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Rescued a big monitor from work today

BigBadMickBigBadMick
edited February 2006 in Chit chat
and attached it to my laptop.

Went round to PC World and bought a USB keyboard for ?20 and now I've got a really good set-up and much less chance of eyestrain.

Life is good.

Will put up a pic of my new set-up when I can be bothered. :)
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  • thx1138thx1138
    edited January 2006
    yay!

    My furniture in my lounge, costg a grand total of ?4 :)

    it's all recycled, salvaged junk. :D
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited January 2006
    ?20 for a USB keyboard!!!

    No surprise you got it from PC-Ripoff, sorry Wnkers, sorry World if it's that amount.

    I paid ?15 from Maplins for a wireless keyboard AND mouse package just before Crimbo. At least you saved money on the monitor so it could be justified.

    ?20 for a keyboard, sheesh....
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  • thx1138thx1138
    edited January 2006
    I onced pulled a BBC out of a skip. Water poured out of it.

    I stripped it down, and left it to air for a week, and finished it off with a hairdryer, and put it back together, and it worked again. LOL

    but yeah, nice work on the monitor, and a big D'oh! on the notage you shelled out on that keyboard.
  • BigBadMickBigBadMick
    edited January 2006
    Check out the (admittedly small) pic on my blog:

    http://curriedbooks.blogspot.com/

    Rockin! :)
  • The StargliderThe Starglider
    edited January 2006
    My USB keyboard cost me ?20, as I wanted one with USB sockets on the back.
  • wilsonsammwilsonsamm
    edited February 2006
    On 2006-01-31 18:17, thx1138 wrote:
    I onced pulled a BBC out of a skip. Water poured out of it.

    I pulled a Amiga 1200 out of a skip.
    tried turning it on, but the ROMs were the wrong way round for some reason. in taking them out to put them right, I saw one of the pins had been BROKEN OFF!
  • BigBadMickBigBadMick
    edited February 2006
    So did you get it working or what?
  • DEATHDEATH
    edited February 2006
    On 2006-02-05 23:53, wilsonsamm wrote:
    On 2006-01-31 18:17, thx1138 wrote:
    I onced pulled a BBC out of a skip. Water poured out of it.

    I pulled a Amiga 1200 out of a skip.
    tried turning it on, but the ROMs were the wrong way round for some reason. in taking them out to put them right, I saw one of the pins had been BROKEN OFF!

    Dead easy to fix that, solder a short bit of 15A fuse wire to the leg stub and re-insert the chip. I must have used this trick hundreds of times!

    Sounds like somebody was trying to upgrade their Mig!

    I once bought an A1200 from a car boot, 8Mb upgrade card and all for ?3 - works great!

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    [ This Message was edited by: DEATH on 2006-02-06 17:05 ]
    Oh bugger!<br>
  • BethanBethan
    edited February 2006
    I just paid ?14.99 for PC World to install a wireless pci card for me. But now I have free broadband!
  • thx1138thx1138
    edited February 2006
    Mrs.THX today came home with a computer desk, a monitor, a mouse, and some pretty decent PC speakers. :D

    Someone had just putting them outside their house, with a "free please take it" note, and let my wife have them.

    Speakers are pretty good, better than the ones I did have.

    hurrah for free stuff :D
  • SkarpoSkarpo
    edited February 2006
    On 2006-02-07 16:57, thx1138 wrote:
    ...
    hurrah for free stuff :D

    I agree totally ... the maps you sent me got here today, thanks mate!

    Skarpo
    :)
  • wilsonsammwilsonsamm
    edited February 2006
    On 2006-02-05 23:59, BigBadMick wrote:
    So did you get it working or what?

    No. I still have, though, I might get it fixed someday. Does anyone have a spare set of the appropriate ROM chip?
  • wilsonsammwilsonsamm
    edited February 2006
    beause I don't think I have the ROMs, sadly...
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