Ernie the EONI Computer

 

Ernie was born at Eastern Oregon Net, Inc.  He was built specifically for little Timmy and was very excited about helping his soon-to-be owner.  Ernie spent the first few hours of his life working really hard, he updated himself and stored lots of new information on his hard drive.  He also made sure all of his various parts were working and ready to go.  Ernie displayed the genuine Windows XP certificate of Authenticity and was packaged in a secure box after being prepared for his trip to his new home.

 

When the box was opened up Ernie was greeted by Timmy and his Dad.  They talked about how shiny he was and how he was going to love his new home under the desk.  Ernie was delighted to see his new room, it had green carpet, white walls and he was placed under a stainless steel desk.  Once Timmy and his father plugged all the color coded cords into the back of Ernie, he was powered on for the first time at his new home. 

 

Within moments Timmy and his Dad were playing different games, and surfing the Internet.  Ernie’s daily activities quickly became routine, he would be powered up in the morning as Dad looked up the local weather and check a few news sites on the Web.  After school, Timmy would do his home work and play a few quick games.  Ernie would be left on and listen to Timmy and Dad having dinner and getting Timmy ready for bed.  After Timmy was in bed Dad would use Ernie to check emails and write letters to loved ones.

 

But one day disaster struck, and Ernie got a virus!  He is not sure where it came from but he was really sick and could not do the things that Timmy and his Father asked him to do.  At times he would have to power down, no matter how hard he tried he was just too sick to continue.

 

One morning Dad removed Ernie from his place under the desk and placed him back into the box he came home in.  Ernie was scared; he was sick and did not know what Dad was doing.  After a ride in the truck Ernie was moved around and he could hear talking outside his box.  When the box was opened he was gently removed and given a piece of paper to wear.  On it was his owner's name, address and phone number and a description of what was wrong. 

 

After Dad was done talking, someone gently removed Ernie from the box and placed him on a shelf in a room in the back.  In the room he met Connie Compaq, Dora Dell (whose foreign dialect was hard to understand) and Henry Hewlett-Packard. They were all sick like Ernie.

 

Later that day Ernie was removed from the shelf.  Because he was born at EONI he was scheduled to go before Dora, Connie and Henry.  Once in the back Ernie was worked on by some nice people who fixed him up like he was brand new.  They removed the virus that was making him sick and brought all his software up to date.  The best part was when they cleaned out all the dust from his insides.

 

That afternoon he was back in his box and heading home.  He was very excited to help Timmy with his home work that night.  Ernie was happy once again.

~Todd

The flash drive was first invented in 1998 by Dov Moran, and goes by many different names, most common are Thumbdrive, USB drive, Jump Drive, USB flash drive or simply UFD.  The first flash drives were made by M-Systems and distributed in Europe under the "disgo" brand in sizes of 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, and 64 MB

 

Some of the most common uses are, personal data transport, computer repair, system administration, application carriers, audio players and boot devices. Flash storage devices are best compared to other common, portable, swappable data storage devices: floppy disks, Zip disks, miniCD / miniDVD, CD-R/CD-RW and DVD-RW discs.

 

Flash drives are nearly impervious to the scratches and dust that were problematic for previous forms of portable storage, such as compact discs and floppy disks, and their durable solid-state design means they often survive casual abuse, I have actually washed mine more then once. This makes them ideal for transporting personal data or work files from one location to another, such as from home to school or office or for carrying around personal data that the user typically wants to access in a variety of places. The near-ubiquity of USB support on modern computers means that such a drive will work in most places. A drawback to the small size is that they are easy to misplace, leave behind, dump in the washer or otherwise lose.

 

Some flash drives feature encryption of the data stored on them, generally using full disk encryption below the filesystem. This prevents an unauthorized person from accessing the data stored on it. The disadvantage is that the drive is accessible only in the minority of computers which have compatible encryption software, for which no portable standard is widely deployed.

 

We offer four different sizes in the store, 256MB for $14.95, 512MB for $23.95, 1GB for $34.95 and 2GB for $49.95.  Stop on by and pick one up for yourself, loved one or friend.  Be sure to mention this blog to get a free pen!

 

~Todd

Hello, my name is Todd McIntosh and I am a proud member of the E.O.N.I store team.  I got my start in computers in 1988 and launched my career in 1994.  I have yet to fulfill my dream of having a degree in the computer field but take great pride that I am self-taught and able to be a contribute in helping the customers of E.O.N.I.  I have been asked to start writing for the store front blog, our store is located at 808 Adams Avenue, in La Grande, Oregon.   

I was born and raised in the Grande Ronde Valley, I enjoy it here and feel blessed to be part of a small and close community.  I am pro-small business and would like to see our down town build back up to what it was in the early eighties, I am certain that a lot of people in La Grande feel the same.    I look forward to bringing insightful, honest and informative write ups to our customers through the store front blog. 

 ~Todd

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