-=PCTechTalk=- Re: $5 computer
- From: Keyboard Cowboy <KBCowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Jo Ann Weaver <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 09:16:06 -0700
What great fun! Congratulations.
Regards from
Bob -- the "Keyboard Cowboy",
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Scottsdale, Arizona
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Sunday, 10/31/2004, @ 9:15:52 AM EST
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It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is
when one is playing golf.
~Robert Lynd
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On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:08:07 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time) Jo Ann
Weaver wrote:
| I just have to tell this story. I'm a veteran yard sale person.
| I went to a sale yesterday morning. They had a 19 inch CRT Mag
| monitor labeled "works great" for $20. Right beside it was a
| fairly new looking Compaq tower marked $5. They said the
| computer didn't work and was good only for parts. I bought both
| for $20. Took them home and hooked the monitor to my main
| computer. It has a great pic and I'm using it now. I hooked up
| the computer, it powered up, but hung while loading Windows. I
| went into setup and discovered it had a 40 gig Maxtor hard
| drive. Got out my Maxtor diagnostic boot floppy and booted from
| it and run the tests which showed the drive was ok and properly
| connected. Got out my Maxblast floppy and booted from it and
| formatted and partioned the drive, but couldn't load Windows
| from it. Got out my 98 boot disk, booted and loaded Windows from
| it. It is running fine. It's a Compaq Presario 5000 with a 1.1
| gig processor, 128 RAM and a CD-RW. Will add more RAM, but I
| think I got a pretty good machine for 5 bucks. The only problem
| right now is the onboard sound isn't working, but I think I can
| figure it out. Just had to brag a little. For someone who had
| never touched a computer four years ago, I am learning.
|
| Jo Ann
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