Peter's Blog 24.1.2004

Tried pulling (one at a time) both PCI and AGP..

Tried pulling (one at a time) both PCI and AGP video cards but still got lockups.

Ran PC for >3 hours in PIO mode rather than DMA mode with no lockups. It was locking up once an hour or so yesterday. So do I:

• Leave it running slowly in PIO mode

• Gamble £15 or so on a PCI disk controller

• Spend £130 on a 2G Athlon, 512M ram (and get other problems)?

Decisions.

PIO mode also makes the audio choppy.

I'm pretty sure that the latest VIA 4 in 1 drivers didn't fix this problem in Win2k

Playing PictureLogic puzzles are fun but I have an..

Playing PictureLogic puzzles are fun but I have an odd problem where I tap on a square and the square next to it is selected. Annoying and makes me worry about my digitiser.

Bonsai woes make me want to bin it.

I have to make many corrections when using Graffiti. Especially small i's which come out as .. If I am not careful.

Palm is not in my good books.