# What to do With an ANCIENT PC That's Dead?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2004, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-an-ancient-pc-thats-dead/247292 "2004-05-27T03:49:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2004, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-an-ancient-pc-thats-dead/247292/21 "2004-05-28T04:12:12Z")

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Well, I checked the CNC at work, and it uses a similar PC board, so I’ll be scavenging all the parts I need from it, and then stashing the thing at work so that if our machine goes down, we’ll be able to have it up and running again in just a few minutes, without having to shell out $900/hr+ travel expenses for the Bridgeport guy to come and do the same thing.

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