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Alpha/Tru64 Supported Hardware

Hello, I've been putting together a 533mhz 21164PC based system, and I have pretty much all the components except the NIC choosen. I know that DEC/Compaq/HPs cards are supported (I would probably purchase the DE-600), however, the cheapest I've found them is ~100$, which is a bit much for a...
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- Jun 5, 2002
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CompactFlash SSD vs Microdrives

I just finished ordering an Advantech PCM-3350 and 128mb of Crucial memory, I've yet to decide on whether or not the power savings from the 512mb SSD CompactFlash memory over the 1gb IBM Microdrive is worth the limited space. Does anyone have approximate power figures for memory? Anyone have...
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- Apr 9, 2002
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Not all 34 pin ports are floppys...

<< << but its worth checking that out if anyone sees a board with two floppy connectors. >> Thanks for the heads-up Diffusion, besides burning the floppy wire, is the MB still okay? >> Everything seems to be fine, that 34 pin connector may be shot, but I am unaware as to what it does right...
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- Apr 3, 2002
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Not all 34 pin ports are floppys...

I just had my first "magic smoke" experience. I was slapping a PC floppy drive in a Sun clone box that was running an UltraAXi board. I knew these boards had 34 pin floppy connectors on them, so I slapped the floppy drive onto the first one I saw. The machine wouldn't boot, so I swapped it to...
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- Apr 3, 2002
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OpenBSD & KDE

<< << X runs fine (although it was compiled, and not installed with the OS). . . >> You should have selected the x packages during the install :) As far as KDE not running as a normal user, check your log files. I dont use KDE so I dont know of anything specific you may have to do to get...
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- Feb 14, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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OpenBSD & KDE

Hello, I've been having some problems getting the KDE package running properly under OpenBSD, X runs fine (although it was compiled, and not installed with the OS), and KDE runs fine, as long as you are in superuser mode. When logged in as an unprivaledged user, it dies on DCOP, seeming to not...
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- Feb 14, 2002
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Does any retailer sell the Kenwood 72x?

<< Kenwood discontinued them due to high failure rates. I think it's been close to a year. >> Making it all the better for those of us who scored one (or more), we can taunt the rest of you about that extra 300kb/s.
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- Jan 5, 2002
- Forum: Computer Building
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RITA

IP Datagrams on Avian Carriers HTCPCP
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- Dec 18, 2001
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RITA

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- Dec 18, 2001
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Goodbye.

I've decided to leave the Anandtech forums, the method in which they are moderated seems a bit totalitarian for my tastes, I can accept thread locking due to unacceptable content (nudity, etc.), but the locking of threads, merely because the threads are questioning the types of threads that tend...
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- Dec 8, 2001
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Messsege to the moderator

I'm with you, its OK to drool over scantily clad women, and insult other peoples sexuality, but discussing religon is on the ban list? So your allowed to post view points that insult others, as long as said view points don't insult the mods.
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- Dec 8, 2001
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Who refuses to use IE, and who uses Mozilla, and for what reasons?

<< I don't use IE because its bookmarking system simply sucks, and it's too tightly integrated into Windows, and it's not available for Linux, and it misses some of the features I need, but which Mozilla does offer. >> IE (and Outlook) are availible for Solaris, although why you would choose...
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- Dec 8, 2001
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Arn't there any free hosting Sites Left?

If you can get broadband, drop an extra 20$ a month for some static IPs and set up your own servers.
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- Dec 7, 2001
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"For all Your Pimpin' Pleasure"

Link This implies that there is a market for 40$ hats that are completely tasteless.
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- Dec 7, 2001
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What piece of hardware has caused you the MOST headaches in the past year or two?

My Solbourne 5E/600. Its a late 80s' SPARC based minicomputer that runs a varient of SunOS 4. I don't have an OS for it (DISA (Defense Information Systems Agency) owned it and wiped the disks before trashing it). The plastic is starting to fall apart, it won't talk nicely to an external...
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- Dec 7, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Here's one example what happens when a geek gets really bored and has too much time handy

For added entertainment, telnet to towel.blinkenlights.nl
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- Dec 5, 2001
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Male/VAX Babe Thread

More VAX images. Should the thread title be expanded to include all DEC hardware?
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- Dec 4, 2001
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Male/VAX Babe Thread

Whoa. Note: I would advise against clicking on that at work, but it doesnt show any "bits" (just like the babe threads), so it should be legit for posting purposes.
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- Dec 4, 2001
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Good for a few laughs

Ghetto-Colo Woah, its scary how much that looks like a few ISPs I've been in.
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- Dec 4, 2001
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Do not buy stuff from this site www.tallinlaptops.net

Tracing route to tallinnlaptops.net [209.240.154.222] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 16 ms 31 ms 32 ms user-uiveno1.dsl.mindspring.com [165.247.95.1] 2 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms cisco-f0-1-0.norva3.mindspring.net [207.69.220.65] 3 16 ms 31 ms 15 ms...
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- Dec 2, 2001
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Do you use one space or two between sentences?

I always use 2 when typing, its just reflex.
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- Dec 2, 2001
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POLL: Is it okay to disapprove of homosexuality?

