Legacy Evaluation Overview

Priorities for legacy systems

if the computer does not fit the criteria on this page that is a reason for recycling it

The Priority is top to bottom

JOBS List

• AMD K6/2, 300 MHz processor or faster
• AMD K6/3, 300 MHz processor or faster
• 286
• 386
• 486
• Pentiums (note, this means Pentium I procs, not Pentium II or higher, but they are just marked "Pentium")

Processing KEEPERS

• Ensure all major case parts are present (i.e. side and front panel)
• Replace hard drive(s) with a single, pre-wiped 6-8 gig drive
  • pre-wiped 6-8 gig drives can be gotten from a build instructure from the TARDIS
• Power up the system and ensure it recognizes the hard drive during startup
• Quickly place pulled hard drives into storage
  • Storage for pulled hard drives is located between System Eval 1 and System Eval 2

• Things to remove from keeper systems:
  • All nonproprietary cards (AGP, PCI, ISA, etc) except the video card
  • All loose cables
  • CD-ROM drives marked 40x or higher on the faceplate
  • All CD-RW and DVD drives

Incompatibles

• Amiga
• Apple, etc:
  • Mac
  • Radius
  • PowerPC
  • PowerComputing
• Commodore
• DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation)
• Sun
• Silicon Graphics (SGI)
  • Indy (they're blue)