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Unknown_K's latest conquests.

Posted by: EvieSigma on 2017-07-18 16:08:13 I just got myself a 1.25GHz Lamp but I don't know if it's a 17 inch or a 20 inch. Got it with a beastly old XPS laptop, it works but the hard drive seems to be dead.

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2017-07-18 17:43:22 Look up the model number or just use a tape measure (diagonally). The 20" is 1680x1050 native resolution, the 17" is lower. Hard drives are easy to replace.

Posted by: EvieSigma on 2017-07-18 18:01:43 Turned out to be a 17 inch. I was hoping it was a 20 but I can live with 17, especially being a 1.25GHz.

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2017-07-18 18:03:27 Where did you dig it up? Also what model laptop?

Posted by: EvieSigma on 2017-07-18 19:56:24 A guy who used to do PC repair for me had it. The laptop's a XPS M1710 with a 2.33GHz Core2 Duo and 4GB of RAM, should make a great gaming machine for older PC games.

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2017-07-18 20:14:31 Is that model 1920x1200 and 7900GTX go 512Mb? If so its a nice setup, but you would have to use real old games for that native resolution and GPU combo.

Posted by: EvieSigma on 2017-07-18 20:39:47 Mine is 256MB, sadly. Guess the purchaser didn't spring for the full powered GPU. It is 1920x1200 though.  I bet it will play Halo pretty god damned good.

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2017-07-27 15:05:16 Snagged a duplicate MacBook as a spare. I don't have a HD with this one, are there any good Linux live cds for it?

Posted by: CC_333 on 2017-07-30 15:45:13 Any 32-bit version of Ubuntu ought to work reasonably well. Maybe 64-bit, if it has a C2D. c

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2017-07-30 20:14:14 I found out that the old Thinkpad HD sleds will fit in the MacBook so I installed OSX 10.6 for now. Was reading somewhere that 32bit Linux Live CDs have issues with booting on the Macbooks and you can't boot 64bit OS.

Posted by: CC_333 on 2017-07-30 21:42:46 I think there are special live CDs (for Ubuntu, anyway) catered to the Mac's various... unique attributes, which ought to work. I've dabbled in it before, and they mostly work, so I don't know.... c

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2018-03-12 12:41:24 Just got in a Radeon 7000 Mac32M PCI with DVI. Makes using a LCD monitor with a PCI mac so much easier, have not tested it yet.

Posted by: EvieSigma on 2018-03-12 16:30:26 Nice card, wish I had one of those for my B&W G3.

Posted by: MOS8_030 on 2018-03-12 16:34:23 Nice card. I have one of those in my 8500. At least that's what I remember it is, it's been awhile since I had the 8500 up and running.

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2018-03-12 16:50:35 I have 2 others, one of which is the original (pre 7000 name with T&L). This one was on ebay listed as the AGP model and only cost around $11 shipped.

Posted by: Unknown_K on 2021-10-06 12:34:05 Snagged a boxed Disk Tools Pro v 3. Box says its universal so PPC and X86 supporting OSX 10.3.9 and above. PS also snagged 13 SATA laptop drives for stock 80-320GB.

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