If it has a parallel port, that will be *really* attractive for running a CAD-CAM milling machine. The demand on the machine is minimal, so just about anything from a 486 system on will work just fine. P.
What, Hugh throws a computer out? Noooooo!
If it has a parallel port, I know people who use computers of a similar age for real-time control in art and music shows. FreeDOS seems to be the OS of choice for those lovable weirdos.
Then again, I was at a retro computing meetup the other week where someone demoed a perfectly working Friden 132 calculator from the mid-60s. It had an acoustic delay line for memory, and the keyboard physically locked while calculating.
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