Hi All,
This is all a tad embarrassing, as I'm generally adverse to vigorously waving a donation tin under people's noses. But it is true that Skippy has been running on an original Q6600 quad core with DDR2 800 RAM
for over 4 years now. I've upgraded to solidstate drives for the OS drive and the data drive on which the maps are stored to try to get extra punch, but ultimately it's an old CPU and slow memory in a PC that any company would have pensioned off by now lest it fail due to old age.
I should also point out that the Bintel logo on the SkippySky website does not earn me income, but is quid pro quo for Bintel donating equipment to The Heights Observatory, where I mentor a group of High School students in Astronomy.
Neither is the iTelescope logo a commercial arrangement that puts $$$ in my pocket.
I'd be happy to put up a "Sponsor's" link to any nice Computer Store
that rode to the rescue with complete or partial sponsorship of a suitable PC.
Donations in the meantime are gratefully accepted!
Regards,
Andrew
www.skippysky.com.au