This is the dry run to see if everything that was unplugged, dusted, and repositioned is plugged in. I need a longer USB cable from this new location of the old printer to reach the new computer, and shopping in my closet of gadgets didn't come up with one. (I've twice this week been in there and realized I had the thing that I just bought a new one of, so of course when I remember to look I don't have the thing.)

This is a better setup - one chair and I can turn around to use the old computer with the better Adobe software. The old quad core HP was better designed as far as ports front and back so less scrambling to connect to that (the back half of it is under a shelf above that workspace making it harder to reach). I have a heavy black steel two-shelf small table that I picked up at the curb years ago (think 1970s government office GSA furniture) - I adjusted the legs to their top position (after getting some smaller screws in the garage; for some reason the original screws wouldn't fit in that top position). I've moved a couple of other small wooden shelves and tables around and may evict at least one of them. Still figuring the best way to plug in some of the non-computer things around the room that had to move for access with this desk reorientation.

Since all of this has been the result of a catastrophic equipment failure I've taken the inelegant approach of using the old plastic label maker and noted that this is NEW 2024-11-21 on the new UPS. Stuck it on the side near the back. I'll add a note if I replace the batteries and not wait so many years to replace them in the future.

This is the setup I was envisioning the last time I moved things around in here, but I always had to sit at the corner of the other desk where the old computer is. Now I'm right smack in the middle of that desk by turning around, so I'm sitting with my legs at the kneehole for comfort.

And on an evening relaxation note - this week I found a single malt Scotch with the amount of peat followup that I like. I'm not so much into the fruity spicy mild ones, I like a bit of a bite. It's a lovely reward for finishing the the job.