namedpipes
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JFC. Will one of you closer to him than I am please drop a machine on his desk? I can turn my head to the right and look out the door into my outer office and see an old Dell Optiplex I salvaged from a customer and managed to turn into something... acceptable, but I'm still in the southern end of the Constipation State, and I know one of y'all is better positioned.Alright, y'all... I just called Mr. Enbloc. He is alive, doing well, and not dying. I repeat, he is NOT dying. He says he'll try and come back on NES real quick to let all y'all know he's fine. You know... if his 13 yr old computer and dial up modem will let him
It's only been 2 days and we all miss you already. Don't go!
I'm happy to inform everyone that he appears to be back because he just 'liked' a shitload of posts in this thread
(I think he's only up to the 4th page as I write this).
I can personally confirm that his computer is old as shit (I've seen it in person) and he is pretty tech-less.
Pretty sure this is the computer he has
He does have a smartphone but he does not use it as such lol
As promised, I'll give him a call. Please, hold.
That’s got a wicked Intel 8086 8bit, upgradable 512k ram, Dual Double Density Double Sided 5.25 Inch drives. The 300bps acoustic coupler modem is a nice touch! My laptop have 64,000x the max ram of that thing...I can personally confirm that his computer is old as shit (I've seen it in person) and he is pretty tech-less.
Pretty sure this is the computer he has
He does have a smartphone but he does not use it as such lol
As promised, I'll give him a call. Please, hold.
No Vic-20, or TI-99? Heath Kit?I literally have that computer stowed in the basement. It's next to the trs-80 and the commodore 64. Not kidding.
He sounds old school, can you dig up a 20mb MFM Drive for him?If you don't want to eff with multiple drives for storage I literally have a shelf full of 256g SSD's or I can throw in a 400GB one. I have a SATA doc which will dupe a drive in an hour. LMK, IN to help.
He sounds old school, can you dig up a 20mb MFM Drive for him?
Lol. Much love to you all!
I'm fine in both health and Spirit.
My computer was the reason for the post. I thought it would be better than just not being able to dial-up and post again. My bad.
I am writing this from my niece's 3 year old computer. At least it looks and works like a computer. It has a large LCD screen, keyboard, mouse, but I can't see the big box that holds the electronics anywhere.
Must be in that Cloud or something...
I have the wherewithal to purchase a new PC, Lol, so I won't need to sell my ammo, and all of you who offered up a PC, or parts and such, Thank you. NES has Heart!
My problem as of now is two-fold. My PC and my dial-up connection. Together, they make the Spanish Inquisition look like "Senior School Day" at Six-Flags...
I will get things updated on my end and it may take a little while so, I will post every week or so on my niece's computer. (I don't 'smart-phone'... )
All of your posts made me laugh pretty good, so thanks for that. And I apologize for my "lame, weak-sauce" post. I had no idea that it would get a second look...
Besides, all my "Cries for Help" include .gifs...
P.S. This is not the .gif that I wanted to post. ^
It's my niece's PC for cryin' out loud...
Exactly. I didn’t know there was even dial-up anymore.
P.S. This is not the .gif that I wanted to post. ^
It's my niece's PC for cryin' out loud...
I nearly busted a gut! Glad to hear you’re in good health.
P.S. This is not the .gif that I wanted to post. ^
It's my niece's PC for cryin' out loud...
Lol. Much love to you all!
I'm fine in both health and Spirit.
My computer was the reason for the post. I thought it would be better than just not being able to dial-up and post again. My bad.
I am writing this from my niece's 3 year old computer. At least it looks and works like a computer. It has a large LCD screen, keyboard, mouse, but I can't see the big box that holds the electronics anywhere.
Must be in that Cloud or something...
I have the wherewithal to purchase a new PC, Lol, so I won't need to sell my ammo, and all of you who offered up a PC, or parts and such, Thank you. NES has Heart!
My problem as of now is two-fold. My PC and my dial-up connection. Together, they make the Spanish Inquisition look like "Senior School Day" at Six-Flags...
I will get things updated on my end and it may take a little while so, I will post every week or so on my niece's computer. (I don't 'smart-phone'... )
All of your posts made me laugh pretty good, so thanks for that. And I apologize for my "lame, weak-sauce" post. I had no idea that it would get a second look...
Besides, all my "Cries for Help" include .gifs...
P.S. This is not the .gif that I wanted to post. ^
It's my niece's PC for cryin' out loud...
I didn’t know dial up was even offered anymore.
Exactly. I didn’t know there was even dial-up anymore.
I wonder if enbloc is using pre-internet Prodigy. You can use the SAABRE system to book an airline ticket online now. Lol
i have a 300 baud modum in my closet you can have. i think it still has the prodigy disk in the box so you'll be good to go.
p.s., you're funnin' us regarding that dial up, right?. just the elvis photo you put up here on the first post would have taken 2 days to transmit via dial up...you rascal!!
Back in the 90's, my then mid-70's mom got mad at the phone company because they wouldn't give her a party line. (google it - it isn't dirty)
She had to explain to the account rep what it even was.