Recent content by jtr1962

My mother also had a computer course using punch cards when I was in grade school. No idea why as her major was sociology. I had punch cards in college and high school, but both were already converting to terminals by then. I think only one section of the computer labs in college still used...

The bottom line is they all stupidly over invested on AI without seeing if the market was willing to pay enough for AI to get returns on that investment. And yes, it's already ruining a bunch of people's retirement accounts, including mine. I'm glad my financial advisor reduced my exposure to...

Anyway, it was a great night. I was watching the election results until 5AM. The blue tsunami exceeded my wildest expectations. Trump must be raging like crazy now. I'm sure he'll find someone to blame besides himself.

The tariffs need to go also. They cost me 80% of my business income. I thought Republicans were for free trade? At least until they all kowtowed to Trump's illogical love of tariffs. I couldn't care less about impeachment but I would like to see Trump and his three oldest children tried for the...

So are you keeping it or not? It sounds to me like you're not happy with it at all.

I recall only using only the video card RAM for a word processor which could use the extra memory. You're right, it's not the most compatible thing in the world. I had several memory configurations to choose from when booting, depending upon what programs I intended to use.

I remember doing all that when I got my first PC-a 40 MHz 386. I later installed a math coprocessor. That made a huge difference with some applications. I don't remember the exact numbers but I think I managed to get close to 630K free conventional memory on that machine. I was using QEMM. I...

I think Tannin hit 50 not long after I joined this site, so mid 70s is probably where he is now. I'm 64 on November 30.

Yeah, I've heard those kinds of stories. This is why it's not good to be an early adopter of anything new. You're essentially paying to be a beta tester.

The ones with LiFePO4 cells do better in winter. They generally have less range, but the gap is rapidly narrowing. If you ever want to go electric where you are wait for EVs with sodium-ion cells. China is making them right now. Only a matter of time before we have them here. You'll probably...

I haven't been behind yet but things aren't looking good for this month.

Why would a scammer be trying to get such small amounts of money? They usually go for six figures.

You've helped so many people. It's nice to see something great like this come your way!

I called him today. He said this is general bank policy when you use the money in one of your investment accounts to cover a rollover. They automatically lock all your investment accounts for 1 year after. He can't do anything about it, even for hardship. The only exception is medical expenses...

You don't understand. The process to get any money out of those accounts takes over a week. In fact when I did the rollover last year it took over 3 weeks to get everything ready. I simply don't have the time right now for this. Of course I understand as admin of this forum it's your job to...