thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

"PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in

news:#wugYUHBIHA.4732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

 

<SNIP>

>|> quicker! This is my 3rd monitor & 2nd mouse. Finally, my

>|> left speaker conked out, but has revived. I have added a

>|> 2nd HDD, additional RAM & briefly had a Promise/Maxtor

>|> Ultra100 PCI IDE Adapter card in there. (That isn't the

>|> actual order it all happened, though, & bits/pieces of

>|> plaster still occasionally do fall on my head.)

>|>

>|> SO, yea, I'm not all that far behind thanatoid in

>|> longevity! And I have reason to believe he will be

>|> assassinated before me!

>|

>| Thnaks for the laugh. Yes, I think my computers will

>| outlive me.

>

> You are welcome. Naturally, if you are sitting on your

> computer at the appropriate time, it may go too!

 

Man! Are you guys thinking of Molotov-cocktailing me? OUCH!

[Guest Dan]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

My 486 is an IBM (International Business Machine) that is a PS/2 computer.

It is a 486 DX PS/2 77. It has Windows 3.1 and IBM DOS version 5.02. The

computer has 8064 KB's of memory. It has just over 200 megabytes of space on

a computer that according to chkdsk was created on March 11, 1993.

(3-11-1993) I adjusted the Windows Time Clock recently and now it remembers

the proper time and date after turning it off and on again. So much for all

the Y2K concerns that computers might just lose all data --- LOL!! --- that

was really riduculous that people including myself to a certain extent were

really worried about the year change. My IBM PCjr does not keep time

properly anymore but I don't care about that and apparently it has an early

version of DOS with it. My dad, Ivan, who is a great man and taught me an

early love of computers created a MS-DOS disk with a later version of DOS or

at least a way to access it easily. My memory is poor on this because it has

been so long since I dabbled with BASIC programming on that IBM computer. I

know the IBM PCjr was a flop but it was a great early gaming machine for me

and I still like playing games on it although the next time I fire it up I

will have to try and remember my early programming days of BASIC and using a

BASIC cartridge as well as the DOS 5.25 inch black floppy disk to work on

DOS. Anyone, else so old as to remember back in around 1984

 

10 cls

20 sound on

30 echo off ---------------- etc. --- I am not sure if this is right but

you get the idea and cls is to clear your screen.

[Guest PCR]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

thanatoid wrote:

| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in

| news:#wugYUHBIHA.4732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

|

| <SNIP>

|

|>|> quicker! This is my 3rd monitor & 2nd mouse. Finally, my

|>|> left speaker conked out, but has revived. I have added a

|>|> 2nd HDD, additional RAM & briefly had a Promise/Maxtor

|>|> Ultra100 PCI IDE Adapter card in there. (That isn't the

|>|> actual order it all happened, though, & bits/pieces of

|>|> plaster still occasionally do fall on my head.)

|>|>

|>|> SO, yea, I'm not all that far behind thanatoid in

|>|> longevity! And I have reason to believe he will be

|>|> assassinated before me!

|>|

|>| Thnaks for the laugh. Yes, I think my computers will

|>| outlive me.

|>

|> You are welcome. Naturally, if you are sitting on your

|> computer at the appropriate time, it may go too!

|

| Man! Are you guys thinking of Molotov-cocktailing me? OUCH!

 

We only will admit we want to have a computer that lasts longer than

yours! The rest is only speculation!

 

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest Dan]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

My IBM PCjr is 23 years old at least.

 

"PCR" wrote:

> thanatoid wrote:

> | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in

> | news:#wugYUHBIHA.4732@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl:

> |

> | <SNIP>

> |

> |>|> quicker! This is my 3rd monitor & 2nd mouse. Finally, my

> |>|> left speaker conked out, but has revived. I have added a

> |>|> 2nd HDD, additional RAM & briefly had a Promise/Maxtor

> |>|> Ultra100 PCI IDE Adapter card in there. (That isn't the

> |>|> actual order it all happened, though, & bits/pieces of

> |>|> plaster still occasionally do fall on my head.)

> |>|>

> |>|> SO, yea, I'm not all that far behind thanatoid in

> |>|> longevity! And I have reason to believe he will be

> |>|> assassinated before me!

> |>|

> |>| Thnaks for the laugh. Yes, I think my computers will

> |>| outlive me.

