[ale] old newbie

[Cornelis van Dijk]

Ron, thanks for those tips. I probably need them
Cor

On 1/3/11, Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:
> Here's a great podcast to keep up with all the hardware in's and out's.
> They frequently field questions such as this.
>
> http://www.twit.tv/twich
>
> This Week In Computer Hardware
> Building a new computer? This Week in Computer Hardware is the show
> where you'll find out the latest in motherboards, CPUs, GPUs, and RAM
> you'll want to use when designing your machine. TWiCH gives you the
> latest in hardware benchmarks and what not-yet-released products might
> be on the horizon. Hosted by Ryan Shrout of PC Perspective and Patrick
> Norton of the TWiT netcast network. Recorded live every Thursdat at 6pm
> Pacific/2200 UTC at http://live.twit.tv.
>
> These magazines are also great resources, with online archives:
>
> http://www.computerpoweruser.com/DigitalEditions/Archive.aspx
>
> http://www.maximumpc.com/articles/pdf_archives - postings delayed by a
> couple of months
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ron
>
> On Sat, 2010-12-25 at 18:20 -0500, Cornelis van Dijk wrote:
>> Hello alers,
>>
>> I used to subscribe to this list a few years ago while running SuSE,
>> Redhat and Fedora.  I have been busy with other things since then. I
>> recently decided to upgrade my systems and I was appalled at the
>> changes in the technology. For instance, one can hardly get a
>> motherboard that has IDE ports on it. Some may have only one. What to
>> do with my IDE harddrives. and dvd burners, let alone my SCSI
>> equipment? I have to get all SATA or USB? Even my 2006 Scott Mueller
>> book  (Upgrading and Repairing PC's) is out of date. Are there
>> adapters for IDE to SATA  for example. Is there anyone with similar
>> problems or is there a good site for old newbie's like me?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Cor
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