Welcome back!

I just got my trusty ROKU back. I was stuck using my Tecra since April. Browsing the web with Win98SE and Opera with an old version of Adobe Flash SUXX0123D! Tracy choked with YouTube videos. Now that my old six-shooter by my side and Ijust have to get back into the swing of things again.

Oh yeah!!!!!!!

Tracy, my new(relatively) beloved notebook a Toshiba Tecra 8200 has the chops for audio playback. And it's a dual-boot environment too. WinXP for internet and listening to MIDI sequences in glorious FM Synth. Win98SE for listening to AdLib modules with its YMF754 chip. Now let's see your modern cookie boxes pull that. Peace!

FM Synth rules!

I acquired a Toshiba Tecra 8200 awhile back and looked up its sound canvas and noticed something intriguing, it supports FM synthesis. But installing 4 OSes Win98 1st and 2nd, WinMe & Win2K got me nowhere but annoyance. A whole bunch of months later, I took my external HDD an put it into Tracy and installed WinXP and behold; FM Synth! So I promptly moved my "assets" from the root of the drive onto the desktop and installed Winamp and built a new library from its location. Also before I forget I am trying to get AdPlug to work, Any suggestions?

EGADS!!!!!!!!

That took a painful 3 weeks to get here. My VGA box finally got here, and the remote doesn't work. All aside, the thing works just have to get my switcher working or get a new one.

It's here!

I finally got my new monitor unpacked. And quite frankly, it is awesome. No bells or whistles. No bullshit. The monitor in question is an I-INC iF281DPB. What I like about it is it just has 2 inputs; HDMI and YPbPr/VGA. The selling point was the full HD and the price; $350. I hope to get about 4-5 years out of this monitor. If you were wondering the model of TV I had that died, it was an Olevia LT26HVX that I got 3 weeks shy of 3 years ago. Here's a picture of the new monitor if you're interested.

New monitor on the way!

I found this really sexy monitor at TigerDirect for $350. I ordered it a couple days ago, all I have to do is wait until tomorrow to unpack it and and set it up. Also i ordered a VGA box and PS2/3 component video cable from DealExtreme. Gotta wait until they get here. Catch ya later!

Farewell, Olivia

My TV of 4 years finally died, but it was a long time coming. She will live on as she will be recycled.
But the torch will be passed to a monitor that has VGA and HDMI inputs only, something simple and lightweight. On a lighter note, finally got my LCD panel working...sort of. I toasted the resistors for the backlight not realising that i was powering the panel THROUGH them.