[AT] OK boys, I need help!! OT Computer stuff

[Larry D. Goss]

Hey, Charlie.  When you start cutting your own DVD's, you'll find out
how necessary that hard drive is.  I burned a 1.5-hour video program a
few weeks ago.  The end file size was only 2.6 Gigs, but that was AFTER
compression.  The uncompressed file was over 9 Gigs, and was threatening
to completely fill the remainder of a 15 Gig partition that was
supporting the whole OS, a bunch of still image files, and about 100
music files.  (BTW- this is all original work, not pirated files off the
Internet or other sources.)  When you consider that 9 Gigabyte disks are
currently available for home use (four hours of video programming) and
that 18 Gigabyte DVD disks are already part of the published standard,
then 80 Gigabytes starts to look like a minimal system.  As soon as I
can find the "right price" on one of the super-size external hard drives
(120 Gigabytes or larger) I'll be using one of those for storing and
manipulating the thousands of still image files I'm in the process of
digitizing and restoring for the family.

BTW- My family were farmers.  So, there is a smattering of tractor
photos in among the candid shots of people.

Speaking of tractors, is anybody going to the Bickett estate auction
this Saturday in Morganfield, Kentucky?  There are about 100 tractors
going on the block, starting with a 1917 IH 8-16, a Keck-Gonnerman
steamer...

The article in the paper this week says they plan on starting all the
tractors at 8:30 AM, running them for an hour and 15 minutes, and then
shutting them all down before the sale starts.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 7:35 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] OK boys, I need help!! OT Computer stuff

Hi Don,  Why do you say 80 gig hard drive?  I can see the 512MB RAM ( my
notebook only has 256 and I plan to upgrade it) but I can't see where
the
average guy needs that much hard drive space.  Just curious.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Don Shehi" <shehi at commspeed.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:12 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] OK boys, I need help!! OT Computer stuff


>
>
> XP home version with at least 512MB of RAM and 80GB on the hard drive.
Any
> computer will run at it's best when it has a lot of memory and hard
disk
> space to work with.
>
> Don Shehi
> Camp Verde. AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Carl
Tatlock
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 3:52 PM
> To: AT at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] OK boys, I need help!! OT Computer stuff
>
> I'm sorry to intrude with this plea for help, but I"m in a hurry-up
that
> is not of my own devising, so I need advice.
>
> I need to get a new computer-- STAT
>
> I need to get a new operating system-- I am running W98 SE.
>
> I have saved a lot of computer stuff from the ATIS list (which I trust
> far more than a 17 year old compurter salesman.)   BUT I still don't
> have an answer --even tho I reviewed the ones I saved-- mostly from
last
> summer.     I also just changed from Netscape 4.7 to Mozilla (thanks
for
> the tip Cecil) and love it..  But, back to the story.
>
> I am  researching and writing a n extensive  genealogy  project for my
3
> children.  So far in 5 years I have about   850 pages put together.
> That, and ATIS are the bulk of my work on computer.
>
> 98 SE is getting cranky.  I bought a  flash memory stick but even with
> the driver CD it wouldn't stick in my computer.  Time to consider a
new
> computer and a new OP system.
>
> Where am I going with this long tale??   Right here.  What OS is
> recommended:
> 2000, or NT (home version)   ??    Come on guys--  All thoughts
> considered.
>
> Tractor reference:   When I get a new computer, I will run over the
old
> one with the $#@%& Cub (if it doesn't stall it out)  ;-)
>             Thanks,  Carl in VT
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