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MM-xix     Wednesday

2000-01-19

Still cloudy but it is finally dry and a bit cooler (3°C). With the sun breaking trough the cloud for only about half an hour at noon (shining straight into my screen) it is not yet cheerful.

I lost the day mainly in discussions with Ronny or Theo.
The only thing I consciously finished was the documentation of the Copy From History function in OMSI-3 in order to help Ronny build it correctly in TeleSales.

Unexpectedly there were no trafic problems today.

I started assembling an other computer with spare parts left over. The only new parts are the case and a network card. Now I ordered an A-Open case but there was none available when I got to the shop. As this was not going to be a vitally important box I just asked for the best case he had lying around. What I got was a featherweight box with some sharp metal inside. Yeah, that is called the cutting edge of computing. It is a mini tower with almost no internal supports. On the one hand this makes for a surprisingly roomy interior but on the other side for an exceptionally weak thing. For example the power supply, which is badly positioned over the memory and I/O connection of my AT size main board, bends the backside outwards just by its weight.
I guess this is the last time I get anything else but an A-open, even if I have to wait weeks on it.

The processor was one I got back some months ago, while I was assembling Aria. It was defective and I did send it back. After a few weeks I got a processor back as 'replacement' but I suspect it was actually the same part. Because I hadn't written the serial number down I was not sure and having completed Aria with another (faster) chip, I chucked the returned chip in the spares bin (well actually I inserted it on the mobo that I had as spare) untested.
I installed the mobo with the chip, added a display card and powered the thing up. To a blank screen and some diagnostic beeps which indicate a death processor. I'll have to get another one in the weekend.

Adios