Computer tech: gotta love it!

[bowmore]

I am in the process of getting a Win 11 PC. I am upgrading to 16 GB RAM. My present one only has 8 GB. I also downloaded all the data from my wife's PC to an SD card and wiped it so I can get rid of it.

 

[Nathan]

 

[Coco]

When my youngest child started school i decided to take a course to learn how to KEY PUNCH. That was in the early 70s. Do you remember us? Lol.

 

[Lawrence00]

When my youngest child started school i decided to take a course to learn how to KEY PUNCH. That was in the early 70s. Do you remember us? Lol.

One of my first programming courses was Fortran and we had to keypunch a stack of cards.

 

[MoBeans]

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Nothing crashed my computer more than trying to learn java programming. Good times.

 

[Rich]

 

[Nathan]

One of my first programming courses was Fortran and we had to keypunch a stack of cards.

Did that while at CSULB in the 70s. They had a CDC 3150 mainframe which handled the University's business and student loads, in addition to "faming out" computing time for local businesses.

 

[Nathan]

 

[Gardenlover]

I always hated it when the card reader jammed or even worse you dropped the card deck.

I could code in Fortran, RPG, Cobol and Assembler.

 

[Lawrence00]

Did that while at CSULB in the 70s. They had a CDC 3150 mainframe which handled the University's business and student loads, in addition to "faming out" computing time for local businesses.

I learned what a syntax error was.

 

[Nathan]

I learned what a syntax error was.

Most definitely. I learned that over & over & over...

 

[Nathan]

 

[Nathan]

 

[Nathan]

 

[Nathan]

Can you imagine....

 

[Nathan]

 

[Rich]

Can you imagine....

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The 3.5" floppy was such an amazing upgrade from the 5.25 floppy! Now they're in a museum.

 

[Nathan]

The 3.5" floppy was such an amazing upgrade from the 5.25 floppy! Now they're in a museum.

I've still got 2 file cases of 3.5" floppies, only have 1 3.5" floppy drive, in a machine that is over 25yr.old.

 

[Lawrence00]

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/aws-o...ack-but-shows-potential-for-far-worse-damage/

 

[Rich]

I've still got 2 file cases of 3.5" floppies, only have 1 3.5" floppy drive, in a machine that is over 25yr.old.

Compatible with Linux, Windows and Mac

https://www.amazon.com/YEY-External...e who have saved,/Mac/Linux operating systems.

 

[Mizmo]

I just found this disc in my box of old goodies
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I am macOS now but oh I did love Windows XP......the good old days!

 

[Rich]

I just found this disc in my box of old goodies
....
I am macOS now but oh I did love Windows XP......the good old days!

XP was the pinnacle of the entire Windows line!

 

[David777]

My HP Omen 35 desktop I've had for a few months now suddenly lost power. Could be a catastrophic IC failure on the mother board. Note, I don't game and have only used a fraction of what the system is specified to run and power. $hit happens randomly.

So tomorrow, Friday 10/24, will need to contact HP for warranty repair and hopefully have it fixed soon. In the meantime, will be rather limited computer wise, to this old moto g smartphone and my cheap $200 Windows 11 travel laptop. Thus may post little for awhile.

Especially need the HP for all my photography processing.

edit, several hours later:
Powering up, then booting normally now. Uncertain why it powered off.