Yet another personal blatherblog.

Friday, September 07, 2001

I've put in bids on two AcerNote 750C's -- the floppy drives are compatible, and I'll bet other parts are, too. Check eBay for items 1271298174 and 1270694332 to play along at home. One way or another, I should be able to cobble together *something* that works OK. And who knows, if I sell another puzzle I might buy a battery for $100. (ouch.)

Oh, speaking of which: Animal Animal, my latest. It didn't actually show up on my computer when I checked on my birthday (the day it ran), but now it's in the archives and should be available for a week or two yet. I should probably announce this. *shrug* I'm a hack. I do it for the money. Acclaim is just gravy. Tofu-based gravy, of course.

I have GOT to get a haircut.

I bought an AcerNote 760C-575 from an officemate for $25. It's worth about that, but it'll be nice to have. I'll probably stick a $50 4GB drive in there eventually.

CPU
Intel 486DX2-S, 50MHz
RAM
12MB
Hard Drive
250MB (1001cyl 15hd 34spt)
Video
Cirrus Logic GD-62x5 VGA, 384k
Motherboard
Acer 486DX2 BIOS V1.2R0.08 (not Y2k compliant)
Floppy Drive
Partially working, partially broken
Battery
Appears to not be charging -- could be a power supply problem

Anyone know a good place to buy used Acer parts?