vetz wrote:

Robin4: Please don't embed 1600x1200 images directly into the thread. I only see half the picture.

Mods: Can we please start a rule on this. Its happening all over. Should be a maximum size for embedding.

I suggest 1024*768, lower than that and it will be hard to read text on screenshots etc and linked images do not give the same experience.

vetz wrote:

Robin4: Please don't embed 1600x1200 images directly into the thread. I only see half the picture.

Mods: Can we please start a rule on this. Its happening all over. Should be a maximum size for embedding.

I know it's derailing the thread, but I entirely agree with you. 😊

Images larger than around 1MP should be linked, not embedded; this doesn't just improve readability of threads but also will help users with slower connections.

386_junkie wrote:

What is the syntax to embed images into your post.

Thanks

When posting a reply, in the "advanced" or "complete" view there is an Img button that will drop the tags for you (just highlight your URL and click Img), alternately [*img][/img*] with the URL contained will embed the image, and without the asterisks ofc.

vetz wrote:

Mods: Can we please start a rule on this. Its happening all over. Should be a maximum size for embedding.

Tossing the blame to Qbix. I *swear* we had a plugin which auto shrunk embeds to user's browser window size, or something, on the previous version of the forum software. Also, if someone attached a photo, it would automatically embed without any further work by the poster. Now the former doesn't happen at all, and the latter happens only semi-regularly. With both problems solved, this wouldn't be a concern. 😀 But perhaps I am misremembering...

^ auto re-sizing would be great, lots of forums do that... you get a huge thumbnail and if you are interested you click on the image and you get the full resolution 😀

Id like it if there was an tag for that, with small, medium, large.

For example [img=small]LINK[/img] , where small is 50x50 or 64x64 or something (If the image is 1:1).

If you use Imgur for hosting, you can just add a letter to get different sizes.

i.imgur.com/abc123.jpg - Original
i.imgur.com/abc123l.jpg - "Large" (640px on the long axis, lowercase L between filename and dot)
i.imgur.com/abc123h.jpg - "Huge" (1024px on the long axis, lowercase H between filename and dot)

^ +1 for imgur

I prefer postimg because it's simplicity although it does fairly heavy compression

Imgur allows you to instatly choose an small thumbnail with link to full size BBCode.
Plus it supports a couple of ways to upload - Drag n drop, copy-paste, selection and from an link.

I was only supposed to get the turtle beach card, but I have no self control, so I ended up getting the MX300 too. I tried bidding on a SQ2500 too, but I lost that auction.

Got some SDRAM DIMMs today. Kingston 512MB PC133 CL2 ECC/registered 😀

Been on an ebay purchasing spree lately. I have fears of my current systems burning up so stocking up on the worse-case scenario. I think I'm becoming a hoarder of old hardware:

Motherboard with 386DX-25/387 and 4MB of RAM ($15 shipped)
Motherboard with 38DX-40 and 4mb of ram ($15 shipped)
Bus Logic VLB caching controller new, sealed ($22 shipped)
2x Sound Blaster Pro CT1600 ($40 shipped each)
4gb/8gb SCSI tape backup new old stock ($18 shipped)
120mb IDE seagate ($1.00, thrift store)
2x ISA IDE/FDC multi io ($20 shipped total)
30 piece lot of 30 pin and 72 pin memory modules
386SX-16Mhz system ($5 local advertisement)

Does the 386 system work? Oo

754 SLI system I bought was sort of a flop. The second pci-express port works, but kinda doesn't work in SLI. Enable SLI and the system gets -90% scaling across all applications, even SLI supported ones. And with two cards installed with SLI disabled.. I call "base line", then removing the second card and running with just one it gets +40% performance.

So anyway, yeah.. giving up on that one, no idea what to do with it.

I don't want to start up a big discussion about that 754 thing in responses, because I'm discounting it as a loss and don't care anymore. The reason for writing this post in here though:

Bought this instead! $54.99 free shipping.

Asus A8n32-SLI Deluxe! Seller claims it was used with aftermarket heatsink and they lost the original plastic K8 retainer years ago but all ports and slots worked.. it was used with a pair of 9800 gx2's as a gaming machine until recently when they upgraded. Tis fine.. I have lots of those plastic things around here.. and probably using my own aftermarket heatsink with it too. So.. yay! I've been wanting one of these desperately since mine died 3 years ago. Using seller's image from ebay, it's not here yet.

I also bought a second stick of this 1GB Kingston Hyper-X DDR-400 ram. Which I know from using one stick of it in the athlon 754 system, is good for up to 558 Mhz. So a pair of those in dual channel @ 550 will be fun in the new board 😄

$10 free shipping for DDR-550 capable ram, can't beat that with a stick.

Lukeno94 wrote:

Does the 386 system work? Oo

Yeah, it does work. It has a very strange IDE card in it though (yes, it is IDE). It looks like some custom test board. But it does boot up and check memory, can go into bios, run DOS, etc.

Very impressive for the price then, dogchainx! $5 for any working PC is a good buy in my book.

Lukeno94 wrote:

Very impressive for the price then, dogchainx! $5 for any working PC is a good buy in my book.

I paid $7.55 for my 386 DX-25 motherboard 2 months ago, works perfectly and I have it built up in another case in the other room. Just not using it much right now. no acid damage, came with coin cell battery mod already and 4MB ram.

Lukeno94 wrote:

Very impressive for the price then, dogchainx! $5 for any working PC is a good buy in my book.

Yeah, not bad at all. I think this will be a dedicated "OLD DOS" system, since the turbo button does work.

I'm really baffled by the 16-bit IDE controller. I have NEVER seen this one. Its by PLUS DEVELOPMENT, the guys who did the HardCard, but no other marks other than 800-09-0201 REV A.

It looks EXTREMELY basic. Almost like this wasn't for retail sale. The PCB looks like one of the test silk-screen ones, that have a very rough texture. I'll get a photo soon.

The Mexican Model M is for me and the US one is for a friend. The 5.25" disks contain assorted Apple II software.

386 Motherboard, haven't tested yet

Unused 386 Motherboard in box, surely one of the last manufactured 386 boards as it comes with 15ns ram.