On 16/04/2020 14:54, Terry Coombs wrote:
On 4/16/2020 7:14 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Michael Terrell"Â* wrote in message
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On Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 5:45:44 AM UTC-4, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Michael Terrell"Â* wrote in message

Â* I know that you like old and cheap hardware, but XP is long out of
support.
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Anachronism alert! Call the Fashion Police! Anna Wintour is
outraged!! Prepare for Y2K and the Mayan Apocalypse!

My TV antennas and rotor are long out of support too, but they still
work fine and need less maintenance than my neighbor's Xfinity. XP
didn't really need Microsoft's loving hands / greedy fingers to keep
it running.

I still use tools made in the 1800's. My HP test equipment is from
the 70's and 80's, my machine tools from the 50's and 60's, and my
newest vehicle is a 2000. All were built to last, which isn't the
case with new stuff like my 12VDC powered freezer which is a $200
throw-away.

My CAD, flight simulator and datalogging programs run under XP. I was
using XP for Internet access until a few weeks ago when I finally got
posting to Usenet working on this W7 machine. The only difficulty
with XP was the increasing obsolescence of the last Firefox version.
MS didn't completely abandon it, I recently installed .NET updates.

Datalogging energy use sometimes requires putting laptops where they
could fall such as next to the water heater or hallway thermostat, so
I use my least valuable ones, running XP and W2K. The problem is the
attached web of sensor and power cables.



Â* This desktop is my last XP box - and it's dual boot with 7 as an
alternate since it got a new mobo . If the old motherboard had not
started to fail it would still be a straight XP machine . I may try to
resurrect that motherboard , I found 3 slightly bulged electrolytic
caps after the swap , all easily accessible for replacement .

Back in early 2012 i replaced all the motherboard caps in a couple of
Dells I have as while still working many of the caps were showing signs
of distress. I got a kit of caps from https://www.badcaps.net/index.php
to suit the motherboards and found I needed a 50W soldering iron due to
the amount of heat needed to get a good joint, I presume due to the
various planes acting as a heat sink, my lower powered irons wouldn't
cut it.