Daisy

Fitting – that the old desktop OS should crash just as I was saving the last of the important files. (“what are you doing dave!?”) It has been unplugged. Actually the machine served us well for 7 years and a month (a very long time in computer years). As Dad Harrison liked to say, “She owes you nothing…” (you got your money’s worth). Windows95 is no longer supported by Symantic, ZoneAlarm, or even Microsoft, and so this paper weight was coasting on legacy apps like Office 97 and Lotus Organizer. The Dell Dimension 300 XPS. Good bye old friend.

    Original specs:
  • 8.4gb drive
  • 4mb video
  • 64mb RAM
  • Pentium II 300mhz
    Youthful upgrades:
  • 40gb drive
  • 8mb video
  • 384mb RAM
  • CD RW

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