Yes... That's why you have an external jack on the back of the computer for plugging in a 12v 10Amp/Hour gel cel battery. It can be kept charged with minimal current, and keep memory live for quite some time. Just need a circuit to send the refresh signals to the ram.
No, I don't check it every time I move the computer, because I don't drop the thing. It takes a bit of prying to get the damn clip off, i'm sure it's not gonna change its mind.
Plus, I can hear the heatsink go THUNK if it hits something inside because it's no longer attached.
1. Clip heatsink/fan unit onto socket.
2. Look to make sure it's on properly.
3. Power up, check fan, put case back together.
4. Do not drop, kick, throw, or abuse the computer.
5. Molecular reconstrucion of the spring-clip is not recommended. This may cause it to fall off.
(Ah, nevermind, i'm going too far here.)
Dude, i have never had any heatsink fall off my CPU. If I did, then I deserve to buy another CPU. Sheesh at $110 or so, a 1.4GHz Athlon is disposable.
We've had pretty good luck with the 3com nic's in the latitude's at work. What we were having issues with was the Xircom dual 10/100 & Modem combo pcmcia cards. Some have to be installed upside down to work (poor qc on the system boards?).
Shrug.
I'll continue to have no problems with my 1.4GHz Athlon at home.
It's already out there. After a leetle lerking, I found a new.vxd for Windoze 9x that rips audio from Explorer. Works fairly well, except for Track 1 on some CD's. I don't have any CP CD's yet, and I won't waste my hard earned (posting on/.) money to test it. Supposedly it works with them.::shrug::
I happily download music from newsgroups all night long. I used to buy CD's also... the price seems to keep creeping up, as the cost of production drops. In 1994 it only cost $1.00 to press, paint, & package a CD. It must cost less now. Back then, blank cd-r's were $7-$15 each, now you can get a 50 pack for $10.
Now, I'm making up for the price gouging in the industry. I feel I have a long ways to go, too.
You might want to ask Anandtech and Tom's Hardware why they like them so much. AMD's work fine with Linux. Hell, even Cyrix cpu's worked fine with linux.
Ok, now on to the performance.
Let's see Intel's $107 1.4GHz cpu. Nope, their P4/1.4 is $140. For starters, damn near all the benchmarks/tests/etc show that the 1.33ghz Athlon runs circles around the 1.4/1.5ghz P4's. Sounds inferior to me. Cost? I subscribe to the "bang for the buck" theory. No other vendor gives me the computing power for the amount of cash i have to set out like AMD. Not only are the cpu's cheaper, but DDR memory is much cheaper than Rambus. But, i guess Rambus is better because it's more expensive, eh?
Trailing the chip wars. Well, if i was sleeping for 2 years, yes. But the rest of us read the news, and know that AMD is ahead in the actual speed of the "budget" cpu's, as well as price, and well, performance. The Athlon's are up to par with the faster P4's. Obviously one chip will always be faster at certain aspects, intel is faster with some tests, and AMD is faster in others. Is the $500+ for a P4/1.8 really worth it to be a couple points faster than a $107 Athlon 1.4? Nah. I'd put the extra $400 into RAM, RAID, Video, Etc.
Dollar for dollar, you can't build a faster system than an AMD Athlon.
As for being Faceless, multinational company... You might as well boycot damn near everything that's not a mom & pop operation. And I like being able to use a conductive-ink pen to unlock the AMD CPU's for overclocking. I had a 1ghz running at 1.2. Not too bad.
The only thing slower about the K6 (-2's and -3's also) was the FPU. I run a K6-3 450, currently at 500MHz, for my Burnin' PC. It runs perfect. I have a geForce card in there, and most games, save the usual cpu/fpu killers, run fairly well.
If you don't need the killer FPU, then the K6 series is a good chip. If you have a Super 7 board hangin' around, then go for it. Otherwise, a duron system is actually cheaper to build, especially per-mhz.
