Sure, like I'm going to PAY someone on the promise to keep my data secure?  I may be old and possibly even a bit senile, but I ain't THAT stupid...

Latkinson, I still have a Gateway 9-bay tower 386 in my basement.  Always thought it would make a great server case,  could have my own 'cloud' with today's drive sizes.

I used to get both Byte and Computer Shopper too.  And the Computer World news.  And yes, Mad Magazine too.  Had many of them saved, but several relocations fixed that.

Those...

After my first PC purchased in the early 90's (386DX-25 with 4MB of memory and a 105MB hard drive), I built all my personal desktops.  I don't think I...

I think the main issue with the lack of live retail shopping is the lack of much detail on the configuration of much of the hardware.  When looking at hardware...

I was in my fourth developer position, all IBM mainframe use, when the Apple 2+ was released.  My wife and I purchased one and took a class in Apple Basic...

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Well, my career progressed from card decks (80 column, then 96 column) and MICR sort machines, then flat files that we had to write sort utilities to reorder, through indexed...

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Ken, I prayed for your recovery and wellness first thing this morning when I heard.  Hoping for the best outcome for you.

Rick

I have suggested this earlier, but it has been several years, so will put it out here again.  I found that a great source for me to dabble in new...

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"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication"  Leonardo da Vinci.

Thank you for this information, Rick. I've tried to refinance my home a couple times before, but never got anywhere with it. I've no idea why, because when I...

Hey, folks, speaking of mortgage payment rounding, I will share with you all something that is happening right now with mortgages.

A year ago I relocated and took a mortgage instead...

Good lord... I had to work through all of that...

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This is a very good article.  I shared it with another discussion group regarding the very popular Quicken personal financial package which has for years suffered from two bad design...

... nothing is more permanent than a "temporary" solution?

David, I just have to add this to my collection on my computer that I call 'Bits of Wisdom'.  I love this!