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On Nov 29, 5:09 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
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On Nov 29, 3:34 pm, wrote:
On Nov 29, 8:59 am, wrote:

On Nov 29, 8:55 am, HK wrote:

wrote:
On Nov 29, 8:44 am, HK wrote:
Well, I am taking the plunge.
I am updating my old IBM T23 laptop from Win2k to WINXP Pro.
It's a great little laptop, though technology long passed it
by,
and at
the moment it only has 384KB of memory. If the update "takes,"
I'll
update the RAM to 512KB.

This is the machine I let household guests use.

Gosh, if it works out, I'll be as up to date OS-wise as the
great
computer gurus here.

Yeah, that's a problem. Someone changes a harddrive, or installs
windows and they think they are a CNE.. We go in and clean up
their
messes, all the time

Hopefully, it won't be a problem. I repartioned the single hard
drive
and am reformatting it to get rid of all traces of the old OS.
There's
an active mailing list for the IBM (now Lenovo) portables, and the
gurus
there said I should be able to do the OS upgrade with minimal
hassle.
The only worry I have is being able to find all the device
drivers,
but
I was assured that won't be a serious issue. We shall see. I also
have a
master driver CD around somewhere...

Though I like the IBM portables, this is my last, since the new
owner
of
"Thinkpads" is now a mainland Chinese company.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I always end up back with Toshiba, and I use mine in the shop! Going
to XP you should have few driver problems. The only poblem we are
having is some of the drivers want to see "C" as the boot drive, and
we have Vista there...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Same here, I really like Toshiba laptops. I'm on my second one, the
first is still running just fine for my daughter.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I have been loyal to them ever since I desk tested a few in the
woodshop about a decade ago.. They are unstopable...

They are not unstoppable. Just let dust get into the cooling system and
they do stop. Taking them apart to clean them up is real joy. Been
there,
done that.

How do you keep the dust of the air ducts?- Hide quoted text -

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Take them apart I have a pretty cool shop, I can do almost anything
there... The last one had an epoxy plug that I fabricated to fit in
the power button hole, when the button disintegrated. I did have one
about 4 years ago that had a lot of recalls so I tried HP last time
around.. I was back at the electronics store begging after about two
months and three seperate shipping charges to send it out for service,
Best Buy (our favorite) finally agreed with me and just traded me for
a new toshiba... I will never stray again, although that Panasonic
work site model looks pretty cool...

What precautions do you take to keep dust, grit, etc out of the cooling
system?

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LoogyPicker wrote
Microsoft says 64 MB minimum, not KB.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...g/sysreqs.mspx

On Fri, 30 Nov 07, "Calif Bill" wrote:
Actually doubt that you can run anything with 64mb. I had a system with
128
mb and with Norton running (resource hog) the system would lockup lots of
the time. You could run XP, but any other program you tried to run under
XP
may kill the system.

What happens if processor clock speed isn't quite up to
recommendation? I would think it might simply run slower but... I have
no clue. Anybody?
I have an AMD Athlon XP sticker on the front of the desktop box but no
idea what the clock speed is. Will it be stamped on the processor
itself?

TIA,
Rick

Start Control Panel System. There you will the CPU type/speed, DRAM
installed and OS version.

There are some freeware utilities that will tell all you want to know and
more about your system. Here's one:

http://www.download.com/Belarc-Advis...-10716621.html

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:26:30 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Nov 30, 12:55 pm, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:47:43 -0500, HK wrote:
I like newman's tomato sauces. Not much of a salsa fan.

I think the best salsa is what you make yourself from fresh peppers,
onions and tomatoes. That bottled stuff always tasted like ketchup and
chili powder to me.

I agree. The stuff in jars is full of salt for flavor, instead of the
flavor of fresh veggies, and it's pulverized into a slurry!

You haven't tried Newman's or Imus then.

Try them sometime - they are pricey, but worth it.

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:55:45 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:47:43 -0500, HK wrote:

I like newman's tomato sauces. Not much of a salsa fan.

I think the best salsa is what you make yourself from fresh peppers,
onions and tomatoes. That bottled stuff always tasted like ketchup and
chili powder to me.

Most "homemade" salsa's aren't worth the powder to blow up. Maybe you
have a decent recipe, but I haven't had one yet.

Newman's or Imus for consistency, thick veggies and a nice balance
between taste and heat.

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:55:45 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:47:43 -0500, HK wrote:

I like newman's tomato sauces. Not much of a salsa fan.
I think the best salsa is what you make yourself from fresh peppers,
onions and tomatoes. That bottled stuff always tasted like ketchup and
chili powder to me.

Most "homemade" salsa's aren't worth the powder to blow up. Maybe you
have a decent recipe, but I haven't had one yet.

Newman's or Imus for consistency, thick veggies and a nice balance
between taste and heat.

I don't think I could buy Imus's salsa.

On Nov 30, 5:09 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
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On Nov 29, 5:09 pm, "D.Duck" wrote:
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On Nov 29, 3:34 pm, wrote:
On Nov 29, 8:59 am, wrote:

On Nov 29, 8:55 am, HK wrote:

wrote:
On Nov 29, 8:44 am, HK wrote:
Well, I am taking the plunge.
I am updating my old IBM T23 laptop from Win2k to WINXP Pro.
It's a great little laptop, though technology long passed it
by,
and at
the moment it only has 384KB of memory. If the update "takes,"
I'll
update the RAM to 512KB.

