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Post by Whiskers on Aug 27, 2006 21:08:27 GMT -6
I guess lightning hit a powerline around here today and knocked out our power for a bit and knocked out the modem on my main computer.It wasn't even storming here but it was somewhere nearby our power was surging and then dimming before it went out but I didn't get my computer shut down in time.I think it will be OK with a new modem.The computer was acting a little strange at first but I stripped it down and then reformatted and reinstalled windows XP and it seems to be OK except for the modem.I will get around to picking up a new one in the next week or so I guess.I had another tower here so I just hooked it up and I'm back on line.This one is older and has Windows ME installed and I had about forgot how different everything looks than on Windows XP.It runs slower than I'm used to also.
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Post by donkey on Aug 28, 2006 0:40:37 GMT -6
Ya orta try usin my old Mayflower computer. Zooming along at bouta 160 Mhz. More or less. Yanno, I usedta think 16 Mhz was fast.  |
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Post by Whiskers on Aug 28, 2006 10:59:12 GMT -6
The computer itself is OK I guess it's about 1.3 ghz but lightning hit my phone line or a box here and burned a wire bout in two I guess.It's only connecting to the web at 16 k right now and that is pretty slow.10 years ago I lived out in the boondocks and could connect at twice that fast.Dialup is bad enough at 56 k but when you start getting much slower than that then it's just crawling along. I guess I need to buy a role of phone wire and run to all new jacks in the house.
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Post by donkey on Aug 28, 2006 13:01:45 GMT -6
prolly notta bad idea
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Post by Wolfman on Aug 30, 2006 23:59:07 GMT -6
Mines acting up since the recent storms, think my modem is about to go on me. It locks up periodicly and my whole system went toes up for two days Monday. I need to find me a win 2000 2nd edition disc somewhere so i can reformat...lol
It goes down again i may not be able to get it up and be offline for awhile.
Got a yardsale system for the kid but don't know if the modems any good. My other system is still fouled up with that d@mn win poly 32 virus. Can't seem to find anything to get rid of it so i can save some important stuff off of it and reformat it.
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Post by Whiskers on Sept 2, 2006 14:46:17 GMT -6
I may have a modem in one of my old computers that would still be good,Your welcome to have one of them if you can find the right drivers to use.I'm sure I don't have the disc that went with them anymore.I stopped in Marshfield last night at the Supercenter and was going to buy me a new modem but they didn't have any that I could find other than for a cable set-up.
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Post by Wolfman on Sept 2, 2006 21:32:52 GMT -6
Well i was in the d@mn place twice or three times yesterday. Good chance i was in there when you were...lol
I don't know what they have in the electronics department, have'nt had a chance to browse yet. IM always running an errand when im in there.
I could pick up a couple more yard sale computers i could probably cobble together a decent one...lol
Wish i could get someone to build me one i could pay off monthly.
Just out of curosity what have you got in the old puters for chipsets, hard drives and mother boards?...lol
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Post by Whiskers on Sept 3, 2006 9:40:14 GMT -6
I was on the lookout for anyone that resembled you while I was in there,it was somewhere between 6:30 and 8pm when I was there.I got into town about 6:30,I thought about calling you but I didn't have your number programmed in my cellphone and there wasn't any phone books at any of their payphones.
I have a couple old dinosaur computers you could have if they would do you any good.I don't remember the specs on them it's been too long ago.One of them is a Compaq Presario that had win.95 on it and the other is a gateway and I don't remember what platform it had but I think it's older than the compaq but I could be wrong.The compaq had a AMD chip (pentium class)and I dont remember about the gateway,it may have been a pentium.
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Post by Wolfman on Sept 6, 2006 1:17:00 GMT -6
He!! half the people at Wal_mart know me. Before they opened the super center almost all of them knew me...lol Management probably still has my phone number form when ive heped em out during their safety weeks and before deer season...lol
For all the phones in town you should of been able to find at least ONE!...lol
6:30 to 8? I was there somewhere.
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Post by Whiskers on Sept 6, 2006 3:35:05 GMT -6
If I remember right you have a couple numbers listed in the book.I don't remember which was which.lol! I'll stick em both in there for now.I'll be passing through again afterwhile.I think my Daughter-in-law will be riding along today though.
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Post by Wolfman on Sept 7, 2006 1:49:37 GMT -6
Mines the second one, JR. First one is dads. Course if you can't get me at mine im usualy at dads...lol
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