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Guess I walked into that one.
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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Just look nat the graphs in the datasheet: Number of remaining pins vs. number of socket insertions
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Mike Hankey wrote: What the hell would you use that for? As a hardware implementation of /dev/null
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recently put a new dev system together, i5-8400, 32GB RAM, 2 x 1TB SSD. Not the most powerful beast but more than enough grunt for my needs (dev, mostly VS.)
been a die hard w7 user as sad to find out w7 didn't support the intel 3xx chipset (video and USB). Sure there were ways (hacks) to make it work, but way too many hoops and far too much jumping, so either suck up w10, or linux.
Well 2 SSD's, let's try both. (later one will become a shadow for the other.)
w10: it looked and felt wrong: restricted, throttled.
linux: does well, you feel you are getting the full use of your hardware.
technically
lets face it, w10 is an operating system that grew up from DOS via a sort of inflexible GUI, at it's core it's [still] designed for one person to do one thing at a time. yeah it sort of multitasks, but not really, still too simple (and it happens often) for one app to cripple the entire machine. In old speak it's broken: (internal) task scheduling is a series of hacks on hacks on a single stream even with multi core/multi CPU's, the network stack is implementation is, well it's bass ackward, the file system fails basic multi user tasking requirements, the kernel / user separation is hard coded crap that's easy to bypass and sadly sometimes necessary to get hings done as well as a goldred diamond mine for hackers/virii - it's not a true multitasking o/s, it's a hack on a single user single task base core.
linux is 90% there as a properly structured o/s in all respects, it does manage true multi tasking, a proper network (in fact nearly all hardware) stack, it's 95% there in properly segregating kernel from user (rarely needed except for o/s management), mostly it knows it's just an o/s, not an o/s plus some parts of some application - in particular network and other hardware management / processing is not 'integrated' into the core, it's modularised (not a bad trade off). Internet is not built into the O/S, it's no right to be there, ever - something ms completely elepahnted and they still stick with doing that - WTF!!.
Summary: windows is not a proper O/S, linux mostly is, and what that means the wrongness of the former is becoming a genuine issue on today's decently powerful hardware.
non technical version
- w10: like driving a prius to the bus stop on a rainy day, trying to find a park, walking 15 minutes to the bus stop then waiting 30 mins for the bus, perhaps you might get to where you maybe need to be if you are lucky.
And you know you are being ripped off because you know it's not a prius you're in; it's just w10 making it feel that way...
if you're really going to run w10 on the metal save your money and buy a netbook, yes a netbook - it'd be just as good for what you get out of it.
- linux: Like using a Mustang (or your own favorite) to drive to the beach: you know you're getting your moneys worth [from the hardware], a few quirks but you can grow into them, main thing is and you get to go where you want to go.
To be fair linux does have it's own unique downside: too many cooks pissing in stirring the pot, luckily the master chef has it mostly under control.
One line conclusion:
If you're buying new [decent powered] hardware: for goodness sake don't waste it by installing w10 natively.
Development how? linux doesn't do vs: of course VM's all the way
something else I encountered during trying both environments:
w7 and w10 guests (with vs2013 and vs2017 installed - accessing source on a shared drive:
- linux host (virtual box): very smooth, simple, well balanced. Hardly notice it's on a vm, except all those snapshot features and other goodies you get.
- w10 host (vbox, hyper, vmware): sluggish, troublesome, not smooth, almost daily need to re-tweak things UAC and other w10 stupidity kept biting, (worse than mosqitoes...), like a never ending clown show, a really sad clown show. How to get anything done?
Bonus: w10 running in a vm with a "host-only network" - surprisingly happy as a pig in sh*t. w10 (native and as guest) get's wonky when it has no network at all, but give it a [it thinks] full network to talk to (i.e. with DNS ect) - even when it can't find microsloth.com seems perhaps it just thinks that mommy is not answering because she's sleeping so never mind so all is still ok in the world - if it's go no network it knows it's alone.
(double bonus: w10 updates? do off-line, i.e. when you want to do it - full control is returned to owner. Many instructions on the net - so much better than letting w10 look after itself - I mean, particularly as a developer than needs full control over their system. what a completely stupid joke the current w10 update system STILL is.
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Lopatir wrote: sad to find out w7 didn't support the intel 3xx chipset (video and USB). Really? What motherboard do you use? Usually sellers have W7 drivers.
I have an i5-6600 so maybe it's just old enough to still support w7...
GCS d-- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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ASUS mobo, but regardless the brand the chipset drivers always come from Intel (or AMD if that sort).
I researched this fully, often mobo sellers rebrand/repackage the drivers but they ALWAYS come from intel, and intel have stated they will not support w7 on new chipsets.
Anyway having gone linux I wont go back:
- yes w7 is 10 X better than w10 (I'm talking for dev: setup, control, environment and stability ... not for normal day-to-day use),
- but (contrary to what I really expected) I found linux is another 10 X better than that!
I really was amazed how good linux (and putting windows in boxes) has become, way way way beyond expectations. I'm actually glad that w7 wouldn't run on the bare metal otherwise I wouldn't have found this out.
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Not particularly surprising. Not long before Microsoft will kill it also. Killed XP when it was still a popular OS, and people were not happy to have to move on.
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A bit back I bought and Intel NUC - partly as a media box and partly so I can sit in bed and work remotely.
