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  • #1

    It's like Christmas morning and a scavenger hunt all in one!

    I've spent the past few days cleaning out my tech room - my former co-worker wasn't the neatest person (at least there was no rotting food).

    While cleaning I've noticed that the room really hasn't had a good cleaning in years. How can I tell?

    Well, the emails printed I found (posted in the advice forum) was one - printed in late 2005 but this wasn't the kicker. Here's what else I found:
    • Getting Started with Windows 98 book
    • Introduction to Windows 2000 text book
    • 5 GB Hard drives
    • 128 MB laptop memory modules
    • 64MB laptop memory modules
    • MS Windows Server 2000 (WITH THE LICENSE!!)
    • Dozens and dozens of PC power cords
    • Dozens of 2-1 PS/2 splitters
    • A dozen serial (9 pin) cables
    • Introduction to Windows XP text book
    • An old laptop - estimated ot be 6-7 years old
    • Windows XP 3.5" floppies (no, not a boot disc, the actual OS on a series of 3.5" floppies - missing many of them)
    • Windows 98SE boot disc
    • Windows 95 Boot disc
    • A Cisco 1900 series switch (10MbpS - we haven't used those in years)
    • Several 10MbpS PCMCIA network cards
    • 33.6K PCMCIA modems
    • 28.8K PCMCIA modem
    • 14.4K PCMCIA modem (I should send that to the Smithsonian!)


    Plus, I found spools of RF-45. Cat5-E, something older, flat cabling, etc..

    I can't wait to start the old storage room next...
    Quote Dalesys:
    ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"
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  • #2
    Sounds like my housecleaning at work.

    Found a city phone book (still in plastic) from 1990, cell phones from the late '80s/early '90s, and various drawings from the early '80s.

    Felt like Indiana Jones for a bit.

    But without the Nazis, the cool treasure, or the hot woman.

    B
    "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."- Albert Einstein.
    I never knew how happy paint could make people until I started selling it.

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    • #3
      Or the kid in the baseball cap? You need one of those.
      Ridiculous 2009 Predictions: Evil Queen will beat Martha Stewart to death with a muffin pan. All hail Evil Queen! (Some things don't need elaboration.....) -- Jester

      Ridiculous 2010 Predictions: Evil Queen, after escaping prison for last years prediction, goes out and waffle irons Rachel Ray to death. -- SG15Z

      Ridiculous 2011 Prediction: Evil Queen will beat Gordon Ramsay over the head with a cast-iron skillet. -- FireHeart

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      • #4
        And cobras behind glass. I'm actually sad that that's "cleaned up" from the DVDs.
        Any day you're looking down at the dirt instead of up at the dirt is a good day.

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        • #5
          Up in the records retention room in my store is a floor plan for the swamp, circa 1986.

          Only things that are still are their current spots are pharmacy, optical, and the restrooms, because those are hard to move after all. Also the cash registers, but at that time we had at least double the number of registers we have now (we have 8).

          The swamp also contained a dentist's office at that time.
          Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil.

          "I never said I wasn't a horrible person."--Me, almost daily

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          • #6
            I found a Win 3.1 laptop in a storage room last year. Weighed about 10 pounds. I found it's power brick at t actually booted but crashed at the splash screen.

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            • #7
              A Cisco 1900 series switch (10MbpS - we haven't used those in years)

              ^^ I have one and it's good enough for most things, anything small office 10 Mbps should be enough for anyone
              Otaku

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              • #8
                Quoth prb View Post
                A Cisco 1900 series switch (10MbpS - we haven't used those in years)

                ^^ I have one and it's good enough for most things, anything small office 10 Mbps should be enough for anyone
                Home use it's fine, too since most high speed connections are 6MbpS or less but we need the speed - all the locations have 100MbpS switches, some even have 1-3 GbpS ports on them.
                Quote Dalesys:
                ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

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                • #9
                  Time to go attempt the storage room....
                  Quote Dalesys:
                  ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

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                  • #10
                    Heh. I have, on my desk, one of the hard drives I had to remove from it's origional housing so I could wipe it. I kept it as an artifact of an earlier time. The size is 420Mb, and it still works.
                    The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
                    "Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
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                    • #11
                      Quoth Geek King View Post
                      Heh. I have, on my desk, one of the hard drives I had to remove from it's origional housing so I could wipe it. I kept it as an artifact of an earlier time. The size is 420Mb, and it still works.
                      I've used MFM drives. Tou che.
                      Quote Dalesys:
                      ... as in "Ifn thet dawg comes at me, Ima gonna shutz ma panz!"

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                      • #12
                        Quoth draggar View Post
                        I've used MFM drives. Tou che.
                        12" floppy disk. Not sure if it still works. No drive to test it.
                        The Rich keep getting richer because they keep doing what it was that made them rich. Ditto the Poor.
                        "Hy kan tell dey is schmot qvestions, dey is makink my head hurt."
                        Hoc spatio locantur.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth Geek King View Post
                          12" floppy disk. Not sure if it still works. No drive to test it.

                          OMG the last time I saw one of those sized disks was for an IBM System/36 I worked with years and years ago.
                          I'm lost without a paddle and headed up SH*T creek.
                          -- Life Sucks Then You Die.

                          "I'll believe corp. are people when Texas executes one."

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Geek King View Post
                            12" floppy disk. Not sure if it still works. No drive to test it.
                            12"? Are you sure you're not using ye olde floppy dick bragging ruler?

                            Largest I've ever seen/used were 8". Had to design & build a raw data interface for a theater lighting system: wirewrapped, 7400 series TTL MSI logic as an emergency replacement for a Singer 0.25M hard drive at Samford University. ('75 or '76)
                            Last edited by dalesys; 04-17-2009, 06:22 PM.
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                            • #15
                              [QUOTE=dalesys;541715]12"? Are you sure you're not using ye olde floppy dick bragging ruler?[\QUOTE]

                              No, they did exist at some point in time. What was the max capacity on those? 128k?
                              I AM the evil bastard!
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