March 13th, 2018:

	I've been taking a mental inventory of my remaining computer 
systems, trying to remember which ones I still have, which ones still 
work, and which ones need work.

Thankfully, I only have a few computers that are non-functional: My MSX2 
with dead video, my Sparcserver 20 with the wrong BootPROM, and my 
old Thinkpad (D80?) that needs to be put back together assuming I still 
have all the pieces.

The MSX2 is one of my retro-gaming machines, so I'm rather keen to get it 
going again.  I've made an investment in hardware and games in the five 
years I've owned it, so I'm not about to toss it out.

The Sparcserver 20 was my second Sparc machine (after my Sparcstation 10).  
Since my Sparcstation 10 is long gone, the SS20 is my only multi-processor 
Sparc machine, and a testbed of sorts.  I tricked the Sparcstation 10 out 
with its maximum RAM, two large SCSI drives, a faster CDROM, two 180MHz 
MBUS CPUs, 4-Meg VRAM SIMM, a SunVideo capture card, and PCMCIA ports.  
Problem is, I wasn't able to do a simple parts transplant to the SS20 when 
the SS10 died... The SS10's BootPROM didn't work in the SS20 (although I 
was told it would), and I don't have the proper SS20 Ross BootPROM for it, 
so I can't even let get into the NVRAM to test!  Luckily, I can still get 
the SS20 BootPROM cheaply, and a replacement motherboard at a vastly 
inflated price if need be!  It's a labour of love...

The Thinkpad would probably have been tossed with the other 90% of my 
computers when we moved, if it weren't for one very important thing:  It 
was running OS/2 Warp 4.  I spent *FOR-FUCKING-EVER* learning the 
ins-and-outs of OS/2, applying fix-packs, getting my bloody network card 
and video drivers to work, and in general getting used to the OS.  I 
didn't get much of a chance to enjoy the fruits of my labour before the 
hard drive died.  I'm keen to get it going again.

I'm all about stewardship.