HOW HARD WOULD IT BE?

 OK, I'm a Luddite. We've established that but I do have to use technology in my everyday life. I don't necessarily like it but it's necessary.

Today after sorting out a whole lot of Playstation games to sell on TradeMe I discovered that I had three PC based games among them. I'd long forgotten about these and don't think I ever played them on the computer.

I kept these out of the 'sell' pile and thought I'd give them a go.

Problem.

The desktop Apple Mac in the study doesn't have a built in DVD or CD drive.

I tried my Apple Mac laptop. Same problem. No built-in drive.

I searched in a cupboard that contains a heap of seldom used and now defunct electronic gadgetry - laptops, printers, DVD players, CD players, memory drives, modems etc and found a detachable CD/DVD drive. All good - or so I foolishly thought. 

This sucker will plug into a television, or, I guess the old non digital TV we got rid of but the connections won't attach to either the Apple Mac or the Apple laptop. Bummer.

I set up the ladder and climbed up to the top of the wardrobe in the study and rummaged about in the boxes there. We have boxes for computer and television cables, plugs, attachments, fittings etc. It seems like there are hundreds of the bloody things. I found a half dozen that look like they might connect the external drive to one of the computers.  

No such luck. Either neither end fitted or one did and one didn't. They all have different connections.

I went back up to the boxes and did some more rummaging. Eventually I found one connection wire that fitted the computer and the external drive but ..... the power cord fittings wouldn't connect. Who would have thought that at one end, the little bitty pin plug in thingamajig .....

 

...... can come in several different shapes and sizes? What the fuck for? Why can't they just have one size fits all? I couldn't find one that fits after trying dozens including the ones for the various rechargeable lanterns, electric drills and other bits of crap around the house.

Sheesh!

I give up.

I'd like to line up all the electronic manufacturers and give them a good slap.