Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and install
all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send him your
email and address...



On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 08:37:09 -0500, Adam Albright wrote:
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> On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 23:20:37 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. How was I to know that my
>>lights would flicker, just as I made it halfway through the flash. Go
>>figure. In this instance, I was able to recover. In 1998, at the birth
>>of another OS, I tried to flash my motherboard from the same type of
>>advice as found on this board, and I nuked my motherboard. It was a
>>month before I could afford another one.[/color]
>
> Suggestion: Stay in bed. Never get it up. Anything that can go wrong
> will go wrong. Pull the covers up tight, just sleep the rest of your
> life away. There should be an exam similar to a driverer's license exam
> before anyone is allowed within ten feet of any computer. ;-)[/color]

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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
wrote:
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>Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and install
>all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send him your
>email and address...[/color]

So many children here pretending they know more than I do.
Get nearly 30 years experience with PCs like I have, then maybe your
opinions will be worth something.

The first "PC", the term and the computer were coined and made by IBM in
1981. Hardly
30 years ago. The term "Microcomputer" fit most of the proceeding machines.
The Intel 8008
CPU chip came out in 1972 and was the basis for some early Microcomputers. I
built one myself.

"Adam Albright" <AA@ABC.net> wrote in message
news:d3qq03pnuhp698gi8k9q6d6ctk92s4ckh9@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and install
>>all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send him your
>>email and address...[/color]
>
> So many children here pretending they know more than I do.
> Get nearly 30 years experience with PCs like I have, then maybe your
> opinions will be worth something.
>
>[/color]

Oh! Aren't we touchy? Thirty years experience. Wow. You must have had
one of the first lcd calculators. I didnt start until 1981 with the
Commodore-64. I bought a couple of them and even had one of my articles
bought by Compute magazine. I loved programming them. Oh, btw, we dont
have to pretend.


On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:45:28 -0500, Adam Albright wrote:
[color=blue]
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and install
>>all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send him your
>>email and address...[/color]
>
> So many children here pretending they know more than I do. Get nearly 30
> years experience with PCs like I have, then maybe your opinions will be
> worth something.[/color]

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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:52:33 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
wrote:
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>Oh! Aren't we touchy? Thirty years experience. Wow. You must have had
>one of the first lcd calculators. I didnt start until 1981 with the
>Commodore-64. I bought a couple of them and even had one of my articles
>bought by Compute magazine. I loved programming them. Oh, btw, we dont
>have to pretend.[/color]

It seems the one being touchy is you. Why are you getting bend out of
shape over a SIMPLE BIOS Flash? If you would have bothered to read the
few posts where I commented on this topic you would have learned I
also mentioned the risk.

The point is, many that post here DO pretend all kinds of things, like
they know what they're talking about. I see lots of that. <wink>

Adam Albright wrote:[color=blue]
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
> wrote:
>
>[color=green]
>>Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and install
>>all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send him your
>>email and address...[/color]
>
>
> So many children here pretending they know more than I do.
> Get nearly 30 years experience with PCs like I have, then maybe your
> opinions will be worth something.
>
>[/color]
I started in '61. Makes you a frigging newbie.
Frank

<wink> you got something in your eye? Or shall we just meet at the
Casbah..Are you cute?


On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:55:07 -0500, Adam Albright wrote:
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> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:52:33 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Oh! Aren't we touchy? Thirty years experience. Wow. You must have had
>>one of the first lcd calculators. I didnt start until 1981 with the
>>Commodore-64. I bought a couple of them and even had one of my articles
>>bought by Compute magazine. I loved programming them. Oh, btw, we dont
>>have to pretend.[/color]
>
> It seems the one being touchy is you. Why are you getting bend out of
> shape over a SIMPLE BIOS Flash? If you would have bothered to read the
> few posts where I commented on this topic you would have learned I also
> mentioned the risk.
>
> The point is, many that post here DO pretend all kinds of things, like
> they know what they're talking about. I see lots of that. <wink>[/color]

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Dont interrupt...Adam is winking at me again.


On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:01:02 -0700, Frank wrote:
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> Adam Albright wrote:[color=green]
>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and
>>>install all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send him
>>>your email and address...[/color]
>>
>>
>> So many children here pretending they know more than I do. Get nearly
>> 30 years experience with PCs like I have, then maybe your opinions will
>> be worth something.
>>
>>[/color]
> I started in '61. Makes you a frigging newbie. Frank[/color]

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"Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
news:%236iFJ6wcHHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> Adam Albright wrote:[color=green]
>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and install
>>>all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send him your
>>>email and address...[/color]
>>
>>
>> So many children here pretending they know more than I do. Get nearly 30
>> years experience with PCs like I have, then maybe your
>> opinions will be worth something.[/color]
> I started in '61. Makes you a frigging newbie.
> Frank[/color]

62 here, Frank... you got me! SDS 910 at the National Bureau of Standards...

