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    blake5200
    blake5200 reacted to TidaLWaveZ in New Windows 10 Ads... Highlight What Macs Can't Do   
    Sega does what NintenDON'T!
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    r1Ns3
    blake5200 got a reaction from r1Ns3 in Australia's FTTN NBN fails to deliver advertised net speeds   
    Man that's bad I remember my ADSL was a bit faster when I used to live on the Gold Coast a lot faster here in NZ though 
     
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    stconquest
    blake5200 got a reaction from stconquest in [Toronto] ISPs are singing a new tune? Old tune?   
    Must be some sort of marketing lingo that they don't use here in NZ as my FTTH terminates behind my TV.
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    blake5200
    blake5200 reacted to brwainer in [Toronto] ISPs are singing a new tune? Old tune?   
    Every block or couple of blocks is served by a hub, FTTH means that they use fiber up to that point and then use the same old copper to the houses that they've used for decdes. It's better than the alternative, and generally resolves any congestion issues affecting that hub, but it's not that new or special. Cable companies have been installing FTTH in the US since the 90s, it's cheaper to maintain because you need less amplifiers that require power.
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    blake5200
    blake5200 reacted to Tr3vor in "Vintage" Computer Thread   
    Well its been a while since I've seen a "vintage" or old PC thread, so Since I got an old computer of mine working, I decided to make a new one. 
    So post your old shit (computers new enough to run Windows XP and later are not allowed, since those are not "old" )
     
     
     
    BEHOLD: the Franken-386
     

     
    I picked this up at a thrift store for $5 a few weeks back, but it had no power cable. So what did I do? take an old shitty thermaltake semi-modular PSU and solder the 5v and ground wires from one of the cables onto the battery terminals of this machine and we have a working 386SX computer  When I'm done using it, I can just unplug its cable from the PSU and stuff it in the battery area.
     
    This little laptop packs a 386SX 20mhz with 2mb of RAM, a 40mb IDE HDD, a 256k VGA adapter and a modem. Of course it has a 640x480 monochrome display but you can hook it up to a monitor and it has excellent CGA emulation. It also runs MS-DOS 3.3
     
    Anyone got some cool old stuff?
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