Originally posted by Paul1980au: Something that passes as an upgrade - its amazing how quickly the speed and memory capacities are moving - yet my Pentium 500Mhz still passes the interet test (a little slow perhaps) but i can sitll use the web - need $$$ myself to upgrade.
Well... My P233MMX still works perfectly! 128 Mb RAM, 10 Gb + 1.5 Gb Hard Disks, no 3D accelerator, etc. I plan to buy a new one on its 10th "birthday"... maybe
Actually, that's one of the reasons why I keep playing such games as Space Empires, Steel Panthers and Civilization rather than RTS or MMORPGs or whatever else.
As for donating equipment, if you wish I have a complete P120 and an almost-complete 486DX2@66MHz. SEIV runs on both of them! (but I don't recommend to host any games on anything slower than 200 Mhz!) Maybe I could sell them as antiquities in a few years...