Well, TCWO.com has the 1.4G Tbirds for $107 + $6.95 shipping. TCWO is a very good dealer, I just bought damn near an entire system (in parts) from them. $6.95 shipping on the WHOLE order. (Including a 17" monitor and mid-tower).
Enuf with the plugs, the 1.4g's are pleanty cheap now. Pretty sick u can get all that power for about 2 or 3 tanks of gas in my truck.
I can pickup 770, 710 from just east of Rochester, NY... those are NY City stations, about 300+ Miles away. Middle of the day, in my truck, using a JVC KDSH-99 MP3 cd receiver.
I'm pretty sure M$ is gonna sue for the "NT" in the name.
This is why they're "Wackos".
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Do they not understand that torching an entire dealership would probably harm the environment more than if every one of those vehicles were being used normally?
Punch out yer 'cats! Richen up yer fuel mixture! There's no replacement for displacement. All that good stuff. I'm proud of my 14mpg, the smell of my exhaust, and the way I can total a small car with my truck.
Good reply, but you forgot one thing that was mentioned above (and obviously overlooked by this mis-informed person).
The lack of need for a commercial land/air network for use. You're not relying on an ISP to bring up your communications. HAM (and CB's for that matter) can communicate without any type of back-end support. You don't need the internet to communicate. And, in the case of emergency situations, a repeater is much more reliable than anyone's server rack.
From what I've gathered from my younger brother, most of the computer experience at his school is knowing what to click on the desktop to make programs work. That's hardly knowing how computers work. I'm 26 years old, and back when they were teaching us about computers in 8th grade (Umm... 1987'ish, this was deeper than prior experience at the school's library), we were shown the internals. It was an Apple// computer. Not the same layout as my Commodore Vic-20's, 64's, and 128's, but useful nonetheless. Ground up education is long gone. They only show what's on the surface, and don't bother teaching the "Why"'s, only the "How"'s. You don't learn "Why" a computer works, but just "How" to make it work. Understanding the basics of the parts of any computer can really make things come together when you sit down to use one or, especially, code a program.
You can make the analogy with an auto mechanic. Even though the engines are computer controlled, and have self-diagnostics, you still have to know how an internal combustion engine operates to properly diagnose and work on the thing. If you don't understand that fuel and air enter the cylinder through the intake manifold, cylinder head, and blow up, then exit thru the cylinder head, exhaust manafold, etc... You're probably going to be lost when trying to figure out performance issues.
Well, I've rattled long enough here... Any other thoughts on this?
Anyone on the far Right or far Left tends to think this way. The far Right (I'm a conservative, but I'm not a religious zealot.) thinks that all "bad" language is evil, and everyone should be shielded from it. The far Left thinks that it's the government's job to control what you see, hear, & say. As long as someone's not physically attacking, or disrupting the place, (or someone personally) I don't get my feathers ruffled. Well, as long as apathy reigns, things will get worse.
I remember way back when... A 2400bps modem on my Commodore 128. I wasn't even using the internet, I was still using FidoNet. I first got a look at the web on my dad's laptop work computer, and was excited to find so much info on Commodore computers, it was great. Windows 3.11, Netscape 3.x. Ahhh... Not that I can't find the info now, but it seemed more innocent back then, it was all new. No banner ads, no popup windows, just information. Ohwell.
Radio Shack? Oi, they sell junk fans. Ya gotta look for the good ball-bearing ones. Be careful, though... I bought some kick-ass ball bearing fans from mcmelectronics.com and they had a dBA of 43dB. LOUD!!! I had 2 of them in my case, and it was way too much. Though, they did move a hurricane amount of air.
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Yes... That's why you have an external jack on the back of the computer for plugging in a 12v 10Amp/Hour gel cel battery. It can be kept charged with minimal current, and keep memory live for quite some time. Just need a circuit to send the refresh signals to the ram.
Here is the URL to contact his offices...
http://hollings.senate.gov/offices.html
Use it wisely... he probably doesnt.
Hey, ya know what this means?!?!
MORE FREE BANDWIDTH!!!
Maybe it'll slow down all the kids trading this crap. Oh, one can only hope.
