Semi-OT: IDE & SATA to USB "dongles"

[Chris M]

Semi-OT: IDE & SATA to USB "dongles"

> >John Allain wrote:
> >>Personally, I don't think continuous duty at all
for anything >10y-o.

>> I do my best work on my IBM 5160; it has gotten
continuous use for
>> nearly two decades.

> My DEC PWS 433au is right at about 10 years and gets
continuous use.


>The idea is if it dies, and nobody can get another,
   then you are the one who killed it.

>There are counterarguments I guess, like that CRTs
>and electrolytics need at
>least some periodic duty to keep them up, but for me
>that's actually about 1
>week a year, hardly continuous.

>John A.

 Is there a statute against murdering classic puters?
Well there should be! 25 TO LIFE!! LOL LOL LOL.



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