dances with computers

it was about 5:30 last night. my mum returns home, complains a bit, then tells me she got a computer off a collegue. my heart jumped "finally!" i thought "she said she was going to get a replacement weeks ago". but she delivered a warning, "he told me it needs a powerpoint or something". i thought she was on about software "don't worry" i don't need that

the computer was great, it was everything the old one wasn't. it had usb ports! the old one was so ancient all it has was a floppy drive. it could connect to the internet! the old one couldn't do that either. this was a great feeling

i started to move the rotting remains of the old to replace it with the new. the new computer didn't come with a keyboard or mouse but mum found an old mouse and let me borrow the keyboard from the downstairs computer. it had worked before. but now it was in place noting worked. the hard drive started up, the monitor showed the start up screens and then it died. all the little leds stopped flickering and went out

i eventually worked out that the colleague meant the power plugs bit at the back wan't working right and (as this is the only part of the computer i don't know how to remove properly) i was stuck

mum's now at work, looking for someone else who's giving away an old computer

links
http://robomilk.blogspot.com/2006/03/god-its-buggered.html
http://robomilk.blogspot.com/2006/03/rust-in-pieces.html
http://robomilk.blogspot.com/2006/03/its-been-while.html
http://robomilk.blogspot.com/2006/03/this-is-going-by-quite-fast.html
http://forum.netmag.co.uk/