User contributions for CursedSilicon

10 September 2024

• 00:1100:11, 10 September 2024 diff hist +1,511‎ N SGI Visual Workstation 320 ‎ Created page with "SGI's...frankly bizarre attempt to break into the x86 workstation world. The Visual Workstation series are seemingly more fondly remembered for their weird quirks and sheer limitations than any usefulness they brought to the market. The SGI Visual Workstation (both 320 and 540) models are '''''NOT''''' PC's. They run x86 processors but everything surrounding them is completely custom * Instead of a BIOS they use the "ARC" Firmware loader * Most of the system is chain..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 00:1100:11, 10 September 2024 diff hist +14‎ N File:SGI 320 (rear).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 00:1000:10, 10 September 2024 diff hist +15‎ N File:SGI 320 (front).jpg ‎No edit summary current

9 September 2024

• 23:5423:54, 9 September 2024 diff hist +226‎ N SGI Octane ‎ Created page with "Technically not *my* machine, this computer is on "indefinite" loan from a member of the local hackerspace pending repair and restoration to working order At this time I do not have any additional information to add about it" current Tag: Visual edit
• 23:5323:53, 9 September 2024 diff hist +634‎ N HP KAYAK XA 6/400 MT ‎ Created page with "I don't actually know much of anything about this machine presently. I bought it off an (apparently?) ex-Microsoft employee on eBay From what I can gather it originally shipped with two 400Mhz Pentium II processors, some amount of RAM (RAM was removed) along with an Nvidia TNT2 graphics card and a 10GB hard disk (now removed) '''At this time the machine is not in use due to lack of information online about it. Once restored to working state this page will be updated..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 23:5323:53, 9 September 2024 diff hist +15‎ N File:HP KAYAK (Rear).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 23:5223:52, 9 September 2024 diff hist +16‎ N File:HP KAYAK (Front).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 23:4823:48, 9 September 2024 diff hist +1,711‎ N HP MediaSmart EX495 ‎ Created page with "Microsoft's first (and so far, only) attempt to break into the then much smaller "home NAS" market. (Ironically Synology was founded in the year 2000 by an ex-Microsoft employee) The EX495 and its brother?...cousin? whatever. The Acer EasyStore (along with several other devices that I don't own) were a fleet of home NAS appliances sold by large OEM's for consumers. The main selling point (I guess?) was the inclusion of "Windows Home Server"...." current Tag: Visual edit
• 23:4823:48, 9 September 2024 diff hist +15‎ N File:HP EX495 (Rear).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 23:4823:48, 9 September 2024 diff hist +16‎ N File:HP EX495 (Front).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 23:3623:36, 9 September 2024 diff hist +425‎ N DEC AlphaServer 2100 ‎ Created page with "Thanks to a member of the Seattle Retro Computing Society I have a DEC Alpha 2100/275 I don't really know much *about* this machine yet. I'm told it did work by the guy who sold it to me. Conveniently he also furnished me with almost enough spare parts to build a whole second machine '''At this time the machine is currently *unused* because it weighs 200 pounds and needs to be re-assembled and brought into service'''" current Tag: Visual edit

7 September 2024

• 02:0902:09, 7 September 2024 diff hist +780‎ N PowerEdge 2500 ‎ Created page with "A $50 Re-PC sale in 2022. Unfortunately this unit was sold claiming to contain dual Pentium 3's, it is only outfitted with a single CPU. At this time I have little documentation on this unit presently as I opened it to simply verify the state of its capacitors before realizing that it was only equipped with a single CPU Once I get an extra VRM for the unit and upgrade the processors I will likely look into what functionality the server can be used for File:Power..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 02:0802:08, 7 September 2024 diff hist +21‎ N File:PowerEdge 2500 (rear).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 02:0802:08, 7 September 2024 diff hist +26‎ N File:PowerEdge 2500 (RAM stick).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 02:0702:07, 7 September 2024 diff hist +28‎ N File:PowerEdge 2500 (motherboard).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 02:0002:00, 7 September 2024 diff hist +905‎ N Cobalt RaQ ‎ Created page with "There's not a lot of super useful information to add about specifically the Cobalt RaQ units that isn't already covered by the Qube 3. The RaQ 3/4 are effectively Qube 3's in a 1U server formfactor. Arguably due to the removal of the PCI slot and single IDE port they're '''''worse''''' than the Qube 3 in terms of overall functionality. The power supply is also custom and may also be prone to capacitor leakage similar to the Qube 3 itself. If you wo..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 02:0002:00, 7 September 2024 diff hist +18‎ N File:Cobalt RaQ4 (Rear).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 01:5901:59, 7 September 2024 diff hist +19‎ N File:Cobalt RaQ4 (Front).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 01:3701:37, 7 September 2024 diff hist +1,355‎ N Xserve G5 ‎ Created page with "Unlike it's little brother the Xserve G4 the Xserve G5 is a significant step up in capability and usefulness. The unit I own is the fastest Xserve G5 model sold. The 2.3Ghz "Dual Processor" G5. Unlike its "cheese grater sibling" the G5 Quad the DP Xserve is based on the older G5 lineage, featuring '''''PCI-X''''' rather than PCI-E slots. This significantly reduces its expandability as 64-bit PCI-X slots are limited to approximately 266MB/s of ban..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 01:3601:36, 7 September 2024 diff hist +16‎ N File:Xserve G5 (Rear).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 01:3501:35, 7 September 2024 diff hist +17‎ N File:Xserve G5 (Front).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 01:2001:20, 7 September 2024 diff hist +1,265‎ N Xserve G4 ‎ Created page with "So, eBay has a "Make Offer" function that buyers and sellers can use for items on the site. When you submit an offer, the seller has 24 hours to respond. Turns out, if the auction has less than 24 hours remaining '''''and zero bids''''' eBay will auto-accept the "Best Offer" instead. So that's how I got a G4 Xserve for $50 (the seller wanted like $300) The Xserve G4 I have is the [https://everymac.com/systems/apple/xserve/specs/xserve_g4_1ghz.html absolute base..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 01:1901:19, 7 September 2024 diff hist +17‎ N File:Xserve G4 (Front).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 01:0701:07, 7 September 2024 diff hist +33‎ N EMac G4 ‎ Created page with "TBA once received from DangerDook" Tag: Visual edit
• 01:0701:07, 7 September 2024 diff hist +85‎ Powermac G5 ‎No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
• 01:0601:06, 7 September 2024 diff hist +56‎ Powermac G5 ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 01:0501:05, 7 September 2024 diff hist −175‎ Powermac G5 ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 00:5000:50, 7 September 2024 diff hist +2,712‎ N Powermac G5 ‎ Created page with "Apple's G5 Powermac's are rather infamous, being Apple's "last gasp" of PowerPC. The PowerMac G5 '''''Quad''''' in particular is easily among Apple's most unloved and slapdash engineered products. Due to me taking the suggestion of a friend far too literally (ilu Ben please don't hate me) I own '''''seven''''' G5 Quads '''Despite this only one of them is functional!''' All Mac G5 Quads were made with "water cooling" loops, due to the thermal output of the CPU's at..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:5000:50, 7 September 2024 diff hist +18‎ N File:Mac G5 Quad (rear).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 00:4900:49, 7 September 2024 diff hist +19‎ N File:Mac G5 Quad (front).jpg ‎No edit summary current

