18 Oct
2001
18 Oct
'01
1:30 a.m.
I just went to a local computer show today. I was
happy to find that a
few vendors had components available from disassembled computers or
whatever. I picked up a 3com 3C905-TX PCI ethernet card, an ATI Mach64
video card, and a very nice Sound Blaster 16, all used of course. The
Mach64 had "Monitor" written in marker on the slot cover. Do office
people really need to remind themselves where to plug the monitor in? I
have also seen a 3.5" floppy drives marked "hard drive a:" and the
5.25"
floppy, marked, "floppy drive b:". What's the deal?
Well, sometimes it's just convineant (like the colour coding
for actual PC plugs) - If you mark everything unique, you just
don't have to spend time in figuring out what's what.
For example, at one time they where moving my office while I
was on vacation ... so a friend of mine did just mark all plugs
with corosponding numbers ... When I did come back, I first
thought what a jerk, but then I realised that he just didn't
wanted to bother at all.
Again a lesson to learn: Don't always rely on your knowledge.
(and implement a simple low knowledge solution)
Gruss
H.
(still reading all the stuff from the last two month)
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