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  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Something Random.
    Oddly enough, I think I've encountered exactly three Windows ME systems in my life, meaning it was far less common in my experience than...
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  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    The T20 needs a new CMOS battery (doable) and a new regular battery (less doable). Installing WinME without ACPI (setup /p i) apparently...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread USB Ext. cables / adapters.
    Rather than extension cables, have you considered using a USB hub with a short cable? Anker, for example? These guys are the USB...
  • mubs
    mubs posted the thread USB Ext. cables / adapters in Computers.
    I use the front top USB 2 & 3 ports on my case a lot, so am worried that I'll wear them out. Decided to buy short USB 3 extension...
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  • J
    jtr1962 replied to the thread Oldest?.
    I recall only using only the video card RAM for a word processor which could use the extra memory. You're right, it's not the most...
  • J
    jtr1962 reacted to sedrosken's post in the thread Oldest? with Like Like.
    So for the 486 that's mostly true; early 486SXes were DXes that failed QA testing on the FPU. They just had that portion lasered off and...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Oldest?.
    So for the 486 that's mostly true; early 486SXes were DXes that failed QA testing on the FPU. They just had that portion lasered off and...
  • Mercutio
    Mercutio replied to the thread Oldest?.
    x86SX CPUs were just mildly defective x86 CPUs. The "Co-Processor" was a second CPU socket for installing a fully functional DX...
  • J
    jtr1962 replied to the thread Oldest?.
    I remember doing all that when I got my first PC-a 40 MHz 386. I later installed a math coprocessor. That made a huge difference with...
  • F
    fb reacted to sedrosken's post in the thread Oldest? with Like Like.
    My IBM Blue Lightning dates from about 1994 or thereabouts. I've had one older board (GA-486VM) that was from late 1992 by the date...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Oldest?.
    I used to optimize my conventional memory by hand for fun. These days I'm lazy and just have a config menu where one option loads EMM386...
  • Gödel
    Gödel replied to the thread Oldest?.
    Good to hear from you, Fla Man. I anticipated that you might have some antique computers, but I didn't think you'd have one that's four...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Oldest?.
    My IBM Blue Lightning dates from about 1994 or thereabouts. I've had one older board (GA-486VM) that was from late 1992 by the date...
  • sedrosken
    sedrosken replied to the thread Something Random.
    Could not have been a more direct hit if it tried. Lot of trees down and FPL only just got us power back today. Cell service was out for...
  • Gödel
    Gödel replied to the thread World Community Grid.
    I was searching for something here on SF, and I came across this nearly 22-year-old thread, so I thought I'd dredge it up. After I had...
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