More memory... yes!

Today, I traded computer hardware with a work colleague. I gave him an HDMI cable for two sticks of 512 MB DDR2 memory. I'm so happy. I'm *this* much closer to building another machine with my old processors.

I picked up a couple of AGP boards for my 2.0 GHz P4 and 2.30 GHz Celeron chips and stopped at a local store after a much needed haircut and grabbed two old P4 heatsink/fans out of the "heap". $10 each... ouch. Oh well. No shipping, no waiting. I've got a 256 and a 512 MB stick of RAM for both of those.

For this new memory, I'll pick up a new motherboard that has PCIe and takes DDR2. Interesting, since the socket 478 format is so old. I've had a couple of them before... but for some reason, I sold the "fast" 3.0 GHz chips and boards a while back. They might have made good front-end machines. Perhaps I'll try MythBuntu, since it has such marvelous support for *diskless* front-ends.

So, I assembled a box, and got it working with MythDora, but the wireless didn't work. I installed Vista, and had to find a special driver to get the wirless to work. I *still* haven't had a chance to try the "hack" to get sub-channel guide information, but I'm still torn on whether to futz around with Linux or just get it going. There's no time for playing around anymore... I need to sleep at night, and the season of new shows is starting.

I need some more "fashionable" cases. Half-height is okay, but I want that 17-inch width. So, something like the Antec Fusion, but not as tall, and not as expensive. Something like the Minuet 350 would work, but it isn't really 17-inches wide, so it might look funny. I'm so darned picky.

I really liked those Ahanix cases... too bad you can't really get them anymore. Sold out or discontinued at Directron.