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Comment Re:Compaq Portable (Score 1) 288

I was going to specify the same computer that I have. First computer that I ever used: Compaq, and it still works. The floppy drives have failed, but the hard drive still functions with all of the dos games, etc. My father, who purchased it, indicated that it cost him ~$4000. He told me that a few decades ago, so I could be mistaken, or he could have upgraded the components to be more modern. It does have a massive 60 MB hard drive. As a child I upgraded it to have full 640k memory and 1.5M expanded memory and additional IO ports. This and an XT(which I no longer own) got me into the realm and love of computers as a child.

Comment Duck-DuckGo (Score 1) 92

Surprised this browser was not mentioned as it is the main one I use on all of my mobile devices.
I used to trust Google.
I hope Firefox can survive. It is my primary browser on my desktop.
I think Opera is the most powerful for my desktop, but I am not convinced regarding its "mobile platform."
Seeing as I refuse to use any Apple products, I cannot give any credence to Safari.
All the rest are derivatives of Chrome or Firefox.
Maybe I always cheer for the underdog. GoDuck-DuckGo.

Comment Not completely unchanged, but... (Score 1) 332

I have a working Compaq. There is no model number. It was/is the original clone of an IBM/XT. The only thing that no longer works is the 5 1/4" floppy disk drive through which you would boot. The B: drive still works, but the A: drive has been used far more often than they thought any human would ever use it. Luckily my father installed a hard drive(60 MB, huge!!!) so it has still been able to boot up.
That was the computer on which I learned all about computer hardware and upgrading hardware, etc. I maxed out that machine with as much memory as it could handle(640k main memory and 2M expanded memory). That sounds almost silly to persons in the current scheme of things, but upgrading from 512k to 640k actually made the system quite a bit better. DOS was actually able to run three programs at the same time(as simultaneous as DOS would allow ;)
I heard my father was going to donate it to Goodwill several years ago and with some persuasion I expressed my desire to have that computer to return back to my childhood days. I have not turned it on in the last few month, but it was working just fine last year. It just takes about 5 minutes to boot into DOS.

Comment network adapter (Score 1) 307

This is not a common problem, but I had a computer a few years back that the network adapter died an ignominious death every few months. I would take it back to the store where they would take the computer for a week and replace the component. It was free of charge under the warranty, but quite annoying to be without the computer for a week at a time.

Comment This is a very leading/confusing poll... (Score 1) 391

I used to assemble all of my personal computers. I liked doing it and got exactly what I wanted and knew how to design it so I could upgrade certain parts later. Unfortunately small computer parts stores have now begun to disappear from off the face of the planet. Large vendors no longer sell small parts(at a reasonable price). It is not worth the effort of getting the parts and assembling any longer.
I have upgraded and maintained computers within the last few months and dealt with the innards of a computer as well. However I have not assembled an entire computer from "scratch" in several years.
So, I am not sure what answer to give... Is "assembling" putting something new in the case? or is it building the whole thing from the ground up?

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