I took the parts the shop swapped and used them in my old computer. I picked up a cheap MB for the AMD 1.0 and used all my old parts to make a fairly good second PC. The GeForce 2 card they game me was better than the one that was in the computer so I scored there. I sold this second system for about $500.00 bucks to a co-worker.
The old parts from that computer I put in my P2 300 and sold to my brother for $200.00.
The old parts from the P2 300 I sold to my neighbor for $100.00.
He then paid me $200.00 to rebuild his PC.
(A 20 minute job.)
So I made near around $1,000 dollars to offset the cost of the Blue Box.
When my rebuilt computer* was stolen at TribesCon3, the insurance company, minus my deductible, paid me at replacement value. I used part of that money to rebuilt my p2 400 which I used as a back up for a year before it finally died and I ended up with this HP POS as a gift.
And then we get into the HP story which I will leave to you forum minors to find the thread on.
*A compac AMD 750 that my mom gave me that I cleaned up and put a cheap Geforce 2 card in.
ran great up until it was stolen at TribesCon while I was in my room sleeping.
[ May 17, 2004, 21:03: Message edited by: Atrocities ]