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Hello Roy - 

WC>> That would be a major ouch. 

CA>> Probably going to happen to MP3 music file 'traders' more
CA>> than the rest of us. I can't imagine what would be 120 gig
CA>> that I would want to maintain on the hard drive here at
CA>> home. 

RJT> Not intending to "trade" or such stuff, but I do plan to
RJT> put much of my music collection here on HD, when I can
RJT> manage it... 

Before you can 'trade' it is necessary to put your music into
MP3 format files on the hard drive. That is the first step. ;-) 

When you realize how time consuming this is to do a decent job
of it you will not want to lose it all and start over again. 

RJT> Just the convenience of being able to play it without
RJT> having to deal with the hassle of *finding* it, and the
RJT> sequential-access hassles of tape, is probably a lot of
RJT> why I'd consider this worth my time. 

They have this new technology called CDs that can hold 100s of
MP3 files now. You should give them a try. :-) 

CA>> When I worked as a PC consultant I maintained several
CA>> months of daily reports on employee efficiency (detailed)
CA>> and the telephone system for 4-6 months plus training
CA>> texts and other graphs and charts all on one 110 meg hard
CA>> drive. :-) 

RJT> Using what for tools? Probably couldn't manage it with the
RJT> bloatware that's out there these days. That size drive
RJT> wouldn't be big enough to store the OS...! :-) 

This was at the time of Windows v3.0 (not very good really). I
used DOS v3.3 and Desqview for the OS with LOTUS macros for
daily charts and graphs. I wrote some of my own software for
statistical analysis that I would only use when requested to by
the company VP for forecasting to predict trends etc. All the
other 'tools' I wrote myself. 

The combined setup continued to operate unattended for 8 years
monitoring the telephone system and all employee use of the
telephones with the only interruptions being when people failed
to keep paper in the printer. At midnight it compiled and
printed a few dozen reports for various department heads and a
'brief' version for the company VP. :-) 

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