putting the drive back into the 386, and then going to use it.
The result? Well, it was slow, and i don't really think it liked the old thing's ISA bus too much for some reason, as even though I had the correct drivers, and the correct IO, DMA and IRQ settings, it wouldn't cooperate with my sound card, network card, or onboard video. 16 colours at 640x480. Woohoo. 2. Taking another 386 mobo, complete with the case tray in Mum's car for about 80 km. No static bags, or anything. Just the mobo clipped onto its tray, sitting on the back seat. It got home safely, and even survived about 2 years, until it died recently! Amazing.
Long live Linux!
