So, remember the old computer I talked about like three weeks ago? And how I was hoping to make it work? Yeahh, it's sitting in about a dozen little pieces at the curb, waiting to be picked up and taken to the dump.
The stupid thing wouldn't do anything. Finally got it to boot, but it wouldn't save anything. It wouldn't run anything. It wouldn't do anything. Finally I just started screaming at it and tore it down to its smallest components. The only thing I saved was the hard drive.
Thankfully, I have a friend who gave me her old one because it wouldn't turn on. A 512 MB RAM card and one new power supply later, I'm bumping Windows XP and defragging the hard drive, and installing some goodies too. Hopefully I can make this thing the computer I always wanted.
Also, I have a job working for a logging company. Not exactly a Staples salesman, but it pays 8.00 an hour and is only 10 minutes away from home. Unfortunately, it came a bit too late, and my car got sold out from under me. But you don't want to hear about that, you probably only want to look at pictures of funny cats. I'm sorry that the long post gap is filled with this. I promise I'll have something interesting next week.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
My New (read: very, very old) Computer
If there is anyone who actually reads this blog, I'm sorry that you haven't seen any produce from me for about two weeks. I have been busy. Okay, I have been lazy, but it all results in the same thing: no updates.
Today is a day of great triumph for me: I have acquired a new computer. And by new, I mean that this thing is a dinosaur that is so old that someone flat-out gave it to me. So old that it runs Windows 98. Or, at least it did before someone lost the boot files. So old that it's a Compaq. So old, it only has two USB ports. Yes, it's old. And, right now, as useful as paperweight, because it doesn't get past the "no OS found" screen. It is now up to me to fix the thing so I can use it for college papers and Minecraft, my new technological addiction.
So, anyway, I don't even have a mouse to this thing, so I'm going to have to find an old-style mouse for it so I can use it when I load Linux onto it. That's right, I'm diving into open-source OS. I'm kind of excited and scared at the same time, but right now all I need to focus on is getting the hunk of junk to run.
Today is a day of great triumph for me: I have acquired a new computer. And by new, I mean that this thing is a dinosaur that is so old that someone flat-out gave it to me. So old that it runs Windows 98. Or, at least it did before someone lost the boot files. So old that it's a Compaq. So old, it only has two USB ports. Yes, it's old. And, right now, as useful as paperweight, because it doesn't get past the "no OS found" screen. It is now up to me to fix the thing so I can use it for college papers and Minecraft, my new technological addiction.
So, anyway, I don't even have a mouse to this thing, so I'm going to have to find an old-style mouse for it so I can use it when I load Linux onto it. That's right, I'm diving into open-source OS. I'm kind of excited and scared at the same time, but right now all I need to focus on is getting the hunk of junk to run.
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