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IrishAyes

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4. Yes, you are - frighteningly good.

Reply to Prisoner_Number_Six (Original post)

Thu Mar 6, 2014, 12:20 AM

Mar 2014

I'd try to follow in your footsteps, except if I built a computer it would look like the wife of Frankenstein's Monster - and work just about as well. I totally envy your talent and wish you were my brother so I could hornswoggle you into making me such a computer.

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I really went and did it this time. [View all] Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 OP

My dear Prisoner_Number_Six! CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #1

Congrats on the new toy! Paulie Mar 2014 #2

Yeah, 32gb is the upper limit for Windoze too. Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #3

According to M$ it's 192 GB with the right version jakeXT Mar 2014 #8

You're right Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #12

I had to look it up, but a jump from 4 GB to 32 GB seemed to low jakeXT Mar 2014 #17

Yes, you are - frighteningly good. IrishAyes Mar 2014 #4

Actually the assembly is really easy these days csziggy Mar 2014 #7

You learned a lot from those early experiences. Perhaps most of all, IrishAyes Mar 2014 #9

I'm bad at picking between two things - so wiring lamps is not easy csziggy Mar 2014 #24

Not so much a talent as it is a skill. Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #13

Good for you. Would you like to come rewire my house next?? IrishAyes Mar 2014 #22

Yes, it is decidely a learned skill - and it has to be kept in practice csziggy Mar 2014 #25

Well, I read your OP and all the responses, and..... R B Garr Mar 2014 #5

January I ordered the parts for my new computer csziggy Mar 2014 #6

That sounds cool My Good Babushka Mar 2014 #10

Sounds like a worthy project. Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #14

How about setting up a distributed computing project that runs in the background ? eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #11

I used to do SETI@home Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #15

GIMPS has a number of options which allow you to fine-tune the load ... eppur_se_muova Mar 2014 #26

I. on the other hand, wouldn't dare. malthaussen Mar 2014 #16

My first computer was an HP, with DOS. Slow as molasses and cost $1200, but back then IrishAyes Mar 2014 #23

That's the way you do it.. sendero Mar 2014 #18

I want my MTV! Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #19

Try not to.. sendero Mar 2014 #21

Enjoy the new toy! mnhtnbb Mar 2014 #20

I finished one last week NutmegYankee Mar 2014 #27

How's that solid state drive performing? Prisoner_Number_Six Mar 2014 #28

Ultra fast! NutmegYankee Mar 2014 #29