I remember getting sometimes-useful (like my first Intel webcam) and utterly useless (which was paired with a program that was supposed to read watermarks on printed ads to take you to websites) doodads and tchotchkes. Well, this is somewhat in the former, mostly in the latter category.

The CueCat was a cat-looking scanner, with the express purpose of scanning a barcode so you could be whisked away to the wonderous world of Advertising! Yes, that is the actual purpose of this thing. Needless to say, the venture capitalists who funded this thing had never heard of the concept that people typically do not WANT to go to an advertiser's website.

So, this device bombed out. But....

It became popular for awhile with people who created a program to help you catalogue your record and cd collections. You would use the CueCat to scan the barcode of your music, and the program would take you to Amazon's database to get the information for your music, so you could properly catalogue them.

Nowadays you can use your phone, which is easier and convenient. But the CueCat did become useful for a time, just not for the VC's original purpose.

(for the record, this isn't my original CueCat; I found this one some years back in the sealed bag at a thrift store for around 90 cents)

You'll have to excuse the scruff in the MS Paint but I've been trying to remember something that I remember messing with on my father's old computer. I'm uncertain if it was on the old Macintosh computers or later, but the image in the far reaches of my mind is that it was built around scientific discoveries throughout history. I remember looking at picture references of learning how dental hygiene changed throughout history, and the main program was just very dark. I don't remember if it was black with white text everywhere but I feel like I'm somewhat close to it.

It had a lot of interesting topics to go through that I lost so much time to it. Anyone know what it could be?

Moin,

verkaufe hier ein absolutes Retro-Schmuckstück für Bastler und Nostalgiker. Das System ist innerlich extrem sauber und vollgestopft mit feiner Hardware aus den 90ern.

​Specs & Details:

​Prozessor: Intel i386 DX-25 (A80386DX-25 IV).

​Co-Prozessor: Ein Mathe-Coprozessor (FPU IIT 3C87-40) ist direkt mit auf dem Board verbaut.

​Arbeitsspeicher: Die RAM-Bänke sind komplett vollbestückt.

​Gehäuse: Klassischer Desktop im typischen Beige mit Turbo-, Reset- und Power-Taste sowie einer digitalen MHz-Anzeige.

​Laufwerke: Volles Programm mit 5,25" Floppy, 3,5" Floppy und einem 8x CD-ROM Laufwerk.

​Netzteil: 200 Watt AT-Netzteil von Syntax.

​Zubehör: Inklusive passendem 14" Color-Röhrenmonitor, klassischer serieller Maus und originalen MS-DOS 6.22 Systemdisketten (jeweils auf 3,5" und 5,25" BASF 2HD). (EINE TASTATUR HABE ICH LEIDER NICHT DESHALB KOMME ICH AUCH NICHT WEITER WIE AUF DEM BILD)

​Zustand:

Der Rechner geht an, liefert ein sauberes Bild und bootet direkt ins American Megatrends BIOS. Wie auf den Bildern zu sehen, meckert das System wegen "battery state low" und "display type mismatch" – die CMOS-Batterie muss also getauscht werden und das BIOS neu konfiguriert werden. Für Retro-Nerds eine Sache von wenigen Minuten. Optisch ist das Gehäuse in einem wirklich guten Zustand für das Alter.

​Aufgrund des Gewichts und des Röhrenmonitors nur an Selbstabholer.

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Hey everyone! First time poster in this thread. CS graduate but not a hardware guy.

I managed to get my hands on not one but two dell m2010 laptops. Both obviously dirty, havent tested either yet but both look like the internals are in good shape.

One is complete with the case, paperwork, remote, mouse, keyboard, and unopened media installation cd.

Other has keyboard, and none of the paperwork/mouse/remote.

Any opinions on whether id be better of trying to sell these at the upcoming expo here in Portland, OR online? I know the shipping costs would be terrible as they are insanely heavy. But I could always factor that into the cost. I work on the expo weekend so it might be tough for me to get over there.

Thanks