Thread: Need a New Computer

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Originally Posted by Matt167

I had a wirelesss mouse, was an off brand only Walmart sold, but had a charging
dock and a boatload of hotkeys on the side. it worked ok, I went thru 1 set of rechargables, then I let it go w/ my old laptop when I sold it. I'v used the same keyboard for the past 10 years. a IBM severe duty clicking keyboard, it was made in 1989 but still works great.

Good ol IBM keyboards - I love 'em. I have one as a spare when my $20 clunkers crap out. I'd keep it hooked up all the time, but my wife like the "silent" keys.

As a note, I'm putting my new bits and pieces together and will do a post shortly on what is going on.

A couple of 'gotchas' last night while putting it my PC together.

I ordered an NEC OEM $6.99 floppy disc drive (FDD) - no flat ribbon cable was supplied. Also. this drive has a 3.5 inch form factor rather then a 5" that the CD drives use - oops, now I need an adapter to fit the 5" hole as my card reader is filling the single 3.5 hole. Soooooo, my cheap FDD is now ~$17 with some pieces coming via EBay.

My home building PC learning curve is still steep but starting to level just a bit