It's time for a geeky computer thread..... (post your computer specs here)

Postby **DanekJovax** » Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:03 pm

If you have a URL of any of these pics, let me know, onegaishimasuu?

Postby **shooraijin** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:13 am

How about I just post some instead :-) ... it was a PDP 11/70, btw. The disk platter you see below is 10MB, and the control panel is also shown. (It has standard serial terminals, fortunately, once you get everything running.)

Postby **shooraijin** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:17 am

And, here's my exhibit. I just heard it won 1st place in Category C (manufactured systems post-1981, IIRC) and 3rd place in Category E (all comers). Geez.

Tomy Tutor to Pyuuta wa, boku wa koko hanashiau: http://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/tomy/

Postby **shooraijin** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 7:18 am

One more for the Maccies. (Kudos if you can name the computer in Bloom County on which this amusing variation was based.)

Postby **Towi Wakka** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 8:29 am

Its a conspiracy! Macs are out to take over the world! :dizzy:

Postby **TheMelodyMaker** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:01 am

As long as they run whatever applications I make, I don't care. :lol:

Postby **shooraijin** » Tue Oct 14, 2003 11:15 am

They would if you'd only cross-compile for them (*gentle elbow to ribs*)

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oldphil and Eire got his'n'hers G5 (I think they're 1x1.6GHz) systems. I was so jealous. However, my dual 1.25GHz G4 still kicks a lot of benchmark tuckus. Clock speed, ha ha ha (AMD heads should be in agreement on this too).

Postby **DanekJovax** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:51 am

Oh Shooraijin, you make such easy Bloom County trivia questions! ;2)

Why that was ..... um..... uh.... hmm....

Dang it, I just *know* I had my Bloom County book around here somewhere... oh 'Tosh!!!

Postby **Technomancer** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 7:48 am

Oooh..Bloom County/Outland, that's an old favourite.

First Computer (family)- TI 99/4A (we got it in 1981/1982), it had a cartridge slot and a cassette drive. This thing was awesome, and was lots of fun to program. We later got a disk drive for it, and eventually upgraded to a Myarc 9640 Geneve, which wasn't half as robust. We got a 256K RAM card for it, which was a little bit bigger than a hardcover novel.

386 33Mhz- We got this when I entered high school. (1991, I think). Wing Commander was the first game we put on it, and the hard rive was 120 MB

I bought my first computer for myself in Jan. 1996, which was a Pentium some-thing or other (I can't remember). It worked, by I really got burned on the deal; the company closed down and buggered off a week after the sale. The modem was garbage, and the motherboard was incompatible with Win95. Since then, I've slowly upgraded components, and replaced the case. My computer's sort of moved like an amoeba. I'm still using the original hard drive though. Right now I'm running a Pentium III 833 Mhz, 256 Mb of RAM. I'll probably upgrade the Motherboard soon though.

Of course, if I want to see really old computer stuff, I can just look through my Dad's old manuals. (He got his Elec. Eng. Master's in 1965). One of them uses an oscilloscope for a register output.

Postby **shooraijin** » Wed Oct 15, 2003 8:26 pm

Okay, the answer below. Just for the record, I had a personal computer as a child (the Tomy Tutor), and I didn't become a wearer of fishnet pantyhose and/or evolve an exceptionally long tongue, so I believe this cartoon.

Postby **Mithrandir** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 8:47 am

Yeah that PDP-11 was just too much. I think the cool doll house computer was pretty neato, though! Working sprinklers, who would have thunk it! I have to admit, I had a lot of fun playing on your ぴゆうた there. Whatever that game was.

Oh, and I can attest that the laptop couldn't connect. We were having a great deal of anguish over it. Then I looked at the signal to noise ratio. WHOAH! I have NEVER seen a sig/noi ration of 1. I dragged the laptop out around the corner and it worked much better. But I had to get almost 50 away from that behemoth (the PDP-11) before it would work. Incidentally, I was trying to get CBs laptop ruinning so I could show him my hiragana parser. More on that in another thread...

Postby **Azier the Swordsman** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 2:15 pm

I'm too lazy to dig up my computer's stats...

Dude, I've got a Dell! :cool:

Postby **shooraijin** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:34 pm

> Whatever that game was.

The Pyuuta was playing Scramble, and the Tomy Tutor itself was playing Traffic Jam (a great simple driving game ... one guy was hooked on it for nearly forty minutes until he finally ran out of cars).

My Pyuuta Mark II finally cleared customs! It should be on its way to San Diego soon.

Postby **DanekJovax** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 6:46 pm

Hey Shooraijin, was that mac from Bloom County called Newton?

Postby **shooraijin** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 8:40 pm

No, I don't think it had a particular name (it was just the Banana) ... the hacker was Oliver Wendell Jones, however.

Postby **DanekJovax** » Thu Oct 16, 2003 9:20 pm

The banana... yeah, I remember that... I thought it had "newton" for a name, and I do remember Oliver. If i can find the strips I kept of Bloom County, I'll show you the one I was looking for. ;2)

Postby **Mithrandir** » Fri Oct 17, 2003 8:28 am

You know, shooby - for some reason, 'Newton' sounds familiar. I'll have to go check... If it wasn't the banana junior 6000, then his previous computer might have had a name. Where did I put that book...

Postby **shooraijin** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 4:19 am

Okay, let's get the computer tech specs back on the proper thread. Thread moved to Computing and bumped. Wahoo.

