Just finished building a new computer

[SlyPokerDog]

 

[Denny Crane]

 

[jlprk]

5 years ago, my son and I constructed a powerful desktop P.C. for his high school project. We just looked up the steps on a search engine and someone had written them down.

I've never heard of an amateur building a laptop. Is that possible? If so, I'd like to try. I need a new one very soon.

 

[MarAzul]

5 years ago, my son and I constructed a powerful desktop P.C. for his high school project. We just looked up the steps on a search engine and someone had written them down.

I've never heard of an amateur building a laptop. Is that possible? If so, I'd like to try. I need a new one very soon.

Sure you can if you have the right stuff.

 

[barfo]

Sure you can if you have the right stuff.

That's right. Chuck Yeager built all his own laptops.

barfo

 

[barfo]

Anyone here build their own microwaves? Hot water heaters? TVs?

barfo

 

[jlprk]

Sure you can if you have the right stuff.

You got me to look it up. I see that nowadays the steps are all there, just like they were for a desktop 5 years ago.

 

[MarAzul]

I can't quite tell whether that is a 1460 system or a 360 system I see a card reader, a Dasdi drive (either a 1311 or a 2311), of course a bank of tape drives.
The machine on the left is odd for this picture. I think it is a Check sorter but those were almost exclusively use by the banks and banks never deployed their computer system in a Fish Bowl.
It must be a display at an IBM facility made up from boxes available.

Ah! now that I see the picture blown up, it is a 1460 system, the console on the right with an operator seated identifies it. Apparently it is at a "Sheraton".

About I964

 

[jlprk]

Anyone here build their own microwaves? Hot water heaters? TVs?

Too easy. The new challenge is to make appliances through remote control via your cell phone.

http://media.philly.com/images/consumerreports.jpg

When you're in your boat fishing, you can be building your nuclear reactor, which is in your garage at home.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Just installed the COOLER MASTER TPC 612 chip cooler.

• The TPC 612 uses 2 separate cooling technologies to transfer heat – heat pipes and vertical vapor chambers.
• 100% pure polished copper base – combined with improved soldering technologies for the best thermal transfer
• Special fin design - heatsink receives concentrated cold airflow
• Slim heatsink provides great compatibility for overclocking memory modules with tall heat spreader
• Clip-on fan mounting bracket

It's huge but very pretty. Got it thru a Slickdeal/New Egg special for only $25.00. Installed it and my CPU is running 10C less than with the stock Intel chip cooler and fan. Also because the fan blows against the side of the cooler instead of just sucking the heat off the top of the chip into the case my video card is running cooler which is nice when running three monitors.

 

[Denny Crane]

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=speed+up+my+pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

[SlyPokerDog]

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=speed+up+my+pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

http://www.hackintosh.com/

 

[Denny Crane]

Go for it. You won't need these:

https://www.google.com/search?clien...y+pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=virus+scanner&rls=en

https://www.google.com/search?clien...pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=spyware+scanner&rls=en

https://www.google.com/search?clien...pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=malware+scanner&rls=en

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Go for it. You won't need these:

https://www.google.com/search?clien...y+pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=virus+scanner&rls=en

https://www.google.com/search?clien...pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=spyware+scanner&rls=en

https://www.google.com/search?clien...pc&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#q=malware+scanner&rls=en

I like my porn with a side of danger.

 

[barfo]

Sly, you need one of these:

barfo

 

[MarAzul]

Sly, you need one of these:

barfo

Ha! Some how that looks just right, a portal to barfo's mind.