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Old May 4, 2013 | 7:33 pm
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Originally Posted by benjiem1
This reminds me of a computer I was asked to work on a couple years ago. It was October 2010, and they showed me to a computer running Windows 95. 80486 processor, 16 MB of RAM, and a 512 MB hard drive. The thing ran like it was straight out of the box. Apparently they only used it for bookkeeping, and then only once a month or so.

They didn't really have any problems with it, just wanted me to check on it while I was there looking at another computer. They had told me they had this computer, and that it was older ("probably 6 or 7 years old"). I guess time flies.

I made some backups for them on floppies (only option available), and left them with the thing still running. As far as I know, they're still using it.

I had to take some screenshots, because it was just unbelievable. Here they are (not resized - they were, of course, running at 640x480). I felt that the only appropriate way to remove their information was in paint, badly.

http://imgur.com/a/ccBbN
Ouch. That hard drive is nearly full. They're gonna have problems with it pretty soon, because when Windows 95 runs out of swap space on the hard drive, it will come to a screeching halt and start whining like a teenager going to a family wedding.

Last edited by WillCAD; May 5, 2013 at 5:48 am Reason: I typed fill when I meant full...
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