sci.research.careers

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Old Pif wrote:

> On Sep 14, 4:43 pm, Straydog wrote:
>>
>> I think a lot of people have theories about heaven and hell. My theories
>> are variable; what my theory is depends on the day, the time, and my mood.
>>
>> Maybe that's right. Heaven is filled with obsolete
>>
>>> computer equipment and spare parts.
>>
>
> Friday evening is the right time for philosophy. And people often
> think about priorities. And they often think about priorities from the
> top down. But let us think about priorities from the bottom up.
>
> Here are mine.
>
> Baseball;
> Football.
> Computer equipment and spare parts.
> Old Haft Drives
>
>

Well, I spent most of the evening sorting out the junkbox. I decided to
throw out all hard drives less than 4 gig. That is eight or so. Already
sledge hammered a couple, have another six to do tommorrow morning. What
is left is 4-20 gig drives, ten of them.

Have a boxfull of drives, probably keep them for now. Also have some 8
CDROM drives. Modems at least half dozen tested, mostly ISA bus and
"regular" and 3 external, rest internal. I'll Probably throw out two that
I have that are not tested. Boxful of various cards, soundblasters,
network, I-O, etc. And, I'll be able to clear up about two square feet of
floor space in my "inner sanctum" which looks more like Fiber MaGee's
closet (for those old enough to understand that term).

USR PCI internal winmodems at the local Walmart are $25, but Best Data
modems (same specs) are $19 at Radio Shack (Radio Crap), and just slightly
glitchy for installing the drivers _AND_ have no speaker for listening to
the handshaking sounds!!! boooo-hisssss. USR has the speaker, and very
clean driver install.

What is an Old Haft Drive? Half of a Full Drive?