2010-02-23, 08:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 2010-02-23, 08:41 PM by Kawasari Mimoto.)
Spideyjvc Wrote:Ugh, I was really annoyed by Master+Slave jumpers when I was younger. Obviously I got used to it after buildding a couple of computers, but I'm glad hardrives nowadays use SATA cables. So much easier to install new hard drives now.
Thing is, at some colleges (here anyways), they still have older computers from the early 90's, so they'll use those for classes. I have brand spanking new computers at my house, but I'd rather not mess with those. The master+slave thing was really annoying if you did it wrong (happened to be like..6+ times . . . . ), and I couldn't get it to boot properly. I raged so much. I stayed after class for an hour trying to get the thing right, and eventually did. Even then, I still enjoyed that class. Not sure if it was because the teacher was an arrogant douche that yelled at this one kid who comes to class late everyday, or if I just enjoyed taking apart towers. Either way, I enjoyed that class oh-so-much.
Playing with DOS and Linux was pretty boring to me though. Then I took 4 damn semesters of CISCO CCNA preparation courses (yummy), and learned about routing protocols because of it all. I still remember most of it, I enjoyed Networking. I wish I could have went straight-networking, but then it'd get intense because you'd have to periodically update with the 'changing' times and development like.. almost daily. Subnetting was gross.