No, I don't check it every time I move the computer, because I don't drop the thing. It takes a bit of prying to get the damn clip off, i'm sure it's not gonna change its mind.
Plus, I can hear the heatsink go THUNK if it hits something inside because it's no longer attached.
Heatsink Installation 101:
1. Clip heatsink/fan unit onto socket.
2. Look to make sure it's on properly.
3. Power up, check fan, put case back together.
4. Do not drop, kick, throw, or abuse the computer.
5. Molecular reconstrucion of the spring-clip is not recommended. This may cause it to fall off.
(Ah, nevermind, i'm going too far here.)
Dude, i have never had any heatsink fall off my CPU. If I did, then I deserve to buy another CPU. Sheesh at $110 or so, a 1.4GHz Athlon is disposable.
We've had pretty good luck with the 3com nic's in the latitude's at work. What we were having issues with was the Xircom dual 10/100 & Modem combo pcmcia cards. Some have to be installed upside down to work (poor qc on the system boards?).
Shrug.
I'll continue to have no problems with my 1.4GHz Athlon at home.
It's already out there. After a leetle lerking, I found a new .vxd for Windoze 9x that rips audio from Explorer. Works fairly well, except for Track 1 on some CD's. I don't have any CP CD's yet, and I won't waste my hard earned (posting on /.) money to test it. Supposedly it works with them. ::shrug::
I happily download music from newsgroups all night long. I used to buy CD's also... the price seems to keep creeping up, as the cost of production drops. In 1994 it only cost $1.00 to press, paint, & package a CD. It must cost less now. Back then, blank cd-r's were $7-$15 each, now you can get a 50 pack for $10.
Now, I'm making up for the price gouging in the industry. I feel I have a long ways to go, too.
Oh, one more thing. He's got a hotmail addy, that explains it all. *cough* Wintel.
You might want to ask Anandtech and Tom's Hardware why they like them so much. AMD's work fine with Linux. Hell, even Cyrix cpu's worked fine with linux.
Ok, now on to the performance.
Let's see Intel's $107 1.4GHz cpu. Nope, their P4/1.4 is $140. For starters, damn near all the benchmarks/tests/etc show that the 1.33ghz Athlon runs circles around the 1.4/1.5ghz P4's. Sounds inferior to me. Cost? I subscribe to the "bang for the buck" theory. No other vendor gives me the computing power for the amount of cash i have to set out like AMD. Not only are the cpu's cheaper, but DDR memory is much cheaper than Rambus. But, i guess Rambus is better because it's more expensive, eh?
Trailing the chip wars. Well, if i was sleeping for 2 years, yes. But the rest of us read the news, and know that AMD is ahead in the actual speed of the "budget" cpu's, as well as price, and well, performance. The Athlon's are up to par with the faster P4's. Obviously one chip will always be faster at certain aspects, intel is faster with some tests, and AMD is faster in others. Is the $500+ for a P4/1.8 really worth it to be a couple points faster than a $107 Athlon 1.4? Nah. I'd put the extra $400 into RAM, RAID, Video, Etc.
Dollar for dollar, you can't build a faster system than an AMD Athlon.
As for being Faceless, multinational company... You might as well boycot damn near everything that's not a mom & pop operation. And I like being able to use a conductive-ink pen to unlock the AMD CPU's for overclocking. I had a 1ghz running at 1.2. Not too bad.
>soapbox mode off
The only thing slower about the K6 (-2's and -3's also) was the FPU. I run a K6-3 450, currently at 500MHz, for my Burnin' PC. It runs perfect. I have a geForce card in there, and most games, save the usual cpu/fpu killers, run fairly well.
If you don't need the killer FPU, then the K6 series is a good chip. If you have a Super 7 board hangin' around, then go for it. Otherwise, a duron system is actually cheaper to build, especially per-mhz.
Well, TCWO.com has the 1.4G Tbirds for $107 + $6.95 shipping. TCWO is a very good dealer, I just bought damn near an entire system (in parts) from them. $6.95 shipping on the WHOLE order. (Including a 17" monitor and mid-tower).
