Comments on: Progress Update X, or How I Seem to Fail at Crossing Things Off http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/ Motivating readers to believe, act, and achieve by looking at life with wit, wisdom, and engaging creativity Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:48:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Believe. Act. Achieve! - dcr Blogs dot Com » Blog Archive » Progress Update XI http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10675 Believe. Act. Achieve! - dcr Blogs dot Com » Blog Archive » Progress Update XI Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:38:01 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10675 [...] that said, let’s review last week’s goals and see how I [...] [...] that said, let’s review last week’s goals and see how I [...]

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10509 dcr Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:24:01 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10509 Actually, I think the internal is a 1.0GB. I had an external 1.2GB until it burned up. I kid you not. Good thing I was there when it happened, else who knows whether it could have started an actual fire. Anyway, the innards of the external enclosure literally burned and melted, which was very disappointing considering most of the stuff wasn't backup. But, I opened up the enclosure, discovered the 1.2GB drive itself seemed okay. So, I removed the internal CD drive that didn't work anymore anyway, and made the external an internal drive. At some point, I added the larger 80GB(?) drive, that was on a Sonnet hard card from another computer. I really ought to add some more RAM to the thing while RAM for it is still cheap, and available! G4, you say? The computer of which I speak is a PowerPC 604. I tried a G3 upgrade, but that turned it into a Macincrash, or Crashintosh, so out it went! Dual OS's too. Mac OS 8.1 and Mac OS 9.1. :-) Actually, I think the internal is a 1.0GB. I had an external 1.2GB until it burned up. I kid you not. Good thing I was there when it happened, else who knows whether it could have started an actual fire. Anyway, the innards of the external enclosure literally burned and melted, which was very disappointing considering most of the stuff wasn’t backup. But, I opened up the enclosure, discovered the 1.2GB drive itself seemed okay. So, I removed the internal CD drive that didn’t work anymore anyway, and made the external an internal drive. At some point, I added the larger 80GB(?) drive, that was on a Sonnet hard card from another computer.

I really ought to add some more RAM to the thing while RAM for it is still cheap, and available!

G4, you say? The computer of which I speak is a PowerPC 604. I tried a G3 upgrade, but that turned it into a Macincrash, or Crashintosh, so out it went!

Dual OS’s too. Mac OS 8.1 and Mac OS 9.1. :-)

]]> By: pete http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10507 pete Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:27:56 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10507 No way. 1.2GB? Wow. Dual 1.2s at that. :D I guess I can't really mock too much - I purchased another memory stick for my G4 Powermac yesterday to max out the RAM. Get this - there's 4 slots on the motherboard allowing for a total of 1.5GB RAM. After some research, I also discovered that this G4 retailed at $3000 when it was new (way back in 2001). It's hard to believe how fast technology ages. I can get the same machine on eBay for under $300. No way. 1.2GB? Wow. Dual 1.2s at that. :D

I guess I can’t really mock too much - I purchased another memory stick for my G4 Powermac yesterday to max out the RAM. Get this - there’s 4 slots on the motherboard allowing for a total of 1.5GB RAM.

After some research, I also discovered that this G4 retailed at $3000 when it was new (way back in 2001). It’s hard to believe how fast technology ages. I can get the same machine on eBay for under $300.

]]> By: dcr http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10459 dcr Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:13:46 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10459 If you had one of those all-in-one computers, you could make it into an aquarium. And, why are you mocking a 40GB hard drive? My primary computer at home has two 1.2 GB drives. ;-) There's a third drive that I think might be 80GB, but the 1.2 GB drive is the boot drive! The 80GB is just used for backup and storage. If you had one of those all-in-one computers, you could make it into an aquarium.

And, why are you mocking a 40GB hard drive? My primary computer at home has two 1.2 GB drives. ;-) There’s a third drive that I think might be 80GB, but the 1.2 GB drive is the boot drive! The 80GB is just used for backup and storage.

]]> By: pete http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10457 pete Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:25:06 +0000 http://www.dcrblogs.com/2008/03/04/progress-update-x-or-how-i-seem-to-fail-at-crossing-things-off/#comment-10457 I have a similar computer story. Since I'm the most computer-savvy in the family (extended family included), that makes me the support department by default. After purchasing and setting up a new computer for my brother-in-law, he bestowed upon me the old one, burnt motherboard and all. I removed the hard drive (a whopper, weighing it at 40GB!) and put the box on the floor, where it immediately became a table. After a few weeks (months) of this, it was time to take care of business and send the box to the graveyard. But first, it has to make a stop in the staging area for computers on their way to the graveyard. It now resides outside my glass doors, weathering the elements and waiting for its next move, which will probably be about ten feet from its current location. I have a similar computer story. Since I’m the most computer-savvy in the family (extended family included), that makes me the support department by default. After purchasing and setting up a new computer for my brother-in-law, he bestowed upon me the old one, burnt motherboard and all. I removed the hard drive (a whopper, weighing it at 40GB!) and put the box on the floor, where it immediately became a table.

After a few weeks (months) of this, it was time to take care of business and send the box to the graveyard. But first, it has to make a stop in the staging area for computers on their way to the graveyard. It now resides outside my glass doors, weathering the elements and waiting for its next move, which will probably be about ten feet from its current location.

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