Cjcrescent
Master Mechanic
After what happened a while back with my computer, you'd think I'd know better!
I've been doing some painting and upgrades on some of a friend's locos. He's the one that I did that little Centercab for a couple of weeks ago for.
I am currently doing another for him, as I "inherited" an Athearn SW1500, from another friend, and after looking at some pix from the CB&Q histerical society, it looked like I could convert it into a passible SW1000. Which I did.
Well, I got to a point where I needed to install the decoder and program it. Put it on the programming track, connected the Locobuffer to the laptop I have always used to program with, and all I hear out of the computer is the hard drive spinning. Nuttin' comes on the screen, It doesn't even post. No big deal I think, as the LT is over 10yrs old, running Win95 and the only thing I use it for is programming locos with JMRI. Then it hit me, no backups were ever made to the "catalog" of locos in the computer. I had all of my locos, most of several friends rosters, some with special "light functions" in them and even had a couple of Rex's locos from a couple years ago in it.
D**b A**! Why didn't ya back it up!!!
RATS!!!
I've been doing some painting and upgrades on some of a friend's locos. He's the one that I did that little Centercab for a couple of weeks ago for.
I am currently doing another for him, as I "inherited" an Athearn SW1500, from another friend, and after looking at some pix from the CB&Q histerical society, it looked like I could convert it into a passible SW1000. Which I did.
Well, I got to a point where I needed to install the decoder and program it. Put it on the programming track, connected the Locobuffer to the laptop I have always used to program with, and all I hear out of the computer is the hard drive spinning. Nuttin' comes on the screen, It doesn't even post. No big deal I think, as the LT is over 10yrs old, running Win95 and the only thing I use it for is programming locos with JMRI. Then it hit me, no backups were ever made to the "catalog" of locos in the computer. I had all of my locos, most of several friends rosters, some with special "light functions" in them and even had a couple of Rex's locos from a couple years ago in it.
D**b A**! Why didn't ya back it up!!!
RATS!!!