I had opportunity to delve into the darker side of my personality yesterday. You may not know it but somewhere deep inside, I’m a bit of a computer geek. I love fiddling inside machines and making them work properly.
I picked up 5 old computers in various states of disrepair on Saturday afternoon. Someone was giving them away and was glad to get rid of them.
They’re very old machines with lots of pieces missing. 4 out of the 5 are old Compaq Deskpro 4000s. After spending a bit of time playing around with them I managed to get a couple working.
I’ve never actually been taught anything about computer repair so it’s all pretty much hit and miss stuff but I was able to replace our very old computer at home with one that’s not quite as old. Our second computer used to be a Pentium 1 machine running a 100mhz processor. It had a 4GB hard drive. The one we have now is a Pentium Pro 200mhz with a 10GB hard drive. Not a huge step up but a step up never the less.
I changed parts, reformatted the hard drive and got it all happening. If I can find another couple of monitors, mice and keyboards I might get another couple working.
There’s something deeply satisfying about taking something that others consider to be worthless and turning it into something useful.
Posted by Rodney Olsen
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Ahhhh, yes, Michael’s study resembles a computer scrapyard and he’s constantly doing this. He loves it of course as it used to be his occupation (worked for an internet service provider in Perth) so he likes to keep his hand in.
>There’s something deeply satisfying about taking something that others consider to be worthless and turning it into something useful.< I think that God must feel the same way in regard to us. Thanks for this post!