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Thanks b. Wasn't really worried, more curious.

Something I was wondering about, I hope someone can answer. Say I start out with Red Hat 7.3, install it and apply all the patches/updates. Say I then start out with the same machine, but start with RH8.0 or 9.0 discs, install the same set of files, apply all the applicable patches, do I end...

Food for thought - http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10581

Zelazny (R.I.P) Tea? Gordon R. Dickson perhaps, but Roger Z? Awesome Merc. Gripping.

honold, Your argument style is "assertion", assertion assertion. I identified the points I disagreed with and gave support for my point. Your reply was "no it isn't". Great style there buddy - Damn, i'm convinced. :wink: I specifically and categorically refuted your 'doesn't know what...

Apologies honold, I did not read the last paragraph of one of your posts I will address this in a civil manner later. I do not understand this at all. Please clarify.

<school's in> You really do have a hard time with reading comprehension When you haven't got any proof or supporting evidence you attack the person - just exactly what you are doing. Here is where your comprehension needs attending to. What part of the following don't you understand. I...

Platform. DDR-II doesn't have to be 2-way compatible, just backward. Because DDR-II uses more pins, doesn't mean that a socket could not be designed that takes both DIMM types - put a 184-pin DDR-I DIMM in and only 184 pins are used. Just so long as the right signal goes down the trace -...

nicely, and pointedly put. :oops:

I have provided them. The benefit is there. What don't you understand? Presumptuous? Burden of proof? Because a company dares to do things differently? LOL (at you). honold that is colossal arrogance on your part. How dare AMD do things differently. I have proven my case, or at least...

Umm, maybe you should re-read that sentence then. You are (or seem to be) equating cost and $$$. In the context of my statement, cost equals an increase in die size. This may or may not translate into added cost at the purchase counter, but the competition between AMD and Intel will make this...

honold, nice change of subject. Who said anything about cost or performance. My posts were in relation to your assertion that the Athlon64/Opteron on-die memory controller was the most criticised aspect of the CPU. The only performance claim I made was that Opteron (and it looks like Socket...

See my reply here: http://www.storageforum.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2382 Yes there are manual steps needed to use large disks under W2K and XP. Sorry I didn't see this earlier. I may need to write this up.

I'd really like to know what went on with Alpha, DEC/Compaq et. al. I think you summed it up nicely Merc

And Alpha, IBM, SUN and AMD (ex-Alpha) don't? With due respect, the Alpha boys and girls held the performance crown for a given process for 10 years against all-comers - including Intel. The only thing that kiled Alpha was a lack of enthusiasm from management. Only in the last twelve months...

What, me worry? No, just raising it as a possibility. I don't have inside knowledge and I'm not privy to AMD roadmaps. Just trying to address honolds point. Everything I've read about the memory controller suggests that the 90nm jobbies will have DDR-II and DDR1-400 support, but it will be...

Only by people who don't know what they are talking about honold. Nearly all high-end MPU designs have moved to on-die memory controllers - UltraSPARC, Alpha, Power etc. The reason is that the reduced memory access latencies more than make up for the additional die cost. Despite what Intel...

Don't do drugs m'kay. Drugs are bad, m'kay. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/01/1056825380204.html Mind you, to the couple who were getting married on Saturday, that's got to be the most outlandish reason for calling off your nuptuals that I've heard.

Maybe not everyone needs 64-bit x86 Merc, but some do, or think they do http://firingsquad.gamers.com/features/sweeney_interview/default.asp x86-32 is limited to about 2GB of RAM for data, the other 2GB is taken up by the OS - though you can make this 3:1 in favour of data with some...

Ahh, not so Mr. Mercutio. The big selling factor is even if there is no 64-bit x86 binary, that the 32-bit binary will run just fine as is, and as fast as the 32-bit binaries will on a 32-bit x86 machine. In the past, you could run x86 binaries via software emulation FX!32 (Alpha) or via...

zx, want to post your thoughts on it when you've run your tests?

MWAAAHHHAAAAHHAAAAHAAAA! SR got owned! :rofl: There needs to be checks and balances lest you (the one publishing a review) become a puppet. Needless to say, I will be very wary purchasing a Raptor.

Honold, not wanting to read the entire SR thread, can you give a brief synopsis? What's going on with the Raptors? Anyone?

without using translation software, to format a large (> 137GB - manufacturer speak) drive under Windows 98, 2000, XP you need - 1. A hard drive controller that supports 40-bit LBA & A software driver for the hardware that supports 40-bit LBA (this is the kicker), and 2. An operating system...

2227MHz stable, 177MHz (354MHz) FSB, default voltage

Gotta get some time to polish then though. Was complaining to Time about this yesterday. Also, you might want to consider a "preview" area for registered members, for peer review and all. Plus encourages membership.

