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Mac mini Mock Monitor
I have an old Mac mini that I wanted to use to run a research experiment. Its whole purpose would be to run five versions of the same program millions of times over. I didn’t need a monitor to watch such command-line action, instead I wanted to monitor the experiment remotely using the excellent program screen. Using … Continue reading “Mac mini Mock Monitor”
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Clone Using Windows Complete PC Backup
Recently the hard drive on which I had Vista installed began to behave erratically. But I wasn’t worried as I had been using Vista’s “Complete PC Backup”! What could possibly go wrong? However, try as I might, and I tried a lot, I wasn’t able to get the recovery to work. It always gave the … Continue reading “Clone Using Windows Complete PC Backup”
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PC Coil Whine
Last month I converted my P4 desktop into a home-theatre PC. Using a soft paint brush I dusted down the old innards till they looked like new, and mounted them into a new case. After powering it up, I was upset to hear a screaming sound coming from my otherwise quiet PC. This would not … Continue reading “PC Coil Whine”
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PowerBook G3 PDQ runs without its screen and mic
I am the proud owner of a PowerBook G3 Series laptop (v2, “PDQ”, released September 1998). The “Wallstreet”, as it is known, was an incredible computer in its day. It was one of the first laptops to have everything you could want in a desktop: a 14.1″ active matrix XGA screen (which was bigger than the 15″ desktop … Continue reading “PowerBook G3 PDQ runs without its screen and mic”
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SETI@home: Linux vs Windows – 3.03 vs 3.08
Abstract What follows are the results from an experiment I conducted over several days during April of 2004 to determine which of four SETI@home clients was the fastest at processing work-units. The results should be considered as weak due to the large number of variables, the small sample taken and the limited scope of the … Continue reading “SETI@home: Linux vs Windows – 3.03 vs 3.08”
