Computer related posts
Manufacturer: E-Blue Website: E-Blue Model: Cobra Series Cost: $15 on Amazon The Logitec M510 wireless mouse that has been in use with the HP DV6 gaming laptop has begun to fail, so instead of buying another general purpose mouse, I opted for a…
Overview Working in the shop is a relaxing and rewarding way to spend some free time; either repairing or creating. While working it’s nice to have either news or music playing. The shop already has four speakers and an amplifier…
I purchased a Commodore 64 in the summer of 1983, just a year after initial release. At that time, there were not a lot of software titles or hardware peripherals available, so mail-order was the main option (thinking about it,…
Manufacturer: SuperMicro Model: SuperServer 5015A-EHF-D525 Web: SuperMicro Place of Purchase: Newegg Cost: $337.98 Overview The SuperMicro series of model 5015 SuperServers fill a very specific niche. Based on the Intel Atom processor, these computers are not powerful enough to act…
Manufacturer: Various Model: Various Web: n/a Place of Purchase: Newegg.com Cost: $778.56 Project Overview It’s been about eight years since the last gaming computer build, at that time it was AMD 64bit processor with a Gigabyte motherboard, 2GB RAM and nVidia…
Manufacturer: Shuttle Model: DS437 Fanless Computer Web: shuttle.com Place of Purchase: Newegg.com Cost: $209.99 The goal of this project is spec out a computer that can be used in a manufacturing environment and run Windows 7. The environment dictates sealed and fanless, Windows 7…
Death in the Caribbean was a adventure game for the Commodore 64 and Apple II released in 1983 by Micro Fun. More details and screenshots on Moby Games. This is the paper map that came with the game, scanned in…
During the 1990’s as Internet access and the world wide web were becoming popular, there were several magazines covering tech and online life. One such magazine was Netguide published by CMP Media (which ceased publication in 1997). In the December…
This is a review of the Top Desk Tech Station. Manufacturer: HighSpeedPC Model: Top Deck Tech Station XL-ATX Web: www.highspeedpc.com Place of Purchase: cyberguys.com Cost: $170 Technical Support: support@highspeedpc.com This review will focus on value… because as a case, it more or less does what…
This quick project builds on a previous idea about using hard drive magnets to attach items to the workbench. Instead of a light this time, it will be a Rosewill USB hub. This device already has a couple magnets attached,…