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• doorstop n. Used to describe equipment that is non-functional and halfway expected to remain so, especially obsolete equipment kept around for political reasons or ostensibly as a backup.
  When we get another Wyse-50 in here, that ADM 3 will turn into a doorstop....
• boat anchor n. [common; from ham radio] 1. Like doorstop but more severe
  implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless....
• boat anchor: n. 1. Like {doorstop} but more severe
  implies that the offending hardware is irreversibly dead or useless....
• dead adj. 1. Non-functional; down; crashed. Especially used of hardware.
  2. At XEROX PARC, software that is working but not undergoing continued development and support....
• How should we amortize the cost of the equipment over its expected lifetime.
• double DECkers: n. Used to describe married couples in which both partners work for Digital Equipment Corporation.
  -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
• blinkenlights /blink'*n-li:tz/ n. [common] Front-panel diagnostic lights on a computer, esp.
  a dinosaur. Now that dinosaurs are rare, this term usually refers to status lights on a modem, network hub, or the like....
• Amigas are great for multitasking - paperweight AND doorstop.
• DEC /dek/ n. 1. v. Verbal (and only rarely written) shorthand for decrement, i.
  e. `decrease by one'. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have a dec mnemonic....