On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 4:43:19 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 10:30:10 AM UTC-10, Bryan Simmons wrote:
> > On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 2:01:51 PM UTC-5, an imposter wrote:
> > > On Nov 23, 1996, E & S Holtsmark wrote
> > > >
> > > > Hi, the
> > > > Please e-mail me the best BBQ babyback ribs recipes you may have.
> > > > I would love to give it a try.
> > > >
> > > > Thank you very much. Happy Thanksgiving!!!
> > > >
> > > > Shirley Holtsmark
> > > >
> > >
> > > Back in 2015, heard them talking on MSNBC about soaking ribs in cherry cola for awhile, before grilling
> >
> > Ah, 1996. The year I bought my first computer. Pretty much exactly this one, with Windows 95. https://www.ebay.com/c/1120915907
> >
> > 24MB RAM. My current one has four thousand times more memory.
> >
> > --Bryan
> My son ordered a new graphics card. He had to get a bigger case and extra cooling to accommodate that monster. His computer is relatively new and is super fast. I always built fast computers that were cheap. He builds expensive, super-fast, computers. That's gamers for you.

I used to buy a new, el cheapo computer every several years. About 4 years ago, I was at Microcenter, and they had a used HP Z400. It had Win7 Pro on it. Later on, I bought the one I'm using right now, a Z800. Both needed new graphics cards. The Z800 came with 24GB RAM (12 2GB DIMMs), and I'd intended to replace 6 of them with 8GB DIMMs. I ordered them, and then soon after got an email that appeared to me to say that my purchase had been cancelled because they were no longer available, so I ordered 6 more. My order hadn't been cancelled. The email was just about something I had been looking at at a store where I was logged in (Newegg maybe?). So, while I had intended to upgrade to 60GB, I ended up with 96. That's actually only half the maximum supported. The machine was 6-7 years old, but when they were released, they were the highest end Windows workstations--the closest thing to a Mac Pro. It dual boots Win7 Pro or Linux Mint. It really is everything I could ever need, as I'm not a gamer, though it really could use a much better graphics card. My old boss gave me the one that's in it for free, as it was an old one he'd replaced on a previous computer. When it's booted in Windows the Windows Experience test has it maxed out or very close to maxed out on everything but the graphics, which is less than 2.0 out of 7..9. Even with the added RAM, and SSDs, I've only got less than $500 into it, and my cheap ass really ought to spend the $200 on a decent graphics card, as the thing does slow down when the processors have to deal with duties that should really be preformed by the graphics card. I should probably buy a memory cooling fan too, as when I boot it, and it detects 96 gigs of RAM, and I have to F1 to boot. I've had the memory installed for about a year, and no memory modules have failed.

It really is a thing of beauty aesthetically. The brushed aluminum case was designed by BMW, and all the components snap in w/o any screws.
https://www.techeblog.com/bmw-design...z800-computer/
I only boot Windows when working offline, as Win7 has no more security patches, and I don't run antivirus.

--Bryan