graywolf wrote: > what? 6 years. That is just getting warmed up. Mine tend to evolve until > you can no longer get a mother board that will fit. One of the reasons I > do that is because the old cases/power-suppies/etc seem to be better > built than the throw away stuff nowadays. However I do see in my latest > catalogs that a new motherboard profile is just coming in (no, I have > not researched this yet), so I would check that your new computer uses > that, or wait a few months and get one that does. No use buying > something that is not going to be upgradeable in the near future.
Computer fairs are your friend. Still see 486s occasionally. Usually about £10/base unit. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>In a message dated 12/8/2006 8:43:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>You could do things this way but there wouldn't need to be two of >>everything like that. You could either use a KVM switch >>(keyboard/video/mouse switch) or if the old desktop has XP (or >>possibly win2000?) use the "Remote Desktop Connection" feature of >>Windows. >>But the previous method is porbably simpler and leaves less clutter. >> >>Eric. >>======== >>Thanks. ;-) Yeah, that makes more sense than any networking setup. >> >>I think I just hate to trash the tower because over the years I have added so >>many upgrades, new drives, etc. -- i.e. the money I have put into it. :-) >> >>Oh, well, time for a whole new system. Computers don't last forever. This one >>has gone six years plus, not bad at all really. >> >>Marnie :-) >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