Sure its ok to disaprove of it, however, bashing other people for gay is not. (In my opinion) Oh yeah, and in my opinion, your a sexist(racist? Come on, what word should I use here?) bastard if you think its wrong, but I'm not going to force you to change your opinion.
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- Dec 2, 2001
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Anyone with dust experience? :)

I heard someone talking about a Sun E10k catching fire due to excess dust buld up the other day, but it was a loaded machine, in a REALLY dusty enviroment, so it probably doesnt occure all that often.
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- Nov 29, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Quick!! A bonus mark is at stake, what does the "NT" in Windows NT stand for??!?!

<< I guess the nix people you refer to must know something that Microsoft and their Enterprise level partnerships are not aware of >> You do realize that MS products are almost never used in an enterprise setting? Big machines tend to be Sun, SGI, IBM, etc., I mean, x86 machines top out at 8...
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- Nov 27, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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New SPARC 20X Faster Than P4/Athlon??

That benchmark seems to optimize particularly well, if I remember correctly, it is a neural networking bench. The USIII at 1.05ghz does seem unusually fast though, it scaled up about 10% clock wise from the USIII 900, and shows speed gains of 30-40%, supposedly they redesigned the core, and its...
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- Nov 27, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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What is the LAPTOP/NOTEBOOK you are dreaming off which is in US and Japan mkt right now?

Ultrabook IIi I would die for a Sun UltraSPARC based laptop, I mean, 2mb of cache, in a laptop. What more do you need?
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- Nov 24, 2001
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How can someone sell this?

Everyone does realize that early atomic weapons are easily made, you can find the plans at any library, and if they are not there, it is easy enough to figure out. Right? The difficult part is finding weapons grade uranium.
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- Nov 24, 2001
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Help me put together a server...

Lily at Comdisco has some rackmount Sun Netra T1125's with 2 300mhz UltraSPARC II processors (2mb Cache each), 256mb of RAM, a 9gb SCSI disk drive, and a 12-24gb Tape drive availible for 600$, why not pick up one of those and load it out with 18 or 36gb SCSI drives? It would be more reliable...
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- Nov 24, 2001
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Is it worth learning VMS?

Anyone have any opinions about whether or not its still worth picking up VMS? Compaq has killed it, but there are still a TON of machines out there running it, so I was debating picking it up. Any thoughts?
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- Nov 18, 2001
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- Forum: Operating Systems
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3U Rackmount Chassis

Hey everyone, I just purchased a DEC Alpha PC164SX motherbord, with a 533mhz Alpha chip, and a half gig of RAM, but I still need a case for it. I've been looking at rackmount cases which are capable of having all 7 slots on the back of an ATX board open (which means 3U and greater), but have...
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- Nov 18, 2001
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Disappearing PS2 connectors

Could you please explain your problem a little more thoroughly? I think you mean that your having driver problems, but you could just as well mean that your keyboards keep disapearing off the face of the planet, and buying new ones is getting really old.
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- Oct 28, 2001
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a 3 com 3c905b tx question..........

Always full, half will give you 500kb/s (approx.) or 5000kb/s (approx.) depending on whether you do 10 or 100mbit, and full will do 1000kb/s (approx.) or 10000kb/s (approx.), it has to do with being able to send and recieve at the same time, half means that it will only send, or recieve, but not...
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- Oct 21, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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Where should I put my 80GB drive?

<< Mainly I wanted the extra space to start doing video editting. >> Youre doing video editing on a 7200rpm IDE drive? Funny, you don't SEEM masochistic...
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- Oct 21, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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MUST see tech demo....only 64kb!

Demo coding is cool, I last looked into it 4-5 years ago, I must say, this stuff has gotten a LOT better since then.
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- Oct 9, 2001
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updated system rigs :)

<< << I currently have exactly 1 dozen machines (my rig page is really old). >> and you use them all fairly often? what's your rigs page so we can see it, anything is better than nothing. >> Yes, I use them all fairly often, unfortunatly, most of them are *nix workstations and servers...
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- Oct 7, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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updated system rigs :)

I currently have exactly 1 dozen machines (my rig page is really old).
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- Oct 7, 2001
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Firewall Working?

<< Your namesake sucks. :) Windogg >> Its not his fault that the product "Black Ice" choose to use one of the terms from Gibson's Sprawl series.
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- Oct 7, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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IBM POWER3 Processors

<< it's a wonder what google will do >> Just what I was looking for, thanks.
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- Oct 2, 2001
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IBM POWER3 Processors

<< Wow! Who'd've thought something so small could cost so much! I assume these are "a bit fast" then? - seb >> 4mb of cache each, and a maximum of 8gb of RAM makes it a pretty big machine. That would make it about equal to what, a Sun E450 with only 4mb of cache maximum per processor...
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- Oct 2, 2001
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IBM POWER3 Processors

Iwas just ogling IBM AIX workstations, and I am curious, is anyone familiar with the POWER3 processor? I don't even have a clue as to whether it is RISC, CISC, or whatever, though it looks as though it is probably a 64 bit RISC chip, anyone have any knowledge of these? (Link)
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- Oct 2, 2001
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Computer Building

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