2 September 2024

• 04:5904:59, 2 September 2024 diff hist +13‎ Powermac G4 ‎No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
• 04:5904:59, 2 September 2024 diff hist −6‎ Powermac G4 ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 04:5804:58, 2 September 2024 diff hist +2,688‎ N Powermac G4 ‎ Created page with "Apple's PowerMac G4 "MDD" or "Mirrored Drive Door" units are common enough and have been documented heavily enough across the internet by people smarter than me that I don't have much to add about them here. I currently own two units. A Dual 1.42Ghz "Firewire 800" (FW800) model and a Dual 1.25Ghz FW800 model. === 1.42Ghz model details === This machine is outfitted with the maximum 2GB of memory (1.5GB under MacOS 9.2) and the fastest supported GPU, an Nvidia Ti4600..." Tag: Visual edit
• 04:5804:58, 2 September 2024 diff hist +21‎ N File:G4 MDD 1.25Ghz (rear).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 04:5704:57, 2 September 2024 diff hist +21‎ N File:G4 MDD 1.42Ghz (rear).jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 04:5604:56, 2 September 2024 diff hist +12‎ N File:G4 MDD Front.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 04:0204:02, 2 September 2024 diff hist −2‎ Acer EasyStore H340 ‎No edit summary current Tag: Visual edit
• 03:5403:54, 2 September 2024 diff hist +74‎ Acer EasyStore H340 ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 03:5303:53, 2 September 2024 diff hist +46‎ Acer EasyStore H340 ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 03:5203:52, 2 September 2024 diff hist −154‎ Acer EasyStore H340 ‎No edit summary
• 03:3803:38, 2 September 2024 diff hist +2‎ Acer EasyStore H340 ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 03:3303:33, 2 September 2024 diff hist +156‎ Acer EasyStore H340 ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 03:3203:32, 2 September 2024 diff hist +32‎ N File:Rear view of EasyStore.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 03:3103:31, 2 September 2024 diff hist +27‎ N File:Acer EasyStore Front.jpg ‎No edit summary current
• 03:2403:24, 2 September 2024 diff hist +1,579‎ N Acer EasyStore H340 ‎ Created page with "The Acer EasyStore H340 was a home NAS sold by Acer during the Windows Home Server era. Much like its "cousin" the HP MediaSmart EX495 it came pre-loaded with Windows Home Server 2007 By default this device would come with 4x 1TB SATA 3.5" hard disks installed. The top most drive includes a warning label explaining that the operating system is installed on it and to be careful with removing or replacing the drive. The machine originally shipped with an extremel..."
• 03:0903:09, 2 September 2024 diff hist +195‎ Old Computers ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit

31 August 2024

• 17:5817:58, 31 August 2024 diff hist +792‎ N Hyve Zeus ‎ Created page with "The Hyve "Zeus" is a server made for Facebook before their "Open Compute Project". As a result there's about a bajillion of these things floating around on eBay these days Hyve Zeus units feature a Super Micro X9DRD-iF motherboard with all PCI-E slots except for one removed They are usually equipped with some variation of low-end Intel Xeons with passively cooled heatsinks attached The unit I (unfortunately) upgraded with two top-end Xeon 2697v2's and 128GB of DDR3..." Tag: Visual edit
• 17:5417:54, 31 August 2024 diff hist +32‎ Old Computers ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 03:5403:54, 31 August 2024 diff hist +7‎ Old Computers ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 03:5403:54, 31 August 2024 diff hist −2‎ Old Computers ‎No edit summary Tag: Visual edit