wasssup1990
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If only you could see how much I am laughing now. 
I have a Mac Performa 6500/250 PowerPC Processor. It's pretty old and arguably useless for modern day GUI usage (netscape will freeze, lots of the long dead lock waits accompanied with the preX MacOS). It came with 32MB of Ram, and I upgraded to about 96MB along with an 8GB from 4GB hard drive. It's in wide and busy usage as my SMTP+IMAP server running NetBSD 1.6.1 and I'm very happy with it. Once it has gotten an 101 day uptime (the run finished with a thunderstorm and a power outage), so it is VERY stable. The uptime has been on and off since it's ths summertime and power outages are weekly the rainy miami weather. It was made circa 1995, maybe april.
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electronicshacker
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Well, no, I don't collect old computers, unless a Pentium 75 countsHacker,
Are you a collector of old computers? Were do you live? I can send it to you if you pay for the shipping.
Ante :
...But I already have too many computers, and I'd much rather build an IBM compatible (still thinking of doing that!), just for the fun of building it, but I don't have the time.
i'm ashamed of my computer it's a compac presario 4400 with a pentium celeron 1.3G and 381M in Ram runing windows xp with a 40G hard drive and crashes at least once a week it's a shame
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WANNA TRADE???
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wasssup1990
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With my experience with a Celeron, all I have to say is, their crap. I had a celeron and it only lasted a few years; only worked when it wanted to. Until one day it didn't even wanna run startup processes; my one was very sensitive to hot days in a unairconditioned room. Hey dont even ask to trade for my P4.
audioguru2
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Hi Guys,
I'm back!
A few days ago the IE4 on my old 486 computer got messed up (Kernel32.DLL errors) so I couldn't come to this site anymore (other sites worked fine). I was thinking that it's time to replace my computer, and I was drilling an ISP CDrom to make another 3V Chaser, then I realised that newer IE versions are on the CDrom. So now I am running IE5 and it works fine. I even get "replies to a posting" working properly now.
I might try IE5.5 some day because my ISP recently switched to using Yahoo to filter-out junk e-mail, which caused my outgoing e-mail to stop working. They say to use IE5.5 or newer. Even Microsoft won't let me into their site without a newer browser. But I've heard that a 486 runs very slowly with IE5.5.
I'm back!
A few days ago the IE4 on my old 486 computer got messed up (Kernel32.DLL errors) so I couldn't come to this site anymore (other sites worked fine). I was thinking that it's time to replace my computer, and I was drilling an ISP CDrom to make another 3V Chaser, then I realised that newer IE versions are on the CDrom. So now I am running IE5 and it works fine. I even get "replies to a posting" working properly now.
I might try IE5.5 some day because my ISP recently switched to using Yahoo to filter-out junk e-mail, which caused my outgoing e-mail to stop working. They say to use IE5.5 or newer. Even Microsoft won't let me into their site without a newer browser. But I've heard that a 486 runs very slowly with IE5.5.
audioguru2
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Hi Ante,
The original clock/bios soldered-in battery on my 10 years old 486 computer still works so it and I can wait until Intel replaces the Pentium with something better. Then my son will give me his Pentium 4 or one of the many computers that he gets cheap on E-Bay then sells for a good price.
I figure that my 486 uses 1/10th the electricity of a Pentium 4, and over its 10 years has costed about $.35US per day to purchase.
I think I got cheated on my install of IE5 from the ISP's CD-Rom. Its Outlook Express says version 4.72. I wonder if Outlook Express 5.5 will work with IE5.
The original clock/bios soldered-in battery on my 10 years old 486 computer still works so it and I can wait until Intel replaces the Pentium with something better. Then my son will give me his Pentium 4 or one of the many computers that he gets cheap on E-Bay then sells for a good price.
I figure that my 486 uses 1/10th the electricity of a Pentium 4, and over its 10 years has costed about $.35US per day to purchase.
I think I got cheated on my install of IE5 from the ISP's CD-Rom. Its Outlook Express says version 4.72. I wonder if Outlook Express 5.5 will work with IE5.
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Yevgenip
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There are two ways of overclocking: Hradware and software, but you will have too cool your CPU using water cooling.
http://www.karbosguide.com/hardware/module3d1.htm
http://www.dansdata.com/aguatec.htm
google for it.
http://www.karbosguide.com/hardware/module3d1.htm
http://www.dansdata.com/aguatec.htm
google for it.
audioguru2
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[move]Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo! Yahoo![/move]
The IE5 browser that I installed on my 486 computer allowed me to enter Microsoft's site.
There I analysed and downloaded IE6. I installed it and it works great! A bit slow maybe, especially on this site but I can live with it. My outgoing e-mail works again now too.
Maybe my 486 can keep going for another 10 years!
Yahoo! ;D ;D
The IE5 browser that I installed on my 486 computer allowed me to enter Microsoft's site.
There I analysed and downloaded IE6. I installed it and it works great! A bit slow maybe, especially on this site but I can live with it. My outgoing e-mail works again now too.
