or maybe 500mb ram..sorry, I'm now used to G or ram.. On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 at 14:50, Don Tai <[email protected]> wrote:
> Old 'puters, are a little ornery. You get what you get, and then scrounge > for parts to upgrade. With luck it all works out in the end, or you die > trying. Serial and parallel ports are a major constraint, then adding in > USB will get interesting. Most of my old desktops came with almost no > memory. In fact I've used these old biddies with as low as 500k of RAM, > which will run Puppy Linux and an old browser, from a CD boot. > > You will need to see if you can combine new and old worlds of PC > components. Usually I cannot even do a Linux boot from a USB drive. > > Let me check my stash of old PC carcasses.. > > Don > > On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 at 09:30, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Good morning sir. Don of the possible rescue! >> Let me be forthright. I have not bought a computer off the shelf since my >> very first one. >> Instead my machines have been built from scratch, or provided with >> alterations made to them. >> >> What that means is that my dictionary may not match yours perfectly, but >> I >> will try...when I doubt ask. >> First at least a Pentium 3, I can be flexible on processor speed as I >> have utilities working around some of the DOS barriers. >> As much memory as possible, my previous machine had almost 800 meg of >> ram, >> again managers made it work, even had onboard graphics memory although >> that is less important. >> A dvdr or combination cd and dvdr would be appreciated, or at least room >> for both. a 3.5 floppy is a must. >> serial, USB, and parallel ports are also a must. >> Slots, PCI are a must, if there is a single ISO slot it would be helpful, >> some of the alternative synthesizers are full size boards, but that again >> is not mandatory. >> In case I messed up that term, think soundblaster pro live. I have a >> dream-audio 2496 soundcard I still intend finding. I have d-link >> <spelling> ethernet cards, those sorts of things. >> Honestly? what this entire situation has taught me is that I need both a >> spare and a laptop smiles. >> Still, does that help? >> I have a combination of DOS programs and adaptive hardware, including >> sound >> Ethernet cards and so forth. >> Unless your items firmly have DOS drivers that is less of a concern. >> As for hard drive size, well I always have more than one drive, so room >> for more than one. 20 gig or higher at least. >> thanks for even offering! >> Karen >> >> >> On Fri, 13 Oct 2023, Don Tai wrote: >> >> > What type of old computer do you seek? Please be very specific, as I >> have a >> > couple. Circa year, specs, etc >> > >> > On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 at 02:12, Karen Lewellen via talk <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> will ask the question simply, as it is not one I have needed to ask >> for a >> >> good decade. >> >> Need a resource for older computer hardware, freecycle was terrific >> for >> >> this sort of thing, as was the talent who would build mine. >> >> Unfortunately a visit by someone from renew computer technology >> Ontario, >> >> www.rcto.org >> >> damaged my main computer, at least the motherboard, possibly the hard >> >> drive. >> >> I have a bandaged machine, does not boot to the c drive, using a >> floppy, >> >> with the second drive from my main placed in this unit. >> >> Now some of my critical synthesizer files are being damaged as well. >> >> screen reader utilities..so far at least. >> >> While I do have talent, quality talent to help me with the >> construction, >> >> finding say a p3 or p4 may be the challenge. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Karen >> >> >> >> >> >> --- >> >> Post to this mailing list [email protected] >> >> Unsubscribe from this mailing list >> >> https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> >> > >> >
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