Author: rihahn
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Update
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Not only does the bag contain a half an ounce less, but it’s also six bucks now… And that’s pretty much how everything is these days. Listening to “Dark Days”…
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Change of plan
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A couple of years ago I early-adopted a cloud-based computing platform called “Shadow“. Shadow is interesting because it’s not really a cloud-based gaming platform, it just pretends to be one…
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Update
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It’s been about a week now of using a 2011 computer in 2023, and things are still going well. The only real noticeable difference between decades is that the Mac…
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And scene…
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It’s been quite the journey to get to this point; sketchy mining cards, shipping complications, undocumented third-party utilities, and a distinct lack of modern-ish Windows hardware at my disposal. That…
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Life in the crypto-mines
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The RX 6600 XT I ordered off of Amazon for the 2012 Mac Pro arrived last night, and a few minutes later I had it installed in the PC I…
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20 years…
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Back on the 5th I quietly celebrated twenty years of this journal. I started this ongoing chronicle of my so called life on August 5th 2003 over on LiveJournal, and…
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MacPro 5,1 – round two
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I got a chance to mess with the cheese grater a bit last night in my ongoing attempts to make it a daily driver. See, here at work I have…
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There is no saving throw versus the plot device
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Ever get the feeling there is some sort of diabolical Wizard of Oz chuckling quietly to himself as he says “watch this!” and presses a button to make your day…
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Cheese Grater…
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You know how I mentioned that I was pondering picking up a 2012 Mac Pro when I tripped over the 2013 Trashcan Mac Pro – but for various reasons decided…
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Vidya Games
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I’ve kinda orbited around the video games industry since video games were a thing, and accordingly I have quite a few interesting tidbits of hardware laying around – and stories…
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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…