And I don't think it matters to a real computer tech lover if the computer is 30 years old or just rolled of the line yesterday.
Of course it does. Because the fact that it's 30 years old is what's CAUSING the problems.
I love old PCs, but when you go and say "my 30 year-old PC doesn't work well", what am I supposed to say exactly?
I guess you'll never be in the antiques business or in restoring old cars.
But don't you see the difference?
When you restore an old car, you leave it in your garage for show. Or when you buy a really old coin, if you collect those kinds of things, you don't go to a soda machine and actually use it, do you?
I have a computer that throws me offline when I play games and I posted in this computer help site because I felt someone in here might have had the same problem or was learened enough to give me a possible cause for my problem.
And my only case in point here, is that if you didn't have a 10 year-old PC with an 8 year-old internet connection, you wouldn't be having this kind of problem.
No, I'm not necessarily saying that because your PC is old, it's giving you problems. But that if you bought a new one every once in a while, you could make sure that you never do.
Now Jess, if you don't want to post to my thread with a helpful suggestion, that's fine. Perhaps my computer is so much of a challenge to you that you can't deal with the possibility of not coming up with the answer. And that's fine some people are cowered by things they can't figure out. But that doesn't mean someone else can't tell me what the problem is.
Haha. You obviously don't understand the mind of a PC enthusiest. Whenever I find something that I don't understand, I'm ecstatic.
Anyway, thank you all who have supported my efforts to keep my computer running. My "EasyAssist Pal" and my comp repairman taliked today and agreed I needed to contact my dial-up carrier. My repaiman still says my hardware is fine, my Pal says my drives are updated, yet I still get the disconnects. I still feel that something is missing from this computer since it was reformated, but as I never knew what was on it before, I can't imagine what it is.
The tech also said that Office not being on here wouldn't be a cause. Although, I forgot that the repairman told me I needed it for the saves in the emulators, or something like that. I can't save the games. It's been a long day guys. Verizon will dispatch a repairman next week to replace my phone jack. Though I can't believe the problem is that.
And all this work is costing you how much? Over a 100$ probably.
You could have used that money to buy a new PC. And you should REALLY move to DSL/Cable.
Thanks again everyone...even you Jess. Your comments are taken to heart. BTW, I'm not o old man. I'm an old woman. Well, oldish.
You're a girl?
Well, in a weird way that depletes all my resentment towards you (not that I have that much to begin with, mind you).
Well, all in all, I hope you buy a new PC because that will make YOU the happiest.
