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HopeHoops

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11. "autopsy" - DAMN! I started calling it that 30 years ago!
Wed Dec 28, 2011, 05:31 PM
Dec 2011
That's EXACTLY what it is - "okay, what died and what organs are still good for donation?"

I've still got hard drives in the basement (still good) in MB sizes and about a dozen or more cases (mostly for the power supplies) and almost as many CRT-based monitors. I use all laptops and LCD screens for the day-to-day machines, but the older boxes still work and I can always drag up a monitor. I'm going to donate some of the better ones along with whatever machines I can get to run with Linux (eventually). I've still got 30 pin memory cards in some of them (and one that takes both 30 and 72 pin). Again, in MBs. (sigh)

The old boxes are also good for getting at 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" disks. I have a USB floppy drive and a USB ZIP drive, so that makes life easier when trying to access the archives. "And now, another episode of ARE YOU A GEEK?" (another sigh)

(The computer museum that is my basement contains far more than I've listed)

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The amount of effort... ElboRuum Dec 2011 #1
I have read too many bug reports on Ff 10 so far, waiting till it runs better. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #2
The cause depends DissedByBush Dec 2011 #3
why not just sylveste Dec 2011 #4
We run Linux. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #5
Firefox 9 is the current version. Jazzgirl Dec 2011 #6
wil check that out, thanks. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #7
I'm on Arch Linux running bleeding edge everything. FF 9 works fine toddaa Dec 2011 #15
I don't know, but the mozilla/firefox people are making a mockery of release conventions Syrinx Dec 2011 #8
I've tested a lot of CSS files on multiple browsers... HopeHoops Dec 2011 #9
My options just got limited again..the Windows machine died this morning. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #10
"autopsy" - DAMN! I started calling it that 30 years ago! HopeHoops Dec 2011 #11
Sadly, Mr. D 's "basement" is his small den. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #13
Okay - He sounds like a beer buddy to me!!! I call my computer room... HopeHoops Dec 2011 #14
Works fine with my Mozilla SeaMonkey 2.10 hobbit709 Dec 2011 #12
I feel your pain. Having Opera as my primary browser for years has given me agida... TreasonousBastard Dec 2011 #16
FF is my primary browser, but I find I am heading towards Opera more and more during the day. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #17
I installed firefox 10 beta Yavapai Dec 2011 #18
ty for thathelpful info. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #19
Many of the sites I have encountered which force IE use are ... panzerfaust Jan 2012 #20
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