Re: What to do with old jailbroken iPad and iPhone 4?

Posted on 2019-06-01, 03:22

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by zstandig

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You can mount the ipad on the wall somewhere and it can be a dedicated news, weather, clock type thing The iphone can be connected to speakers and be a music player, or serve as a dedicated alarm clock

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Re: Tower cases for Amigas..

Posted on 2019-05-20, 22:16

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by zstandig

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https://www.a1200.net/ provides new cases for the 1200

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Re: Apple iMac G4 restore

Posted on 2018-11-16, 20:35

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by zstandig

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If you're feeling crazy you can use an IDE SSD with it

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Re: IBM Model M2 not recognized

Posted on 2018-10-31, 20:24

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by zstandig

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First off, that's a cool looking keyboard, I never saw a model M like that. Next, that connector looks iffy, almost like the pins broke off. Maybe it can be rewired?

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Re: LGA 775 build - problems and solutions!

Posted on 2018-10-31, 20:22

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by zstandig

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In my experience, some boards just don't like some memory and vice versa. I've had boards accept some sticks and reject others that were otherwise fine and were the same model and make. Some things to try: Check if there's a "new" bios update, or look and see what the bios updates handle Re-seat the …

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Re: Linux on old hardware?

Posted on 2018-08-08, 19:08

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by zstandig

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Probably tinycore Linux or elks (http://elks.sourceforge.net/)

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Re: How many floppy disks do you have? And what do you do with them?

Posted on 2018-04-01, 18:11

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by zstandig

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23 High Density and 21 Double Density. They all formatted correctly last I checked. I'll probably see if I can send them to a new home thru ebay sooner or later. I'm not using them and they are going to be scarce in coming years so I would rather someone make good use of them before bitrot claims …

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Re: Something worth in this pile of cards ?

Posted on 2018-03-17, 01:11

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by zstandig

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The card with the CPU socket can be used to upgrade slot 1 boards to socket 370. Assuming you can get it to work, my luck has been limited

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Re: Where to find an old PC case?

Posted on 2018-03-17, 01:05

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by zstandig

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eric1992 wrote: One more thing I just thought of - can ATX power supplies and motherboards be used in an AT case? Motherboards, no, power supplies yes, with an adapter

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Re: Rebuilding a usable Web for 1992 machines

Posted on 2017-12-10, 23:21

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by zstandig

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Some news websites specifically made 'lite' versions so people can still get the news should a disaster make internet spotty https://lite.cnn.io/en http://text.npr.org/ There's also the Gopher protocol, the only modern browser that can use it is firefox with the overbite extension, the others …

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Re: Jaton 9500GT PCI BENCHMARKS/REVIEW

Posted on 2017-06-24, 22:23

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by zstandig

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Dang, this post brings back all sorts of odd experiences for me. The model of PC looks like the second PC I owned (same case, different specs)... but since it's the first PC I owned that had 'modern features' like USB 2.0 on the front, broadband internet, and NT based windows I kind of think of it …

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Re: My first paint job!

Posted on 2017-05-03, 01:02

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by zstandig

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It looks good so far. Green isn't a common PC color, that makes it unique. There are just so many beige or black boxes that a splash of color is refreshing

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Re: ibm aptiva 2176-f31 cpu upgrade

Posted on 2017-04-13, 19:41

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by zstandig

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I don't know if that's thermal grease or what, but you only need a tiny drop the size of a pea; wipe that off Next, the heat sink should have a groove down the middle and a there's supposed to be a clamp that hooks into a notch on the socket. There may also be a fan that screws on top of that, it …

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Re: The Full House - PIII 98SE Build

Posted on 2017-02-23, 04:50

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by zstandig

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I don't really get the need for two optical drives, my reasoning is that if you wanna maximize the variety of media, having two of the same doesn't quite fit. But that's just me, I've seen plenty of PATA DVD-RW drives, so one of those could replace the two current optical drives and free up another …

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Re: The dying Quantum Bigfoot

Posted on 2017-02-01, 20:00

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by zstandig

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I have 2 Bigfoots (bigfeet?) They are a minor collectible. Mine still work as far as I know, though it's been years since I've powered them on. They use standard IDE/PATA and such that Presario that used them could easily be upgraded to a faster, normal hard drive.

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2017-01-09, 20:23

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by zstandig

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This is my older laptop, it's from about 2013 or so. I heavily upgraded it. It doesn't get much travel time, the lesson is look at dimensions before you buy a laptop. It's much bigger than I thought it would be and much too awkward to lug around. It's more of a desktop replacement. I liked the full …

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Re: Post your 'current' PC

Posted on 2017-01-09, 20:11

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by zstandig

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CPU= Socket 775 Xeon, I don't remember specifics but it has 4 cores and 12MB of cache. It was an upgrade from a core2quad. RAM= 8 GB of DDR2 (pretty sure it's the maximum that this board supports) Board= New old stock intel or something like that Drives= Windows 7 Ultimate on a 250GB SSD and another …

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Re: How ''brand crazy'' are you guys?

Posted on 2017-01-03, 18:21

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by zstandig

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I'm usually not interested in brands, my policy is generally 'whatever works'. But I do have soft spots for some stuff. Mice= Microsoft, don't know what it is, but whenever I use something else it always breaks after a while. Logitech failed me twice and I've always gone back to Microsoft. My first …

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Re: Show off your tiny PCs

Posted on 2016-12-28, 22:42

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by zstandig

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The Laptop is an Acer Aspire One, a Netbook. I updated its BIOS, instaled Linux on it (complete with discreet stickers replacing the windows stickers) The RAM went up from 1GB to 2GB Wi-fi went from N to AC Mechanical HDD went to an SSD 3 Cell Battery went to a massive 9 Cell Battery that is so big …

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Re: No Name PC (My Dad's)

Posted on 2016-12-23, 01:54

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by zstandig

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* What I meant by "Model M style" was that it goes *clackity clackity clack clack* and is big/heavy and has a layout sans windows keys. It's comparable to my Unicomp but the keys seem to have less resistance and make a slightly higher pitched clacking sound. It is obviously from an era when …

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