Inside the Piggy Bank:

Much of the savings from our modular formatting will result from our ability to easily remove and replace, or add to Cooky, Hardy, and Ramby, (defined below) while leaving the other pieces of our computer system intact and functional.   

Big Momma    . . . . . . . . .   Mother Board -- This is a panel/frame/form consisting of female receptors into which the computer's internal components  get plugged.   Big Momma is also the trusted, secure home base where all the out-and-about family members (the peripherals such as your keyboard (Handsome)  and your mouse ( Micey) connect to the computer system.

Cooky  . . . . . . . . . . .     Data Processor  --  This is the kitchen of the computer where the cook does her thing and where the production work takes place.   One of the important factors here is how fast Cooky  does her job.   Because technology is constantly evolving, regularly replacing Cooky  is one of the critical components of a computer upgrade.

The memory Brothers:

Hardy   . . . . . . . . . . .    Hard Drive  --  This is your data warehouse --- It's the major storage area for your data.  With the constant addition of more data and bigger files, bigger is better.   Again technology is advancing rapidly, making bigger warehouses in smaller physical units.   Regularly expanding or replacing Hardy  is another critical components of a computer upgrade.

Ramby      . . . . . . . . . . .    "RAM"  --  Random Access Memory --  This is your computer's day-to-day working space.    It's an internal desktop that Cooky uses  for temporary data storage and for date manipulation.    As a customer, you  chose the size of your Ramby  based upon your needs or desires. 

Monitors --  Big Sky

A little Television History:    The television broadcasters send out visual and auditory messages in an electronic form.  You and I receive those messages with our TV (television) sets.   The television broadcast system is in the closing phase (2009) of moving from sending out a single analog signal per broadcaster to sending out multiple-channel, digital signals per broadcaster.   The new signal offers, not only more channels per broadcaster, the pictures are much clearer (twice the number of lines per frame as the old TV system).   

Traditional, old fashion television sets are those old, big, heavy black boxes that look more like a front loading washing machine than like the new television sets which are, essentially, electronic picture frames.  The old sets are capable of receiving only analog signals.

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The new television  system uses digital signals only.   Inside every new television set is an electronic unit that receives the new digital television signals.  We refer to this new digital television signal receiver unit as IZenEars.

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IZenEars      . . . . . . . . . . .    "ATSC" receiver --  "ATSC" tuner  --  ATSC  =  Advanced Television System Committee)   HDTV tuner -- HDTV = High Definition Television (twice the number of lines per frame as the old TV system)  
All of the above is technical jargon for what, traditionally, is called a television set.   

Inside the standard, flat screen television sets,  IZenEars  sees and hears those signals.   IZenEars then translates the electronic sounds and pictures and sends them to us through visual pictures on the TV screen and audio sound through the speakers.   

Inside Big Sky:  (Inside the computer monitor)

During the initial phase of developing the Green-Earth-Computer system's  Big Sky, (the computer monitor) will play host to IZenEars (the digital television signal receiver). 

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For years, we've heard talk about the marriage of computers and television sets.   The technology is well developed and fully functional,  so why is the computer industry so resistant to consummating this union?   MONEY!    They are more  interested in selling new monitors and throwing the old ones away when a consumer upgrades his/her computer system.   

Fortunately, the television industry has stepped in and produced products that have the capacity to replace the single-use, computer monitor with a dual purpose unit that combines the computer monitor with a television set (IZenEars).   The goal is to use a high quality television set as our computer monitor.   Although the initial price is higher than a regular monitor, if you can afford the up-front cost, you can have an excellent HDTV and a computer monitor combined.  If you later decide to discard your computer system, you still have a high-quality television set.   When you up upgrade your computer system, there is no need to buy another monitor.  

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At the moment,  IZenEars  (the digital television signal receiver) is trapped in a special unit called a television set or in a few cases, trapped inside a combination computer monitor and TV tuner.   The  E-Green System  (Green-Earth-Computer system) is about to let IZenEars out of prison, so that you can have any monitor you want and IZenEars  will instruct your monitor to give you the sights and sounds that today, only traditional television sets can give you.      

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Data Backup System       "Pocket Pack" 

This is your data, insurance system.   It's a feature and a benefit that present computer systems are not offering.   We're calling our unit the Pocket Pack.   It's an independent, external hard drive (a Hardy) that plugs into the main computer box ( Piggy Bank).   It's designed to hold an independent copy of all your important computer content.    Your Green-Earth-Computer will have a program designed to automatically back up data to Pocket Pack  from whatever internal hard drive files (Hardy files) you designate.   You simply designate which files are to copied.  Your system does the rest automatically and does so as often as you desire or require.   

Keyboard and Mouse

There's little that needs to be said about the keyboard and mouse ( Handsome and Micey) except that they need not be replaced until and unless technological advancement warrants.  

Connecting Cords, Plugs, and Adapters