Grex Do-it-yourself Conference

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Grex Do-it-yourself Item 26: Computer do-it-yourself (hardware)
Entered by keesan on Fri Oct 2 03:37:01 UTC 1998:

For discussions of do-it-yourself computer repairs, maintenance and
modifications.

12 responses total.

#1 of 12 by rcurl on Fri Oct 2 03:58:39 1998:

This subject is also covered extensively in the hardware and micros
conferences.

#2 of 12 by omni on Fri Oct 2 08:07:11 1998:

  Yeah, what Rane said. Come over to Micros, I'm the f-w.

#3 of 12 by keesan on Fri Oct 2 18:29:27 1998:

I was trying to lure computer-related things out of 'What I did'.
Any ideas on how to get a 5 1/4 inch floppy drive attached to a PS/2 machine
that will both read and write?  Jim thinks it is incompatible.  IBM did not
want people changing their basic setup.

#4 of 12 by omni on Sat Oct 3 05:13:57 1998:

  I bought a CD-ROM drive. Well, it was a present from my Mom. Now, I have
to take possession of it, and install it, which shouldn't be a big deal.

#5 of 12 by keesan on Tue Oct 20 18:19:50 1998:

This is the item for discussing installations of CD-ROM drives and other
computer hardware, so that people looking for specific information can find
it faster.  (Omni?)

#6 of 12 by omni on Tue Oct 20 19:12:45 1998:

  Still will not link it. If you know any of my history, I don't link things.
Linking tends to cut the soul out of the conferences. 

  As for the drive, now that I have done it, it's not a big deal to do.
It's a matter of getting the IDE thing correct, that  and knowing how to
install the drivers without killing the autoexec.bat and config.sys files.

#7 of 12 by keesan on Tue Oct 20 22:05:43 1998:

We may ask for your help if we ever get that modern at Kiwanis.  THere is a
pentium board that should be made into a machine some time soon, before it
is obsolete.  Omni, I was not asking you to link the item, but to use it for
computer hardware discussions so other people could find your contributions.

#8 of 12 by rcurl on Wed Oct 21 05:47:49 1998:

Lots of do-it-yourself computer discussions in hardware and micros. There,
they are separated by topics (as items), rather than a catch-all item
like this, where it will be difficult to find things later.

#9 of 12 by keesan on Wed Oct 21 18:10:59 1998:

Having a separate item here keeps computer hardware topics separate from
discussions of noncomputer hardware.  Or is supposed to, at least.

#10 of 12 by rcurl on Wed Oct 21 20:53:45 1998:

As you wish, but don't forget to participate in the items in hardware
and micros if you like to work on computer stuff yourself.

#11 of 12 by davel on Thu Oct 22 11:33:21 1998:

Sindi, you can always link items the other way.

#12 of 12 by arthurp on Thu Nov 19 03:22:04 1998:

I'm always wiling to help with a computer issue.  It can be difficult to find
me, but feel free to ask me in email if I'm away from the conferences again.

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