Chris

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:07:51 -0400, Chris Sidener wrote:
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> "Frank" <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote in message
> news:%236iFJ6wcHHA.4004@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...[color=green]
>> Adam Albright wrote:[/color][/color]
In 62 I was a Freshman in High School. I did read Cordwinder Smith who
wrote about the AI computer that filled up an entire mountain. Does that
count for experience?

[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and
>>>>install all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send
>>>>him your email and address...
>>>
>>>
>>> So many children here pretending they know more than I do. Get nearly
>>> 30 years experience with PCs like I have, then maybe your opinions
>>> will be worth something.[/color]
>> I started in '61. Makes you a frigging newbie. Frank[/color]
>
> 62 here, Frank... you got me! SDS 910 at the National Bureau of
> Standards...
>
> Chris[/color]

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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:01:02 -0700, Frank <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote:
[color=blue]
>Adam Albright wrote:[color=green]
>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and install
>>>all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send him your
>>>email and address...[/color]
>>
>>
>> So many children here pretending they know more than I do.
>> Get nearly 30 years experience with PCs like I have, then maybe your
>> opinions will be worth something.
>>
>>[/color]
>I started in '61. Makes you a frigging newbie.
>Frank[/color]

What PCs were around in 61?

Adam Albright wrote:[color=blue]
> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:01:02 -0700, Frank <fb@nospamm.cmm> wrote:
>[color=green]
>> Adam Albright wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:29:31 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Adam Albright will pay for your nuked motherboard. Go ahead and install
>>>> all the bios updates that you want. Adam, you want to send him your
>>>> email and address...
>>>
>>> So many children here pretending they know more than I do.
>>> Get nearly 30 years experience with PCs like I have, then maybe your
>>> opinions will be worth something.
>>>
>>>[/color]
>> I started in '61. Makes you a frigging newbie.
>> Frank[/color]
>
> What PCs were around in 61?
>
>[/color]
IBM had an 81.2-percent share of the computer market in 1961, the year
in which it introduced the 1400 Series. The 1401 mainframe, the first in
the series, replaced the vacuum tube with smaller, more reliable
transistors and used a magnetic core memory.

[url]http://www.computerhope.com/history/196080.htm[/url].
The only computer that I had during that era was a slide rule, which I
never did learn how to properly program. You had to move two sticks
together. I imagine you could start a fire with it, if you moved them
real fast. I also used my toes and fingers, which was actually the first
computing device, followed by paper and pencil. Our monitors were pretty
primitive. You were lucky if you could get dual channel and color was
expensive. Bill Gates was busy programming his sandbox. Even then he
was copying and cloning the sand castles made by Steve Jobs, whose first
words were "mama apple". I even knew Linus back then, I saw him every
day on the comic page. I hope that this information has helped you.
<wink, wink>


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> What PCs were around in 61?[/color]

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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:41:30 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com>
wrote:
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>[url]http://www.computerhope.com/history/196080.htm[/url].
>The only computer that I had during that era was a slide rule, which I
>never did learn how to properly program. You had to move two sticks
>together. I imagine you could start a fire with it, if you moved them
>real fast. I also used my toes and fingers, which was actually the first
>computing device, followed by paper and pencil. Our monitors were pretty
>primitive. You were lucky if you could get dual channel and color was
>expensive. Bill Gates was busy programming his sandbox. Even then he
>was copying and cloning the sand castles made by Steve Jobs, whose first
>words were "mama apple". I even knew Linus back then, I saw him every
>day on the comic page. I hope that this information has helped you.
><wink, wink>[/color]

Very useful, thanks.

Your welcome. If you need any more help, feel free to ask. I am a
virtual cornucopia of useless, but interesting information. Some people
have attributed my vast knowledge of inconsequential vapidity to the
brain concussion that I suffered in eighth grade, when a girl on the bus
hit me over the head with a stack of books. I immediately had a
revelation and began speaking in BASIC.
<wink,wink>




On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:57:24 -0500, Adam Albright wrote:
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> On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:41:30 -0500, Bill <bigbill52@yuckawin.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>[url]http://www.computerhope.com/history/196080.htm[/url]. The only computer that I
>>had during that era was a slide rule, which I never did learn how to
>>properly program. You had to move two sticks together. I imagine you
>>could start a fire with it, if you moved them real fast. I also used my
>>toes and fingers, which was actually the first computing device,
>>followed by paper and pencil. Our monitors were pretty primitive. You
>>were lucky if you could get dual channel and color was expensive. Bill
>>Gates was busy programming his sandbox. Even then he was copying and
>>cloning the sand castles made by Steve Jobs, whose first words were
>>"mama apple". I even knew Linus back then, I saw him every day on the
>>comic page. I hope that this information has helped you. <wink, wink>[/color]
>
> Very useful, thanks.[/color]

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