This blog entry is about one of my old computers with a motherboard from about 2004. I personally consider anything with a 64 bit CPU modern. Of course this is factually wrong. The first x64 processors are beyond the 20 year mark. Hardware from that era is often broken and has been scrapped long ago due to capacitor plague ← Let’s not think about that chapter.
The question I’m trying to answer is if a >20 year old PC could be used for everyday tasks. Most would just scream the word, “No!”, but I’m interested in going deeper.
Tag: Nostalgia
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Asus A8V → Is This Still Usable?
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Keeping Broken IBM XT/AT For Sentimental Reasons [Partially Sinchen Rant]
A wave of painful nostalgia just hit me hard. I have a few old IBM machines that do not work anymore. When I got them – the usual way: people tossed them because they were outdated old junk – many of them were still operational. That was about 20 years ago. Over time they failed. Especially the MFM HDDs are anything but reliable. It might be possible to recap the boards or even get replacement versions for the PSUs, but there is probably no way to revive that feeling of listening to a Seagate ST-225 hard drive in action.
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