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Cyrus gets a CPU transplant, and Jerry gets to experiment with the other Windows 95. Well, Cyrus the Cyrix 6x86 P-166 system no longer has a Cyrix chip. Admittedly, this […]

Jerry believes in backups, and Chaos Manor's multiple redundancy system has just entered a new age. One of the neatest developments in the computer revolution is the plethora of cheap […]

I am weary of writing about adventures, and even more weary of having them. Fortunately, although there have been adventures aplenty this month, I can spare you the tales. This […]

Jerry wants to leave the definition of 'operating system' to Microsoft--but there's a catch. Local and national papers are full of sound and fury denouncing Microsoft, but what it all […]

Jerry's unending quest for more storage space and more RAM leads him into the thicket of disk and memory optimization. Today's Daily News has a Fry's ad: 3.2-GB drives for […]

Jerry builds yet another system, his first with an AMD K6 processor, and adds a second Pentium Pro to Fireball. The computer revolution has mostly been helpful, but computers also […]

Jerry builds a new dual Pentium Pro system from the ground up--and gets a case of the software-installation blues. It was a wild month. It began with a weekend conference […]

Jerry finds some new tools to help him work on his Web site--and finds time for a visit to SIGGRAPH. I have just spent the weekend chairing a meeting of […]

Jerry takes to the skies with a new laptop--and muses on some virtual possibilities. Microcomputers went to Mars. That's appropriate. Single- chip computers were developed for on-board guidance of ICBMs. […]

The combination of writable CD-ROMs and new image technologies may usher in a new age for computer users. I was at an opera association lunch the other day when I […]

Jerry is plagued this month by things that he should have known--but a new high-end graphics program cheers him up. I may pretend to know everything, but if I'm ever […]

Jerry finally puts Chaos Manor on the Web--and finds time to give Pentafluge an OverDrive upgrade. It has been a busy month around Chaos Manor. I suppose the biggest news--the […]

Jerry encounters some powerful machines and embarks on some programming projects. Last week, I was the featured speaker at ComputerFest in Springfield, Illinois. As part of my visit, we drove […]

Two processors plus two monitors make for an impressive graphics display. The flu season has been and gone, but it was grim for a while. Chicken soup may not be […]

Jerry surveys the chaos and presents the year's User's Choice Awards. I'm writing this in mid-January. The issue will be dated April, but most of you will get it in […]

Here are a few of the things that impressed Jerry this year--and a few caveats. Three things happened this month, all related. First, the biggest and busiest Comdex ever took […]

Some trite phrases are true. In particular, things often really aren't what they seem, especially if you're bug-hunting. It all started when I installed a Zip drive on Old Cow, […]

Another heat wave brings near disaster to Chaos Manor--and Jerry finds a novel use for a CPU fan. My novel Starswarm is done, and my agent and my editor at […]

A heat wave and disk errors plague Chaos Manor, causing Jerry to reach out for the Panic box.he good news, at least for me, is that my new writing schedule […]

Upgrading the Pournelle way means more than trading in one machine for another. 've got a new method for writing fiction, and it's been working so far. Every morning, including […]

Jerry finds new uses for removable drives--once he gets SCSI drive assignments under control. Product information The Complete Carriers at War $69.95 Strategic Studies Group Pensacola, FL (904) 469-8880 fax: […]