-=> ROY J. TELLASON wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC> I'll check first of course, I always do which is why I've never
 WC> had hardware problems when hooking up new stuff.

 RJT> Why USB,  though?  Seems to me if you're not into the newest and
 RJT> fastest stuff and if you have access to used,  ATA interface can be had
 RJT> in older versions for real cheap.

Well I'm not tied to that option but the H.P. minitower
already has a hard drive and CD-Player in it so that leaves
one bay for anything else I select to add.
Just slapping in an audio CD sets it playing, pretty cool.
I may well need to add a proprietary H.P. ATX upgrade power supply
as well because this one's rather light at 250 watts.
Non-standard power supply case too :-(
Well perhaps not for ATX as I don't really know but it's half
the size of my NEC's power supply and needs to be to
fit the case.

 WC> I looked at the screen shots, impressive to say the least.
 WC> Source code just over 300K and binary about 200K!!!

 RJT> Jeez,  the one in my linux box here only has 2M,  and the rest of them
 RJT> here only 1M!

RE:video RAM
 Hey I was at 1/2 meg until the NEC was rescued and the H.P. fell
 into my lap.

 CA> My brother has 8 meg on his video card and it seems to be
 CA> sufficient for his uses. Streaming video is 'iffy' but I suspect
 CA> that is the combination of winmodem and a poorly configured OS.

Haven't done streaming video on the machine yet.
The software is there, hell software for darn near
everything is there!!!

 WC> Opps, misspoke myself, THIS machine has an 8 Meg card, the H.P. has
 WC> a 32 :-)

 RJT> Yikes!

 WC> I'll NEVER be running Win XP having seen that crud on my landladies
 WC> computer.

 RJT> Based on just that registration crap I heard about it I won't be
 RJT> letting it near any of my hardware either...

 CA> I won't say never but I will say I will be kicking and screaming
 CA> all the way to the end before using XP on anything ever.

 WC> The troubleshooting tool for XP is a .50 caliber Desert Eagle.

 RJT> Can you fit the cd into one of those machines that usually throws
 RJT> sporting clays?  :-)

The only suitable purpose for a machine so equipped.
Either that or a catapult or treveset to hurl the flaming
refuse at say oh the Microsoft building 
 
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