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I am sad to report that my favourite computer has met an untimely demise.  Cupid, a red Toshiba NB305, overheated when the cooling fan stopped working.   

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That's sad, I lost one once and am still getting over it 

I've decided not to get to close to them in future, and certainly not to give them names.

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Rob

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I have to name them.  Everyone of them has (had) a personality.  Zygomorphic, Evil Pig, Dilapidated Puba, Obstinate, ... huh ...  I just realized Obstinate still runs.  Man that thing is annoying.  Poor Cupid doesn't make it two years and Obstinate still runs after ... uh ... many years.  I wonder if there is a life-lesson in that?

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I wonder if there is a life-lesson in that?

Only the good die young.

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Rob

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"The candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long, and you burned very, very brightly Roy"
Roy was my overclocked desktop.

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Live fast, die young.

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The market is saturated and the industry still wants to grow --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsolescence.

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I recently "retired" the S100 system I built in the mid 1990's. I used it to control a model train setup. The DSDD 8 1/2 inch drive finally died. I gave it to a friend who likes to tinker with obsolete electronics. It never had a name!

Jim

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Ahhh S100, those were the days

Such a shame everything is inside the chips these days and there's little need for a bus of that type.

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Rob