Handruin, I have a couple of articles that I'm sitting on that I was going to publish before I canned my site - one on setting up Linux/SAMBA as a home server for those that want to multi-boot and the pitfalls, one on interpreting benchmarks and bias - more of a rant really, and a mini one on...

oooh yeahhh! me 7337!!!! busted "!" key 2!!! Volcano 7+, no voltage bumb, 1 rox, i 0\v/n jooz! :) I think it's time to lay off of the caffeine :eekers: back to coding... OTOH, I wonder what I could acheive with a water cooling rig and some high power 120mm case fans? Probably a fried...

BTW I have been following the thread with you & e-dawg (I think), and I believe you are probably right.

Thanks Time, how much do you want for them & how can I get payment to you?

Went to the markets (swap meet, fair) on the weekend. Picked up an XP 2500+ (I wanted the big cache) for AUS$160 (US$92). Went home, ripped the 1900+ES out and bunged it into the 8RDA+ Installed Volcano 7+ on medium speed. Set multi to 12.5. Instant 2800+. Ran all weekend with temps 8~9...

Never posted much at SR (and so don't include myself in the JSF's glory), but I like it here because the bullshit factor is so low. Used to post lots on JC's, Ace's, ACAU and TR, now it's just here :) To echo jtr1962, not too many topics hold my interest anymore, but there are a few that...

Aint competition grand? :) Speaking of Telstra, their authentication servers have been mighty flaky in the past two weeks, and o/s sites load very slowly. I wonder which cable has been cut this time?

:cry: Aww Tea, I thought you'd at least understand my plight. Trouble is, it's not worth switching to any other ISP with their "registration fees". It would take 18 months just to break even with slightly reduced monthly cost (ADSL).

Telstra is my ISP. :cry: They don't filter anything on their servers :x So I'm limited in my choices. Eudora is much better than Outlook IMO. :bigeek: I can't believe a spammer would have the nerve to complain about blocking his crap. Now there is a good use for thermonuclear weapons.

I have heard a lot of people say it (and said it myself) that very few people really need fast PC's. Well I now know what the saviour of Intel/AMD is. SPAM! Yep that's right. Spam. I was looking at my Eudora filters this morning and if the list keeps growing, I'll need a top of the line PC...

A variation on iGary's it appears Assassinations, murders, loot. Oh my. Must resist greed :D It helps that I don't have enough money to waste :mrgrn:

:eekers: botted, booted, whatever! :oops:

Umm guys, I did boot in safe mode The ATi installer had fits each time I tried it saying that a previous driver install had not completed and aborted. I even botted two or three times into safe mode [b]in succession[b], thinking that maybe the driver needed to sort itself out. Still no joy...

My ATi experience. I have been reading a lot about how ATi's drivers have improved, installers improved etc. I bought a Radeon 7000 for my wife's 'puter because she does a lot of 2D and I wanted great image quality without Matrox's price. 3D wasn't a concern. Loaded the Radeon drivers and...

Reminded me of Richard S McEnroe - The Shattered Stars. Great work Merc. Kudos.

Just moved the link I think - try this: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s872489.htm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-5jun2003-35.htm Looks like Frank was right and Aussie scientists are wanting to build ornithopter's. Now all we need is some bad arse sand worms...

Thanks for the advice, I'll hunt up a compact bulb ASAP and go from there.

D'OH! substitute Not for Note (2nd para) and Incandescent or halogen (not of) at the end of the 4th para. :oops:

jtr, flourescent light sucks. Period. :P I prefer sunlight in our house, but if not, incandescent. I like halogen most of all, but can't afford to rewire the house yet. :cry: Note meaning to offend you, just expressing a different opinion. In our living room, we have a circular T-12...

According to an update, this story is bogus as commercial shipments of drives from the Chinese plants of the manufacturers listed have not started! I spoke to a friend who knows a bit about this and his stance is that Digitimes (Taiwan - where the story originated) is simply a PR rag for...

I did not have a problem with the 2.41's except that my CDRW (secondary slave) no longer functioned with RW. Burnt CDR's OK though. Connected CDRW (Liteon 321240S) to a Promise Ultra 100 and the functionality restored... Might go back to the 2.03's...

I thought things like Tagged Command Queueing were required for SATA-II and only optional for SATA, among other performance enhancing tricks. Might hold off upgrading the 1800JB then.

Try here: http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2002q2/soundcards/index.x?pg=1 http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q1/soundcards/index.x?pg=1 http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/multimedia.x These were reasonably extensive and (I think) made mention of some some connectors being enabled and...