Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!border-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!border-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:43:14 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: Too many computers... Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20241224 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/6.12.6-200.fc41.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: <2bmdndqvs8-PExD6nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 23:43:14 +0000 Lines: 84 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-jK51Tewi7Yq5oghkAW8xbRsxqrsuAI1Hz6mA1ovHCmnDEAMsIYzHMp1SA1MXAePfERvr857V/Bxdb2b!cdzhwNwXR9aLxxtS8OW7G/nPO6gxL058E1b+GTZ/tOs41gxVI4UB5ei1/Kxrnue8ZNngsuRJnuXa!5nRewvPHYySlsY2XkXsrKJWxxZjGkje8 X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 My oldest working (computer/laptop/notebook)s from the colony and me: Apple PowerBook G4 1 Ghz with MacOS X v10.2.8. I was playing Q3A and its mods in it back then! Thanks id Software! Toshiba Satellite with its preinstalled Windows 98 SE OEM. 2 Intel MacBook Pros: 1. 13(.3)" 9,2; April/mid-2012; MD102ll/A model; unibody, Intel Core i7 CPU (2.9 GHz; dual core, 4 MB L3 cache (Turbo Boost up to 3.6 Ghz)), updated macOS Mojave v10.14.6 (for old 32-bit apps) & 64-bit W10 Pro with Boot Camp, 8 GB of 1600 MHZ DDR3 SDRAM, Intel HD graphics 4000, & Micron 500 GB SSD (FileVault enabled; replaced its 5400 RPM HDD due to a physical drop). I still use it once in a awhile. Also, BootCamp with 64-bit W10 Pro. 2. 15" A1260 model, unibody; 2.4 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2 GB (667 MHz) of DDR2 SDRAM, 200 GB HDD, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT (256 MB of VRAM), & Mac OS X (El Capitan v10.11.6) from early 2008. Batteryless since it's very old. I use it very rarely to acceess DeskJet F4280 (copier & scanner; inkjet colors) from 2008. Printer's options are limited compared to connected computer software. :( Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > Once a year (at least) I go through my collection of old PCs (and > other devices), fire them up, make sure they're still running, update > software as necessary (or possible. There's not a lot you can do with > a Win95 machine with regards to updates these days ;-) and generally > make sure my collection of obsolete junk isn't actually, irredeemably > junk. It's time consuming and repetitive but (for certain types of > strange personalities, at least) fun work. > A lot of my older PCs, I don't really have much use for; I keep them > around for the nostalgic joy they bring me. That old 1997 IBM Lenovo > laptop is never going to be my main computer, but it's fun to use and > is surprisingly responsive. Less so that ancient Dell Inspiron, that I > keep around mostly because it is the sole archive of my ancient iTunes > library that I'm too lazy to transfer. > Still, it occurs to me that maybe its time to cull the herd. But its > so hard to choose which computer gets sent to the slaughter-house > (a.k.a., the parts bin). Not my cube-like i5-4670 desktop; I love its > chassis and hot-swappable hard-drives too much. The MacBook 3? No, > that's (nominally) just a loaner given to me so not really mine to > scrap (Admittedly, it was loaned to me ten years ago and I'm pretty > sure the owner has forgotten all about it, but still). The old Gateway > desktop? But how could I? That's the back-up to my back-up server! > Well, surely I could get rid of some of the mobile devices. That Palm > Pilot with the screen that doesn't respond to touch; that can go, > right? Oh, but I have such fond memories of using it as my MP3 player > and it takes up almost no room in the closet; keeping it would make > almost no difference. Maybe my first cell-phone... except it's a > flip-phone Motorola; they don't make the like anymore! It's > practically a historical artifact at this point! > Well, those Tzumi Bluetooth headphones can definitely go. The battery > is dead, they never were comfortable, I've no use for bluephone > headphones anyway, and I've no nostalgic feeling whatsoever for the > device. It's just a shame they're buried so deep in storage. I'd > literally have to move furniture just to open the drawers where > they're stored. It all feels like too much effort. > Hmmm. This old plastic screw I just found at the bottom of the parts > bin is broken, and I don't know what it goes to anyway. I'll toss > that. Yeah. That's a good start. But for now, I'd better just put > everything away so it doesn't look all messy. You know, just until I'm > ready to really start getting rid of stuff. Tomorrow, maybe. Or next > week. Next month surely. Definitely by next January, when I have to > check all the PCs again. But it'll happen; count on it. > In the meantime, maybe I should get rid of some of my computer games? > ;-) -- "And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us." --Romans 5:5. Slammy January. MLK, Jr. & Inauguration Day eve. :/ Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )