WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON:

 WC> Well I've saved back enough to buy a new hard drive whenever I get
 WC> around to picking one up :-)

 WC> Need to shop around for the UltraATA133 card though as
 WC> CompUSA no longer has them in stock at local retail stores.

 WC> CompUSA has a 20 Gig Maxtor that I might buy in the interrum as its
 WC> under 60 bucks with tax and as it's under 32 Gig my existing BIOS
 WC> will see it no problem.

Under $60 for 20G?  That's a little pricey.  I saw the opinion expressed a
while back that "anything more than a dollar a gig is too much", 
and I think I agree with that.

 WC> The Maxtor will make a good backup drive when I snag the I/O card. 

 WC> My actual preferences are Seagate and Western Digital.

I have all three brands here plus Quantum and Fujitsu,  and don't have a
problem with any of them,  so I don't have that much of a brand preference
these days.

 WC> Scored a 27" color T.V. in good working condition as salvage as
 WC> well as my THIRD rock solid old style IBM keyboard :-)

Nifty.  I wish I could find some more of those here.

 WC> Wonder if the resolution from a T.V. card in the computer
 WC> to the T.V. would help with my failng eyesight or if the 27 TV 
 WC> inch screen would be limited by it's inherent resolution?

It should be interesting to find out.  Does the TV have any monitor-style
inputs?  Apparently "s-video" is the big thing these days.  I
have a video card here now that has that connector on the back of it,  but
no cable and nothing at the other end with that sort of connection
available.  My big tv in the living room just has typical composite input
RCA jacks,  in addition to the usual RF input.

 WC> Looking at smallish print on the T.V. I'm not optimistic however
 WC> going from 21 inch - 27" I can now at least make out URL's to web 
 WC> sites displayed on broadcast T.V.

Our big set is 25",  which used to be considerd a good-sized TV,  and
it amazes me how often stuff on the screen is unreadable.  I don't
necessarily blame the TV,  though,  as much as those who put the ads
together.

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