WFFC 1 #51 January 1, 2003 Right now, a Sony Vaio - P4 2.0, 200GB storage, 512 Ram Building a Franken box right now that would make most techies drool...----- ~~~Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #52 January 1, 2003 Always take the "Roll Your Own" approach to PCs, myself... But now, let's get really geeky: Who here has built their own single-board computer, wire-wrapped it on a breadboard, and written Assembler for it? "The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
weirdchris 0 #53 January 1, 2003 A HOME Built bad mutha fuka athelonp 2600 ghz. w/ mega cooler abit board 1.5 gig ddr memory 4/ 80 gig 8mb cache hard drives fast as scsi sys g-force 3 video card sound blaster 5.1 sound card flat screen monitor 5.1 surround sound high speed cable modem Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #54 January 1, 2003 Quote Always take the "Roll Your Own" approach to PCs, myself... But now, let's get really geeky: Who here has built their own single-board computer, wire-wrapped it on a breadboard, and written Assembler for it? I haven't done that, but writting in Assembler YES, I used to be very good LONG time ago, when the Z-80 type processors where king.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #55 January 1, 2003 I have a new Gateway with BIG "F"ing Utters on it. naturaly I keepmy coffe maker next to it for the creamer needs"Moo!" -Kung Pow (Enter the Fist) _______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #56 January 1, 2003 Ooh, pick me, pick me! HAL --> for each letter go one step forwards in the alphabet --> IBM. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobsled92 0 #57 January 1, 2003 Quote A HOME Built bad mutha fuka athelonp 2600 ghz. w/ mega cooler abit board 1.5 gig ddr memory 4/ 80 gig 8mb cache hard drives fast as scsi sys g-force 3 video card sound blaster 5.1 sound card flat screen monitor 5.1 surround sound high speed cable modem My Computer is just like my car: SOOOOO Powerful that when I turn it on it just EXPLODES! WHammo! I'm dead and half the house is gone. ooooh God That's power!_______________________________ If I could be a Super Hero, I chose to be: "GRANT-A-CLAUS". and work 365 days a Year. http://www.hangout.no/speednews/ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #58 January 2, 2003 QuoteQuotemine is a hal 2000. Now a true geek can tell you where HAL came from for the Space Odyssey movies...Anyone??? Douglas Rain is a Canadian (no, I didn't have to look that up)."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jfields 0 #59 January 2, 2003 Hmm. Which computer? Wife's: Dell Celeron 700mhz Boring WinXP Pro 768 mb RAM Mine: Intel ISP2150G 2U rackmount Dual 650 mhz xeon 2024 mb RAM RedHat 8 MegaRAID SCSI w/hot-swap backplane 48gb SCSI2 system drive 3x 18gb SCSI2 RAID 5 array Video: Cirrus Logic GD5480 Monitor: I don't need no steenkin' monitor! My other box: Dell SC500 900mhz 20 gb system drive 2x 60 gb data drives Video: yeah, it has it. CDR Win2k Server My work box: Micron Millennia 667 mhz 256 mb RAM SCSI CD SCSI CDR 16mb video card WinXP Pro Can you tell I'm not really a gamer? No high-end processors or video cards. I'll take an overload of RAM and a reliable box over cool & glitzy any day. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonic 0 #60 January 3, 2003 You got all your software installed to a ramdisk or something? ----------------------------------- It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
macey 0 #61 January 3, 2003 Still getting by with a 1kb Sinclair Spectrum (with sideway rom). Running Linux now though. Windose sux. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KawiZX900 0 #62 January 3, 2003 power mac G4 dual 867's 512 ram "space for 2 gig's" samsung 1200+1600 hp7350 printer, cannon scanner. the video cards a nvidea or what not, done more with that mac in a week then i've ever done on a pc... i'm photoshoppin,illustratin,networkin,schoolin fools, all that shit.... it's really a sweet machine. qucik on the learn curve. Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KawiZX900 0 #63 January 3, 2003 i took out a loan and got the apple, my brothe asked for one for christmas and got a "good quality" computer, thats the Name Brand on it... It booted up when I set it up, but I don't know about it... reminds me of vectrex game system, or maybee coleco Accelerate hard to get them looking, then slam on the fronts and rollright beside the car, hanging the back wheel at eye level for a few seconds. Guaranteed reaction- Dave Sonsky Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kevin922 0 #64 January 3, 2003 Just bought a custom built p4 866 512 MB ram, 120 gig hd, dvd writer, dvd player, case with blue sound activated neon (ooh so neat), sound blaster audigy platinum, a tv tuner card... also have a dual pentium III 866 server with a gig of ram, don't recall the hard disk but it's big.. and a dell inspiron 8000 laptop with a pentium III 600, 256 MB ram, 10 gig hd, dvd player, cd-rw and a big screen. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallingILweenie 0 #65 January 4, 2003 2.53 ghz gateway, 512 DRRAM, 80 gigs, 128 nvidia card, 18 inch flat panel, and a partridge in a pear tree..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #66 January 4, 2003 Dude, I got a DELL!! Bwaa haaa!!! I bet you've never heard that before!Okay, semi-seriously - motherboard - no clue -PIII 800 -384 MB RAM -stuffed lobster on top of a 19" flat screen -3rd keyboard (beer spills) -some kind of cd burner -scanner for my ass Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #67 January 4, 2003 Quote -scanner for my ass So is a BIG ASS scanner huh? __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phatcat 0 #68 January 4, 2003 Quote So is a BIG ASS scanner huh? No, not big, just hairy, see - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #69 January 4, 2003 QuoteQuoteSo is a BIG ASS scanner huh? No, not big, just hairy, see - Dude, you better stop using Rogaine.__________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonic 0 #70 January 4, 2003 BTW - Zalman fans suck ass. Got a flower over my processor, and when I was out the fan stopped working. lucky for me the heatsink is good and I have lots of case fans, otherwise bye bye cpu ----------------------------------- It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rookeskydiver 0 #71 January 4, 2003 Its all about E-Machines baby.Tha #1 college student computer PCSS # 1 Rookeskydiver "Its a Wonka Bar"....."Go ahead Charlie open it, lets see that golden ticket" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jraf 0 #72 January 4, 2003 Erno winns the prize - case of beer. You have to come to ZHill though erno An IBM it is! jraf Me Jungleman! Me have large Babalui. Muff #3275 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smiles 0 #73 January 4, 2003 Gateway Select 1000 (now 3yrs. old) AMD Athlon 1000MHz 768MB 32MB NVIDA GeForce2 MX graphics accelerator 80GB HD just replaced 40GB by Gateway (under warranty) Smileseustress. : a positive form of stress having a beneficial effect on health, motivation, performance, and emotional well-being. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #74 January 4, 2003 Err - let's see: 1. Sony Viao laptop - p4, 1.7 gHz, 16" screen, XP. 2. IBM Thinkpad - p3, 800 MHz, 14", Win 2000 server. 3, 4, 5. three home-built stand-ups - couple of redhat linux machines (486 66 and P Pro 150) and one Win2000 server (K6-2 450). 6. One or two that need to be fixed.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riddler 0 #75 January 4, 2003 You mean the ackronym? Heuristic ALgorithm.Trapped on the surface of a sphere. XKCD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
