9:23 AM
Okay on the computer front got a K7AMA motherboard and an xp 1800+ AMD chip for it. The motherboard is still shipping. I’m putting 1 gig of SDRAM into it because that’s the max the board takes and I had a one time discount deal from work. The dead new system had a 40 gig hard drive that I’m sticking in and I had an 80 gig hard drive I was going to put into the old system that’s already formatted for windows xp (I had it in my old old machine), I have a soundblaster audigy platinum sound card and an old ATI All in Wonder Radeon video card to stick in there (saving for the new version of that).
I’m sticking with Windows XP once things get here, btw “Screw You Leo, XP Rocks.” Err, I had to get that out of my system. I’ve actually missed XP for the week or so that I’ve been on this laptop. Windows 98 SE was like an old friend but I miss all the new and fun stuff from XP. I also miss my files and being able to do this site. While this laptop is surprising me (upping the RAM last week from 96 to 160 megs really helped), I’d still like to get a working desktop system back. If only the the parts would get here.
Half tempted to take the old mother board and try to stick that in the machine and see if it works. I have a feeling though, that if I did that the other parts would get here today or tomorrow and I’d just have to rip them out. I’m being patient. Or at least trying.
BTW, I’m never ever EVER doing anything computer related around any major holiday. I’ve learned my lesson.
With that I’m back to work. If my 3 readers are still out there, hey, sign the guestbook and let me know. 🙂
— k9