Month: July 2023
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Adobe
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I finally got my copy of CS6 Master Collection to run on something – and have just cancelled my Creative Cloud subscription – saving me $600! Which I’ve already spent…
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And done
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The parts I ordered for the trashcan arrived right after I got home from work, so instead of eating dinner like a sane person – I tore down a 2013…
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Progress Report
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The BlueSCSI hardware I ordered back on the 17th arrived last night, so the evening was spent futzing with the 8100… The BlueSCSI device itself is pretty interesting. It’s entirely…
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MacPro6,1
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Being an ‘old fart’ I’m not super enthusiastic about SaaS models. I mean, I’ve done things like buy a magazine to get a game I had to type into the…
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Shrinkflation
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Not only is the box really small, but when you open it you realize you just spent $3 for a literal handful of crackers. I’d have to say a full…
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The Elder Nerd
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I’ve been doing this computer thing for a while now, so I get the privilege of being able to pipe up on various forums and social media posts when someone…
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8100, part 4
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The rest of the parts I ordered / had made for the 8100 came in this afternoon – save for the BlueSCSI boxes which haven’t shipped yet – so the…
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8100, part three
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Some of the parts I ordered for the 8100 came in today, so it was time to take the machine apart… To get to this part requires some careful fiddling…
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8100, part two
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Signs you may be taking this whole retro computer thing too seriously: you have a guy in Ohio hand-making custom high-speed VRAM for a very unique PDS video card that…
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1995
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Back in early 1995 my living room / computer lab looked a bit like this: In the above photo you can see my IBM Model 330-P75 on the left, which…
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OS v.old
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Welp, today Microsoft announced that Windows Server 2012 and 2012 r2 will be EoS (End of Support) on October 10th. These EoS announcements always make me feel my age, because…
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HVAC
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Like the t-shirt says: “That’s what I do: I fix stuff and I know things”… My time in the USN was on a submarine, and on a submarine you’re expected…
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The good old days…
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… of 2020. I decided to get out of the house for a bit and get some fast food for lunch / dinner, and the place of choice was Taco…