nerdy rainy Sunday and He got up (again)

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Christos anesti? the Greeks ask themselves on Easter Sunday. The 
formulaic response is Alythows anesti!

That was yesterday rainy and conducive to wrestling with a computer.

After numerous reinstalls, I am back to where I was and, MAYBE,  for the 
moment the PC is more stable throwing less blue screens of death. The 
floppy drive died but I was pleasantly surprised that new floppy drives 
are less than $10.

Indeed the whole computer died subsequent to the death of its harddrive. 
But not really; what it was was that the Slot 1 CPU (circa 1999 Celeron 
300 overclocked to 450Mhz)  had card creep and worked its way loose. 
Just reseating the CPU fixed things. And that's why they don't use Slot 
1 for CPUs any more. Currently CPUs use sockets with a teeny tiny 
lockdown arm. and  run at 2.4Ghz and up. Installed used 10GB IBM 
harddrive replacing  a WesternDigital 6GB of the past. With a dialup 
Internet connection, what do I need 2.4Ghz for?

On another subject, when is the Reunion? I understand that MaryAnn Price 
is hosting it in her house on the ribber. I haven't gotten a flyer or 
email about Rubottom's annual yard party at Artie Osborne's Red River 
Motors yet either. I shall ask Gale Samoraby, Rubottom's ex as she will 
know when it is.

Mike the party animal