WingIt Friday Drama 8/12/16

by **Ssmith** Fri Aug 12, 2016 2:40 pm

TWOGUNS336 wrote
31m ago

FROM ADMIN: THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT REGARDING OUR CURRENT TECHNICAL ISSUES. THEY ARE, PLEASE KNOW HOWEVER, THE ISSUE IS FAR MORE ADVANCED THAN JUST MALWARE OR VIRUS. WE HAVE OUR TOP TECHNICIANS WORKING ON THE FIX AND HOPE IT WILL BE RESOLVED THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

TWOGUNS336 wrote
22m ago

FROM GERRY MAGUIRE: I HAVE A REQUEST...LIA COMPUTER IS ABOUT TO CRASH... I AM TAKING UP DONATION'S FOR COMPUTER REPAIR/REPLACMENT AT http://www.thewingitcall.com IF YOU CAN HELP THANK YOU,,, IF YOU CAN’T THAT’S OKAY TOO

LIFE IS ART wrote
20m ago

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~ THE WINGIT CALL FOR AUGUST 9th, 2016 ~ 3:30pm EST ~ Guest pin code: 623546# ~ Primary Call in Line: 425-440-5100 ~ Secondary Call in Line: 682-233-7292 ~ COMPUTER LINK: http://iTeleseminar.com/87969387 ~ ALL CALLS LISTED ON THE WINGIT CALL WEBSITE: http://www.thewingitcall.com

TWOGUNS336 wrote
8m ago

DONATE BUTTON IS COMPLETELY ENCRIPTED...PAYPAL....AND ONLY THE OWNER OF THE SITE HAS ACCESS..... ALL VERY SAFE....

by **Just4Tom74** Fri Aug 12, 2016 4:09 pm

Great example of how these folks milk the members (many of then are barely hanging on) for money. I hope and pray that the good Lord will bring His wrath down on these folks who are the least able to afford it....... :nono: crap

I remain, Just4Tom74

by **Ssmith** Fri Aug 12, 2016 6:41 pm

9thOrbit wrote
37m ago

Lia has enough money for about a third of a commador Vic20 computer so far

TWOGUNS336 wrote
32m ago

CHAT WILL BE CLOSED ON SATURDAY...BUT OPEN REGULAR HOURS TONIGHT. HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE SOLVED OUR TECH PROBLEMS OVER THE WEEKEND.

by **RamblerNash** Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:06 pm

Commodore VIC-20

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Type                  Home computer
Release date           1980 (VIC-1001) / 1981
Introductory price    US$299.95
Discontinued           January 1985; 31 years ago
Operating system     Commodore KERNAL/
Commodore             BASIC 2.0
CPU                     MOS Technology 6502 @ 1.108404 MHz (PAL) [1] @ 1.02 MHz (NTSC)
Memory                   20 KB ROM + 5 KB RAM (expandable to 32 KB), 3.5 KB for BASIC (expandable to 30.5 KB)
Graphics                 VIC 176 x 184 3-bpp
Sound                    3 × square, 1 × noise, mono.[2]
Predecessor        Commodore PET
Successor        Commodore 64

The VIC-20 (Germany: VC-20;^[3] Japan: VIC-1001) is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980,^[4] roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units.^[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20

Why would somebody need donations for a computer build in the 80's and most likely wont work for today's internet needs???

by **Just4Tom74** Fri Aug 12, 2016 7:12 pm

It's just a way to get more money....................

I remain,
Just4Tom74

by **Kevind53** Fri Aug 12, 2016 8:52 pm

Heh, I had one of those. I worked as a bench tech at a mid level to high end AV store. Boss got a bunch of them in for the Christmas season, handed one to me and said "Figure out how to make this thing work." That was my into to computers. I ended up owning a Vic-20, C-64, Trash-80, IBM XT running MS-DOS, a Compaq running Windows 3.1 ....

by **Ethel Biscuit** Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:39 am

RamblerNash wrote:
[b][size=18]Why would somebody need donations for a computer build in the 80's and most likely wont work for today's internet needs???

I think Gerry was making a joke RM! It's actually quite a good nerdy joke.

