[GreenKeys] NEWS and THOUGHTS - - -

[Jack]

George,

I know all of the Greenkeys gang appreciates your efforts. 

73,
Jack K2TTY



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[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Geo.
Hutchison
Sent: Monday, October 2, 2017 8:37 PM
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Subject: [GreenKeys] NEWS and THOUGHTS - - -

GreenKeyers - - -

ITTY is indeed down. After three of the old Dell comps crapped out
a few days ago, I realized that the old Dell GX150 and GX270/280
computers I have been using for the ITTY systems these past years
have lived long after they had been put to pasture by Boeing, from
whose surplus operation in Kent they originally were acquired..

Boeing did get their nickel's worth of use before being
surplussed, and they have been pretty reliable since the advent of
ITTY on the net.

Capacitors are bloating, and the hard drives are for the most part
originals from the same source, but most likely have been pressed
into service as their predecessors have bitten the dust.

I so many words, they are pretty much DEAD.

I was able to round up a pile (9) of Dell  Optiplex 160 units that
were retired by the Eatonville, Wa., School District.

They are quite clean physically, and appear to be in good shape
electrically.

They have licenses for Windows Vista on them, but all of the
operating systems are Windows 7 Pro, indicating that there was
some manner of upgrading in recent years.

They have all of the connections for monitor, Kbd and Mouse, audio
and RS-232, and have the newer SATA w/80 GB HDDs, and easily
upgrade to 4GB RAM. USB Ports are plentiful.

I am slowly learning the best ways to get these units up and
running, but it is taking time.

Paul Heller's set-up is operational, and I think he will be able
to get his gear running well in short order. Paul's equipment is
some newer Dell stuff that I  gave him a couple of years ago and
he has the skills to properly massage it into good operation.

As I muddle through the process of getting these new(er) machines
going I hope you will bear with me. I am a believer in Win XP, but
the demise of support for that opsys pretty much dictates it is
time to move on, and even possibly consider Win 10, although
Cortana bugs the hell outa me with its constant yammering.

I have a sort of "Hemlock" program that pretty well wipes out
Cortana, but that is only one of many issues.

Thoughts and opinions are welcome and encouraged. I'm not as fast
as I used to be and I spend a lot of time going to see a veritable
plethora of medical people. Old age REALLY SUCKS, but I am not yet
ready for the bone yard.

Gotta run, and thanks for reading.

73,

George - W7TTY





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