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May
30th
2020

Hey hey I posted from a late 90's/early 2000s PC again! · 4:45am May 30th, 2020

And this time, it's actually running smooth enough that writing this blogpost doesn't place an awful amount of lag on the system!

Here's the end specs for anyone who may be interested:

  • Motherboard: Asus P5A-B
  • CPU: AMD K6-2 @ 450MHz
  • 512 MB SDRAM
  • GPU: Nvidia Geforce FX5500
  • HDD: Quantum Bigfoot 19.2gb
  • Sound Card: Sound Blaster AWE32
  • Additional hardware: NEC 5-port USB 2.0 card
  • PCI to PCMCIA adapter (for wifi and stuff)

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Sep
29th
2017

Well that was rather anticlimatic. · 10:36pm Sep 29th, 2017

Followed the manual, popped in the Evergreen Spectra 400 in place of the old CPU, saw the BIOS detect it at ~400mhz... and lag.

TONS of lag.

Windows XP does not seem to like the thing.

Like as in, going from 166mhz to 400mhz ended up being a speed downgrade.

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Jul
25th
2017

History repeats itself. · 4:12am Jul 25th, 2017

Late 1990s - early 2000s:

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May
27th
2020

What's this? A techblog? · 7:52am May 27th, 2020

Holy crap have these types of blogs become rare from me lately. Anyhow, y'know how I have that little tidbit on my user page on posting a blog from a late 90's-era computer?

I kinda maybe sorta bumped it up a notch. I'll prolly post a blog from that system sometime else, but short to say, I've built a system using a mix of period-correct hardware from the late 90's and early 2000's. What can it do?

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Sep
24th
2017

*yays* · 5:55pm Sep 24th, 2017

I ordered the socket adapter using mah birthday money!

Now there's only one left in stock! >:^}

Ah'm gonna be doin' some upgradin' soon!

Sep
15th
2017

This is pretty much exactly what I've been looking for. · 4:17am Sep 15th, 2017

Dual-voltage socket adapter? Check. Multiplier bypass? Check. K6-2 support? Check.

Evergreen Spectra 400Mhz

Too bad I can't afford it.

I should set up a patreon. Should I set up a patreon? I'm not sure if my mom would let me set up a patreon...

Apr
16th
2016

Refitting my Work Computer. · 4:43pm Apr 16th, 2016

Here is the mission.

My old Work Computer, on which I do most of my developing, website managerial tasks, and other things related to my employment, was showing its age.

So I pulled some of its guts out. I left the HDD, disk drives, FDD, and other things inside, because those are irrelevant.

Here are its guts. Note the old NVidia GPU and the old Athlon 64.

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Jun
6th
2017

Competition is the best thing a consumer can hope for. · 10:49am Jun 6th, 2017

Warning: Non-pony.
Further warning: Nerdy as fuck.

So on Sunday and Monday, a couple things arrived at my door for my upcoming DIY PC build.

My case of choice, the Corsair Graphite 760T.

Plus these little numbers; third-party dust filters specifically for the 760T.

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Jan
30th
2022

I HAVE PUT MINECRAFT 1.12 ON AN OVER 20 YEAR OLD COMPUTER. · 12:57am Jan 30th, 2022

Oct
31st
2019

End of the Month update #17 · 10:30am Oct 31st, 2019

Here's what's planned for next month:
CYCLED, Chapters 20 & 21
To Find Purpose, Chapters 10 & 11
Janice Adjusts To Ponyville, Chapter 6
Ponyville Adjusts To Starlight, Chapter 6
A Different Maestro Spectrum, Chapter 15
Days in the Mind of One that is Great and Powerful, Chapter 41
Missing Number Escapes To Equestria, Chapter 10

Aug
21st
2018

.:*:. .:^:. .:-:. · 12:56pm Aug 21st, 2018

I FEEL BLAND AND LETHARGIC, FULL OF HATRED, ISOLATED AND UNABLE TO REACH OUT, FAKE AND SHALLOW, FULL OF SINGLEMINDED ENTITLEMENT, AND I JUST WANT TO SABOTAGE ALL MY FRIEND’S GOALS AND MAKE THEM FALL FROM GRACE!!

Let’s write a Chrysalis story~

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