[chillysalsa]

 

[Oddball]

Nice...I like the cage/monitor one the best. But I wish I owned the tv/table one. It's outdated?

 

[akwok]

I have a chip-keychain like that,

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[mjg]

 

[Thaddy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by akwok I have a chip-keychain like that, .

Oh man same here! I cannibalized my old Pentium 133

 

[akwok]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thaddy Oh man same here! I cannibalized my old Pentium 133

Mine's a 2.26 P4B I accidently fried while on water..

. First and last time I'll ever fry a chip again..

 

[Gord SW Ont]

Some of those are very creative uses.

As for my Amiga 3000 ... I'm keeping it "as is" ... we just spent too many wonderful, late night hours together for me to dispose of it that way.

 

[MrSlacker]

heh those r great

 

[ahmose]

Some of those are hilarious. I gotta make that grill, mine is on it's last legs.

 

[seeberg]

Funny stuff! I know what to do with all those '2 months free' CD's I get from AOL too, go Clay Pigeon Shooting! PULL... FIRE!

,
Abe

ps-it's either that or coasters, but I'm

 

[PsychoZX]

That cage/monitor is great.

 

[D-EJ915]

Ah, those were refreshing. I've done the tray thing for soo long that it's crazy.

 

[jerb]

haha i use little RAM sticks as keychains too! Too bad I cant afford Athlon XP's to use as keychains

Please though, If any of you have old/outdated TV's that you are just using as tables PLEASE PM ME!!!

Also... poor cat, do you know how embarassing it must be to be walked by a mouse!

 

[seeberg]

Quote:

Originally Posted by jerb haha i use little RAM sticks as keychains too! Too bad I cant afford Athlon XP's to use as keychains Please though, If any of you have old/outdated TV's that you are just using as tables PLEASE PM ME!!! Also... poor cat, do you know how embarassing it must be to be walked by a mouse!

Hey, you know Goodwill Surplus is a goldmine for outdated computer parts! Just the other day my brother found an Athlon processor over there, as well as several Pentium chips, RAM, lotsa stuff. And for cheap. But that's not even the good part. We've found all kinds of nice audio goodies too.

,
Abe

 

[Stephonovich]

I would kill to have a CPU keychain. A friend and I tried on some old Pentiums (and an IBM something or other - ancient) we had, and failed. Ceramic is hella hard. I tried everything from a Dremel (multiple bits) to a 1/2HP power drill. Didn't so much as scratch it.

I do have some old EDO RAM I could use, though...

EDIT: Just Googled for CPU keychains. Recommendation for ceramic PCBs was a diamond drillbit. I'll look into that.

As for de-pinning; something I forgot to mention, I used a blunt object of some sort (can't remember now) to smash them all down, then took a bench grinder to them. The PCB, again, was completely able to withstand this, so I had no worries of damaging it. The pins were quickly reduced to nubs, however.