GotGarlic
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I have a docking station I could plug it into. There's one more open USB port on it
That should work, right?
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I have a docking station I could plug it into. There's one more open USB port on it
That should work, right?
RPCookin
Executive Chef
I have a docking station I could plug it into. There's one more open USB port on it
Not exactly sure what the question is, but if you mean plugging in multi-port USB bus, then yes, but again get the type with it's own AC adapter. If you mean plugging in the external drive, then I imagine it should work, but it might not be very fast. I don't know what the rated speeds would be on the docking station ports, nor the ones on your computer.
3.0 is the fastest I know of, but not all computers come with them. Most common is still 2.0, and the difference is quite noticeable. Sometimes when I plug into a 2.0 port, the device tells me that I could get better results with USB 3. I usually assume that it knows more than I do.
I'm a long way from being an expert - mostly just parrot things I've read or researched - but I have been a computer owner since the '80s, and a Windows user since Win 95. I've done a little bit of internal stuff, like changing graphics adapters and adding or completely replacing RAM. I have also used a powered USB bus in the past.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
I also got my first computer in the '80s and have used Windows since version 95. I also studied PC networking and worked as a PC technical support specialist, a network specialist, and a website manager and developer. I think it'll work.
blissful
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With technology and especially hardware issues, they are changing yearly and there is a lot to learn. Users and people that have gone to technical schools often know more about hardware issues than people with degrees in computers from universities where the focus is on information science, programming, networking etc. I know, I have a degree in computers--but I often find that having some hands on working, fixing, replacing hardware is more useful for those kinds of issues, like ports, water on a keyboard, blue screen of death, clicks and sounds computers make on boot up, etc.
cjmmytunes
Head Chef
You committed COFFEE abuse!
And you're worried about the laptop......Just joking, hope you got it fixed at a "reasonable" price.
One huge advantage of cloud backup is that it's offsite. If your house burns down, it doesn't matter how many backup hard drives you have, if they are all in that house. Sure, a person can keep one or more hard drives offsite, but it gets to be a real nuisance to stay up to date on that.
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Andy M.
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I got a new solid state drive for backup (the entire contents on my Mac SSD including data, OS and applications, etc.) and have also backed up all my data (documents, photos, music, contacts, calendar, etc.) to the cloud.
Personally, I think that is the way to go. Both. The cloud can be temporarily inaccessible.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
Lots of companies and non-profits do that now. When I was responsible for backing up company data for a digital projector manufacturer (including engineering designs, accounting data, etc.), we did an incremental backup on a different tape every day. Once a month, we made two full backups and I took one to the bank to store it in a safe deposit box. I certainly don't do that now that I'm not being paid to [emoji38]
buckytom
Chef Extraordinaire
RP and GG, what kind of computers did you guys have in the 80's?
The first one I got to play with was an originsl Altair, but that was at work.
I remember Windows 3 on a later system.
The first one I got to play with was an originsl Altair, but that was at work.
I remember Windows 3 on a later system.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
I don't remember the brand; my mom owned a small business and when they upgraded the PCs, my stepfather gave me one of the old ones. All I remember is that it ran on DOS. It had WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 on it. Trying to remember if Compuserve was around yet...
Caslon
Executive Chef
I got a keyboard type PC for xmas in the early 80's. It was pretty famous and very basic too. Damnit, I forget the name of it! You plugged it into the back of your TV. You could only accomplish bare bone commands with it. I grew impatient with it pretty fast, like that same night. It wasn't until 1995 that my brother convinced me to buy my first pc. He brought over his pc and a floppy disk of the game Wolfenstein. I was hooked.
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I had Windows 3 on my first laptop. Can't remember what kind it was, but it was my first DOS machine. Before that I had an Atari ST and before that, an Osborne Executive. For a while, we ran a BBS out of our house, well, it was actually a game called Pyroto Mountain, but people left messages too.
RPCookin
Executive Chef
I had an Apple IIc - 128k ram and didn't even have a hard drive, ran everything from 5¼" floppies. The next one was a PC on DOS 3.0 with a 93mb HDD.
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Andy M.
Certified Pretend Chef
The Apple IIC was our first as well. How things have changed.
GotGarlic
Chef Extraordinaire
DH was in the Navy from 1986-1990, stationed on the USS John F. Kennedy as a weather observer/oceanographer. They used the TRS-80, aka the Trash 80 [emoji38]
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Caslon
Executive Chef
If you watch Seinfeld on TV, he has a fairly early Mac on his desk in the corner.
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