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  1. Ummmm. by way2trivial · · Score: 1 · on Quad PCIe Motherboard

    http://www.active-hardware.com/english/reviews/div /b210.htm PC Buddy allowed for 5 KVM hookups to a win 98 pc..

    (one original, 4 buddies) I installed one once- it worked well.... but it was mostly used as a second browsing terminal....

  2. Re:Voodoo 5 had up to 4 by Anti_Climax · · Score: 1 · on Nvidia Reintroduces SLI with GeForce 6800 Series

    Don't forget ATI's Rage Fury Maxx introduced in '99 (I believe)

  3. Re:Unique? No... but legal questions? by Xeo+024 · · Score: 2, Informative · on Dual User Windows PC

    You're right this isn't unique, in fact they had a mini-computer called the Virtual PC Buddy B-210, but the main difference between the Jetway machine and the PC Buddy, is that the PC Buddy could share it's resources with up to five people, instead of Jetway's two.

  4. Re:Why not 2 heads or 3 or 4? by mr3038 · · Score: 2 · on When Spun Really Fast, CDs Explode
    if you put 2 lasers at 2 intervals then you read twice as fast. 3 lasers, three times as fast etc

    Or 7, like kenwood did three years ago. Though, I think that they are using only one laser and beam splitter and mirrors and stuff instead of multiple lasers.

  5. Addional Athlon XP 2200+ Reviews and Info by ruiner5000 · · Score: 1 · on AMD Introduces the Athlon XP 2200+
    Here's more reviews to check out guys.

    AMDZone.com
    Technoa.co.kr
    Hardinfo.dk
    Active Hardware
    Ace's Hardware
    Lost Circuits
    Anandtech
    Hexus
    VIAHardware

    Racksaver also announced a blade server using 132 2200+s in a 7 foot cabinet!

  6. My quiet case project : it's an answer ... sort of by Prozzaks · · Score: 1 · on Building Quieter Computers

    Well, it seem these days, most of the power user just care to get something like 200fps in Quake III. Why ? Beat's me ! I'm not on a quest to get the ultimate frame rate, I just want my box to be quiet as possibly can be.

    To help you understand my take on the subject, here is the background :
    My PC has the following components :

    • A OEM case
    • A 235W OEM power supply
    • ASUS P3B-F
    • Intel Pentium II rated 400Mhz @ 400Mhz
    • A cheap OEM SECC2 Heat-Sink made of aluminum
    • A 128MB CAS2 no-name DIMM
    • Two 32MB CAS3 Samsung DIMM slowing down my memory timing, but preventing the appearance of the all mighty evil SwaP
    • A ATI All-In-Wonder Rage128 16MB
    • A Creative SoundBlaster Live! Value
    • A Realtek 8139 Ethernet NIC
    • My beloved USR 56Kbps ISA Real Modem. Sorry but to me a component that uses CPU power to do it's processing instead of taking the load off is not worthy of being in my computer. Not to mention the M$ Win part...
    • A Creative 48x CD-ROM drive. It's the loudest damned thing in my computer when it's spinning
    • A Quantum Fireball AS PLUS 40GB (7200RPM) in a removable tray
    • A Quantum Fireball CX1 10GB (5400RPM) mounted inside the case
    • Of course the stupid old 1.44 MB floppy drive only used for booting Tomsbrt in case of emergency

    Soon to be :

    • A Adaptec 2940UW
    • A Diamond Monster 3D II for Glide games

    It turn out that the Quantum Fireball AS makes less noise than the Quantum Fireball CX1. I still have to figure it out ...

    I use my PC for :

    • Running Linux and learning as much as time allows me (Jez I had so much time when I was a student... Think of all the time I wasted in High-School running the evil W monster)
    • Doing some gaming i.e. : Diablo II, Unreal, UT, Undying (Although that thing is going to cost me a new box)
    • Spending numerous nights filling my brain @ Slashdot, Tomshardware, Anandtech, Arstechnica, StorageReview, Developper.Intel.com, and most importantly, hounding the web for all the case manufacturers and their take at a quiet box.

    As I'm writing this post, that is probably going to be the base documentation for my Silent Case Project, you're guessing that my sleepless night of browsing have not yielded the desired result.

    I've check out many options such as water cooling, moving the PC to the closet, returning to the forest where a PC is pretty far from your everyday quest for survival. None of them suits me.

    The objective of my project is to build a case that meets the following criteria :

    • A silent as possible
    • Accessible
    • Provides sufficient ventilation to maintain all the components running within thermal specs
    • Be light enough to be easily transportable (Let's not forget the Lan parties ;-)

    To attain those goals I have to :

    • Read all I can about noise, sound, aerodynamics, PC specs
    • Find suitable materials : A case is not just a protection against unwanted fingers and dust ; it must provide EMI shielding, proper grounding, resist to impacts, and fit into my conception of the king of object you want in your bedroom (If you were thinking about plywood and a box of rusted leftover nails, forget it)
    • Find the tools or the companies or individuals with the means to work the materials I choose to build the casing

    For the sound isolation I was thinking about some kind of foam. Mineral lint would be affective but that takes too much space and it's not the kind of thing I want beside my bed. Form the casing itself, metal is almost inevitable if you want EMI shielding and grounding. And as for you who wonder why I have not mentioned water cooling yet, the greatest source of noise is not my CPU cooler and your just moving the problem out of the case (Nice ; you have water heating up but unless your reservoir is like a bathtub or something you will have to transfer the heat for the water to the air).

    That about as far as I am. If you have any idea that might help me, please fell free to send me some bits forming ASCII characters at Prozzaks@operamail.com

    To finish up, here is a list of thing that might help people wanting to achieve similar goals :

  7. Re:Magnetic vs. Optical by Averye0 · · Score: 1 · on New Nanofab Tech Developed by UMass
    You have a point, of course. You could theoretically make all the layers somewhat transparent and each layer would reflect light which had only certain characteristics. (don't ask me how to do that)

    Funny you should mention that. There was a story a few months back about an optical data storage technology that used florescent (sp?) methods instead of reflective (like current CD/DVD/etc.) ones. IIRC, they use 2 laser beams that intersect at a certain point within the media and it either floresces or it doesn't. or something like that...

    See here for more info.

    Averye0