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flat5 · 07-19-2010, 04:28 AM

Thank you, Dragonlich. Your comments have been useful.

I have built all my computers using MyCom for over 20 years :-)
Starting with a 386sx. I miss the printed catalog!
It's much harder using their on-line catalog. It's buggy too.
Yes, I'll have to talk to a salesman. It will be worthwhile.
I have time. I just put in a used power supply in this machine and it will be ok for a long time. Since it was open I increased the memory to 2gb. The panic is over :-)
I'll make a list of my thoughts and go to MyCom.
They also have a phone service. Perhaps I should try that.

Yes I would like to continue to use the HP720 (I also have a spare 710). I would be surprised if Win7 has a good driver for it. Win XP does not. Graphics only 72 dpi.
I never could get 300 dpi with XP.
I don't know what printer to get. I almost never use a printer. What printer uses economical inks?
IDE ATA was to use drives I have but a new one TB drive and the fact that DVD writers are so inexpensive (and come with new systems) means I don't need it. Thanks for pointing that out. I would like to have a serial port. I wrote a phone dialer program in Delphi 8 years ago and still want to use it with a modem. I'm strange.

07-19-2010, 04:28 AM	#10 (permalink)
flat5 Very Insignificant Pawn Location: Amsterdam, NL	Thank you, Dragonlich. Your comments have been useful. I have built all my computers using MyCom for over 20 years :-) Starting with a 386sx. I miss the printed catalog! It's much harder using their on-line catalog. It's buggy too. Yes, I'll have to talk to a salesman. It will be worthwhile. I have time. I just put in a used power supply in this machine and it will be ok for a long time. Since it was open I increased the memory to 2gb. The panic is over :-) I'll make a list of my thoughts and go to MyCom. They also have a phone service. Perhaps I should try that. Yes I would like to continue to use the HP720 (I also have a spare 710). I would be surprised if Win7 has a good driver for it. Win XP does not. Graphics only 72 dpi. I never could get 300 dpi with XP. I don't know what printer to get. I almost never use a printer. What printer uses economical inks? IDE ATA was to use drives I have but a new one TB drive and the fact that DVD writers are so inexpensive (and come with new systems) means I don't need it. Thanks for pointing that out. I would like to have a serial port. I wrote a phone dialer program in Delphi 8 years ago and still want to use it with a modem. I'm strange. Last edited by flat5; 07-19-2010 at 04:32 AM..