Maybe my 486 can keep going for another 10 years!
Yahoo! ;D ;D
audioguru2
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Hi Ante,
Yeah, good computers are cheap now, but I am a thrifty tightwad. :-[ I'll probably get my son's Pentium4 when he gets a better one soon.
In the meantime, my 486 still rocks! ;D
Yeah, good computers are cheap now, but I am a thrifty tightwad. :-[ I'll probably get my son's Pentium4 when he gets a better one soon.
In the meantime, my 486 still rocks! ;D
audioguru2
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Hi Ante,
I've sneaked into my son's Pentium4 many times when he's at work. I don't do any rocket science or heavy number crunching so there isn't much difference. His computer opens a PDF file immediately, mine takes a couple of seconds. With both on high-speed cable internet, his access to a site is immediate and on mine I see "done" almost immediately, then the screen fills a couple of seconds later.
My 486 downloaded 18.6MB of IE6 in less than 2 minutes, without using my download accellerator program. The Pentium4 might be a couple of seconds faster. If a local server was used, the download would probably be much faster.
My 486 is missing good multimedia like playing MP3's or DVD's and smooth full screen video. Of course it also doesn't have USB to download images from a digital camera. Nor can it burn a CD.
I wonder which processor is in the new Personal Digital Video Recorder that I recently got from my cable-TV/ISP company. It is fantastic, recording and playing-back at the same time. It can even record two programs at the same time that I am playing-back another recording. Its instructions say it can record and playback future shows. A gambler's dream! See which horse or team will win. See who will win the next election. What a typo!
Now that my cable-TV company's hundreds of channels are all digital, my TV's picture and sound are absolutely perfect. I don't need high-definition.
Forgot to record a show when I was out? No problem, it will be broadcast 3 hours later on the West Coast and comes down the cable to me probably using fiber-optic cable for the long haul. Digital amplifiers along the way add no loss nor noise.
I've sneaked into my son's Pentium4 many times when he's at work. I don't do any rocket science or heavy number crunching so there isn't much difference. His computer opens a PDF file immediately, mine takes a couple of seconds. With both on high-speed cable internet, his access to a site is immediate and on mine I see "done" almost immediately, then the screen fills a couple of seconds later.
My 486 downloaded 18.6MB of IE6 in less than 2 minutes, without using my download accellerator program. The Pentium4 might be a couple of seconds faster. If a local server was used, the download would probably be much faster.
My 486 is missing good multimedia like playing MP3's or DVD's and smooth full screen video. Of course it also doesn't have USB to download images from a digital camera. Nor can it burn a CD.
I wonder which processor is in the new Personal Digital Video Recorder that I recently got from my cable-TV/ISP company. It is fantastic, recording and playing-back at the same time. It can even record two programs at the same time that I am playing-back another recording. Its instructions say it can record and playback future shows. A gambler's dream! See which horse or team will win. See who will win the next election. What a typo!
Now that my cable-TV company's hundreds of channels are all digital, my TV's picture and sound are absolutely perfect. I don't need high-definition.
Forgot to record a show when I was out? No problem, it will be broadcast 3 hours later on the West Coast and comes down the cable to me probably using fiber-optic cable for the long haul. Digital amplifiers along the way add no loss nor noise.
audioguru2
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Hi Ante,
At work I always sent a PCB request out to a "PCB Pro" company. They would lay it out then make 20 for me to try before full production.
Years ago I saw a PCB layout program draw a single straight line then about 20 lines that went around it. I would have drawn 20 straight lines and use a single jumper. I know, you pay extra for each hole and the installation of that zero ohm resistor jumper.
Today I downloaded Windows Media Player 7. It stangled my 486 down to a crawl. I don't really need it since version 6.4 works fine.
At work I always sent a PCB request out to a "PCB Pro" company. They would lay it out then make 20 for me to try before full production.
Years ago I saw a PCB layout program draw a single straight line then about 20 lines that went around it. I would have drawn 20 straight lines and use a single jumper. I know, you pay extra for each hole and the installation of that zero ohm resistor jumper.
Today I downloaded Windows Media Player 7. It stangled my 486 down to a crawl. I don't really need it since version 6.4 works fine.
About a year back my father was still using an Ibm 8088 XT with a 5600 baud
Modem to surf around thru a librarys server
I aquired a Colecovision Adam Computer a couple of months ago and it has a plug on the side labeled ADAMnet...
It and its old tape drives work well
i use it as a word processor because its daisy-wheel printer is so ledgable
and i dont have to waste ink (works fine with the ribbonb that came from the factory)
Modem to surf around thru a librarys server
I aquired a Colecovision Adam Computer a couple of months ago and it has a plug on the side labeled ADAMnet...
It and its old tape drives work well
i use it as a word processor because its daisy-wheel printer is so ledgable
and i dont have to waste ink (works fine with the ribbonb that came from the factory
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