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You Don't Need to Keep Every Electronic Box! (self.homelab)

submitted 1 year ago by slippery_salmons to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

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Just cleaned out mt garage, closet, and attic. No clue why I kept every single box of anything electronic/tech based in the last ten years. I just tossed boxes for phones I haven't had in years, old CPU and heat sync boxes, boxes for 100mbps nics, old modems I don't have anymore. I've never needed any of these and have brought them with me through too many house moves.

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[–] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, I for one am sad I threw out my 90s hardware years ago, including things like a Voodoo 2, Voodoo 3, AWE32, AWE64, SB16 ... those things are really hard to find nowadays if you want to build a retro PC.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was confused to, but OP just talked about the boxes, not the thing itself

[–] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Oh... I definitely misread that.

[–] Fixbeat@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Retro PC...is that a thing?

[–] SpaceCadet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Of course it is. It's fun to rebuild the computer of your youth, and run old games on periodically correct hardware.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. !retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org is a good community. SDF.org is worth looking at, as the community there predates the internet.