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I've been thinking about buying a new version of Word. I'm still on 2003, and it makes for a few compatibility issues with people (like fellow students and my professors) who are using newer versions. I figured I could buy a student copy and it would be relatively inexpensive.

As it turns out, the newest version of Word won't run on my system since I'm still using Windows XP. I guess I could install 7 or 8, but I'd probably have to buy the OS. That's probably expensive enough that I might as well buy a whole new machine, right?

Meh. I don't want to change things around. I *like* Windows XP, and my desktop does everything I want it to do, except for word processing. Which is funny. I mean, really, word processing software is what I might have to update my hardware and OS for? *sighs*

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I just spent some time outside photographing both a couple of my old computer keyboards, and the harp I've been hanging on to to sell for my friend cranberrynomiko. When I unloaded the pictures from my camera, I put them in a temporary folder named, appropriately enough, "keyboards and harp". Then I realized most people would expect to find a musical score or something in there.

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Speaking of feeling so comfortable with old hardware and software that you don't want to move on to the newer stuff, here's today's picture of the day. (I feel like intentionally not including my face like I did yesterday is kind of cheating, so I posed!)


Classic Hardware - Pic-a-day 30 August 2013

Copyright Stormdog 2013


I've got four of these, most of which came from thrift stores and yard sales. I even had a black one once, which I gave to my friend posicat, who's given me tons of hardware himself over the years. *smiles* It's getting harder to find these, even second hand. I haven't seen one show up at Goodwill or Salvation Army in a long time now.

This one is dated September 28, 1989, making it about 24 years old as I write this. This unit came with a detachable PS2 form factor cord which still connects to my now-aging desktop. If I buy something newer, I'll probably need an adapter to use it, as I think PS2 is pretty much a dead standard.

Lastly, it does, in fact, still work just fine. In fact, I'm writing this on it now! At one point, a cat spilled water on it and a few keys stopped functioning. I was quite happy today when I found that just disassembling the case, removing the keys, and blowing out the inside seems to have revived it!

I put a few more pictures, including some of my oldest keyboard, (Made in 1986, it doesn't even have lights to tell you the status of the lock keys!) ( behind the cut. All pictures are copyright Stormdog 2013. )

What stories these devices could tell!

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I've once again posted an ad to try to sell my loft bed. Maybe someone looking for furniture for their college dorm will be interested!

http://racine.craigslist.org/fuo/4036488874.html

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Ok. Tomorrow I'm getting the forge and tools out and I'm going to make something!