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Forum: Packard Bell Computers August 29th 20, 03:00 PM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.packardbell
Replies: 2
Views: 2,793
Posted By Tom Lake
PB Computers Used in Reveal TV Card Video

On Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 12:27:42 PM UTC-4, metronid wrote:

I have a 1133 in my Data Base

Great! I couldn't tell about that last digit from the video I have. Now I have a target to search...
Forum: Packard Bell Computers August 11th 20, 03:18 PM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.packardbell
Replies: 2
Views: 2,793
Posted By Tom Lake
PB Computers Used in Reveal TV Card Video

Does anyone know the PB computers (it looks like they used more than one model) used in the Reveal TV card video? There's a copy of the video on YouTube. At about 3:11 into the video, the guy touches...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's June 10th 19, 01:46 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
Replies: 27
Views: 1,816
Posted By Tom Lake
"Microsoft Announces Modern OS" by Paul Thurrott

On Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at 3:44:23 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:

How many operating systems has Microsoft announced now ?

Lynn

Don't worry. They'll get it right eventually.
Forum: Homebuilt PC's April 20th 13, 08:26 PM Posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,sci.electronics.design
Replies: 86
Views: 2,487
Posted By Tom Lake
Why are PC sales declining ? (Skybuck thoughts on it too)

"DecadentLinuxUserNumeroUno" wrote in message
...

On Sat, 20 Apr 2013 11:33:06 +0200, "Skybuck Flying"
wrote:

Hiya...
Forum: Dell Computers December 3rd 12, 09:27 AM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 5
Views: 752
Posted By Tom Lake
Six Core i7?

"TimDrouillard" wrote in message
...

The XPS 9300 was offered with a i7 Extreme Edition processor with 6 physical
cores , 12 cores with...
Forum: Dell Computers November 26th 12, 08:46 AM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 38
Views: 1,978
Posted By Tom Lake
Win 8 BIG dissapointment for MS

If there is no Notepad or calculator in Windows 8 then it sounds like
Microsoft wants to turn the P.C. into an iPad device where you buy all
the things you need by buying apps. I like...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards September 15th 12, 07:12 AM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.ati,alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Replies: 2
Views: 1,682
Posted By Tom Lake
The startup that saved ATI

I didn't realize April 1 had arrived early!
Forum: Dell Computers February 18th 12, 11:35 AM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 3
Views: 309
Posted By Tom Lake
grooming toy poodle

"mihalaki" wrote in message
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My Cosita is a 12 pound combative , tough dog... and she refuses to
let me groom her. She looks...
Forum: Dell Computers December 5th 11, 06:51 AM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 22
Views: 1,394
Posted By Tom Lake
Chaining Routers

Both routers were D-link Dl-524 wireless routers, but with different
firmware, and they had slightly different wireless setup pages/settings.
Both allowed for only WEP, WPA-PSK, and WPA. Router 2...
Forum: Dell Computers October 19th 11, 04:56 PM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 5
Views: 634
Posted By Tom Lake
PCIe WiFi Card Recommendation

"Boris" wrote in message
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(My apologies for posting here and on the Windows7.general ng. I meant to
come here and only here, but jumped the...
Forum: Dell Computers October 17th 11, 02:42 PM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 26
Views: 1,031
Posted By Tom Lake
Windows XP Update is now Broken!

Yeah, it's broken again. I set up an old Latitude C840 for a migrant
apple picker to take back to the Caribbean. Once again, WGA claimed
that the Windows XP Pro SP3 installed from the Dell...
Forum: Dell Computers September 17th 11, 06:32 AM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 20
Views: 1,147
Posted By Tom Lake
dell newsgroup activity

"Daddy" wrote in message ...

RnR wrote:
I see the last post 4 days ago so I was wondering if the news server
I'm using is not keeping up. I know at times this...
Forum: Intel August 20th 11, 01:53 PM Posted to comp.sys.intel
Replies: 3
Views: 1,171
Posted By Tom Lake
i7 970X = rockinghorse ****?

"Orson Cart" wrote in message ...


