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Re:Hiren’s BootCD Based on Windows 10 PE X64 by stallmanite on Friday October 11, 2019 @08:55PM (#21229756)
This mentality is why many beautiful 80s home computers were tossed back in the day. They have aesthetic and cultural value that will be recognized one day.
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Re:Hiren’s BootCD Based on Windows 10 PE X64 by throwaway2048 on Friday October 11, 2019 @10:13PM (#21230154)
80s computers still wouldn't be worth much of anything if 99% of them didn't get recycled.

I don't think there is anything beautiful, interesting or unique about a couple of million outdated generic x86 2U servers, nor will there really ever be.

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Re:Hiren’s BootCD Based on Windows 10 PE X64 by stallmanite on Saturday October 12, 2019 @11:07AM (#21233711)
I felt this way about some of my early “generic” x86 systems and threw them out. Now I feel like an idiot because I’d love to fire up my old 486 again.
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Re:Hiren’s BootCD Based on Windows 10 PE X64 by throwaway2048 on Sunday October 13, 2019 @02:24AM (#21238719)
I don't think many people are ever gonna feel nostalgic about firing up their 48 server rack and paying a $1000 power bill.
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