Back In The Saddle Again...

Update...

Well, I'm pleased to report that I am once again "online" from my home. I was given an old pc (and I mean very old) that works very well. I just slapped my net card in it, installed a few favorite programs, and away I went! It's a first-generation Gateway 2000 Pentium 200mhz mmx box. It's got 96MB of RAM, and a TWO GIG HARD DRIVE! Yes, folks I said TWO gigs. This was circa 1997, so that was pretty "state-of-the-art" back then.

Say What?

Who would have thought that XP would run on a much slower machine, with that little of RAM, and HD space? Don't get me wrong - I'm not complaining by any stretch of the imagination. I'm just totally flabbergasted that this thing runs with XP on it. And I thought that XP would bring a 233mhz P-II with 128MB of RAM to its knees! A real plus is that the monitor that came with it is a 17" - I've been using a 15" for a long, long, time. I am truly grateful that I am able to use it. I like to be able to type and read emails, and of course to blog whenever my little heart desires. I'm so spoiled!

More Good News...

I slapped my 80GB Maxtor drive from the PIII 450mhz in it (as a slave,) and it works just fine. It's not crashed in any way shape or form (sigh!) I went straight for the Osibisa album folder (thanks to Creepyking I have this treasure of 70's music,) It was nice to hear that after nearly 2 months of not being able to get to it. Shame on me for not backing up more often. I think that in my mental state of that time period, I really didn't care if I lived to see the next day, let alone some music.

Is It Time Yet?

So... I ask of you... is it high time that I just go with the flow and buy a new pc, maybe build one? I wouldn't mind having 1 ghz clock speed to play with. I could use all of those great Arturia soft synths that I have (ARP, Moog, etc.) I would have a reason to practice playing the keyboard again. It's true - I do love the sounds of the old gear, but I don't like the lack of reliability of it either. It's such a trade-off. I can see that the "modeling" that they do gets closer every day to the real thing. Hell, the only thing they won't do is to randomly pick a day when they break down (well, the computer does that on its own anyway, so that's taken care of!) I think that it's about time to step into this decade...and don't look back. Hello, Ebay! You've got a lot of goodies comin' your way....

In Conclusion...

So...here I sit again - in my favorite chair, with only the light of the monitor to guide me! Picking up where I left off, as much as I can, without getting frustrated. So far, so good. Now to stay off Ebay...