Comments on: The spare spare spare computer http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-spare-spare-spare-computer/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Twenty-ten: The picks of the litter « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-spare-spare-spare-computer/#comment-47159 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 23:40:05 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-spare-spare-spare-computer/#comment-47159 [...] mentioned it much, but the Debian server I built to run at 133Mhz has convinced me to keep an otherwise superfluous computer and a network card I thought unworking. And that’s saying [...]

]]> By: Winston http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-spare-spare-spare-computer/#comment-45104 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:13:49 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-spare-spare-spare-computer/#comment-45104 This is why I’ve stopped accumulating old typewriters. Having the thing seems to imply an obligation that one should actually use it. Then I get hung up on rotating through this stable of antiquated technology, while I’m less and less focused on actually getting any writing done.

But some of them are just so bloody handsome, they’re hard to resist.

The curse of living in the twilight of a technological civilization, I guess: a bounty of discarded treasures.

]]> By: steve http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-spare-spare-spare-computer/#comment-45099 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:54:52 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/08/25/the-spare-spare-spare-computer/#comment-45099 Maybe you should start a museum of old but functional machines :D

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