Smile

by **Ethel Biscuit** Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:43 am

Also - "most likely wont work for today's internet needs"? That's why he's joking - it CERTAINLY wont be able to access the internet - look at the specs you quoted e.g. 5 Kb of RAM ! We had these in the first school I taught in, back in the 1980s!

by **Just4Tom74** Sat Aug 13, 2016 1:58 pm

Just a thought.........Ever been to the site and when you clicked on a link had you virus detector send you a notice that the link may contain malware or a potential virus? Having been on that forum, I ran into that notice on several occasions and always stopped prior to opening the link... I suspect the site has no internal virus protection and it has finally infected all of the Moderators computers as well. JMO

I remain,
Just4Tom74

by **Ethel Biscuit** Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:04 pm

I run a Linux system - viruses aren't really a problem on these systems.

by **Just4Tom74** Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:20 pm

Now most of us who have been using computers for a while have figured out how to protect our systems. Somehow, I feel that many users of that forum are not all that familiar with how a computer can be protected. Since the website in question is having the problem, it is my belief that they are not capable of protecting them selves or the people who access the site. Again, JMO

I remain,
Just4Tom74

by **Ethel Biscuit** Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:24 pm

I think you're right there Tom! A great many of the dinarians seem to think that computers run on magic!

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by **Just4Tom74** Sat Aug 13, 2016 2:29 pm

So true..... Unfortunately

eys

I remain,
Just4Tom74

by **Kevind53** Sat Aug 13, 2016 5:26 pm

Everyone knows computers and everything else electronic runs on smoke. Need evidence? Ever see one keep running after it loses all it's smoke?
bigsmile

by TheRealRex Sat Aug 13, 2016 5:30 pm

Kevind53 wrote:That was my into to computers. I ended up owning a Vic-20, C-64, Trash-80, IBM XT running MS-DOS, a Compaq running Windows 3.1 ....

That was very much my path to computerdom. But, I added in there an Atari ST, and my "trash-80" was the "business" Model II. My 8MB hard drive was the size of a suitcase!

Good times....

by **TNTBS** Sat Aug 13, 2016 7:34 pm

RamblerNash wrote:Commodore VIC-20

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Type                  Home computer
Release date           1980 (VIC-1001) / 1981
Introductory price    US$299.95
Discontinued           January 1985; 31 years ago
Operating system     Commodore KERNAL/
Commodore             BASIC 2.0
CPU                     MOS Technology 6502 @ 1.108404 MHz (PAL) [1] @ 1.02 MHz (NTSC)
Memory                   20 KB ROM + 5 KB RAM (expandable to 32 KB), 3.5 KB for BASIC (expandable to 30.5 KB)
Graphics                 VIC 176 x 184 3-bpp
Sound                    3 × square, 1 × noise, mono.[2]
Predecessor        Commodore PET
Successor        Commodore 64

The VIC-20 (Germany: VC-20;^[3] Japan: VIC-1001) is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980,^[4] roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units.^[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20

Why would somebody need donations for a computer build in the 80's and most likely wont work for today's internet needs???

((NASH)) I think I found the one I was Looking for!

by **Kevind53** Sat Aug 13, 2016 10:32 pm

For sure ....

by **Just4Tom74** Sat Aug 13, 2016 11:24 pm

Oh really?

I remain,
Just4Tom74

by **RamblerNash** Sun Aug 14, 2016 12:27 am

TNTBS wrote:
RamblerNash wrote:Commodore VIC-20

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Type                  Home computer
Release date           1980 (VIC-1001) / 1981
Introductory price    US$299.95
Discontinued           January 1985; 31 years ago
Operating system     Commodore KERNAL/
Commodore             BASIC 2.0
CPU                     MOS Technology 6502 @ 1.108404 MHz (PAL) [1] @ 1.02 MHz (NTSC)
Memory                   20 KB ROM + 5 KB RAM (expandable to 32 KB), 3.5 KB for BASIC (expandable to 30.5 KB)
Graphics                 VIC 176 x 184 3-bpp
Sound                    3 × square, 1 × noise, mono.[2]
Predecessor        Commodore PET
Successor        Commodore 64

The VIC-20 (Germany: VC-20;^[3] Japan: VIC-1001) is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980,^[4] roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units.^[5]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20

Why would somebody need donations for a computer build in the 80's and most likely wont work for today's internet needs???

((NASH)) I think I found the one I was Looking for!

Looks great until you look at the cooling...

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