Unless you have a heavy duty application, even the slowest boxes out
there do the trick. Oh, except Celeron - they suck.

On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Marlon K. Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Grin
>
> I remember putting a 286 upgrade card into what must have been an ISA slot
> on my old Tandy 1000.  Man, that made the F19 game run SOOOOOOO much
> smoother!
>
> I don't mess with pc's much anymore.  What speeds are machines running at?
> I was just looking at a new one for the front office.  I can't find anything
> running much faster than 2 or 2.5 ghz unless I want to spend a lot more
> money than a machine running email and quickbooks should take.  (I'll never
> do another one of those laptop based small Dell POS machines!!!  Came in
> with a bad board on it, now they have to send out another tech to fix broken
> stuff.  junk)
>
> laters,
> marlon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "RickG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>
>
>> So you upgraded the cpu and the os from Windows 286, eh? Those were the
>> days!
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 11:14 PM, Marlon K. Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>> Dude!  2 years ago, maybe three.  Wow, I didn't know Windows 3.10 could
>>> run
>>> so well!  Sure makes life a lot easier.
>>> marlon
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "RickG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:05 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>
>>>
>>>> 286? When did you upgrade from your 8088? :)
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Marlon K. Schafer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Shoot, I've given up on some threads for the most part.  I just pop on
>>>>> once
>>>>> in a while.
>>>>>
>>>>> As for 486, when did those come out?  I need to get me one of them.
>>>>> I'll
>>>>> bet they really rock compared to my 286!
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a great Christmas ol' friend!
>>>>> marlon
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:58 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Marlon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know you guys out there in the woods are a little behind but a whole
>>>>>> day
>>>>>> behind!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Com'on dude. Its the fifth.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you don't change it now you are gonna be late for Christmas and boy
>>>>>> is
>>>>>> your family gonna be pissed!!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Change the clock on that 486 machine already
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -B-
>>>>>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: "Marlon K. Schafer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:56:35
>>>>>> To: WISPA General List<[email protected]>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> LOL  Yeah.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's much easier to whine than it is to join and help improve things
>>>>>> eh?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark, you still fail to grasp the difference between working to change
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> rules while living within the ones that exist.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> marlon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Bob Moldashel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:38 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Wow...OK   Who peed in the Muddy Water and hit the Frog?????
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sheesh...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -B-
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>>>>>> And I won't be.   I was once and put money into WISPA.    When I
>>>>>>>> think
>>>>>>>> WISPA
>>>>>>>> has the interests of all WISPS in mind when they act, then I'll
>>>>>>>> financially
>>>>>>>> support it.   When WISPA goes to washington DC and represents to
>>>>>>>> them,
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> we actually WANT to be regulated, I cannot support them.   When
>>>>>>>> WISPA
>>>>>>>> consistently fights FOR all of us, and not just the narrow interests
>>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>>> those who want federal money or whatever, then I may again support
>>>>>>>> WISPA
>>>>>>>> financially.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When the attitude that "consolidation and shaking out the smaller
>>>>>>>> players"
>>>>>>>> is a good thing goes away, then there's on more barrier down.  It
>>>>>>>> may
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> official, but people who make decisions in WISPA have said that in
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> past.
>>>>>>>> Sorry, you lost me with that one.  Small business and "mom and pop"
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> backbone of our economy and make up a huge segment of all the jobs
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> whole country.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Every other industry organization unabashedly opposes everything
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> costs
>>>>>>>> them or can harm them, but the leadership continues to insist that
>>>>>>>> somehow
>>>>>>>> playing nice and agreeing to mandates and costs will buy us favor...
>>>>>>>> All
>>>>>>>> that happens is the mandates and agreements happen, the regulators
>>>>>>>> change
>>>>>>>> and all the "goodwill" supposedly bought evaportes, with the
>>>>>>>> precedents
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> whatnot remain.  Until they understand that Washington DC is NEVER
>>>>>>>> our
>>>>>>>> friend, never to be trusted, then we're just sheep waiting to get
>>>>>>>> shorn.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Until this fundamental approach changes, no way in good conscience
>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> put
>>>>>>>> my name on what they do or give them money.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sorry, that's just my opinion and it's not subject to "revision and
>>>>>>>> extension".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This same attitude is going on still.   WISPA leadership is still
>>>>>>>> talking
>>>>>>>> about trying to out maneuver the big boys so as to make grants and
>>>>>>>> loans
>>>>>>>> available.   Cripes.  Yeah, like we're ever going to win the arm
>>>>>>>> twisting
>>>>>>>> contest to bend it in our direction?   We don't collectively have
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> much
>>>>>>>> money or lobbyists tin DC to get our names to the top of the
>>>>>>>> rolodexes.
