Time to upgrade this old Model/1bis a little. I'm pulling the plug in a minute to blow the stardust out (I do that at least once a year, that counts as annual maintenance right?), and mess with the hardware. I got a memory expansion kit cheap from this guy at the Starport last jump. It's stamped ISMM Model/7.3 Module 2 BC-9514. I did a search but only found partial info. It seems to be an older IN batch, that was discontinued around 1090, and the date of manufacture is 1074, so it's kind of old.
I hope nothing has set up a lair in there, again. I'd better take along some CoffeeJuice(tm) to kill any critters just in case, and to keep me awake while I'm working. As long as I don't spill any. Last time I spilled some it ate through the deck plate and I barely had time to get under it on the deck below to catch it with my cup. It would have been a tragic waste to have lost a single precious drop. The hole in the deck plate came in handy a couple times though.
If anything goes seriously wrong with the old Main Computer I still have the Hand Computer to plot my jumps...
Here goes...
April 18th, 2011 05:51 PM