User contributions for CursedSilicon

10 September 2024

• 00:5300:53, 10 September 2024 diff hist +748 N Disc Ripper Created page with "The most recent computer I've (largely) finished building. Dubbed "Napster" This machine is most interesting for how uninteresting it is! An i3-6100 Intel "Skylake" CPU and generic MSI motherboard with 16GB of low-speed DDR4 memory attached. The most notable feature of this machine is what it was built for. Featuring '''''nine''''' LG BH16NS58 Blu Ray drives, this machine is able to mass-archive almost every kind of optical media CD produced. Additional information..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:4800:48, 10 September 2024 diff hist +1,191 N Windows 98 PC Created page with "There's not much I can really add to this page that wasn't already discussed in the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YETxI4rA_gs "Building the REAL "ultimate Windows 98 PC"]" video Since I filmed that video the machine has had some (minor) upgrades * The GTX 7800 has been replaced with a 7900 for a minor performance boost * The weird memory allocation issues have been fixed via the "SPLIT8MB" patch from Rudolph Loew * RAM has been increased from 4GB (4x1GB sticks) to..." current Tag: Visual edit
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• 00:2500:25, 10 September 2024 diff hist −27 Old Computers No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 00:2400:24, 10 September 2024 diff hist +510 N Ultra 10 Workstation Created page with "Another two machines I need to investigate, purchased from Re-PC at some point in 2022 '''The current state of these machines is completely unknown''' alt=Sun Ultra 10 (front)|none|thumb|Sun Ultra 10 (front) alt=Other Ultra 10 (Front)|none|thumb|Other Ultra 10 (Front) alt=Ultra 10 (Rear)|none|thumb|Ultra 10 (Rear) File:Other Ultra 10 (Rear).jpg|alt=Other Ultra 10 (Rear)..." current Tag: Visual edit
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• 00:2200:22, 10 September 2024 diff hist +20 N File:Sun Ultra 10 (front).jpg No edit summary current
• 00:2200:22, 10 September 2024 diff hist +392 N SunFire Enterprise 420R Created page with "The biggest Sun in my collection by far. The Sunfire Enterprise 420R is an 80+ pound beast of metal and loud It will likely be the first machine of the Suns I bring back to life, so watch this page for updates! alt=Sunfire 420R (Front)|none|thumb|Sunfire 420R (Front) alt=Sunfire 420R (Rear)|none|thumb|Sunfire 420R (Rear)" Tag: Visual edit
• 00:2100:21, 10 September 2024 diff hist +19 N File:Sunfire 420R (Back).jpg No edit summary current
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• 00:1700:17, 10 September 2024 diff hist +491 N Netra T1 Created page with "Along with its much larger brother the Sunfire 420R the Netra T1 100 is one of the several pieces of Sun equipment in my collection At this time I don't have much information to post about it. I have not powered any of the Sun equipment on to investigate it deeper Also the face plate fell off. Though apparently that's common with the brittle plastic none|thumb|Netra T1 (front) File:Netra T1 (Rear).jpg|alt=Netra T1 (Rear)|none|thumb|N..." Tag: Visual edit
• 00:1700:17, 10 September 2024 diff hist +15 N File:Netra T1 (Rear).jpg No edit summary current
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• 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
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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 +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
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• 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
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• 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
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• 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..." Tag: Visual edit
• 01:3601:36, 7 September 2024 diff hist +16 N File:Xserve G5 (Rear).jpg No edit summary current
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• 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 +85 Powermac G5 Quad No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 01:0601:06, 7 September 2024 diff hist +56 Powermac G5 Quad No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 01:0501:05, 7 September 2024 diff hist −175 Powermac G5 Quad No edit summary Tag: Visual edit: Switched
• 00:5000:50, 7 September 2024 diff hist +2,712 N Powermac G5 Quad 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
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2 September 2024

• 04:5904:59, 2 September 2024 diff hist +13 Powermac G4 No edit summary 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
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