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Living Room / Re: Should I swtich from w7 32 bit to w7 64 bit?
« on: April 11, 2010, 06:32 PM »
Hi Masubi,
Why don't you list a number of "must have" programs you want to run on a 64 bit system so members already on 64 machines can give you a definite aa'yes" or "no"

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General Software Discussion / Re: Question - Does anyone know of such a program? - Data organizer
« on: April 11, 2010, 06:19 PM »
Ultra Recall

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General Software Discussion / Re: The ultimate piece of retro-computing
« on: February 16, 2009, 09:41 PM »
You may laugh at your granddad all you want , but consider the availability of calculating devices to general public, or students: log tables (if you know what they are), slide rules, mechanical calculators known as Comptometers, twice the size of a typewriter and generally available in businesses only, first electric calculators desk models only, then pocket calculators, then home computers such as Commodore 64.

I bought my first electronic computer at K-mart around 1971, when they firs became available to general public. It was the size of external DVD recorder, cost me $129 and lasted about 18 months.

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Living Room / Re: Cleaning Inside the Case
« on: February 16, 2009, 09:21 PM »
Never open my case, except to add memory. Never saw any dirt inside, everything is gleaming clean. I change computers about every four years. The last one I gave to my granddaughter who had it for eighteen months now, the machine is about five and a half years old.

My motto is " If it ain't broke, don't fix it".

How do you know when to clean your computer?. Is it overheating, some malfunction that makes you think dirt is the problem, some time schedule, or is your machine saying "Clean me, clean me", or are you just bored?.

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Living Room / Re: Recommendations for small, 4-port USB hub?
« on: December 24, 2008, 10:24 PM »
I have a Linksys 4 port hub that has a provision for its own power supply. I did not buy the power supply since the hub is for my laptop only, and I only plug in memory sticks into it. Had it three years, no problem.

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