Skipware level, late 2012

If it was a first issue its 6 years old...... I spent a lot of time trying to debug mine when it went faulty, still not sure if it was the MBO or the CPU but after lots of messing eventually bought a new I5 4-core 3GHz. Can't easily use any of the old stuff as the new one is DDR3 RAM, SATA disk interface and PCI-E X1 card slots. I actually virtualized the old machine and bought some PCI-Express cards for Serial and Printer interfaces. I would still rather like a SCSI card for testing Hercules and real tape drives. Oddly enough I am typing this on an old(ish) IBM T-41 laptop which, like the proverbial broom that has had five heads and three shafts, has had most items replaced, apart from the CPU and Display. The Mother Board has been replaced twice, it has a keyboard from a T43 after the original got filled with water on a canal trip, the Hard Drive has been upgraded at least twice (I must put the larger one back I used to test Windows/7) and the RAM has been swapped. I have tried a range of CD and DVD drives and it still won't read DVD-R without an external drive. Oh and I think I am on the third battery but those are now available pretty cheaply... Dave G4UGM Mildly Jet Lagged after a flying back to the UK from Salt Lake City so may not be talking total sense....