This is the machine I let household guests use.

Gosh, if it works out, I'll be as up to date OS-wise as the
great
computer gurus here.

Yeah, that's a problem. Someone changes a harddrive, or installs
windows and they think they are a CNE.. We go in and clean up
their
messes, all the time

Hopefully, it won't be a problem. I repartioned the single hard
drive
and am reformatting it to get rid of all traces of the old OS.
There's
an active mailing list for the IBM (now Lenovo) portables, and the
gurus
there said I should be able to do the OS upgrade with minimal
hassle.
The only worry I have is being able to find all the device
drivers,
but
I was assured that won't be a serious issue. We shall see. I also
have a
master driver CD around somewhere...

Though I like the IBM portables, this is my last, since the new
owner
of
"Thinkpads" is now a mainland Chinese company.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I always end up back with Toshiba, and I use mine in the shop! Going
to XP you should have few driver problems. The only poblem we are
having is some of the drivers want to see "C" as the boot drive, and
we have Vista there...- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Same here, I really like Toshiba laptops. I'm on my second one, the
first is still running just fine for my daughter.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I have been loyal to them ever since I desk tested a few in the
woodshop about a decade ago.. They are unstopable...

They are not unstoppable. Just let dust get into the cooling system and
they do stop. Taking them apart to clean them up is real joy. Been
there,
done that.

How do you keep the dust of the air ducts?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Take them apart I have a pretty cool shop, I can do almost anything
there... The last one had an epoxy plug that I fabricated to fit in
the power button hole, when the button disintegrated. I did have one
about 4 years ago that had a lot of recalls so I tried HP last time
around.. I was back at the electronics store begging after about two
months and three seperate shipping charges to send it out for service,
Best Buy (our favorite) finally agreed with me and just traded me for
a new toshiba... I will never stray again, although that Panasonic
work site model looks pretty cool...

What precautions do you take to keep dust, grit, etc out of the cooling
system?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Compressed air, and a screwdriver... I just take them apart when they
get dirty. This one has not been in the woodshop yet..

On Nov 30, 5:28 pm, " JimH" ask wrote:
"D.Duck" wrote in message

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wrote in message
I have been loyal to them ever since I desk tested a few in the
woodshop about a decade ago.. They are unstopable...

They are not unstoppable. Just let dust get into the cooling system and
they do stop. Taking them apart to clean them up is real joy. Been
there,
done that.

How do you keep the dust of the air ducts?- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Take them apart I have a pretty cool shop, I can do almost anything
there... The last one had an epoxy plug that I fabricated to fit in
the power button hole, when the button disintegrated. I did have one
about 4 years ago that had a lot of recalls so I tried HP last time
around.. I was back at the electronics store begging after about two
months and three seperate shipping charges to send it out for service,
Best Buy (our favorite) finally agreed with me and just traded me for
a new toshiba... I will never stray again, although that Panasonic
work site model looks pretty cool...

What precautions do you take to keep dust, grit, etc out of the cooling
system?

One of the major downfalls of laptops, especially since only the experienced
can disassemble them to clean off the (insulating) dust.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Yes, they are a real bitch in many cases. In the past when the
Toshibas had all metal frames, it was even worse. Lately, some sort of
"convention" has crept into most of the main manufacturers. Just
remember, it it takes force, you are probably doing it wrong. And rule
2 is if you can't get it out, go at it from the other side I have
taken dozens of the apart, repaired "solid state" boards, made
switches, I am getting pretty good at it.

On Nov 30, 5:55 pm, " JimH" ask wrote:
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in messagenews:bi31l3d3poe61iftrtld3sst8qdqf173l8@4ax .com...

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 12:55:45 -0500, wrote:

On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:47:43 -0500, HK wrote:

I like newman's tomato sauces. Not much of a salsa fan.

I think the best salsa is what you make yourself from fresh peppers,
onions and tomatoes. That bottled stuff always tasted like ketchup and
chili powder to me.

Most "homemade" salsa's aren't worth the powder to blow up. Maybe you
have a decent recipe, but I haven't had one yet.

Newman's or Imus for consistency, thick veggies and a nice balance
between taste and heat.

The 'Newman's Own' brand made a great cranberry macadamia nut crunch cereal
that was discontinued but is reportedly soon to go back into production due
to popular demand. We used to buy it at Costco.

My wife likes 'Newman's Own' Light Honey Mustard dressing for chicken salads
and dipping.

And of course proceeds from Newman's stuff go to the "Hole in the Wall
Gang Camp" for kids with blood born disease and their families.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 10:26:30 -0800 (PST), wrote:

On Nov 30, 12:55 pm, wrote:
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:47:43 -0500, HK wrote:
I like newman's tomato sauces. Not much of a salsa fan.

I think the best salsa is what you make yourself from fresh peppers,
onions and tomatoes. That bottled stuff always tasted like ketchup and
chili powder to me.

I agree. The stuff in jars is full of salt for flavor, instead of the
flavor of fresh veggies, and it's pulverized into a slurry!

You haven't tried Newman's or Imus then.

Try them sometime - they are pricey, but worth it.



And both, I think, donate the profits to charity.

Eisboch

"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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I don't think I could buy Imus's salsa.


You should at least try it. It's very good ... probably one of the best.
And the last I knew, Imus products ... the salsa and household cleaners have
the profits donated to charity.

BTW .... Imus returns to radio next week.

Eisboch