Subj : Re: New BBS User!
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Sun May 11 2025 08:12 pm

-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

-=> Jimmy Anderson wrote to Foriest Jan Smith <=-

JA> Oh man - I used to LOVE to assemble parts into a working PC... Did it
JA> for family when they needed a new computer. Save them some money; I
JA> learned a lot. :-)

JA> Before the days of the $100 HP/Compaq that is...

pF> Yeah, I liked the corner computer stores in San Francisco in the '90s,
pF> they'd build white-box servers and desktops to spec and usually just
pF> charge their usual markup on parts. If you bought a server, you could
pF> buy their burn-in service.

You know, I forgot about burn in! :-)

pF> I custom-spec'ed a Pentium from a store and got to select everything
pF> from the number of memory sticks to the brand of video card. Needed to
pF> back then to find a system that Linux supported...

Nice! :-)

I liked building my own so I could repair/replace or even upgrade stuff
as needed.


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