On 13.06.24 16:25, altoid via Dng wrote:

Hi,

>>> ... a *hardware* man ...
>> ... you'd like to help us out on HW testing ...
> Thank you for that. 8^)

you're welcomed :)

> But my access to hardware is limited to what I have been using for
> the last nine years or so, most (if not all) of it considered
> ancient/obsolete by the usual crowd.

Who cares about "the usual crowd" ? :p

> eg:
> Sun Microsystems Ultra 24 workstation (Q9550+8Gb RAM), w/matching
> Nvidia Quadro FX580/G96CGL cards for three discontinued 19" monitors.

Quite what I'm looking for (already found people with SPARC
workstations)

> My coffee roasting SW runs on an Asus 1000HE/Atom N280/ 2GB netbook
> which also goes with me when I am out of town.

I wouldn't like to use those machines for anything serious (just
recently upgraded from my Portege-z930 to an X1 carbon, because the
portege now beginning to break down), but it's good have people
caring about veteran hardware :)

> Everything was purchased 2nd. hand and then upgraded to its maximum
> possibilities.

Same here. I really don't see why I should spend lots of bucks just
to have something new and hip thats outdated again in less than a year.

> I seriously doubt I could be of any use to your testing efforts.

I seriously doubt your doubts :P


--mtx

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