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Subject: Garage Computer


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Michael K
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Date Posted: 00:20:28 06/03/07 Sun
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 I now have a computer in my garage. My wife's laptop was having some minor problems, her USB ports weren't working and one of the arrow keys had broken off, so I bought her a new laptop. Since the old laptop still worked minus one key and USB ports, I decided to make it my garage computer. I bought a PCMCIA USB/FireWire card so I could get some working USB ports, hooked up a Wireless Access Point (WAP) in the garage (the garage is too far away from my other WAP to get a good signal out there), and set up a spot on my workbench. I now have a place to access my Chilton/Haynes CD manuals, hook up my AutoTap OBD II diagnostic tool/software, and research problems/fixes online right in my garage. And, when I'm working, I can access my network share MP3 folder and have a large selection of tunes to listen to. Short of a beer fridge, a computer is one of the best additions to my garage inventory I could get, and since I don't need anything high-end in the garage, a used laptop is the perfect way to go.

[i]BTW, I now have 12 computers on my home network running a Server 2K3 AD domain.[/i]
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Re: Garage ComputerMike13:29:44 06/03/07 Sun
Re: Garage ComputerMRNot (aghast?)05:51:43 06/04/07 Mon

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