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Post by millsc on Mar 4, 2013 18:32:52 GMT -5
Or i can build you one of these ;D, building computers is my other hobby, got too costly so i went to scooters Attachments:
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 4, 2013 18:35:28 GMT -5
Or i can build you one of these ;D, building computers is my other hobby, got too costly so i went to scooters hahahaha. I tried to get away from pcs and went into copiers, but people just kept bringing them to me... worked in various IT departments and at Gateway in IT and then later tech. support. |
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Post by terrilee on Mar 4, 2013 18:36:08 GMT -5
cool but what is that?
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Post by millsc on Mar 4, 2013 18:36:49 GMT -5
that's my computer  |
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Post by millsc on Mar 4, 2013 18:39:08 GMT -5
Or i can build you one of these ;D, building computers is my other hobby, got too costly so i went to scooters hahahaha. I tried to get away from pcs and went into copiers, but people just kept bringing them to me... worked in various IT departments and at Gateway in IT and then later tech. support. I used to build and sell them but since so many know how to make their own, and microcenter stores everywhere, its not marketable anymore |
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Post by prodigit on Mar 4, 2013 19:23:42 GMT -5
I remember the first server a school had.
After many years they dug out the thing; it's the size of a computer desk; with a processing power lower than an Atom computer!
300Mhz, 256MB RAM, only thing it had was tens of network connections, which probably will also be possible on an atom computer over the USB connectors!
Really, imagine a computer desk sized PC, being beaten by a pc the size of a tablet!
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Post by CopperDeer on Mar 4, 2013 22:19:45 GMT -5
Good lord I'm not even that old and remember when hard drives were measured in megabytes, not GB let alone TB now.
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Post by skuttadawg on Mar 4, 2013 22:28:00 GMT -5
Cmos battery and system battery mean nothing on a hard drives ability to retain its info . Get a USB HD or large flash drive and if its super important rent a security box at a bank to store it in
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Post by terrilee on Mar 4, 2013 22:47:31 GMT -5
all you people are lucky,
most of you people grew up with this stuff.
the internet became commercialized in what, ' .?
i was over 35 by then,
i know alot of you older people were into then also,
i was started on my 2nd career by then, in rests.
i wish we could have had {point of sale} systems
like they do now. Inventory, sales, etc etc
we had to keep everything on paper.
lmsao
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Post by skuttadawg on Mar 5, 2013 0:16:13 GMT -5
I have everyone here beaten as I have a laptop with a 8086 CPU which is 4.75 mhz it only runs QBASIC with 2 floppies no HD but has a monochrome LCD . I was online when it was ip addresses as there was no www back then when I was a DOS warrior
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Post by onewheeldrive on Mar 5, 2013 0:35:31 GMT -5
Is plugging the laptop in an option? I haven't had my battery in my laptop for over 5 years. HEAT, is the issue on mine.
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Post by CopperDeer on Mar 5, 2013 4:04:52 GMT -5
I have everyone here beaten as I have a laptop with a 8086 CPU which is 4.75 mhz it only runs QBASIC with 2 floppies no HD but has a monochrome LCD . I was online when it was ip addresses as there was no www back then when I was a DOS warrior Holy stevens how much does that thing weigh? lol! I didn't know they had laptops that early on. |
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Post by daniel on Mar 6, 2013 16:43:56 GMT -5
I had a Commodore Vic 20! hah I was totally jealous of my friend's Commodore 64 and TRS80. I'll always remember telling my parents that this other computer had a 340 meg hard drive and there was NO WAY you could ever fill that up if you tried. Now a computer with storage 200x larger than that would be considered small.
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Post by wutzthedeal on Mar 6, 2013 18:57:06 GMT -5
@ wutz ok heres the deal
im as stupid on computers as i am on scoots
never was taught anything, just all trial and error.
this is a dell laptop
so you saying as long as i take the battery out. it will 99% of the time, i wont loose anything, correct?
at least thats what i think your saying? lol Yes. Computer data is stored magnetically and does not require electricity to be maintained. You're good for 5 years minimum without power if your hard drive is healthy, dry, and cool. |
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Post by terrilee on Mar 6, 2013 19:05:45 GMT -5
ok thanks 
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