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by io333
Sat Oct 19, 2002 12:12 am
Forum: General
Topic: Here's a reason to get a new motherboard
Replies: 10
Views: 6940

got the chip

of course when i got the chip, in another room, doing something completely unreleated, I fried the broadband router so i've been offline a few days.<br><br><br>I am SO STUPID. I flashed with the wrong firmware. It wasn't totally my fault... but mostly. One dead router in any case. I'm kind of glad t...
by io333
Sat Oct 12, 2002 8:53 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Here's a reason to get a new motherboard
Replies: 10
Views: 6940

I'm on it!

I think the tremendous racket it makes (like jet engine) makes it faster too.<br><br>One of these days I'm going to get an alpha and a big slow fan. <p></p><i></i>
by io333
Sat Oct 12, 2002 7:49 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Here's a reason to get a new motherboard
Replies: 10
Views: 6940

I just bought an XP200+

I just want y'all to gloat.<br><br>What would have really been a better purchase?<br><br>A better video card (I have a Radeon VE)<br><br>A bigger faster hard drive.<br><br>More ram (I only have 256 megs)<br><br><br>But I couldn't help it. The darn AthlonXP2000+ has been less than $100 shipped for ju...
by io333
Thu Oct 10, 2002 6:17 am
Forum: General
Topic: Here's a reason to get a new motherboard
Replies: 10
Views: 6940

Here's a reason to get a new motherboard

I found this link on HardOCP:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://SPAM.com/articles/hn/xml/02/07/24/020724hnpcispecs.xml">SPAM.com/article...ispecs.xml</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br><br><br>PCI speeds of 533 Mhz?<br><br>Can you hear that? It's the non-sound of the non-cra...
by io333
Mon Oct 07, 2002 9:11 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Mandrake 9
Replies: 0
Views: 3110

Mandrake 9

thoughts:<br><br>fast as heck. faster than gentoo 1.3, I think 'cause of gcc3.2. Probably gentoo 1.4 (also gcc3.2) is faster still than Mandrake 9, but I'm so pleased with Man9 that I'm not about to go through that weekend long gentoo install process again anytime soon.<br><br>my printer and my scan...
by io333
Mon Oct 07, 2002 9:03 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Muhahahaha!!! I'm on the other side of the fence again!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 7314

4 megs & two floppies? Ha!

Huh. That was pretty neat -- though I'm not especially impressed as his C-64 is doing far less than a BBS of old running on the same box would have done.<br><br> <p></p><i></i>
by io333
Mon Oct 07, 2002 5:45 am
Forum: General
Topic: Muhahahaha!!! I'm on the other side of the fence again!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 7314

4 megs & two floppies? Ha!

Anyone here that knows what an amiga 1000 is may appreciate that I still have one that has:<br><br>1. 80 meg hard drive (miracle)<br>2. 4 (!!!!) megs ram. (miracle*10^10)<br><br><br>It still runs circles around my 1gig duron for some things. No BS. <p></p><i></i>
by io333
Sat Oct 05, 2002 6:57 am
Forum: General
Topic: Muhahahaha!!! I'm on the other side of the fence again!!!
Replies: 11
Views: 7314

awsome

i had a powermac of some vintage that someone gave me and i'm so sorry i just threw it away! i didn't know about yellow dog then. <p></p><i></i>
by io333
Fri Sep 20, 2002 12:28 am
Forum: General
Topic: upgrade time!
Replies: 8
Views: 5947

FORGET THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I totally spaced that the k7s5a can't handle the 1.33 and 1.4 t-birds.<br><br>sorry! <p></p><i></i>
by io333
Fri Sep 20, 2002 12:27 am
Forum: General
Topic: upgrade time!
Replies: 8
Views: 5947

why?

why bother with a kt133 when you can snag a k7s5a (ddr & sdr ram capable) for $60 and keep your old ram...<br><br>and then get morebetter DDR when the time is right...<br><br>and that mobo will take you to AthyXP2200+ and beyond! <p></p><i></i>
by io333
Fri Sep 20, 2002 12:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Seti membership up to 18 now
Replies: 476
Views: 257769

$$

i have the cash, but i'm wavering on the xp2000+<br><br><br>i'm thinking that it might have more price drop... but then i'm thinking the price could go up too 'cause most folks need a new mobo to support 2200+ and beyond<br><br><br>...but then i have a spare k7s5a sitting around lonely & it coul...
by io333
Fri Sep 20, 2002 12:23 am
Forum: General
Topic: checking in and a personal update or three....
Replies: 11
Views: 7508

mozilla

try 1.1<br><br><br>it's significantly faster.<br><br><br>also, add more ram. at least 160megs <p></p><i></i>
by io333
Mon Sep 16, 2002 5:26 am
Forum: General
Topic: Landspeeder anyone?
Replies: 5
Views: 4863

WTF?

In England? Like you brits build more reliable cars than over here? I wish you'd explain that to my Sunbeam. <p></p><i></i>
by io333
Sun Sep 15, 2002 1:31 am
Forum: General
Topic: upgrade time!
Replies: 8
Views: 5947

upgrade time!

i'll have some expendable cash come tuesday. <br><br>on my shuttle ak31a i have<br><br>1gig duron@1gig<br>256meg * 1 stick crucial<br><br><br><br>i'm pretty sure i'm going to go with<br> <br>Athlon 2000+<br>512meg (add one more stick pc2100 crucial).<br><br><br>I think that should give a very notice...
by io333
Fri Sep 13, 2002 5:01 am
Forum: General
Topic: One year ago today...
Replies: 7
Views: 6160

*

right on blue! <br><br><br>best thing i ever did was stop watching tv 5 years ago & quit reading the newspaper 3 years ago. <br><br>you'd be surprised how much nicer the world is without the continuous bad feelings shoved down everyone's throats by the popular mass media.<br><br><br>and don't ac...