Win 2K Pro was my first personally owned OS, got it fairly new in the late summer of 2000. It was on a fairly new notebook that I bought at a bankruptcy auction, a Dell C600, as I remember. A couple of years later, I stepped up to XP Pro on that same notebook.
Win 2K was great for it's time, and speaking of it's time, it's about to expire in July. I did use other OS's on my job much earlier than this, but never saw the need to buy until a friend (my former boss) invited me to go to the auction with him. There were 40 of those notebooks, all still under factory warranty. I walked away with one for $500, a great sum at that time, but still half the cost when it was new. Not a scratch on it, either. But to get internet, you had to buy one of those cards that slide into a groove made for it, in fact, I still have a couple laying around, and they work. But it was the "b" connection, and slow. However, it was considered big to have a notebook at that time, especially a business one.
Oh, and that damn ribbon based printer to go with it. There were some that had inkjet, but they were expensive in 2000. The company that I worked for upgraded theirs, and I managed to get one of the older ones. They were actually meant for route trucks, and to use inside the office, there were 12 volt adapters to run them. And then the box of paper with those tracks, that were actually duplicate copies, I could get all of that I wanted for free, along with those rebuilt printer ribbons. Those were the days.
And when I said those were the days, they truly were. I was well looked out after by my boss, many of our customers (I ate for free at many fine establishments), and by the company that I worked my heart out for. Going back that far in time, having a successful career, plenty of money, a nice home, a nice truck, a happy life, brings water into my eyes. Today, all of those things are gone, my home & truck lost, as well as my health. It was my back then, last week I went to the doctor, my hands are becoming numb and going to sleep, as well as headaches. Now my neck is in the shape that my back was in in 2006. I'm not on here as much as I once was, I'm having trouble typing, partially because of meds (recently Demerol was added to my cocktail of drugs), partially because my hands can barely hit the right keys sometimes, I make heavy use of the spellchecker. I want to be useful, but my mind is so clouded by the extensive use of narcotic drugs, and now the nerves in my neck is adding to that cloud. I can't endure much more of this. It takes me sometimes over an hour to make a post now.
Sorry to disrupt the thread, I used to post a lot more to help others here, but am getting to the point where I can't half think, through pain and confusion. There's nothing that I like better than giving help to others, if I can. It kept me driving. But now my body is being sacked again, and to make matters worse, my doctor has advised me to turn my driver's license in, and hand the reins over to my wife. That doesn't sound promising at all. I have to go for now, I can't stand to do anything right now. Bless you all, this has been a fine home for me. I'm going nowhere, but need to rest badly, the slighest task is bothersome now. I'll be back again.
Cat
