18 Oct
2000
18 Oct
'00
7:02 p.m.
You may also consider paying a larger sum for a fulling
working system with
disks, docs, etc to get you going for now. It took me over a year to boot
my first PDP which was annoying.
Generally I am a real cheapskate, ie homeless people think of me as a bit
too frugal, but I have found a great deal of satisfaction can result from
biting the bullet and PAYING for key items to make a system work.
OTOH I have had the experience of months of struggle to get a system
working, followed by total disinterest in the end result. The converse of
the first part about buying critical items is not to be greedy with systems
that you have lost personal interest in, PASS THEM ON to others even if you
lose money overall.