> |>

> |> You are welcome. Naturally, if you are sitting on your

> |> computer at the appropriate time, it may go too!

> |

> | Man! Are you guys thinking of Molotov-cocktailing me? OUCH!

>

> We only will admit we want to have a computer that lasts longer than

> yours! The rest is only speculation!

>

>

> --

> Thanks or Good Luck,

> There may be humor in this post, and,

> Naturally, you will not sue,

> Should things get worse after this,

> PCR

> pcrrcp@netzero.net

>

>

>

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

=?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

news:8EB94F34-893A-4BAC-89C3-D0997718AC28@microsoft.com:

> My IBM PCjr is 23 years old at least.

 

<SNIP>

Yes, but do you use 10 hours a day for all your work and

internet access?

[Guest Dan]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

No, you have me beat there, thanatoid since it is in storage in New York City

(Manhatten) but I pull it out and run it usually at least once a year ---

<smile> I still use my 486 several hours a few times a week and it is over

14 years old. <grin> [LOL-- I really do like your post and enjoy reading all

the replies it has inspired.]

 

"thanatoid" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

> news:8EB94F34-893A-4BAC-89C3-D0997718AC28@microsoft.com:

>

> > My IBM PCjr is 23 years old at least.

>

> <SNIP>

> Yes, but do you use 10 hours a day for all your work and

> internet access?

>

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

=?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

news:551E1F83-2C7B-4847-A93B-3DF2450FC506@microsoft.com:

 

<SNIP>

>[LOL-- I really do like your post and

> enjoy reading all the replies it has inspired.]

 

Thank you. I am actually astounded at the fact I am still

getting replies to it almost a week later. I wish more serious

posts received such attention.

 

t.

 

<SNIP>

[Guest PCR]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

Dan wrote:

| No, you have me beat there, thanatoid since it is in storage in New

| York City (Manhatten) but I pull it out and run it usually at least

| once a year --- <smile> I still use my 486 several hours a few

| times a week and it is over 14 years old. <grin>

 

I don't care about your PCjr, either! But where did you say that 486 is

located? Can you move it closer to thanatoid's machine?

 

| [LOL-- I really do

| like your post and enjoy reading all the replies it has inspired.]

|

| "thanatoid" wrote:

|

|> =?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

|> news:8EB94F34-893A-4BAC-89C3-D0997718AC28@microsoft.com:

|>

|> > My IBM PCjr is 23 years old at least.

|>

|> <SNIP>

|> Yes, but do you use 10 hours a day for all your work and

|> internet access?

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest Dan]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

My 486 is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I moved there in 2006 from

Tucson, Arizona and I am glad to be out of the deadly summer heat of 110+ F.

Where is your compaq located again, PCR?

[Guest PCR]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

Dan wrote:

| My 486 is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I moved there in 2006 from

| Tucson, Arizona and I am glad to be out of the deadly summer heat of

| 110+ F. Where is your compaq located again, PCR?

 

It's in a cave in Saskatchewan! OK, thanks for the information.

 

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

=?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

news:F9C083AB-D4E6-4904-997A-BFC8C69B74D2@microsoft.com:

> My 486 is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I moved there

> in 2006 from Tucson, Arizona and I am glad to be out of the

> deadly summer heat of 110+ F. Where is your compaq located

> again, PCR?

 

You and your associates' morbid plans concerning my computer and

my soon-to-be-carcass aside, HOW significant can the temperature

difference be between AZ and NM? If you had moved to Iowa or New

Hampshire, I could understand...

[Guest Dan]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

The difference in temperature between Tucson, Arizona and Albuquerque, New

Mexico can be a large amount. I live in Albuquerque and my folks live in

Santa Fe, New Mexico. I never liked the heat and prefer cold weather. Heck,

I probably am better suited to weather in Oregon or Washington State but I do

like the Green Chile of New Mexico.

 

http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/twc/climate/20thcentury_top10wx.php

 

June 26 1990 - Hottest temperature officially recorded in Tucson

The mercury topped out at 117 degrees on the afternoon of the 26th setting

an all-time high temperature in Tucson.

