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[11:30 AM EDT - News Bytes: Links to ponder.]

I found an interesting article on the ShackNews about spies being bred in North Korea. I don't know how true these claims could be, but nobody knows much about that little regime so anything can happen.

I also got a link from Dangerman about distinguishing between real and fake smiles. I only got 13 out of 20.

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[3:47 PM EDT - Shaolin Soccer.]

I finally got around to watching 'Shaolin Soccer'. It's quite entertaining, but fairly standard HK fare.

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[5:09 PM EDT - It's a P200MMX!]

PY had a computer that they had lying around in the house, but it didn't work. After a quick peek inside, I noticed that it was missing a hard drive, so I volunteered to drop one in to see if it would work. Anyway, I had no idea what kind of machine it was (just that it was Pentium). I had half expected it to be a crapy P100, but a P200MMX is a good sign. It might actually be useful!

Anyway, I had to replace the heatsink/fan because the old one didn't work. Mind you, the new one doesn't exactly work that well either, but it's better than what they have right now.

Now I'll see if I can set it up with Win98.

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[5:26 PM EDT - Doesn't look stable.]

Uh oh. The computer doesn't look very stable. When I'm accessing the CMOS, I'm getting funny characters showing up every now and then. I'm not sure if it's because of the CPU, or the BIOS, or the memory, or what..

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[5:55 PM EDT - Looking good..]

I think girl was correct in her assessment that those artifacts were caused by the graphics card. I switched cards and the system looks a lot better now (it also stops beeping so much on boot as well)!

Now, I'll have to see if I can get Win2000 installed and then my job will be done..

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[7:26 PM EDT - Chipped.]

What the heck? My Win2000 CD is chipped all along the edge! When the heck did this happen? I rarely use that CD.. *rubs chin*

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[8:53 PM EDT - Proper downshift.]

I've been meaning to learn how to downshift properly. I found this page rather interesting.

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[9:55 PM EDT - Installing.]

I'm in the middle up upgrading their software, but I had to install a couple of hard drives, replace the heatsink/fan, replace the graphics card, and install my newer NIC (the other two older ones don't work for some reason) just so that I could get this system up and running. Is it worth the effort?

(Depends on whether my PIII actually works I guess.)

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024 @ 06:24:25 EDT

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