Originally Posted by
James MacMillan
I have a modest network at home, which wasn’t designed, but merely grew, as I built new systems, and kept the old. I have a server using Ubuntu, which serves three main computers. One runs XP, another Win 2000, and the wife’s Apple. They are tied through the server running Linux and then to Cox Cable.
It’s a pretty kluged together system, but it works well for me. I seldom use floppies or CD’s anymore, but prefer to use external hard drives tied to the USB. That and thumb drives and old memory cards from old digital cameras.
I also have two flat screens side-by-each to allow really full advantage of the Windoze platform.
I’m pretty much of a geek, having grown up with computers since my first Timex Sinclair and Comadore Pet….. Those were the days, no keyboard to speak of, no hard drives, and real programming.
WOW, another old fart, computer geek on the board! I also have in a closet somewhere and old Sinclare 4k computer that I updated to 8k. I remember trying to type on that little keyboard and had to wind up using a pencil eraser. Then, after you typed all of the program in, you hoped that the cassette deck stored it for you!
I also built one of the early apples from plans and parts from Radio Shack... Man, do I feel old now!
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