yup the soundcard in the bottom isa slot dates it.. above it is a parallel printer port & serial breakout, then the token ring network adapter, then a nice scsi port ooh 5mb tx, then a separate parallel port (I presume this is actually a scanner, as you'd have to allocate a separate irq channel), and then the graphics adapter.

My 386 heritage includes an ibm xt, amstrad 1640 & Olivetti 486dxi which I bought from radio rentals (remember them?) on finance that probably pisses all over the repayments of a student loan these days. The Olivetti, atypical of many items of italian origin was exceptionally produced and I can still place the exact time and place that this pc went to the great scrap dealler in the sky) maps.google.co.uk/maps?&ll=51.598482,0.042319&spn=0.00066,0.001277&t=h&z=20
( rwbthatisme is on holiday this week, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 22:51, 1 reply)

It's almost like this board is full of nerds and geeks.

(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Sat 6 Nov 2010, 23:31, closed)

we're not nerds and geeks, we're the people who keep the whole shebang on the road whilst the more arty types whoopup twiiter, contemplate aristotle and back issues of the guardian. we don't get fixated by every new fad blowing through, just the good tech that was properly engineered and stands the test of time.

And heck if I'm a nerd then I'm proud of it because I'll have the upper hand when you come running asking to change a lightbulb.
( rwbthatisme is on holiday this week, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 0:09, closed)

Well said sir.
Now, back to making a roll-your-own cli debian distro on a usb key that I'll be booting on a box with sli & 2 monitors.
EDIT: I like the pic cause EVERYONE loves a geek stuck uncomfortably under a desk. Everyone.
(Misery McUglywife an attention seeking sociopathic fuckstain., Sun 7 Nov 2010, 6:06, closed)

Yeah...but you're also nerds and geeks.
Anyway, I'm only jealous cause I'm seeing my humble pretensions to nerdery being blown clean out the water over and over again here.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Sun 7 Nov 2010, 10:39, closed)