>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>> cannot win that fight with those rules.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We have got to start selling the value of a thriving and diverse
>>>>>>>> industry
>>>>>>>> that exists solely due to lack of regulation and lack of
>>>>>>>> governmental
>>>>>>>> interference and that the big players cannot play our game
>>>>>>>> effectively
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> that betting on the big guys is like buying Enron or Lehman stock.
>>>>>>>> We
>>>>>>>> will
>>>>>>>> never be the providers to the masses, but there can never be
>>>>>>>> affordable
>>>>>>>> ubiquitous broadband without us.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That might take some thought and creativity to compose the narration
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> might take some skill to sell, but there's simply no rebuttal from
>>>>>>>> Verizon
>>>>>>>> that FIOS is ever going to make a lick of sense in a wide array of
>>>>>>>> places.
>>>>>>>> Or that in an era when Congress really, REALLY needs to get their
>>>>>>>> fiscal
>>>>>>>> act
>>>>>>>> in order, that blowing vast sums to reach few people makes sense.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It has to be about selling the value of who and what you are and why
>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>> are, not out muscling the big guys for a slice of pie.   That can't
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> won.
>>>>>>>> Further, it obliterations the differences between us and them.
>>>>>>>> That
>>>>>>>> DIFFERENCE is our strength, not our weakness.  If you're not
>>>>>>>> thinking
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> those terms, then some re-thinking needs to happen.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What will attract membership is a consistent, clear message about
>>>>>>>> how
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>> have and are building a thriving and healthy industry, even in these
>>>>>>>> economic times, due to the fact that WE ARE NOT THEM and then
>>>>>>>> selling
>>>>>>>> exactly who we are.   The people coming back form DC need to talking
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> how they sold us so well that when we say we need protection from
>>>>>>>> mandates
>>>>>>>> and expensive intrusions, that they listened.   The idea of going to
>>>>>>>> DC
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> being a "we threw a toothpick in the cogs of the big guys and got
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> money
>>>>>>>> for us" is self defeating.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We need to be proactive, not reactive, we need a coherent message
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>>> coherent brand.  We need to be defensive of the very thing that
>>>>>>>> makes
>>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>>> possible for our numbers to multiply - freedom to do business
>>>>>>>> without
>>>>>>>> regulatory overhead.   We need to not be attempting to joust with
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> cable
>>>>>>>> operators and telcos over what they want.  We need to present
>>>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>> compelling than "feed our gaping maw so we c an continue our
>>>>>>>> mediocre
>>>>>>>> performance" that the othe guys play.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And no, don't tell me to "run for WISPA office".   Agitators like
>>>>>>>> myself
>>>>>>>> don't win popularity contests.  Besides, I won't put my name on the
>>>>>>>> organization until it changes.   I prefer poking a stick in the
>>>>>>>> hornets
>>>>>>>> nest, to letting stuff go along quietly.   I've never found that
>>>>>>>> emulating
>>>>>>>> someone else is the sure-fire way to beat them.   That is not
>>>>>>>> conducive
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> winning anything.  Go for the whole banana, go for broke, or don't
>>>>>>>> bother.
>>>>>>>> Lead, follow, or get out of the way...    I spent the first half of
>>>>>>>> my
>>>>>>>> life
>>>>>>>> being compliant and found life has gotten too short.   So, love me
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> hate
>>>>>>>> me, but for pity's sakes, grow a spine and act like real men with
>>>>>>>> original
>>>>>>>> ideas when you go to lobby DC.   The world is so absent real
>>>>>>>> leadership
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> even the mediocre would stand out if they make an effort these days.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am firmly convinced you could make a serious impact if you think
>>>>>>>> outside
>>>>>>>> the box of present conventions.   The whole notion of "raising
>>>>>>>> broadband's
>>>>>>>> definition" to justify federal handouts to industry is so small, so
>>>>>>>> weak,
>>>>>>>> such tired thinking that surely a better notion can be sold.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Of course, if that's the best the "membership" can come up with...
>>>>>>>> hell,
>>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>>> probably deserve our fate..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Ok, soapbox gone...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I am ever so late today...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>>>> <insert witty tagline here>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>> From: "Butch Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>>>> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 6:45 AM
>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008, Tom DeReggi wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am open to feedback from you, on what your opinions are, so we
>>>>>>>>>> can decide on a WISPA policy for those questions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Tom, don't get caught up in arguments with him.  He is not a WISPA
>>>>>>>>> member (unless that's changed) and as such, his opinion is NOT
>>>>>>>>> valid
>>>>>>>>> in shaping WISPA policy.  That is a member's right, not his.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> ********************************************************************
>>>>>>>>> * Butch Evans * Professional Network Consultation*
>>>>>>>>> * http://www.butchevans.com/ * Network Engineering    *
>>>>>>>>> * http://www.wispa.org/ * WISPA Board Member    *
>>>>>>>>> * http://blog.butchevans.com/ * Wired or Wireless Networks    *
>>>>>>>>> ********************************************************************
>>>>>>>>>
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