Tag Archives: computers

Tech Hardware: Nvidia Dumps on Users Again

Posted on October 4, 2009 by ehurst

Over the past decade or so, fast 3D gamer display on your computer boils down to choosing either nVidia or ATI. Frankly, nVidia has had the edge most of that time. Competition has been pretty fierce, though, and now it … Continue reading →

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That Was Fun

Posted on September 25, 2009 by ehurst

So playing with the old Pavilion 542x was fun, even educational. In the end, Windows is about the only thing you can run on it and expect the ACPI to work. At all. With Win2K it runs just about as … Continue reading →

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Aargh! That Flickering Screen

Posted on September 12, 2009 by ehurst

If you have a nice LCD, count yourself blessed, indeed. I’m still stuck with this old Dell D-1028L. While the 17″ screen is big enough, and I don’t at all mind viewing at 1024×768, this thing drives me nuts on … Continue reading →

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OpenSUSE Wins One (Updated)

Posted on August 27, 2009 by ehurst

FreeBSD couldn’t cut it on my Pavilion after all. Once I got it all built from source and tried to run the X server, it refused to find a usable screen. Running the HAL/DBus service didn’t help at all. So … Continue reading →

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Little to Say Anymore

Posted on May 18, 2009 by ehurst

I’ll say WordPress does get my stuff a better exposure, but it’s more difficult to use on older machines. My poor Inspiron 4100 running Etch gets to pumping pretty hard trying to process all the JScript and plug-ins here. I … Continue reading →

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Thresholds on the Way

Posted on March 13, 2009 by ehurst

My jog yesterday was in light snow fall. It didn’t stick because the ground is too warm here, but it fell in my face and that was kind of fun. Today it was just a light mist, but it will … Continue reading →

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PC Study Bible: Ripoff

Posted on February 18, 2009 by ehurst

Biblesoft sells a boxed entry-level Bible software package called PC Study Bible. It’s junk. The library included is fine, but the the software is just atrocious. It hogs the CPU, offers very slow screen repaints, and generally dogs down the … Continue reading →

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OS Agnostic?

Posted on February 15, 2009 by ehurst

I’m trying to become more agnostic about computer OSes. I know what I like and what I want, but I also know the rest of the world, particularly those whom I help, just don’t care. All my effort in the … Continue reading →

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Windows (Ugh) 2000

Posted on February 14, 2009 by ehurst

Well, I had to put Windows 2000 on one of my machines. As is always the reason, there are a few things I have to run which only work properly under the Windows environment. Since I know how to make … Continue reading →

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Linux Printing: Never Really Good

Posted on February 2, 2009 by ehurst

First off, let’s clarify the title is simply an expression of my personal experience. There was a time way back in the days of RedHat 6.2 when it worked really well. That was before CUPS and I had an old … Continue reading →

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