hints & tricks in no particular order
Just a quick reminder on how to recognize DDR DIMM modules And also, SDRAM DIMM (2 holes instead of 1, 168 pins) And some vintage SIMM DRAM modules! 72 pin SIMM DRAM (486, Pentium) 30 pin SIMM DRAM (286, 386, older 486) Sources source 1 source 2 source 3 […]
Nostalgia... I recently got a good old Amstrad CPC+ to play with, unfortunately without monitor. The Amstrad monitors also act as power supplies. I therefore need to find a power supply and a SCART cable. Power supply is easy: the CPC+ only needs 5V and 2400mA (the 12V line was necessary for the […]
I recently acquired a floppy drive emulator. I can't say I have too much free time to play with such useless things, but I had the strange desire of getting one of these beasts. I did have trouble setting up some virtual images -- as there are not any predefined formats in the tools provided. I […]
I recently got a hand on two "computosaurs". Both are PC compatible, running at respectively 200 and 400 MHz. As I started my digital life with a 4 Mhz processor I'd tend to say 200 MHz PC are not completely obsolete yet... But for a day to day usage it seems they are! Which OS can run on […]