Kiwi Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 This is my old PC, normally kept as a back up. It was built by Mesh and is still going strong. Originally I had installed 2 graphics cards, 1Gb RAM, zip drive, CDRW and dvd drive and Soundblaster Live Platinum card. But now its had one graphic card removed. Because with so much stuff installed the poor thing couldn't cope. The harddrive will be wiped in advance of collection so no software included I'm afraid. It will run Win2K fine and you can still obtain the relevant drivers from websites for the peripherals. Its running USB 1.0 so don't expect a lot out of it in that respect. Otherwise, its proved very reliable. EDIT: This PC is still perfectly capable of running a linux distro and would offer good performance, even by current standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Mario_Bass Posted June 9, 2007 Share Posted June 9, 2007 Possibly interested, how much postage do you think it would cost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted June 9, 2007 Author Share Posted June 9, 2007 Postage would be tricky because the courier could only collect from my work during business hours. There's no way I can realistically take the PC and monitor + gubbins into work on the underground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 So if you're wiping the hard drive, presumably it won't come complete with your collection of scanned Edwardian llama porn? Shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 [quote name='Rich' post='31280' date='Jul 13 2007, 01:59 PM']So if you're wiping the hard drive, presumably it won't come complete with your collection of scanned Edwardian llama porn? Shame.[/quote] Not the llama porn, I can supply some interesting grimey, 70's mole rat stuff on CD though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilb Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Midgets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 [quote name='neilb' post='31324' date='Jul 13 2007, 03:06 PM']Midgets?[/quote] What flavour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical_Max Posted July 31, 2007 Share Posted July 31, 2007 Shabba Bump for a P to the M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted July 31, 2007 Author Share Posted July 31, 2007 pm returned my dear fellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magical_Max Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Bump for another PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcgiver69 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 Anyone interested in this piece of computer history, will be interested in downloading the Ubuntu Medibuntu distro too, it comes with the low latency kernel and coupled with the always reliable Soundblaster can make a cheap and effective recording station. The distro comes complete with anything you could possibly use for recording purposes: - Hydrogen (Drum Machine) - Ardour recording station (The closest thing to Protools I've found) - Audacity - Jack kit (The Jack connectivity program) - Rosegarden (Midi recording station) And much more, so don't let CK take this unique piece to the tip and get yourself a spanking new recording studio. Ok CK where's my cheque? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 [quote name='Mcgiver69' post='52579' date='Aug 30 2007, 01:15 AM']And much more, so don't let CK take this unique piece to the tip and get yourself a spanking new recording studio. Ok CK where's my cheque?[/quote] lol In the post mate Thanks for the bump. The PC is still here, they only reason I haven't gotten rid of it yet is because the council won't collect it for their recycling programmes. Its still in perfectly good working order though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 CrazyKiwi You do realize wiping the hard drive will NOT stop people from being able to see what information you used to have on their right? I watched a TV program where all the council collected computers were sent for recycling to Nigeria,and the bright people there used some form of deep routing program to recover all the data on the drives-you know,credit card info etc etc The only way to stop this is to remove the hard drive,open it up and smash the silver discs-of course,this knackers the hard drive-I thought I should warn you All the best mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 [quote name='Lorne' post='56316' date='Sep 6 2007, 02:56 AM']CrazyKiwi You do realize wiping the hard drive will NOT stop people from being able to see what information you used to have on their right?[/quote] I have a special piece of software that scrubs each sector on the drive so the data, once deleted, stays deleted. I haven't used it yet on the PC hard drive but I will before the PC goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorne Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Ok-I still wouldn't risk it though,but I trust no-one ha ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmaniac Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 (edited) formatting with the manufacturer disks (usually found in dodgy parts of the web) will pretty much guarentee no data can be retrieved.. but im guessin on a pc like this its prob worth buyin a new IDE hard drive cheap. Haha.. that reminds me of the african guy on fonejacker "Sir.. their is a pigeon in your bank account. WE need your sort code to get it out.." Edited September 6, 2007 by metalmaniac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 [quote name='Lorne' post='56316' date='Sep 6 2007, 02:56 AM']CrazyKiwi You do realize wiping the hard drive will NOT stop people from being able to see what information you used to have on their right? I watched a TV program where all the council collected computers were sent for recycling to Nigeria,and the bright people there used some form of deep routing program to recover all the data on the drives-you know,credit card info etc etc The only way to stop this is to remove the hard drive,open it up and smash the silver discs-of course,this knackers the hard drive-I thought I should warn you All the best mate [/quote] Not quite true to be honest. Quick formats yes, data is easily retrievable as it just wipes the allocation table. Proper formats make it much harder depending on the method, some just delete the start of the file. Other formatting methods are available simply and easily, which write the HD sectors full of 0's and 1's. No data can be retrieved as it's all overwritten. Smashing up a disk is not a guarantee the data is unreadable (lots of time and patience), dropping it in acid however is. Free bump, shame to see a decent PC go go waste for no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted September 27, 2007 Author Share Posted September 27, 2007 Collection by the council now booked for October 9th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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