Strick's Ramblings » computer http://www.strickstuff.com/wp My Ramblings & Random Thoughts Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:05:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Old days of Computing… http://www.strickstuff.com/wp/2010/06/27/the-old-days-of-computing/ http://www.strickstuff.com/wp/2010/06/27/the-old-days-of-computing/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 01:17:57 +0000 James Strickland http://www.strickstuff.com/wp/?p=244
floppy disk

5 1/4\

Ahhh... I'm thinking about loading the latest Sabayon Linux on these... Luckily they're double sided/double density!!!...

modem

Acoustic Coupler

Although I never used an acoustic coupler, I do remember the 300 baud modem I first had with my Commodore... all the good 'ole days.... When I got my 14.4k baud modem and an IBM... you couldn't tell me nothing.

VIC20 Games

VIC20 Games


Anyway, was going through the stuff I have here in storage here in VA. I really need to clean out the closets... I picked up the Commodore cartridges somewhere... don't remember where. Probably a yard sale. The acoustic coupler I got from a buddy quite some time ago.

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Thus far, I put windows 7 on it, but will probably dual boot linux at some point. Not sure yet. I’m kind of liking windows 7. I still have a linux box (my old desktop), which I run as a file server, serving up my movies, photo’s, and other various files. I’m running Sabayon Linux as the server OS.

I'll stick a picture of it up later.

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Since I haven't replaced any computers in quite a while now, I figured it was time get the family a new computer or two. Picked the kids up an Compaq from Best buy. Ordered myself a barebones kit from Tiger direct and also my wife and I both got a netbook.

We're all running Windows 7 and love it. I'm turning my old Compaq into a file server. Currently threw linux on it and I'm serving some movies from a 1 Terabyte drive with some movies on it.

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