Part VI
Smokin
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Hi Steve.
About 20 minutes ago. Tired. 
What can I do ya for?
What can I do ya for?
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Snowboard season cometh..
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From: Gulf Coast of Florida
Nothing, just wanted to be sure you made it back to Iowa safe & sound.
Post Fiend
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From: Blairsville,Ga
Tiger Direct sells both 7 pro and ultimate O/S from $150,They also have some deals on puters sometimes or they will build to suit
Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Server at TigerDirect.com
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From: Blairsville,Ga
Two sets of jumper cables works wonders on 24V.Done right you can jump 24V off of your pickup
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Snowboard season cometh..
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Ray - thanks, I forgot about TD. I might buy the OS from them, but never every buy h/w from them. Too many horror stories, especially if there's a rebate involved....
I currently have a Dell Precision M70 that could probably run W7, but it's already 4yrs old, and I'd like to get 64-bit h/w, run a 64-bit OS & maybe have (eventually) 8GB of RAM on it. 4GB will do me fine for now, but if/when i run virtual machines off it, I'll need the extra, and a 32-bit OS just ignores more than 3GB pretty much.
I currently have a Dell Precision M70 that could probably run W7, but it's already 4yrs old, and I'd like to get 64-bit h/w, run a 64-bit OS & maybe have (eventually) 8GB of RAM on it. 4GB will do me fine for now, but if/when i run virtual machines off it, I'll need the extra, and a 32-bit OS just ignores more than 3GB pretty much.
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Snowboard season cometh..
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From: Gulf Coast of Florida
and done wrong.....?? do we want to know that answer? eek..
Fleet Owner
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
Go from the negative on one battery to the positive on the other, then go from the other two posts to the 24V battery (I think...)
By the way - since this does look like a friv thread, I'd like to frivolously invite everyone to check out the 2009 FTE Championship FINALS that are going on in the General Automotive forum - the link to it is all over my signature below.
~ There's a whole lotta fantastic trucks in there...
*Seems to me it was Lisa that gave me that excellent picture to use in my sig too!
Smokin
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Haha yeah,...you can tell I'm worn out because I don't catch stuff like that..
Thanks Steve. How was turkey day?
I currently have a Dell Precision M70 that could probably run W7, but it's already 4yrs old, and I'd like to get 64-bit h/w, run a 64-bit OS & maybe have (eventually) 8GB of RAM on it. 4GB will do me fine for now, but if/when i run virtual machines off it, I'll need the extra, and a 32-bit OS just ignores more than 3GB pretty much.
I want a Macbook Pro...only thing I can't figure out is if Snow Leopard will run my CS suite...
Thanks Steve. How was turkey day?
I currently have a Dell Precision M70 that could probably run W7, but it's already 4yrs old, and I'd like to get 64-bit h/w, run a 64-bit OS & maybe have (eventually) 8GB of RAM on it. 4GB will do me fine for now, but if/when i run virtual machines off it, I'll need the extra, and a 32-bit OS just ignores more than 3GB pretty much.
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From: Wallingford, CT
I think you'd have to have a dual-battery setup for that. But what you CAN do is use two trucks side by side...
Go from the negative on one battery to the positive on the other, then go from the other two posts to the 24V battery (I think...)
By the way - since this does look like a friv thread, I'd like to frivolously invite everyone to check out the 2009 FTE Championship FINALS that are going on in the General Automotive forum - the link to it is all over my signature below.
~ There's a whole lotta fantastic trucks in there...
*Seems to me it was Lisa that gave me that excellent picture to use in my sig too!
Go from the negative on one battery to the positive on the other, then go from the other two posts to the 24V battery (I think...)
By the way - since this does look like a friv thread, I'd like to frivolously invite everyone to check out the 2009 FTE Championship FINALS that are going on in the General Automotive forum - the link to it is all over my signature below.
~ There's a whole lotta fantastic trucks in there...
*Seems to me it was Lisa that gave me that excellent picture to use in my sig too!
Fleet Owner
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
With a dual battery setup, you'd still have to disconnect one of 'em and connect it in series. But it's simple enough: 12V + 12V = 24V
I just went through the battery blues, myself. Got a stray wire trapped under the dang battery and it beat the insulation to death. This not only fried the wire, but melted a hole in the bottom of the battery case
Scratch one 1150 CCA truck battery... I'm lucky it didn't start a fire in there.
And of course, the price of batteries has gone through the roof just like everything else
PS: (Steve)
Mark Twain was right about relatives!
"Stress is relative. The more relatives you've got the more stress you've got"
I just went through the battery blues, myself. Got a stray wire trapped under the dang battery and it beat the insulation to death. This not only fried the wire, but melted a hole in the bottom of the battery case
Scratch one 1150 CCA truck battery... I'm lucky it didn't start a fire in there.
And of course, the price of batteries has gone through the roof just like everything else
PS: (Steve)
Mark Twain was right about relatives!
"Stress is relative. The more relatives you've got the more stress you've got"
Fleet Owner
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From: BLT, MN
Nothing fancy. 4GB but that is fine for two old fogies like us