NEW P.C.

Today I phoned the company advertising in last months Computer Active, and was told the model I wanted had been withdrawn from sale,
but I may be lucky and find one in a shop,
So I took a ride up to Stockton and bought a comparable machine together with a full version of Norton security
which includes extra discs for retrieving accidentally deleted files and provides a back up service,
I’ve installed it.
Am unable to go online because it seems I’ve thrown away the connecting cable and the power pack for the modem!

My first dismay was a four-inch gap around the plasma when the active pc screen was presented in full mode,
fortunately a little tweaking with the resolution came up with the goods and all is now well.
Mike, my Social Caseworker, called earlier with prescription and found me on my back trying to hook up to monitor with little success, unfortunately I was trying to connect to control input,
once I realised my mistake I had no problems, also there’s a chance of getting refund or credit on cable purchased.
Was impressed with the write up which stated the machine was quiet, it’s certainly much quieter than machines of old that I’ve had,
I remember my last one going through its Iron Lung period when it was making more noise than my chest!
Mostly due I must add to my neglect over the years and the fan having an un healthy growth of dust.
The overall appearance of the machine is a pleasing mix of black and silver/grey, there seems to be enough inputs to accommodate peripherals and the card reader will come in handy later.
Keyboard and mouse are obviously hard wired so tomorrow I’ll try and resurrect my cordless equipment if it’s still working.
My first attempt at writing this has put me in no control whatsoever, of a destructive curser which has decimated my work,
fortunately I closed and re-opened docs but still haven’t figured out what happened.
I’m a little puzzled with the absence of an enter button in the middle of the keyboard,
The only available key is far right of board!
Don’t like.
Thinks, Reassign keys to fit finger ability.
( I explain, I’ve had several injuries to my hands causing some damage to tendons resulting in restrictive or no moment in some fingers, making it necessary for me to adopt my own style of typing which I call shared typing.
The principle’s easy the workload is shared between the available fingers of each hand according to proximity of required keys to both working sets of fingers).