I looked on ebay in my country for one of these, hoping to find
a hexcore CPU, but there were none. Tons of sellers with 990X...
Forum: Dell Computers July 16th 11, 05:32 PM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 18
Views: 1,084
Posted By Tom Lake
can't install USB 2.0 card in Dell 8200

Oh, the EBay outfit that sold me this item for a mere $5- I noticed on their
web site that the item is shipped with a driver, which didn't come with the
package via EBay. So, the firm gave me a link...
Forum: Dell Computers June 7th 11, 12:14 PM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 7
Views: 375
Posted By Tom Lake
Best Dell problem ever!

Ahhhh, you let me down.

The "best Dell problem ever" would be the sudden disappearance from
this newsgroup of Tom "bury me in a Dell-branded coffin" Scales.

Those of us with a working brain cell...
Forum: Dell Computers May 25th 11, 09:25 PM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 15
Views: 931
Posted By Tom Lake
SSD sucks

Suffice it to say that SSD have a long way to go before they take over
the market from those old timey spinning hard drives... Ben Myers

Bring back magnetic cores! No moving parts, retain data with...
Forum: Intel April 7th 11, 03:54 PM Posted to comp.sys.intel
Replies: 6
Views: 1,128
Posted By Tom Lake
Commodore Announces New Commodore64, VIC & Amiga Computers (this

But, will it include the SID (the sound synthesizer chip that was
uncannily like the old analogue synths)?


Here's a list of specs from the CommodoreUSA.net Website:


MODEL:
Commodore 64x
Forum: Intel April 7th 11, 03:33 PM Posted to comp.sys.intel
Replies: 6
Views: 1,128
Posted By Tom Lake
Commodore Announces New Commodore64, VIC & Amiga Computers (this

But, will it include the SID (the sound synthesizer chip that was
uncannily like the old analogue synths)?

No, it's a small PC motherboard that's housed in a 64 case.
It uses a 64 emulator to...
Forum: Nvidia Videocards March 31st 11, 04:08 PM Posted to alt.comp.periphs.videocards.nvidia
Replies: 7
Views: 1,045
Posted By Tom Lake
Geforce 460 and DVI question

My monitor worked perfectly well from the DVI port on my previous
Geforce 5600 card.

Before I go through all the hassle of sending the card back - does
anyone have any experience of the problem?...
Forum: Intel March 26th 11, 09:39 PM Posted to comp.sys.intel
Replies: 6
Views: 1,481
Posted By Tom Lake
What is the maximum clock rate given the state of today's technology?~

What is the maximum physically-possible clock rate [measured in Hz] of
a 1-bit-per-cycle, single-core, purely-serial processor?


Thank a bunch,

Green Xenon

42
Forum: Dell Computers March 19th 11, 04:57 AM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 17
Views: 1,319
Posted By Tom Lake
XPS 435T/9000 Installing second hard drive

"Ron" wrote in message ...

I'd rather not open the computer more than once, and I haven't found
confirmation of this in my online account specs, so I...
Forum: Intel March 8th 11, 10:46 AM Posted to comp.sys.intel
Replies: 2
Views: 1,401
Posted By Tom Lake
Looking for MCS-51â„¢ Macro Assembler User's Guide, Publication number 9800937, Intel Corporation

"Karl M. Auer" wrote in message ...

Hello,

does somebody has a PDF-Link for "MCS-51â„¢ Macro Assembler User's Guide,
Publication number 9800937, Intel...
Forum: Intel December 28th 10, 03:32 AM Posted to comp.sys.intel
Replies: 3
Views: 990
Posted By Tom Lake
dh57jg audio

"Hanz" wrote in message ...

I can't install the audio for my dh57jg motherboard. any ideas???

Do you get any error messages when you try? If so,...
Forum: Dell Computers December 16th 10, 12:53 PM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
Replies: 6
Views: 880
Posted By Tom Lake
Poweredge 2850

"wantahomeserver" wrote in message
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I have recently been given a Dell PowereEdge 2850 for free. A former
roomie was going to send it to the dump. I...
Forum: Packard Bell Computers November 30th 10, 11:11 AM Posted to alt.sys.pc-clone.packardbell
Replies: 4
Views: 1,448
Posted By Tom Lake
Someone has a "new" Corner Computer

Are you saying that PB went to its demise down a black hole? Maybe they
went into a worm hole instead and ended up in an alternate universe...

Demise? What demise? PB is in its third...
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