probably do 120 just fine, good luck finding anything smaller fp At 03:50 PM 10/20/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: >Greg, >I completely get your 'value of time' point. I understand that you value your >time differently than I value my time. OK. Is that fair? Yes, I agree. >I live with another perspective. What I have is what I have. And, my income >will not change. I am a retired person living on a fixed pension. More "hours" >will not change the end of the month. Agreed, a new part-time or full-time job >can fix this. Agreed, this is MY choice. My issue. >I really do not wish to have a discussion about what you believe I should be >doing. That would be way off-topic. >I am simply asking technical questions that I am certainly still goofy about. >Long ago, I gave up on "Guru Status." > >So, here is a question: If I go get a 40-80GB new ATA100 hd, do you suppose >this OLD PC just might live another "few" years? >Thanks, >Duncan > > >At 20:57 10/18/2008 -0500, you wrote: >>I dunno...I guess I kind of view it from a value of time perspective. I >>value my time tremendously--even so-called "free" time at home. I'd rather >>spend a few bucks than spend hours on hardware that old. I do spend time on >>projects...including a new NAS/home-SAN box based on a stack of rotting >>250GB drives I had and an out-of-use dual-core Athlon X2 4400+ based system. >>But I'd never spend hours working on decade-old hardware. The difference is >>that at the end, I have a very usable appliance that I can use to play with >>current technologies. Even if you got that 440BX-based system operational, >>at the end, it's still (IMO) too old and too slow to be used for anything. >> >>At the same time though, I guess if you get a kick out of messing around >>with that ancient stuff, more power to you. :) >> >>Greg >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- >>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DHSinclair >>> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 8:47 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [H] eide/pata >>> >>> Greg, >>> Us old farts get much fun with old stuff that we have owned for a long >>> time. >>> I was not raised in the "Toss-away culture." >>> Perspective, maybe?.......... :) >>> Duncan >>> >>> At 18:20 10/18/2008 -0700, you wrote: >>> >what fun is that :-D >>> >fp >>> > >>> >At 06:16 PM 10/18/2008, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: >>> > >Or, even better, stop wasting so much valuable time on absolutely >>> ancient >>> > >hardware. :) >>> > >>> >-- >>> >Tallyho ! ]:8) >>> >Taglines below ! >>> >-- >>> >What's in a name, anyway? Everything and nothing.
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