well, my supplier has come through, I rode with him to the warehouse, and showed him what bits to pick up for tonight’s upgrade…
Final solution –
512 meg ram
40 gig HD
thunderbird 900 CPU with a brand new motherboard
TV card
final cost, after trading my old motherboard out – $560.
He’s getting a line for me on a decent laptop, too…maybe next weekend?
planning on installing the hubbub at about 9pm tonight. shouldn’t take too long.