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An Hour Ago(Poem)
by George Macbeth I stood there in the twilight And I felt the surge of darkness As it flooded from the rafters And came down to touch your door In the softening of the moonlight, and the cooling of the day.
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建立日期：12052003 Update at 16072003
Beginner's guide to personal computing July 16, 2003 Never set up a PC before? It is not as hard as it seems. In this article, the second in a series of 10, MIKE LEE shows firsttime PC owners how to install a PC. Setting up a new desktop computer is easy. Simply follow the colour codes and icons at the back panel of your PC's central processing unit (CPU).
Plug in the matching colour-coded cable and port - the hole to plug a cable into. If a cable is not colour-coded, then it is likely to have a symbol that matches with the one on the back panel. This is where you plug in peripherals like your monitor, keyboard, mouse and a printer (see photo of back panel). Once the cables are plugged in, switch on your computer. Most desktop PCs comes pre-configured. Computer Times uses a Compaq Presario S3260AP home PC, a 17-inch LCD with built-in speakers and Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition as guide. Don't worry if your computer's back panel does not look like the one shown here, as most PCs would have colour-coded ports or have labelled the ports with symbols. Step 1: Plug in one end of the power cable to the CPU's back panel - located near the top right-hand corner at A - and the other end to the household electrical outlet. The socket on the back panel has three pins. Do not switch on the power yet, or that of any of the peripherals until Step 5. Step 2: Connect the power cable to the monitor (photo 1). The power connector, which has three pins, is at the back of the monitor.The port on the monitor has three pins. Plug the other end into another household electrical socket. Next, plug in the video cable from the back of the monitor to the VGA (video graphics array) port on B at the back panel. Match the blue plug on the video cable to the blue port at the back panel. Note the symbol next to the blue plug, denoting the monitor.
Step 3: Connect the keyboard and mouse. Match the end of the colour-coded plugs to the colour-coded ports on the back panel - look for the symbols and colour codes. Here's a typical set-up where the keyboard and mouse use PS/2 ports (a mini plug standard created by IBM), as pictured in C on the back panel. Some keyboards or mice might use universal serial bus (USB) ports like those in D, denoted by the USB symbol. Plug them into the matching ports as seen in photos 2 and 3. Step 4: In the PC used, the monitor has built-in speakers, with the stereo socket marked green. Plug the speakers cable to the stereo port behind the monitor. Then connect the other end of the cable to the back panel area marked E (also see photo 4). A pink port on the back panel marked E is for a microphone or a video-conferencing headset. The blue port is a stereo line-in connection for an external audio device such as a mini-disc player to record sound into the computer. You can add this device later on when required. Step 5: Power up the computer to check everything is working. Desktops have their on/off switch on the front panel (see photo 5). Computers pre-configured by large manufacturers would already have the Microsoft Windows operating system installed. The latest is Windows XP and the Home Edition is normally installed for home PCs. Your desktop should start itself, and boot up to the Windows environment. You can now start working with your desktop. Know your PC A personal computer (PC) is made up of the following: · A central processing unit (CPU) and this is normally in the tower or standing form factor · A monitor which can be a flat screen called a liquid crystal display (LCD) or a bulkier form called a cathode ray tube (CRT) · A keyboard · A mouse · External or built-in speakers What are peripherals? Peripherals refer to the devices that you can plug into a PC's ports, which are usually either universal serial bus (USB) or FireWire. · A printer · A scanner · An external drive, whether this is a hard drive or CD or DVD drive · A digital camera · A USB flash drive FOR APPLE USERS For Macintosh users, setting up your computer is similar to that of a PC running Windows. The iMac, which comes integrated with a screen, may not come with colour-coded cables but ports at the back of the iMac CPU are certainly well-marked with symbols. See diagram on the back side of the iMac. Setting up the printer When setting up a printer with a PC, you may have to install the software drivers for the printer into the PC hard disk first before connecting the printer to the computer. Check the documentation for any printer-specific steps. Plug in the power cable. Modern home-use printers usually use USB connections. Note that the plug that connects to the USB port on the printer side is usually squarish. Plug it in the printer as shown photo 1. The printer set-up software disc provided by the manufacturer usually also provides bonus applications for you to get started on printing. So it's all right to install as per the default installation settings for the printer setup software. Plug in the printer cable into the back panel when prompted by the software installation. Because the printer cable uses a USB connection, look out for a USB port as in photo 2. Once the printer is plugged into the desktop and detected, software installation will proceed until completion (photo 3). What if the printer you are using does not use a USB connection? An old printer, for example, uses a parallel port connection. In this case, the cable and connections are different. Plug in the end of the parallel cable that has pins into the matching port on the desktop, as in F on the back panel photo. The other end of the parallel cable goes into the printer as in photo 4. Close the clips on both sides by pushing them backwards to secure the connection.
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