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racketboy - Jul 17, 2003

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  Scared0o0Rabbit Jul 23, 2003
Any Reason you got rid of the cd-rom drive? I would think it'd be useful to have in there...

 racketboy Jul 23, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Scared0o0Rabbit@Jul 23, 2003 @ 03:29 PM



 Any Reason you got rid of the cd-rom drive? I would think it'd be useful to have in there...


you have to have Compaq's special slim drive.

I don't have it and I'm not about to spend $30-40 on eBay for one.

I just open the case and plug in an standard IDE drive when I need one to install Windows.

Otherwise I have USB goodies to use. (Burner, USB Keychain, USB Hard Drive)

Yes, this little Pentium marvel has to fully functional USB drives

Plus it will be networked when I'm done

 fistedjustice Jul 23, 2003
Want a sleek black case? Spraypaint is a girls best friend

 Scared0o0Rabbit Jul 23, 2003
ahh... I just assumed it had one lol. I havne't seen a computer without a cd-rom in a long time. I remember when we got a cd-rom for our computer... was either a 1x or a 2x, plugged into your parallel port. Shortly thereafter we upgraded to a 3x multispin internal that took these funky cartridges... then we got a sound card... sound on your pc... HOW AMAZING IS THAT?!

on a side note... I also recall getting an 8MB hard drive put into one of our computers at one point. We had to remove a 5 1/4 drive to do it... but just imagine... a computer that you didn't need a floppy in to have it work!

 racketboy Jul 23, 2003
well it's a Deskpro -- a business desktop

a lot of business desktops up until the last few years didn't have any optical drives.

This one didn't have sound either.

At my last job I worked on a PII IBM box that didn't have a CD or sound either.

It sucked 'cause I was stuck listening to a lousy radio.

Although now I have nice sound at this job, but we're not allowed to listen to music -- even with headphone. That really blows.

 Scared0o0Rabbit Jul 23, 2003
yeah I guess that's true.

 racketboy Dec 21, 2003
Here's the final product...

Gave me some good experience for future projects.

I'll only probably keep this machine for about another year until I move and use the HD and such elsewhere.

 Jurai Dec 21, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by racketboy@Dec 22, 2003 @ 12:38 AM



 Here's the final product...



Gave me some good experience for future projects.



I'll only probably keep this machine for about another year until I move and use the HD and such elsewhere.


the gloss is kinda sexy

 it290 Dec 21, 2003
Yeah that does look slick. Waitaminute, are those burned DC games I see lying on the ground there?

 mal Dec 21, 2003
Hmm... must have missed this one.

 Jurai Dec 22, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by it290@Dec 22, 2003 @ 12:55 AM



 Yeah that does look slick. Waitaminute, are those burned DC games I see lying on the ground there?


those are clearly legit homebrew programs he was testing

 racketboy Dec 22, 2003

  
	
	

		
		

			Originally posted by Jurai+Dec 22, 2003 @ 06:29 AM-->
QUOTE(Jurai @ Dec 22, 2003 @ 06:29 AM)