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Build your own high-quality Cheap Computer

Today, you can build your own high-quality but cheap computer yourself using cheap computer parts. You can find everything you need on the Internet to put together a quality cheap computer system you design yourself. It isn't hard--almost all of the computer parts are plug-n-play. On the other hand, if you want to buy a cheap barebone computer already made or in kit form and then add to it, that is another great option for building your own quality discount computer. Computer parts used to be hard to find and difficult to configure, but not anymore. Computer parts are everywhere. And computer parts can be found online for an inexpensive price. These computer parts may be cheap, but they are the same quality you would find anywhere.

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When personal computers were first introduced to the mass market, building your own computer was a daunting task. Getting the computer parts in the very beginning was difficult at best. I can remember building my first system with discrete computer parts. It was based on an 80286 CPU with a Chips and Technologies chipset with a whopping two, that's right, 2 Megs of memory. It had the latest 640 x 480 color monitor (a Hyundai) and Windows 3.0 installed from numerous floppy disks. Those were the "daze". And, believe me, this was not a cheap computer. All the computer parts were really expensive for the day. Cheap computers and cheap computer parts didn't exist then. You can find some super deals on barebone computers and kits. Today, however, you can find computer parts just about everywhere from the drug store, to the dollar store, to the giant mega-retailers. Computer parts are everywhere but you need to be informed as to what is a good price for a given computer part. Prices vary widely. Do your research because just because something is at the dollar store doesn't necessarily mean it is a good value.

Cheap or Discount Computers Today

Today, you can buy a quality motherboard/CPU bundle, some memory, a case and a few more components and you're off building your own cheap computer.

And, the computer parts are inexpensive to boot. Let me be clear that by cheap I don't mean low quality, these computer parts are very well made and are the same as you would purchase at the store. But, they do not cost as much money. They are very affordable and easy to get. You just need to know where to find them. This site will help you find quality computer parts.

If you don't feel like you want to tackle building your own computer system, then you can find real deals on barebone computer systems today to get you started. You can get a barebone computer system with just the minimum of components and add on as you go. You can find some great deals on barebone systems on this website.

And, the computer parts are inexpensive to boot. Let me be clear that by cheap I don't mean low quality, these computer parts are very well made and are the same as you would purchase at the store. But, they do not cost as much money. They are very affordable and easy to get. You just need to know where to find them. This site will help you find quality computer parts.

Build Your Own Cheap Computer

If you like building things yourself and feeling the pride of accomplishment from doing something new, then this is the right website for you. This site will take you step-by-step through the process of building your own quality computer using quality computer parts. There are illustrated instruction guides to show you how to put your new computer together using computer parts the retail stores use to build custom computers. I have been building computers and working with all sorts of computer parts for many years and my business services many large retailers home warranty customers. My business services customers for Best Buy, Circuit City, Home Shopping Network, CompUSA, Office Depot, Office Max and many others. All of these large retailers sell computer parts and I can tell you the quality is just the same as the cheap computer parts you can buy online. Using my years of experience as an A+ certified computer technician, I will show you how to get started and then get up and running with a dependable cheap computer system. It's easy to get started if you know where to get high quality computer parts. This site will show you where to get 'em.

There are literally thousands of cheap computer parts on the web today. You can find all of the computer parts mentioned on this website using the hyperlinks provided for building your own high-quality computer. Cheap computer parts are easy to find and pay for securely. With the Internet becoming more and more useful for finding whatever you need, you can find computer parts in a wide variety of places and pay for it using encrypted, secure payment methods.

If you are ready to build your own computer using high quality cheap computer parts, then the first thing you will likely need is a computer parts list to get you on the right track for shopping. Click on the link below to go to the parts list and we can get started.

Remember, a cheap computer can be just as good as an expensive computer, you just need to know where to get the computer parts you need at a good price. This website is designed to help you find the computer parts you need. Check out the computer parts and kits on this page and click through the links. There are great bargains here for getting started.

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History Of The Computer; The Emergence Of Electronics

by: Tony Stockill

The history of the computer inevitably includes the development of electronics, we look at the explosive (!) growth of electronics in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

If anything could be said in favor of war, it may be that it speeds up the development of technology. Of course much of that technology is employed in killing people and destroying infrastructure, but there are also things which could be considered beneficial.

Electronics was around in the early part of the 20th Century, wireless, or radio, was in its infancy at the time of the first world war. Radio broadcasting came into prominence in the '20s and 30's, Television started in the '30's.

The second world war, from 1939 in Europe, and a couple of years later involving the USA, ended in 1945. Radar (Radio Aid To Detection And Ranging) was developed from early experiments, just prior to the war, in Britain and Germany. There was rapid development in the field, and, by the end of the war, Radar was being used in several fields.

Aircraft Navigation - Using ground transmitters in sets of 3, widely spaced, to give an aircraft using a receiver a method of pinpointing its position. This is a similar system to that used in gps today, substituting satellites for the ground stations.

Targeting - A beam was transmitted from a Radar station in England so that it intercepted a target in Germany. An aircraft could fly along the beam, guided by signals, dots or dashes, if it strayed off the beam, left or right. Known as flying on the beam.

Interception - a series of ground stations around the South-East coast of England, feeding into a central control room, where their tracks could be displayed, significantly assisted in the Battle of Britain (1940).

Airborne Interception (AI) - Developed towards the end of the war, used a Tranceiver (transmitter/receiver) in a night fighter to find a target in the dark, or bad weather, and track it to within firing range.

Beacon - A tranceiver was located at the end of a runway so that ground staff could guide a returning aircraft to land in bad weather, this became more and more sophisticated, developing into GCA or Ground Controlled Approach.

Shipping - radar equipped vessels could track other vessels in darkness or fog, whether peacefully or aggressively.

Many other sytems were developed or initiated in that 6 year period. Knowledge of electronics, and what it could be used for vastly increased. In parallel with the development of radar, other fields of electronics were also advancing, under pressure from the requirement to improve the technology.

Long range guns on ships or in the field needed to be aimed accurately. The calculations required in ballistics to aim a gun so that you can hit the target, or aim a V2 rocket so that it hits London from continental Europe, are phenomenal.

This, then was the scene at the end of the war. We knew how to tackle large calculations with speed, and we had developed a new concept in electronics, Pulse Technology. This is so called because radar uses short pulses of high energy, for two main reasons.

1. The pulses can be coded. For example, in the Navigation example we looked at, 3 ground stations transmit a signal whose source needs to be identified. One transmitter could transmit a series of single pulses spaced say 10 milliseconds. A second could transmit a pair of pulses at 10 millisecond spacing, and the third 3 pulses. A chart would tell the navigator where the pulse sets were transmitted from, and the distances obtained from the radar set used to locate the position on the chart.

2. The power, or strength, of the signal. A continuous radio signal, like a radio broadcast, takes a given amount of power. However, a 1 millisecond pulse every 10 milliseconds, uses only one tenth of the power, on average. So a radar transmitter can have a much greater range for the same power. This is is especially important in a primary (transmit and receive) radar system, where we must detect the reflection of the signal we transmit. Likewise a secondary (receive) radar system, for example the navigation system above, will have a bigger range.

Next we will look at how early computers were now possible due to these developments.

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