"You might be a computer geek if..."

[HogDog]

"You remove motherboards from old, used up, and goodfur' nutn' computers and use them as wallpaper."

I'm that geek, This is a pic of the wall in my shop.

From left to right...an IBM PC-XT 8088, 386-SX16, 486 DX2-66, 586-100, Pentium II 350 and Pentium III 500.

I'm missing a 286, but the "Wall of Shame" will continues to grow.
AMD here I come.

[greybeard]

But what if you just keep them in the attic, " in case you......"

Sad, or what ?

.........

[HogDog]

Originally Posted by greybeard But what if you just keep them in the attic, " in case you......" Sad, or what ? .........

Did that one for awhile but ran out of room.

I've been thinking of making them into a lamanted coffee table...Wife won't go for it.

She said take it to the range and put a few holes them...hummm

[championp]

How about pouring some resin around them to use as coasters and "hot Pads" to set hot (cooking) pans on? You just gotta find a use that she can use too!

[kowell]

Way cool ?

a few geeks so to speak

keep it up and open a motherboard museum

[JFettig]

If you post in this thread....

[HogDog]

Originally Posted by championp How about pouring some resin around them to use as coasters and "hot Pads" to set hot (cooking) pans on? You just gotta find a use that she can use too!

I like this ideal!

[HogDog]

Originally Posted by kowell Way cool ? a few geeks so to speak keep it up and open a motherboard museum

Motherboard Museum...another great ideal.

[HogDog]

Originally Posted by JFettig If you post in this thread....

LMAO...Thanks Jon

[HogDog]

My kids want to make a high-tech gingerbread house.

Technology can be so fun.

[greybeard]

I made a folding fan out of a pcb, but I wouldn't recommend it as a new craft project.
Got through quite a lot of piercing saw blades in the process.

[HayTay]

Where have all the I/O cards gone? Nothing like a few VESA local bus cards, 300 baud modems, and full size controller cards to fill in those blank spots.

I'd hang my old boards on the wall, too, but they're still in working PCs (TI-99/4A, Timex/Sinclair, 8088, 8086, 286, 386 486, Pentium/II/III/4, Celeron, with an AMD or Cyrix CPU thrown into the mix). Might be a little too heavy and make the house lean. Instead I'm using them to keep the house from blowing away in a hurricane.

I seriously need to get rid of some stuff but can't seem to part with it.

Have fun,

HayTay