We all have had the bad feelings brought on by the demise of a precious PC.What meaning can be had from it's final "Power On"?It's an affirmation of"Life" in it's most abstract form. The old PCs we cherish, are "Alive" to us in the abstract sense.We all enjoy the thrill of a successful boot cycle.It's only natural that we ascribe some form of "Being" to these otherwise "inanimate" objects.What then,is the purpose? I believe that we ...
Yes,it is official.I have suffered another TIA.Strange that it didn't wipe out a more used section of my memory this time.I'm lucky all that is gone is the ability to name songs.Well,that and some physical "twitches",that I never had before.I have to say that as "Events" go,this one is outstanding for my utter lack of memory.I mean,I remember the night before,but nothing of the entire day during the "event".(It's kinda scary,not to remember anything at all) You ...
EOL is the death sentence that PCs get when they have served their useful lives out.(IE:Tax Depreciation)It is a blessing and a curse to all of us who cherish the older PCs.When a PC hits the EOL it is then shipped off to a Recycler for it's last hurrah.If we are lucky,the recycler is like the forum member "Midwest" and the PC is given a chance for survival and reuse.If unlucky,then it's reduced to it's base metals.... That is sorta good in a way.Those that survive will now be a ...
This week I finally realized that telling people I'm interested in old computers (no matter what their age is) will get me some free stuff. For the first time in my life I was offered a computer, maybe it's because of my age, maybe it's the country I live in, but I always thought this to be impossible. As so, I'm happy to see that here people also have old computers in their homes and after all it is possible to get something for free.
This is more about my stupid fails than my epic wins. I've talked alot about the great things I've done computer-wise, but I guess I'll start here. I build guitars, I should be better at wiring than I apparently am, but I stupidly screwed up on the XT-IDE card and put RR1 UPSIDE DOWN! ARGH! That seems to be the whole reason the modified XT I'm running would not boot when I flipped on the power switch the first couple of times. Instead, I was greeted with colorful screens. Took ...
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