 

4). Summer of 1994 - Hottest meteorological summer on record (Tucson)

 

Sweltering heat plaqued the area during the summer of 1994 (June through

August) and resulted in the warmest summer on record. Monthly average

temperature records were set for all three months (June 89.2 degrees, old

record 88.6 degrees in 1990; July 90.4 degrees, old record 89.9 degrees in

1989; and August 90.2 degrees, old record 86.9 degrees in 1962). The mercury

topped 100 degrees on 82 of the 92 summer days of 1994. For the year, 99

days were recorded with high temperatures of 100 degrees or more. Records

were also set for consecutive days with high temperatures of 105 degrees or

more (24 days - June 23rd to July 16th, old record was 15 days in 1990 - June

17th to July 1st) and 110 degrees or more (6 days - June 24th to 29th, old

record was 5 days in 1990 - June 24th to 28th). The second, third and fourth

hottest days on record were recorded in the summer of 1994 (116 degrees on

June 29th and 115 degrees on June 25th and 28th). Overall the summer of 1994

had 19 record highs that were set or tied...7 days came within one degree of

tieing a record and four days came within two degrees of tieing a record.

 

Now for Albuquerque, New Mexico (Much Cooler for me)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico

 

 

Springtime starts off windy and cool, sometimes unsettled with some rain and

even light snow, though spring is usually the driest part of the year in

Albuquerque. March and April tend to see many days with the wind blowing at

20 to 30 mph, and afternoon gusts can produce periods of blowing sand and

dust. In May, the winds tend to subside, as temperatures start to feel like

summer.

 

Summer daytime highs range from the upper 80s to the upper 90's, while

dropping into the low 60s to low 70s overnight; the valley and uppermost

foothills are often several degrees cooler than that. The heat is quite

tolerable because of low humidity, except during the late summer during

increased humidity from surges in the monsoonal pattern; at that time,

daytime highs drop slightly but the extra moisture in the air can cause

nighttime temperatures to increase.

 

Fall sees mild days and cool nights with less rain, though the weather can

be more unsettled closer to winter.

 

The city was one of several in the region experiencing a severe winter storm

leaving between 10 and 26 inches of snow in just over 24 hours on December

30, 2006.[1]

 

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Avg high °F 48 55 62 71 80 90 92 89 82 71 57 48

Avg high °C 9 13 17 22 27 32 33 32 28 22 14 9

Avg low °F 24 28 34 41 50 59 65 63 56 44 32 24

Avg low °C -4 -2 1 5 10 15 18 17 13 7 0 -4

Rainfall inches .49 .44 .61 .50 .60 .65 1.27 1.73 1.07 1.00 .62 .49

Rainfall mm 12.4 11.2 15.5 12.7 15.2 16.5 32.3 43.9 27.2 25.4 15.7 12.4

 

Albuquerque's climate is classified as arid (BWk or BWh, depending on the

particular scheme of the Köppen climate classification system one uses),

meaning average annual precipitation is less than half of evaporation, and

the mean temperature of the coldest month is above freezing (32F). Only the

wettest areas of the Sandia foothills are barely semi-arid, where

precipitation is more than half of, but still less than, evaporation; such

areas are localized and usually lie above 6000 feet in elevation and often in

arroyo drainages, signified by a slightly denser, taller growth of evergreen

oak - juniper - pinon chaparral and rarely, woodland, often mixed with taller

desert grasses. These elevated foothill areas still border arid areas, best

described as desert grassland or desert shrub, on their west sides.

 

Traveling to the west, north and east of Albuquerque, one quickly rises in

elevation and leaves the sheltering effect of the valley to enter a

noticeably cooler and slightly wetter environment. One such area is still

considered part of metro Albuquerque, commonly called the "East Mountain"

area; it is covered in savannas or woodlands of low juniper and pinon trees,

reminiscent of the lower parts of the southern Rocky Mountains, which do not

actually contact Albuquerque proper.

 

<Grateful Thanks to the authors of the web sites>

[Guest Dan]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

It is more like a place in New York. <grin>

[Guest Tim Slattery]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote:

>=?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>news:F9C083AB-D4E6-4904-997A-BFC8C69B74D2@microsoft.com:

>

>> My 486 is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I moved there

>> in 2006 from Tucson, Arizona and I am glad to be out of the

>> deadly summer heat of 110+ F. Where is your compaq located

>> again, PCR?

>

>You and your associates' morbid plans concerning my computer and

>my soon-to-be-carcass aside, HOW significant can the temperature

>difference be between AZ and NM? If you had moved to Iowa or New

>Hampshire, I could understand...

