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by DrBob
Tue May 28, 2002 12:13 pm
Forum: General
Topic: K6Plus Launch Day Giveaway #2: Maxtor ATA133 Drive!
Replies: 56
Views: 36576

Re: K6Plus Launch Day Giveaway #2: Maxtor ATA133 Drive!

Not bad. Bigger is Better -at least for hard drives! <p></p><i></i>
by DrBob
Tue May 28, 2002 12:06 pm
Forum: General
Topic: K6Plus Launch Day Giveaway #2: Maxtor ATA133 Drive!
Replies: 56
Views: 36576

Re: K6Plus Launch Day Giveaway #2: Maxtor ATA133 Drive!

Not bad. Bigger is better!<br><br> <p></p><i></i>
by DrBob
Mon May 06, 2002 2:46 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Site Birthday & Launch day approaches; giveaway time!
Replies: 36
Views: 24615

pick me, pick me

Cool! But my email address will change June!<br><br>This is a great site -I didn't realize it was only one year old. Nice job!<br><br>DrBob <p></p><i></i>
by DrBob
Thu Nov 15, 2001 3:33 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: Asus P5A & K6-III+ 450@500
Replies: 15
Views: 10771

Asus P5A & K6-III+ 450@500

Disabling the L2 cache? This does not sound good to me; I would rather have a bit slower multiplier.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>
by DrBob
Sat Nov 10, 2001 3:23 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: Hysteresis Temperature..............
Replies: 12
Views: 7331

Classic Example

One classic example is the magnetic properties of materials. Say you start at 600 degrees and raise the temperature to 700 and go back down to 600 degrees. The magnetic properties of a certain material at 650 might differ when you go up from 600 to 650 than when you go down from 700 to 650. Even tho...
by DrBob
Fri Nov 09, 2001 2:06 pm
Forum: Software & Tweaking
Topic: Write Allocation
Replies: 3
Views: 5412

Write Allocation

I getting used to my new K6-III+ Processor and have learned that programs like SysID and K6Speed allow one to enable and set write allocation.<br><br>What is "write allocation"?<br><br>What is an optimum setting? <br><br>Finally, what is "speculative write combining" ? <br><br>Th...
by DrBob
Fri Nov 09, 2001 1:25 pm
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: Hysteresis Temperature..............
Replies: 12
Views: 7331

Hysteresis Temperature..............

I have the same question. Here is my experience.<br><br>I know that hysteresis refers to the effect of previous conditions on a given physical parameter; that is, the effect of the systems "history". So I think it is designed to monitor fluctuations in temperature.<br><br>The genesys logic...
by DrBob
Sun Sep 02, 2001 4:20 pm
Forum: Software & Tweaking
Topic: Good, FREE, Software. Add yours here, so we can all enjoy.
Replies: 9
Views: 10678

Good, FREE, Software. Add yours here, so we can all enjoy.

Here are some of my favorites not already mentioned.<br>Note: some may be inexpensive ($5 or $10) shareware:<br><br>CookiePal: A great cookie manager. allows you to selectively block or accept cookies depending on the server by setting up filters.<br><br> <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="ht...
by DrBob
Fri Aug 31, 2001 12:40 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: New Lite-On 16x10x40 CDRW Drive Now Installed...
Replies: 8
Views: 5989

Oppps I meant "too" Not "two"...

I only have one OR won ???? <p></p><i></i>
by DrBob
Fri Aug 31, 2001 12:38 am
Forum: Hardware / Tech Corner
Topic: New Lite-On 16x10x40 CDRW Drive Now Installed...
Replies: 8
Views: 5989

Cool I got one two.

I bought the lite-on drive a few weeks ago. <br><br>This is my first CDR or CDRW. I bought it from newegg.com after a recommendation received from some folks on a local computer and technology talk radio show (mark and marc Sat, 10AM to 1PM, on KABC 790AM in Los Angeles).<br><br>I'm happy with it! <...
by DrBob
Mon Aug 27, 2001 8:35 pm
Forum: Software & Tweaking
Topic: Tweaking Preparation Tips article- post your comments here!
Replies: 8
Views: 8062

Tweaking Preparation Tips article- post your comments here!

Nice article Mr. Toast!<br><br>The only thing I take issue with is having such a huge swap file size. Do you realy run applications or games that use extensive VRAM? I run the usual office type apps and my computer almost never SWAPs -this is with only 96 MB of physical RAM. I view the swap file as ...
by DrBob
Mon Aug 27, 2001 8:02 pm
Forum: Software & Tweaking
Topic: Swap FIle size.
Replies: 1
Views: 3818

Swap File Size

The swap file uses your hard drive as RAM. If you have a large enough hard drive (most people have at least a few gig free) you can set the swap file to as large as you like. But remember, using a swap file is slow compared to using physical RAM.<br><br>Also, with 128 MB or more of RAM you really do...
by DrBob
Thu Aug 16, 2001 9:21 pm
Forum: Software & Tweaking
Topic: Has everyone got cacheman 4.1?
Replies: 8
Views: 7916

Re: Use AnalogX's proggie here

I use cacheman too. I like the new version but am not sure about the presets. <br><br> <p></p><i></i>
by DrBob
Thu Aug 16, 2001 9:18 pm
Forum: Software & Tweaking
Topic: Time to confess....Do You Use a Backup Program????
Replies: 19
Views: 15990

Re: Time to confess....Do You Use a Backup Program????

I backup fairly regularly to ZIP100. I don't use the Iomega program because it's designed to sell more zip disks by archiving everything. I use a simple batch program that I wrote myself (xcopy etc).<br><br>I backup all my data, email, faxes, favorites, address book<br>but not the programs and syste...
by DrBob
Thu Aug 16, 2001 1:53 am
Forum: Software & Tweaking
Topic: TweekDun
Replies: 0
Views: 3588

TweekDun

Has anyone tried TweekDUN available from Real Networks?<br><br>It's supposed to improve streaming audio and video but I'm suspicious. Is it spyware or pop-up bombardment ware?<br><br>I don't trust anything from the streaming media folks (AOL, MS, RealNets) since they dump a lot of junk on your syste...