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Soulcatcher668 · Feb 12, 2017

So I stuck all the bits in a Node 802. Neat little case.

I had to fab up a bracket for the H100i I had lying around. No idea where the AMD bracket went.

Works great and more importantly....... the wife is very happy with her KODI/media box.

It sits in the basement with HDMI, and a USB cable running to the TV. The USB is to get the wireless receiver for the keyboard close enough that there is no lag.

Buy funsouls' stuff and you too can have one of these.

balroger · Feb 12, 2017

Almost identical to my setup in terms of connections, gaming pc and HTPC hooked up via 15' HDMIs to living room 52" plasma. Wireless keyboard and mouse for the gaming PC. Firefly rf remote and a wireless mini keyboard and mousepad for the HTPC. A Chromecast and an Amazon Firestick complete the connectivity my living room TV enjoys.

Joe88 · Feb 12, 2017

A Z270 mobo for review, I should probably wait till after ryzen to buy a kaby lake for cheaper

SwartHack · Feb 13, 2017

Playing Make-believe EE

So the time came where I really wanted to know more, NO wait...
NEEDED to know more to better understand this fickle thing we call electricity!

My breadboard R&D requires I know the frequency of certain outputs.
SO I started shopping Oscilliscopes...

I wanted a handheld. For a nice selection and price options see
https://www.grainger.com/search?searchQuery=Handheld+Oscilloscope
e.g.

WOW-O-WOWZA!!!

Why so darn expensive, compared to a multi-meter, say...

So what does The SwartHack do.....
Get a pretty sweet DIY kit. FOR $30 merican!! You can order pre-soldered for a couple bucks extra!!!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M75A48X

along with the PCB bracket
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Q2TTQEE

a couple mini-breadboards and PIC kits from Nightfire Electronics
http://vakits.com/

After I had ordered all that, I found the little handheld for like nothing!!!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015X62RGU

So looks like SwartHack has some soldering to do!!!
Its only 2Mhz, but all I need right now...

Pretty decent instructions and specs...

Wish me luck!!!!

Salud!

Mr.Scott · Feb 13, 2017

You should be old enough to remember Heathkit right?

Piece o cake.

Lochekey · Feb 13, 2017

The wifey surprised me with this when I got home from work.

Bluefalcon13 · Feb 13, 2017

mackerel said:
You can buy them pre-formatted which is a time saver. I still have a stash of them at work, although thankfully the last piece of equipment I use which needed one is long gone.

I'll see your stash of floppies and raise you:

Soulcatcher668 · Feb 13, 2017

Holy crap.... do you have a working drive for those?

Bluefalcon13 · Feb 13, 2017

Soulcatcher668 said:
Holy crap.... do you have a working drive for those?

No, we found em in the attic above a switch room when we were cleaning up the cabling... The floppies reminded me of em when I was skimming the thread and had to share. We also found an ancient autoclave...

Edit: that guy who had that desk was super OCD about his workspace.... My boss and I spent like half an hour getting it perfect for when he walked in.... It was EPIC!

GTXJackBauer · Feb 13, 2017

Wow, omg. The first floppy disk I experienced as a child on the old Mac's.

Culbrelai · Feb 14, 2017

Wow, 5 and 1/4th floppies, never used them, not old enough.

Meanwhile, I found a screenshot I took of my first PC (not the first one I ever used, but the first one that was mine)

Yes, I liked the Windows Vista Aero but I hated Vista itself so I just found an XP theme for it lol. This was toward the end of the computer's life. Not sure if it had a floppy drive or not, maybe. It was one of those prebuilt Dells (cost $800 circa... 2004? idk the exact year) with the sides like a gallon milk carton.

After this, I got my first prebuilt 'gaming' computer

Don't remember the specs on this, it was a socket 775 tho.

Then came my hideous flame case 2nd prebuilt gaming (both this and previous were from ibuypower.com)

(dont remember the specs on this either, I think it was still 775)

after that came my EVGA SR-2 nonsense ridiculous build (graduation money) and now finally I'm on my 6700k Hero build.

Blaylock · Feb 14, 2017

HAHAHA kids these days.

This is what my first computer looked like. Yes it used a cassette tape and took about a half an hour to a full hour to load a 64 KB game. Ah, those were the good old days. Zork and Oregon trail never looked so good.

P.S. This is an image from the interwebs. I don't have any pics of my own.

Woomack · Feb 14, 2017

I have something like this http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/6731/Bondwell-Model-8/ "laptop"

Still working fine and it has no hdd, only 1 floppy which is still working and has ... DOS / Basic so if you want any soft then make it yourself

Mr.Scott · Feb 14, 2017

Woomack said:
I have something like this http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/6731/Bondwell-Model-8/ "laptop" Still working fine and it has no hdd, only 1 floppy which is still working and has ... DOS / Basic so if you want any soft then make it yourself

A Bondwell. I'm jealous.

caddi daddi · Feb 14, 2017

I think my first was a timex Sinclair??????

JLK03F150 · Feb 14, 2017

What Did You Get [strike]Today[/strike] In 1987?

Since we're posting old stuff, here's my C64 & my Trash99.

I really need to clean out my basement!

JrClocker · Feb 14, 2017

TRS80...ahhh...it was 16-bit, but still trash!

I loved my C64!

wingman99 · Feb 14, 2017

I liked my 1984 PC the most.

Suppressor1137 · Feb 15, 2017

Just got a Samsung 850 evo 500 gig ssd to compliment my 120 gig samsung 840 evo. Was getting sick of swapping games around. Valentines day "sale": Total cost $216 after tax, came with Watchdogs 2. I do wish I looked at amazon tho, as best buy would have price matched that(159.99 vs 199.99) Too late though.

No pics cause its already in my system. Impatience man... ROFL

In the process of setting up a sort of fileserver on my 1tb wd caviar black spinner, to access drivers, pics, etc. A sort of "Internal external" drive I guess.

My 3tb drive will be my backup drive. Somewhat exciting to have ssd speed on everything i use.

hokiealumnus · Feb 15, 2017

I got a Pixel XL. :thup:

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