 

It's a BIG difference because he moved from the low desert (Tucson) to

the Colorado Plateau. There's a difference of 6,000 feet or so of

elevation. Santa Fe is MUCH cooler than Tucson.

 

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(DTS)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

[Guest PCR]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

Dan wrote:

| It is more like a place in New York. <grin>

 

:-).

 

--

Thanks or Good Luck,

There may be humor in this post, and,

Naturally, you will not sue,

Should things get worse after this,

PCR

pcrrcp@netzero.net

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

Tim Slattery <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in

news:jmbcg35bouac44f3ar5u6msjb3ds72i4g2@4ax.com:

> thanatoid <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote:

>

>>=?Utf-8?B?RGFu?= <Dan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

>>news:F9C083AB-D4E6-4904-997A-BFC8C69B74D2@microsoft.com:

>>

>>> My 486 is located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I moved there

>>> in 2006 from Tucson, Arizona and I am glad to be out of

>>> the deadly summer heat of 110+ F. Where is your compaq

>>> located again, PCR?

>>

>>You and your associates' morbid plans concerning my

>>computer and my soon-to-be-carcass aside, HOW significant

>>can the temperature difference be between AZ and NM? If you

>>had moved to Iowa or New Hampshire, I could understand...

>

> It's a BIG difference because he moved from the low desert

> (Tucson) to the Colorado Plateau. There's a difference of

> 6,000 feet or so of elevation. Santa Fe is MUCH cooler than

> Tucson.

>

 

Thanks. This makes sense. The previous explanation was a LITTLE

too detailed to even attempt to read - thanks anyway, Dan.

[Guest Dan]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

Exactly, thank you Tim.

[Guest Dan]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

Thanks for being polite. I am learning disabed and diagnosed at age 6 so it

is sometimes difficult me to express myself although I did graduate from the

University of Arizona in December 1997. I currently work as an educational

assistant at Albuquerque Public Schools. I am awaiting my transfer on paid

leave from Painted Sky Elementary after falsely being accused of computer

sabotage by the then assistant principal and now the acting principal. On

August 22, 2007 this happened and I went to the hospital after a panic

attack. It is too painful to go into details but if you must know more then

email me at my email address listed in other posts and I did grow up in New

York City in Manhatten for 18 years.

 

Dan Weiser

Currently living in New Mexico, before in Tucson, Arizona and first in New

York.

[Guest Urge]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

 

"thanatoid" <waiting@the.exit.invalid> wrote in message

news:Xns99B8F30587F9Dthanexit@66.250.146.158...

> thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

The computer I am using right now is an HP Brio that I rescued from the dump

2 or 3 years ago. It dates back to 1998 or 1999(I think). I added memory

from another computer that died from a lightning strike (2 in 2 years but

both times it spared the HD). I also replaced the HD with a slightly larger

one, swapped out the cd drive for a burner and added a pair of speakers.

Computer:

Operating System Microsoft Windows 98

SE

 

Motherboard:

CPU Type Intel Celeron-A, 500

MHz

Motherboard Name HP Brio BA400

Motherboard Chipset Intel Whitney i810

System Memory 320 MB (SDRAM)

 

Display:

Video Adapter Intel® 82810

Graphics Controller

3D Accelerator Intel i752

Monitor ViewSonic A70f+

[17" CRT] (25W033950775)

 

Multimedia:

Audio Adapter Cirrus Logic Crystal

SoundFusion Audio Accelerator

 

 

Floppy Drive GENERIC NEC FLOPPY

DISK

Disk Drive GENERIC IDE DISK

TYPE47

Total Size 12995 MB (7618 MB

free)

Optical Drive LITE-ON LTR-24102B

(24x/10x/40x CD-RW)

 

Bill in Mass.

[Guest thanatoid]

Re: thanatoid's computer is 10 years old today, Sept. 27, 2007!

 

"Urge" <thumper_21@verizon.net> wrote in

news:6kqOi.6139$br2.5168@trndny03:

 

<SNIP>

> The computer I am using right now is an HP Brio that I

> rescued from the dump 2 or 3 years ago. It dates back to

> 1998 or 1999(I think).

 

I think I vaguely remember those, they were nice.

Long live 9x!

Death to Disasta!