Hope Spings Eternal

You know, I haven't spent nearly enough time complaining about my computer. At least here, on this blog.

In the "real world" it's about all I talk about!

I bought a PIONEX system from Sam's Club just after we relocated to Fayetteville, NC. That was in 1998, people!

This system was already outdated before I paid for it. The stickers on the lower left-hand section of the tower proudly declares it has a PENTIUM PROCESSOR (note the lack of roman numerals) and was designed to run Windows 95.

It has been dying a long, slow death for the past couple of years. The TWAIN thingy has crapped out, so that scanning is no longer possible. The non-upgradeable 48 Megs of memory can no longer handle any contemporary programs. There are no USB ports. Etc, etc, etc.

Now, something I have complained about here is that I can never get the money put aside to actually buy a new computer. It's always one house repair, car repair or medical emergency after another that usurps my PC fund.

Well, thanks to my oldest pal Bill, I'll be getting his cast-off computer in the mail any day now.

The hard drive is totally wiped clean, but my plan is to install the Windows95 (with the W98 upgrade) from my system discs and see if it'll come back to life for me.

Oh, that would be sweet.

There's at least one other "thing" blowing in the wind right now, but it's too early to tell what's going to come of it, so I won't even go there.

Yet.