Barbie PC

[Michael Lee]

Funny you mention the Barbie PC.  Back in the day, when the manufacturer 
went bankrupt, a surplus dealer was selling dozens of these for $30 a 
piece, no CPU or memory.  So, of course, on impulse, I bought half a 
dozen.  They were the worst things you can imagine.  The board was 
Mini-ITXish, no expansion slots, no PS/2, 2x USB, one memory slot, one 
IDE, and supported only some early model Celeron CPUs.  NO Network, 
might have had a software modem.  Since it only had 2x usb, a mouse and 
keyboard would be it for connections to it.  A very basic SVGA, barely 
good for anything.  The whole thing was puzzled together into a small 
metal case covered in silver spray painted plastic including the CD-ROM 
front, with a cute flower pattern.  Also, they had a tendency to drain 
the BIOS battery and once dead, it would stay that way for good.  Sadly 
they still sit on a workbench to this day.  Haven't gotten myself to get 
rid of them.  And to this day I can't figure out any alternative uses 
for it or it's parts.  Having no method of external peripherals and not 
having network seriously limited any use of this machine.

So are they collectable? :)

Mike


Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
> It's funny--I don't recall anyone on this asking about the 
> collectability of a Barbie PC--must be a "guy" thing. ;<)
>
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