I had a repeat dream over the years where I was sitting at my computer, then I would shut it down, but it just wouldn't turn off!! It scared the shit out of dream-me. I used to have a similar dream about my old CRT TV long ago that scared me too. What really scared me was when it happened in real …

Keep in mind a lot of the functionality of batch scripts came about after DOS and 9x died. Wikipedia reports 'SET /P' was introduced in Windows 2000. I think 'CHOICE /C' with multiple options is available in 6.22 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice_(command)) CHOICE /C:123 if %errorlevel% EQU 1 ( …

Started work on archiving old home videos from the 90s. Got my parents' combo VCR out of the basement and teased it back to life after about 15 years - first it wouldn't accept a tape, then it wouldn't eject the tape. Eventually it worked fine, probably once the lubricant got spread around the …

https://preview.redd.it/vj8z5gz651q11.jpg?auto=webp&s=ea75b0bc0c57405ecf7dfb8270548225b91617b0 Eventually I ditched it after a few months. I couldn't stand its design. Was a gift from one of my parents... I oddly like that. The un-integrated internals of a phone are more tangible than other …

xjas wrote: 2010s "tactical"/truck/meat-head design language Jeez. That wouldn't look out of place controlling the sentry guns in Aliens. 🤣

blurks wrote: xjas wrote: Why did this ever go out of style?? "Nope, hate it." Eh, I'd take this over the contemporaneous design fad for rubberised plastic. I've got an old Flip video camera that looks like I store it in a vaccum cleaner bag.

> IBM drives are in demand Back in my day they were called the IBM DeathStar and not in demand at all. My dad worked at IBM and brought home a DeskStar (75GXP?) in 2003 when we were running out of drive space. They must have been giving them away. It crapped itself every other day - I had to …

For me, the Internet journey started with a 56k modem and ever since it's no leaving the web unless you retreat like a hermit. It's like the song: "you can check out anytime you like but you can never leave!" I recall listening to BBC Radio 1 in late 1999 and hearing a news report about (IIRC) a …

And all this is do to piss poor coding A modern browser outputs a page of text and graphics Maybe a moving image and some sound None of this should require much to accomplish It doesn't. But the three dozen third-party tracking scripts loading in the background do. I swear sites loaded faster in …

Alas, I don't know. The idea behind those boards was to give existing Slot 1 users an upgrade path to the higher clocked coppermines, so presumably only one would be filled at a time. Then again, if it needed a jumper setting it might be dumb enough to ignore the presence of another CPU.

There are combined Slot 1 + Socket 370 motherboards from when Slot 1 was being phased out in favour of PGA370. Example: https://www.anandtech.com/show/491/22 A previous revision of the Tyan Trinity 400 had a jumper for controlling whether socket or slot was in use. Someone sufficiently technically- …

I rescued a Deskpro EN with almost identical specs from being thrown out at work last year. I bought a Rage 128 card - would not POST at all. I bought a TNT2 M64 card - worked mostly, but 3DMark just crashed. Finally, bought a GeForce 2 MX400 - screwed up graphics, Win 98 refuses to recognise it ( …

yawetaG wrote: SC3k Unlimited may be Windows-based, but it's basically 2000 on steroids (unfortunately minus waterfalls and water power). I have many fond memories of playing both SC2K and SC3K, but the jazz/minimalist soundtrack of 3000 seals it for me. One of my absolute favourite game …

Those cut-outs are still around today, just maybe not on desktops. I bought an HTPC case that has one for the VGA connector from a low profile card. It means you don't lose a PCI slot. https://www.pbtech.co.nz/fileslib/_2016011913 … B_Descr_009.jpg

I think all 512 MB SDRAM DIMMs are registered/ECC? I don't think I've ever seen a normal module that size. I concur, only ones I've got (or seen) are registered/ECC. Only servers would need or make use of multiple lanes of 512MB SDR then, until DDR came to the home. Could be the reason this query …

Surprisingly, this thing can actually play a fair amount of games from the late 90's, and I assume the very early 2000's. The integrated graphics in this thing is below ideal That's true, I played plenty of (not new) games on it at the time - just in a graphically compromised manner. I was thinking …

Heh, got a 3000 as the family computer in 2005 but mine has gone in the opposite direction - gutted it last month to house a cheap NAS build. Still got all the parts except the original CRT. In fact, I'm writing this on the original keyboard. ugh i hated these things... cheap and no AGP Yep, the …

Been lurking here for a while but wanted to jump in and say I've also got the same card. PCB is week 45 1999, the RAM is week 47 1999 and the small chip reads 9933. Got it a few months ago off eBay - surprised I was the only bidder. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4879/32070014348_7d0bd34faf.jpg …