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Cool thanks Agent. I was there looking when i first got this laptop and they did not have one driver that was for xp. I will have to bookmark it and throw on my good ol xp pro when i get home next.
Man I wodner if i will remember how, I havent installed a OS for about a year now. I used to do it once a month to keep things fresh lol.
Man I wodner if i will remember how, I havent installed a OS for about a year now. I used to do it once a month to keep things fresh lol.
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Originally Posted by 68-F250-4x4
hehe... and to add to the heat..... if we are bragging up our computer knowlegdge (shot at you Secret Agent hehe)... I used to own and run my own website that used to net me $3000+/month from advertsing. This was back in the late 90's when you could get a CPM rates of $2-$5!
Edit: PS: this is friendly heat nothing serious!! You are probably right you know alot more about computers then me since youve been using them since the early seventies!!
Edit: PS: this is friendly heat nothing serious!! You are probably right you know alot more about computers then me since youve been using them since the early seventies!!
II wasn't too much into web pages until 2001ish. I had more fun making a mess load of cash from the W2K bug (100% pure BS) but I made almost $100k in the first 4 months of 1998.
((edit)) nothing heated here
well except the central heat... nice n warm in my apt
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Originally Posted by Secret Agent 069
My first computer was from the early 70's I didn't get it until the late 70's I got my dad to buy it at a military auction we were at in New West. I got the monitor, keyboard, and 2x8" floppy drives (one unit) 2 banks of reel to reel memory (1kb) each reel was 2.5ft across, 4 banks of reel to reel storage (each reel was 4ft across by 3" thick) plus 1 5mb HD (with its own crane, it weighed almost 800lbs)
II wasn't too much into web pages until 2001ish. I had more fun making a mess load of cash from the W2K bug (100% pure BS) but I made almost $100k in the first 4 months of 1998.
((edit)) nothing heated here well except the central heat... nice n warm in my apt
II wasn't too much into web pages until 2001ish. I had more fun making a mess load of cash from the W2K bug (100% pure BS) but I made almost $100k in the first 4 months of 1998.
((edit)) nothing heated here
well except the central heat... nice n warm in my apt Last edited by 68-F250-4x4; Feb 4, 2008 at 08:49 PM.
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Originally Posted by preppypyro
Wow you did good from that bug in 98 lol.
I have a IBM from 1982, it still works just fine, it take a week to load dos (version 1) to the c:\ and 2 weeks to load Windows (version 1)
Between 1998 & 1999 I made and spent probably close to a million. I was young and stupid and living in Victoria (on my boat). I spent more money than I made, and now I am in serious debt, and work at a ski hill to pay rent.
Last edited by Secret Agent 069; Feb 4, 2008 at 08:49 PM.
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Originally Posted by 68-F250-4x4
Ok you have me beat! What could you all do on that computer? Do you still have it? That is massive! I dont understand how they could fit movie film (which would be alot more then 1KB) on a reel, yeh there you had a reel 2.5 feet diameter that was only 1KB? Dont suppose that old 800LB HD had platinum in it like nowadays hey? That would be worth some good money!
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Originally Posted by preppypyro
Sounds like you had a crazy life then Agent.
The only old computer I have is one of those coleco vision computers.
The only old computer I have is one of those coleco vision computers.
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Originally Posted by Snowking
its when people argue, thats when a ******* like me can learn something about computers.
