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.

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.

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".

We have an off-grid property in NH. This feels a little like that.