Enuf with the plugs, the 1.4g's are pleanty cheap now. Pretty sick u can get all that power for about 2 or 3 tanks of gas in my truck.
I can pickup 770, 710 from just east of Rochester, NY... those are NY City stations, about 300+ Miles away. Middle of the day, in my truck, using a JVC KDSH-99 MP3 cd receiver.
I'm pretty sure M$ is gonna sue for the "NT" in the name.
Do they not understand that torching an entire dealership would probably harm the environment more than if every one of those vehicles were being used normally?
Punch out yer 'cats! Richen up yer fuel mixture! There's no replacement for displacement. All that good stuff. I'm proud of my 14mpg, the smell of my exhaust, and the way I can total a small car with my truck.
I'm slightly overweight, not balding, and i'm 26 years old. I guess I can't get a ham license, eh?
Maybe I should get one, so I can turn into a stereotype. Hmph. Last hamfest I was at had some nice, XYL's at it.
In the meantime, I think my 525W linear on my leetle CB would suffice.
Good reply, but you forgot one thing that was mentioned above (and obviously overlooked by this mis-informed person).
The lack of need for a commercial land/air network for use. You're not relying on an ISP to bring up your communications. HAM (and CB's for that matter) can communicate without any type of back-end support. You don't need the internet to communicate. And, in the case of emergency situations, a repeater is much more reliable than anyone's server rack.
All ya gotta do is shrink down the size of a human, and you get the same experience...
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
:)
Sorry, that was good.
About 1500 years. We don't use horse-drawn buggies anymore... those were around a LONG Time ago... (Just a guess on the 1500).
From what I've gathered from my younger brother, most of the computer experience at his school is knowing what to click on the desktop to make programs work. That's hardly knowing how computers work. I'm 26 years old, and back when they were teaching us about computers in 8th grade (Umm... 1987'ish, this was deeper than prior experience at the school's library), we were shown the internals. It was an Apple // computer. Not the same layout as my Commodore Vic-20's, 64's, and 128's, but useful nonetheless. Ground up education is long gone. They only show what's on the surface, and don't bother teaching the "Why"'s, only the "How"'s. You don't learn "Why" a computer works, but just "How" to make it work. Understanding the basics of the parts of any computer can really make things come together when you sit down to use one or, especially, code a program.
You can make the analogy with an auto mechanic. Even though the engines are computer controlled, and have self-diagnostics, you still have to know how an internal combustion engine operates to properly diagnose and work on the thing. If you don't understand that fuel and air enter the cylinder through the intake manifold, cylinder head, and blow up, then exit thru the cylinder head, exhaust manafold, etc... You're probably going to be lost when trying to figure out performance issues.
Well, I've rattled long enough here... Any other thoughts on this?
Anyone on the far Right or far Left tends to think this way. The far Right (I'm a conservative, but I'm not a religious zealot.) thinks that all "bad" language is evil, and everyone should be shielded from it. The far Left thinks that it's the government's job to control what you see, hear, & say. As long as someone's not physically attacking, or disrupting the place, (or someone personally) I don't get my feathers ruffled. Well, as long as apathy reigns, things will get worse.
I remember way back when... A 2400bps modem on my Commodore 128. I wasn't even using the internet, I was still using FidoNet. I first got a look at the web on my dad's laptop work computer, and was excited to find so much info on Commodore computers, it was great. Windows 3.11, Netscape 3.x. Ahhh... Not that I can't find the info now, but it seemed more innocent back then, it was all new. No banner ads, no popup windows, just information. Ohwell.
...before microsoft buys them. MS has gotten into some peripherals, and such, why not batteries? It's about time batteries had GPF's and need reboots.
Radio Shack? Oi, they sell junk fans. Ya gotta look for the good ball-bearing ones. Be careful, though... I bought some kick-ass ball bearing fans from mcmelectronics.com and they had a dBA of 43dB. LOUD!!! I had 2 of them in my case, and it was way too much. Though, they did move a hurricane amount of air.