Started fixing the machines in the early 60s. Commercially worked on the last ones I had on rent in 2008.
The unit record repairs at the museum over the last 5 years don't count.
Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.
Kind of fun to watch a kid punching a card. Generally get into the hows shortly thereafter, starting with clutches, dogs, and detents.
Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.
I have a few floppy disks and a punch card from 1970s
you might want to visit the Computer Museum of America where you could use the keypunch to make another. I spend a couple of hours every month there showing people how to punch cards. I also tell the visitors to the area about the other 4...
Ghost or the free Acronis that is available via WD or Seagate if you have either of their drives as source or target. I used an earlier Acronis to clone a multiple partitioned SE with no issues. But agree that it would probably be better to do it with both drives internal and running the clone...
Agree on the support but would pull from the hall towards the patch panel. Easier to join stuff up than to break it out.
Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.
Would not have a problem changing the hard drive for a SSD as a start since the HD has a problem. But would also consider Linux as an alternate for the OS.
Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.
Over the 59 years I chased problems those weird ones added spice to life. Used to say that my opening the tool bag was sometimes enough to scare machines into working correctly. The percussion instrument of choice was a one pound ball-pein hammer used in percussive maintenance.
Ed Fair
Give the...
Not sure if your alternate address machine will need outside access so:
You could add a network card and set it up to respond to the alternate address. You'll have no external connections through the router.
Easiest would be to change the IP address when you need to use the work computer than...
Based on history I would try 1909 first. Had one, at least, that failed 1909 but installed at 1903. Didn't try 1909 on top of it.
Had a couple that failed earlier on 1903 that installed on 1909 after 1909 was released.
These were mostly Dell optiplex but I don't recall which particular ones gave...
So be brave and attempt an upgrade. And if it fails try an upgrade to an earlier version.
On a couple of i3 upgrades I ended up with video issues and since the computers were activated in 10 I took the liberty of doing an install to a resurfaced drive and the video problem went away.
Ed Fair...
My first instinct is to say no but that is a conditional no.
What method ore you planning to use to access the external hard drive? Booting from a USB external will set up the drive to boot but I'm not aware of anything that will change the setup once you are up and running or to change the...
Serendipity is thy name. Was throwing one virgin install set plus an extra manual out today except the recycle bin is full.
unixstuff is the name , bellsouth.net is the isp.
Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.
What about MS's dropping support scares you? The OS will continue to work. I still have 98 working along with multiple XPs but sometimes I have to work around issues.
You may be forced to upgrade by software requirements at some point if you continually upgrade the programs you use.
I've...
lisacotton comment:
"I was shocked"
Is the computer normally on the floor. That tends to pick up more dust than one on a desk.
Had one for years that was on a desk where cats were groomed. Very forgiving of cat fur as it generally was full when the cover was removed. Pulled out by the...
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