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petermarcus) wrote2002-06-25 09:09 pm
petermarcus) wrote2002-06-25 09:09 pm
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Bah.
My video card fried itself. All I can see is 640x480 in 16 colors. Not 16 bits...16 colors period.
I am old enough, and have been around computers long enough, to know when 640x480x16 was considered unthinkable luxury. Hell...any color other than green or *shudder* amber (no offense, hellarad ;)
So a $10 video card goes bad. What to do? I bought a new computer. Heh. Well, this one I'm on now is four years old, a Celeron, and it really is kinda slow for the things I usually try to do with it (ahem, that's programming, take your minds out of the gutter). Pentium 4 1.8GHz, here I come!
It should be here Thursday. Meanwhile, I'm seeing LJ through a gigantic, strange filter of modern pointillism.
Like Seurat with a paint shortage.
My video card fried itself. All I can see is 640x480 in 16 colors. Not 16 bits...16 colors period.
I am old enough, and have been around computers long enough, to know when 640x480x16 was considered unthinkable luxury. Hell...any color other than green or *shudder* amber (no offense, hellarad ;)
So a $10 video card goes bad. What to do? I bought a new computer. Heh. Well, this one I'm on now is four years old, a Celeron, and it really is kinda slow for the things I usually try to do with it (ahem, that's programming, take your minds out of the gutter). Pentium 4 1.8GHz, here I come!
It should be here Thursday. Meanwhile, I'm seeing LJ through a gigantic, strange filter of modern pointillism.
Like Seurat with a paint shortage.
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But woot, new computer! Good luck surviving till it gets here. :)
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