Post some hardware porn

[balanga]

Theres probably not much wrong, toshiba kit of that period usually had very good build quality, I remember my T3200 was built like a tank. You just need a friendly local electronics repair man to have a look at it. It might be something as simple as a blown fuse. I wouldn't chuck it out.

I pulled a nice Pace Linnet 33 k modem out of a skip at work once where it had been thrown out... took it home, opened her up and found all that was wrong was a blown cartridge fuse on the mainboard. I put a new fuse in ... and all working! Much of the time it turns out the fix isn't too difficult.

Pace? They used to be just down the road from me.

 

[balanga]

The most expensive computer I ever bought.

The last time I got it working was by giving it a sharp slap on the top like you needed to do with old TV sets.

It's another in my queue for reviving.

 

[blackbird9]

Definitely don't throw that one out.

 

[balanga]

Definitely don't throw that one out.

I spent a fortune (at the time) buying enough memory to run OS/2 on it.

It is still installed on it, but the system just gets as far as showing the orange screen,

 

[Espionage724]

Connected a SOIC clip to the WSON chip on my Latitude 5591 laptop to disable Intel ME with me_cleaner (GPIO on RPi with flashrom; more pics):

I bent the SOIC clip pins a little to grip the chip better and it worked for read and write

 

[Espionage724]

Had an eGPU set-up with a Macbook, RX 580, and desktop PSU (more pics/info):

 

[ralphbsz]

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My first laptop. Unfortunately it isn't working currently, and probably hasn't been for over 35 years. But I keep telling myself I will get it fixed.

I have a very dirty anecdote about that exact model, which involves human beings taking their clothes off. Too busy to type it in today. I'll try to find a copy of it later, or type it in.

 

[balanga]

Another gem which needs some TLC.

 

[blackbird9]

Pace? They used to be just down the road from me.

I think they were in Shipley, can't remember for sure, it was somewhere round there. Filtronic used to be on the same industrial estate. Filtronic have been doing very well recently apparantly, I think they won a big contract from Apple, although I think Filtronic moved to a different part of the country.

 

[Commander Garble]

I feel kind of out of place here, but I was going to post when the thread just started but didn't get around to it right away and so I guess I'll go ahead anyway (and apologies if this doesn't work right). There's nothing special at all about most of this and even the last is not very special. It's just my stuff. So, #1 is my oldest active computer (Dell Inspiron 3668) which has no network connection and is running a several-years-old Slackware.

#2 is my new Dell ECS1250 in the corner running Slack-current/Windows 11 (oem) and, temporarily stealing its keyboard space, my HP 17by1061st (I think) laptop running Slack-current, Windows 11 (oem 10), and... FreeBSD 15.0!

#3 is the stuff under my feet: in the left, a c.1998 Compaq Evo which sounds like a jet taking off even when it's not doing anything (note the pads on the "side" where it's convertible from a tower into a pizza box); at the center, a c. 2001 HP Pavilion 510n; and, on the right, a Dell something. They would all boot but I'm not using them at the moment.

Finally, #4 is the keyboard and mouse of my IBM 350-P100 with the computer itself wrapped up behind it. The bag the computer is in is taped up, so I didn't feel like getting it out, but it looks good. (Not this good, but good.) I can't remember if it still runs but I may try it again someday. I used to have many more but I got rid of all the unused ones (at the time) but this one.

 

[Maturin]

I still have a Phenom II X6 in production.

AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 980 Processor on an ASUS M4A79T Deluxe, 16GB RAM, my former PC I assembled in 2006, was my PC until six years ago (multiboot boot Win7 Pro (production), Win7 Home (games), FreeBSD 11.? (future)) runs by now for at least three years 24/7 as my little personal server (FreeBSD 13.5 only).

 

[Machiaveli]

An home made DIY nas on a Fractal Node 304 built during last year (having found bikinis that fit it though) running on 14.3-Release.






Edit: link to probe: https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=489d42b476

 

[blackbird9]

Looking at some these photos... I feel reassured that perhaps my place isn't as messy and full of computer junk as I feared

 

[blackbird9]

An home made DIY nas on a Fractal Node 304 built during last year (having found bikinis that fit it though) running on 14.3-Release.

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Edit: link to probe: https://bsd-hardware.info/?probe=489d42b476

That's a nice-looking build. Good stuff. The first photo made it look like the big cable run might be rubbing on the top of the heatsink but the second photo shows the cabling is well clear of any sharp edges. I can't see in the photo where the power supply fan exhaust outlet is but I guess it's inside the plastic panel clipped onto the front panel. Unless it's exhausting into the box and coming in through the front? The box does look pretty tightly packed, but I guess as long as you've got good airflow it's fine.

 

[balanga]

I never managed to do anything with this. It's a Sheeva Plug.

This was a post I made seven years ago.

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Thread 'SheevaPlug'

May 18, 2019

I just bought a SheevaPlug and thought it would be nice to run FreeBSD on it. According to the Wiki, FreeBSD 8.0 or newer is supposed to work on it. There is even a YouTube video showing it booting.

Does anyone have one of these running FreeBSD or know which is the latest version which will run on it?

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[rbranco]

LOL we have like 3 threads of hardcore hardware pr0n. Why not merge them all?

 

[Argentum]

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