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Well Dave,
There's about 5% of the hardware in that old 386 that may be used for
upgrading (into a useful machine, at least). That would be the floppy
drive (if it's a 1.44MB 3.5" drive, which it may not even be). All of it
is just about too old to be rebuilt into a machine that can run any
software on the market.
Dave, it sounds like it may be best for you to just go out and buy some
low-end, current market parts and try to build your kids that machine (Or
maybe go high-end and make yourself a new one, and give the kids your
current one). If you're unsure of yourself, try to find a good friend who
knows in these things. Then, all your labor might be worth something.
- Hawk166_PWR (Michael Soto)
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On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 15:10:06 -0500 Dave Schroeder
<[log in to unmask]> writes:
> I have a very old machine I would like to rebuild into something
> usable for
> my kids. This would be the first time trying to rebuild one. I've
> a
> Gateway 386 25MHz with an 80meg hard drive. What's everyone's
> opinion on
> rebuilding? I would like to learn how to build a PC from scratch
> and
> figured I can't do any harm to this ancient machine. If I have to,
> I'll buy
> all new parts, cases, memory, etc... just for the experience of it
> all.
>
> Dave Schroeder
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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