I know 300 ft is the limit for cat5, but I wonder if you are using a 100 ft cord when it could be 60 ft would effect the performance much?

On 3/12/2017 2:30 AM, Paul Hayton wrote: Hi there I run a retro BBS using Mystic BBS software. The author of the software has been actively developing it for the last 15+ years. I thought I'd post here to let anyone interested in BBSing that there is a Raspberry Pi (ARM) version of...

Does anyone have a copy of the BIOS file for the Advantech AIMB-742 motherboard? The file name is: A742V123.BIN If so, please send me a copy! Thanks.

In article "Jonathan N. Little" wrote: Wolf K wrote: Nah, they'll a) use ad-blockers; I wasn't talking about a web browser. Cortana was the first think I killed. Not sure if home users have that option. --

I have a Western Digital WD5000AAKX hard drive that I was using via an adaptor connected to an external USB port. One day the drive could no longer be seen by my PC running Windows XP. And also not by my PC running Windows 10. At least not completely. From my desktop I can click it off so I can...

I keep my USB drives in a metal box, just in case.

I have been reading some stuff about digital forensics and have seen several comments about "RAM slack" where supposedly some old OS versions were so idiotic that patches of RAM larger than the desired file to be saved, were written to disk. To me this sounds utterly absurd.

First one was an Ebay scam out of China. Crypto- Ebay/China -Currency. The seller first lists, waits for the buyer's take, then pulls out and disappears with the buyer's money. Ebay facilitates the scam with its 2-month adjudication policy: 2-month's shipping time, exclusively, for Chinese...

Having trouble with my ASUS K8V-MX Computer works fine for hours then suddenly bluescreens. When I reboot, it sometimes works fine, but usually everything starts up (fans, leds etc, I can hear the HD spinning up and the HD led stays on), but there is no "click" and the BIOS screen does not...

Got a DAC unit awhile ago. Digital to Analogue conversion of a red-laser SPDIF signal carrier, computer generated, to Analog L/R outputs. USB Powered. Also got a Buffer PreAmp unit, signal-modified by these tubes: 3.2 Amperex 5654 3.3 Chinese 6J1 3.4 Collins 6AK5 3.5 GE 5654 3.6 GE 5Star...

I got a firestick for my niece hoping we could drop cable and phone. She is complaining that the programs she is trying to watch are pausing in the middle like a Youtube video sometimes does. We have 100Mbs down and 5Mbs up. My router is a RT-AC66U and it is located about 30 ft from the TV. She...

I want an AC stereo alarm clock with USB mp3 player. Pretty basic features. I want to be able to put mp3s on a USB stick and play for 30 min or so at night. Anyone have one they want to recommend? I am seeing USB clocks, but I have yet to see one with a USB port on any of the previews. I...

An ad at newegg got me curious. AS much as possible in layman's words, what is the difference between Western Digital's black performance series of desktop hard drives and their gold enterprise series of hard drives. newegg had a shell shocker deal today for a WD Black 2TB Performance Desktop...

https://wccftech.com/amd-raven-ridge-ryzen-apu-vega-gpu-graphics-performance/ note paragraph: The results also showcase performance of the RX Vega M GL chip which has been featured on the Intel 8th generation core processors that include EMIB package. This is one of the beefiest on-die Vega...

"Microsoft reportedly planning another doomed attempt at jettisoning Win32 apps in 2019" https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-reportedly-planning-another-doomed-attempt-jettisoning-win32-apps-2019/ Note to self, Microsoft is not my friend. Lynn

I still rebuild, upgrade and use older computers. To get things started on them, you need some sort of boot device. When you have the basic hardware, and want to install a hard drive, you first need to boot the machine to setup the hard drive. In the old days, you're stick a bootable DOS disk in...

On 18/1/2018 05:44, wrote: In any case, one of the things (among many) that is totally and completely UNacceptable is the apparent telemetry and spyware. I don't know how rich and famous you are, but that just isn't an excuse to stop me from playing COMPUTER GAMES...

On Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 7:37:28 AM UTC+8, M Philbrook wrote: If it's anything like other chinese garments it most likely does not come with enough material to protect my manly package! then you need some of those blast-restistant undies that the minesweepers in Afghanistan wear.

"Microsoft reveals how Spectre updates can slow your PC down" https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/9/16868290/microsoft-meltdown-spectre-firmware-updates-pc-slowdown "It’s bad news for older Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines" My office PC just got updated and rebooted for the second time this...

"Warning: Microsoft's Meltdown and Spectre patch is bricking some AMD PCs" https://betanews.com/2018/01/08/microsoft-meltdown-spectre-patch-bricks-amd-pcs/ Jumping out of the frying pan into the fire ? Or is this the ultimate air gap ? Lynn