Saustrup<p>I'm a little obsessed by my <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/Aptiva" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aptiva</span></a> build, but it seems to be a monetary black hole - after having bought a lot of 3 presumably dead Aptivas for around €70, it turned out that I needed to get a new power supply that fit the box. That was about €150 on Ebay from the US, and after a couple of weeks that died. Now I managed to secure another one locally at a mind numbing €10, but while that seems to provide power for drives and the ISA slots, the processor is dead as a door nail. I'm assuming the 3v3 rail isn't working, but I'll have to investigate.</p><p>All these investments are driven by what I believe is the need to have a working professional, industry grade PC made by the company that started it all. It's silly, because my "bamboo" <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/Pentium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentium</span></a> 200 build (an often used Danish expression for PC clones in the 90s) does everything faster, better and a lot cheaper.</p><p>Maybe I should just sell this <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/cursed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cursed</span></a> IBM <a href="https://mstdn.dk/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> before it ruins me.</p>