My new Bible Study computer is now born.
I just built a "new" computer that will never be connected to the internet, using Window 7, with an old copy of MS Office, free from the prying eyes of the deep state. Of course this post isn't coming from that computer, but on this new machine, there will be no need for "updates" and no concern for viruses.
Most importantly, I will be able to run my long lost copy of Quickverse 4.0g Bible software that became impossible to run at one point when Microsoft abandoned backward compatibility. This program is the best program I've ever seen for searching the scriptures.
Anything that goes onto this computer will come and go via memory stick or CD. No network connection at all. We will see how this goes.
Hahaha! I tried running Quickverse on wine. It wouldn't run.
The hardware is an old, but not too old, retired computer snatched from a recycling D container at work. I had to put in a new HDD and memory. Windows 7 Ultimate came off eBay. The windows install was a PITA because the machine has USB 3.0 ports, but Windows 7 has no driver for that. The windows install had to be transferred to a USB memory stick using a utility that works around the installers gripe about the lack of a driver. There's also no driver for the WIFI card, so windows can't connect out. Even though it was a sealed, unused Windows 7 OS, with legit validation number, windows bitches about it being "non-genuine". But it still runs.
We have an off-grid property in NH. This feels a little like that. I could remove the WIFI card, or just disconnect the antennas inside if I got paranoid.