Ubuntu 16.04 has a plug-and-play version to install "Intel Certified". No problems.
Except:
(1) It's connected to a TV that doens't have a turn-off-overscan setting and xrandr is, after much searching, helping about 75% of the fix. Never quite right.
(2) They don't have synaptic for software download/management, but their new "easy to use" snap. I had to get synaptic to get to what I wanted.
(3) Mainly, and (2) is a symptom of it, Ubuntu looks more and more like a telephone. Happy, popular, dumbed down.
So I'm looking into other flavors of Linux.
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hmm, I run lubuntu (system information says Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS),
- it's using synaptic by default.
- lubuntu is supposedly ubuntu with way less baggage bundled / pre-installed,
- nice clean [spartan] lxde on openbox
- opens to a blank screen apart from the trash can and 5 other icons I put there.
Though I too find todays linux a little dumbed down (my comment about too many cooks stirring the pot is one reason that led to that), definitely helpful sometimes (like it figures out on it's own what extras to install when needed)
but also many years ago I used unix/bsd a lot so I'm somewhat used to doing many things in terminal (xterms) too - like falling off a bike: you never really forget how to do it, just gotta clear the cobwebs.
heck xrandr - looks pretty powerful and many sites only document some of it's features, beyond me.
used to code X config files, in particular xorg.conf manually, (I remember that's where the scan settings were set, lines, pixels, overscan, return, clock etc.) - read up on that, you may need to generate that file (these days not there by default) then tweak it manually.
to start you off some initial info: (copy and paste link):
askubuntu.com/questions/4662/where-is-the-x-org-config-file-how-do-i-configure-x-there
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Thanks - some users commented (when I was looking up others with the overscan problem) that there used to be some application available to do this configuration very nicely - but it's no longer included or supported (begins with a 'c').
Lubutu? I picked the version I have because of the easy install and Intel Certified. It wont' be too difficult to overwrite the system with something less like a cell phone. Ubuntu is, like it or not, in a popularity contest and I'm a minority. I suspect many of the other flavors of Debian are closer to their roots. I did have to apt-get synaptic.
As an FYI, I used --transform a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i to do the mostly-fix - most of the other screen adjustments didn't seem to even have an effect. I also created my own screen settings - no luck there. I can shrink the screen enough, but then the mouse is trapped in an area that makes some of the screen unreachable. Luckily, the changes aren't permanent (yet) - just a sh script. X config - any idea's a good idea until it's fixed.
Thanks
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yeah that was with regards to other (smarter) vendors
in this case it's actually intel not doing the drivers,
and of course unrelated but at the same time intel is wondering why business is going down.
(not saying the above is the only or even a major reason, but it's in there, and that does point to faults in their decision making)
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lopati: roaming wrote: yeah that was with regards to other (smarter) vendors idiocy is more extended than you think, really...
lopati: roaming wrote: that does point to faults in their decision making As Intel was the only one doing that...
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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APOD: 2018 September 13 - Comet, Clusters, and Nebulae[^]
I hope you all enjoy the somewhat infrequent postings. I would love it if Chris would make the APOD a sticky feature - I'm pretty sure there are many of us who enjoy these images. For my part, I only post when they are deep space rather than local objects pictured so maybe that would be better if CP made it a feature. Just a thought - enjoy.
Keep your friends close. Keep Kill your enemies closer.
The End
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Was surfing and found this today MOnSter 6502
While I never really worked with this particular chip (mine was 8080 and Z80) I am amazed (and appalled) at the time and effort this took. And he isn't done! He appears to be working on version 2.0
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Quote: Are you nuts?
Probably.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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What some people do is amazing. Does look extremely professional. I am waiting for the Pentium version.
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Pentium with though hole, the size of a reasonable country!!
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That is pretty big
guess we can put it on the moon.
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To be truly authentic, it would need to include the FDIV bug[^].
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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So I guess he makes sure one transistor fails at random intervals?
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Blocked at work. My first two computers were 6502. :/
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010 ----- You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010 ----- When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Awesome find.
Started on on Apple II...many moons ago!
Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. Steven Wright
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About 10 days ago, I posted a thread; The Lounge[^] discussing how to decide when it is time to upgrade your machine.
In among the sarcasm, humor and anecdotes was actually a couple of good suggestions, with the key one being upgrade to SSD. Thank you to those who suggested this.
What impresses me most is how much faster web browsing is, I guess caching all those images to the HDD really slowed things down.
With that said, I have managed to stumble on to an issue
When the drive arrived, I jumped on CNET read a step by step article on upgrading your HDD to SSD, downloaded the recommended tool, plugged in the SSD to the USB and cloned the HDD to the SSD. Removed the HDD and installed the SSD. Crossed my fingers and restarted the machine. Much to my elation, it booted quickly, windows started faster and life was good.
Hey wait a minute. Not so fast. What's this? I bought a 1TB SSD and when I look at the drive properties it says 500GB. It shows the other 500GB as un-partitioned space, which makes no sense for an SSD. 500GB was the size of my HDD. Apparently the shareware tool caused this during the clone process. Moral of the story - "you get what you pay for", or "if it is free it is for me, except when it comes to shareware"
Has anybody else run on to this? Am I hosed at this point and have to go back to ground zero and start the process all over again? Or is there some way to claim the un-partitioned space?
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