Re: My discarded computer

My personal computer …finally reduced to a screen, keyboard and CPU all replaced…

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My personal computer …finally reduced to a screen, keyboard and CPU all replaced…

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I bought my first personal computer a desktop in 2000 while I was in Tuticorin in Tamilnadu.  I don't remember the brand name   some   Solitaire or Solidaire or something .It was not from HP, Dell, Microsoft or Apple as these names we not heard by me then. It had a monitor, CPU, Keyboard, two external speakers brand Microtek and one HP printer probably I got it later from Coimbatore I don't member. The floppy discs were in use then which is not used now. Of course we have pen drive and all other external storage devices now. I narrate the history of events when each part got replaced, gifted, repaired etc and finally the external speakers Microtek also got replaced yesterday. The total cost of the whole system was around Rs 32000 if I remember correct and the prices have become much cheaper now. The book value of the computer will be less than Re 1 today   since it is over nineteen years after it was bought.

During my visit to USA in 1993 I had occasion to see almost all these parts in personal computers and use them I learnt about computer operations during my stay in USA in my  younger brother's house where I had gone on 6 month's tourist visa. He used to guide   me   about   basics of computer and we used to have some Operating system I don't remember if it   was Windows etc and internet had not come to use by public. During my visits to various places in USA I used to spend a part of time using Computer, learning the basics and also prepared a database of various places visited   and had it printed using a printer attache ind to the personal computer.

Again in 1999 or so I got a Note Book computer from my brother      which   we call laptop now without much features and used to operate it with no provision for internet facility and communication.

While using the computer bought in 2000 there was no internet connectivity for public …the mechanic who supplied computer used to come and install some internet connectivity for limited period on payment. , However I had to   got    to   browsing shop for sending any message to my son who was in USA since 2000 and this computer became operational for internet communication after some months. The computer I was using to see   results   online and convey  of my daughter who was studying Medicine in   PERUNDURAI,  Medical College  ,Erode, TN  and also of her classmates and inform periodically.

Now that eighteen years are over many changes happened to my computer.  On each occasion   son or daughter used to visit India they used to bring and leave on laptop at home for use and throw or sale. In addition they used to bring one screen, keyboard or CPU or microphone, etc   My    elder brother Ananthanarayanan   who was staying nearby in Besanthnagar Madras used to have two or three computers at his home with a local area net work etc.   Whenever I go to his house he was busy with the computers being a retired man and much interested in various activities like world news, Astrology, Medicine ,Music' etc So I remember having given one of my CPU and screen or monitor to him which he used to connect to his net work system , In the process of having some Office work like inquiry reports against staff members of the Bank etc I used the printer by getting A4 papers etc and later removed the printer as it occupied space and printing found not required after retirement .Of course in the house I have connected the computer to one of the lines of power supply coming from Power  Inverter or UPS   and as such the UPS which was previously attached to the computer also  removed  and kept in a safe loft in the house. Meantime keyboards have been changed occasionally while getting one during return of USA visits or the children and others coming etc.  

Ultimately the Microtek speaker was remaining connected to the PC although not used. It was yesterday I got by Amazon a packet containing a      small    size        external  speakers for the computer sent by my son Rajesh. I removed the old Speakers and connected the new ones. However I felt sorry in throwing away the old speakers and instead have kept them safe in some place in the house.

My son, son in law, daughter and daughter in law all tell me when the y visit India and    see   my possession that is the    Personal Computer to throw away the present PC and get a new one. But I like to retain it with its hard discs etc all filled with thousands of Photos, Blogs, writings, so many other matters etc, which they do not know. This is after    deleting many unwanted photos, posts etc as the   disks   are almost full and no place for g mail   , Face book   or any   other things.

We or I feel sad to throw away or discard old things but like to keep them safe as a contemporary for me. See the picture of External speaker disconnected yesterday but preserved for future and kept safe along with discarded UPS, Printer, and monitors,power cords ,mouse ,pendrives    etc.. .

  Again   my wife always complains that   I keep all old things for years together and get unnecessary things now   and   them. Even this new speaker she was asking me why     do            you get a new one when the old one is working   and that you are wasting money. But I tell her   to retain   things belonging to her remaining for decades in the house   like I got her one MERRITT sewing   Machine in 1974 at Rs 320. .from LRDE  Canteen, Bangalore   through my elder brother Sundaram who was with LRDE after my marriage in 1974..It   was given to her as present by me so that she would   be engaged in work at home ,Although the  sewing machine has accompanied us   to various places of posting in India  say around 21 during my service in Bank I have  never found her using it anytime.

So that is our liking for anything old and in life also we feel happy that children, grandchildren etc like as may be because we are old and getting older.  OLD is   gold 

 . Given   below is the picture of my speakers temporarily    discarded