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Ran into a problem making my Ultimate DOS machine. The CD-ROM is very very very old, and finally gave up the ghost. The two replacements I have for them? Serial ATA, which this machine is totally not built for. Keyboard apparently went out sometime during the trip, too. Spacebar isn't working.

So...I need a IDE CD-ROM, keyboard and mouse. The computer itself seems okay and booted up fine. So I'll keep the CPU, put an IDE CD-ROM and keyboard/mouse on the back burner. I was hoping everything would just work, because I can't afford the hardware right now - but I'm patient, and there will be time eventually.

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Things are finally starting to settle down. More and more, getting adjusted is turning into just...well...getting along. Spent most of the day not trying to fix something from the trip, but to fix something for myself.

There's still a lot to do, but the settling in bit is winding down.