Postby **Tet-chan** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:15 pm

my PC Specs

P4 3.2ghz
1024mb DDR
300gb hdd
ATI Radeon 9800 XT
Creative Soundblaster Live Audigy 2 platinum
52x Asus CD-Rom
40x12x48 CD-RW
16x DVD-Rom

Postby **Heaven's Cloud** » Thu Dec 04, 2003 3:03 pm

Tet-chan, what's your modem, 14.4k, 28k, 56k, 128k, 256k? Nice MB of DDR. It sounds like a pretty nice computer. I wish I could find a better computer than this.

Postby **Danyasaur** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 8:59 am

here's my comps specs:

AMD Atlon XP processor
80 GB Hard Drive Ultra ATA100
DVD+/-RW 4x Max. Read
DVD 16x Max. Read
512 MB DDR

that's all I'm willing to look up right now, archy

Postby **Heaven's Cloud** » Sun Dec 07, 2003 9:02 am

Is it AMD Athlon XP Processor? I was going to build a computer that has that sort of processor. Your MB is still more than mine. Mines just 64.0MB which is still very low. Nice hard drive! Like I asked Tet-Chan, do you know what your modem is?

Postby **Danyasaur** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:03 pm

my modem speed is 100+ (meaning 100 or more incase you didn't know)

Postby **Heaven's Cloud** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 2:19 pm

Name: Tortise
Windows 98
Gateway PC
64.0 MB of RAM
Pentium III Processor
AMD Athlon Motherboard
56k modem
32-bit File System
32-bit Virtual Memory
DeskJet 812C
Software Cinemaster 99 Control Panel

That's all I really know.

Postby **Tet-chan** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 2:05 am

Heaven's Cloud wrote:Tet-chan, what's your modem, 14.4k, 28k, 56k, 128k, 256k? Nice MB of DDR. It sounds like a pretty nice computer. I wish I could find a better computer than this.

Its a DSL modem.The internet connection i have is 256k

Postby **Heaven's Cloud** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 1:12 pm

Nice. Computer I am building:

Name: Cheapy
Motherboard: Biostar KM266 Motherboard for AMD Socket A Processors, Model "M7VIG PRO D" RETAIL
Supported CPU: AMD Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron Processors
Chipset: VIA KM266 + VT8235
FSB: 200/266MHz
RAM: 2x DIMM for DDR266/200 Max 2GB
IDE: 2x Ultra DMA33/66/100/133 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP 4X/2X, 3x PCI, 1x CNR
Ports: 2xPS2,1xLPT,1xCOM,6xUSB2.0(Rear 4),1xGAME,Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: VT1612A 2-Channel AC97 CODEC
Onboard Video: S3 ProSavage8 Graphics
Onboard LAN: VIA VT6103 10/100M
Form Factor: Micro ATX

Modem: Aopen 56K V.92 PCI Modem, Model FM56-SVV - Retail
Interface: PCI 2.2
Standards: V.92 and earlier ITU standards, G III
Chipset: Conexant CX11252-11 single chip HSFi V.92
DTE Rate: 115200 bps maximum
Fax Speed: 14400 bps

Processor: PC Chips Motherboard for AMD Processors, Model "M811LU" RETAIL
Supported CPU: Socket A AMD Athlon/Duron Processor
Chipset: VIA KT266A + VT8235
FSB: 200/266MHz
RAM: 2x DIMM for DDR200/266 Max 2GB
IDE: 2x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 up to 4 Devices
Slots: 1x AGP 4X, 5x PCI
Ports: 2xPS2,1xLPT,1xCOM,4xUSB,1xLAN,Audio Ports
Onboard Audio: VIA VT1612, AC97 Codec
Onboard LAN: VIA 10/100Mbps LAN
Form Factor: ATX

CPU Fan: Thermaltake Tiger 1 Highest Performance Chipset Cooler for Intel i845,Retail.
Compatibility: Intel 845 Chipset
Dimensions: 40x40x43(mm)
Bearing Type: Sleeve
Nominal Speed(RPM): 5000
Max Air Flow:(CFM): 5.1
Max Pressure: 1.50mmH2O
HeatSink Material: Aluminum
Rated Voltage: 12V DC
Connector: 3 Pin
Noise(dBA): 23

Cooler Master Thermal: Cooler Master Thermal Compounds,Model:PTK-001.
Color: Gray
Viscosity: 1700 Poise
Density: Over 2.0@20
Thermal Conductivity: 6.8 W/mK
Temp Usage: -50C to 170C
Storage Temperature: Under 10C

Hard Drive: MAXTOR 40GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6E040L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY
Capacity: 40GB
Average Seek Time: <10 ms
Buffer: 2MB
Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA133
Features: fluid dynamic bearing motors
Manufacturer Warranty: 1 year
Remark: OEM DRIVE ONLY

CD Drive: AOPEN 56X CDROM, Model CD-956, Retail
Read Speed: 56X CD-ROM
Interface: E-IDE/ATAPI
Buffer: 128KB
Access Time: Not specified
Data Transfer Rate: 3,900KBps - 8,400KBps
Features: Multi-Read Function
Remark: Retail

That is all I have fore now. I still need Ram and a little more stuff. But that's the basics of it.

Postby **shooraijin** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:37 pm

Well, my additional DDR RAM finally arrived, so as soon as I get it installed, this Mac will be at 2GB of physical RAM. Wheeeeeee

Postby **Heaven's Cloud** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:39 pm

That's awesome. I'm saving my money for a Mac. It's going to take awhile.

Postby **Locke** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 6:02 pm

laptop

COMPAQ PRESARIO 700

thats all i know....V_V

PC!!!

macs only for art projects

Postby **Danyasaur** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 6:33 pm

Heaven's Cloud wrote:Computer I am building

hey are you useing air flow cooling or water cooling?

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