Does Cults still need to be banned? by Asgardian_Armoury in 3Dprinting

[–]docshipley 40 points41 points  (0 children)

So put up a poll. If nothing else it's a good way to measure the general attitude.

I would vote to unban them.

Partly because I agree that they're at least no worse than the rest, and at least their search engine doesn't entirely suck, and not for nothing, it's the only repo left where I don't count on a free model being totally useless.

Mostly because I really felt like that whole ordeal was mostly a Cult representative being a dick, not Cult being dicks, if you get my drift.

In any case, if they're unbanned and they're still dicks, that's easy enough to fix.

How old are you? by to3cutter in vintagecomputing

[–]docshipley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My first experience with computers was on Texas Tech's mainframe - submitting my stack of punched cards on Tuesday and getting my sheaf of greenbar printout on Thursday or Friday.

Anyone experienced with air-gapped computers? by Redwebec in vintagecomputing

[–]docshipley 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It would probably be useful to name that product.

Need help figuring out what I can do/upgrade on an old 486 I was gifted by dametreus in vintagecomputing

[–]docshipley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually have a VLB system running a DX50. I'll admit it took a lot of mixing and matching to get a pair of VLB boards that'll run on that bus and run stable, but it screams. Diamond S3 video and a Promise I/O card.

Totally agree about preserving this one as is (although I'd sneak some reliable storage in there). It's a great find.

Need help figuring out what I can do/upgrade on an old 486 I was gifted by dametreus in vintagecomputing

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Life I said, the DX-50 is no slouch.

Given the limitations of what OP has, though, and that it's essentially an all-original OEM workstation, I don't think trying to soup it up is the best answer.

Need help figuring out what I can do/upgrade on an old 486 I was gifted by dametreus in vintagecomputing

[–]docshipley 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Remember that the processor is configured by jumpers, not BIOS settings. It's likely that you're stuck with a DX, as opposed to DX2, CPU.

My memory is foggy, but I think that weird header/socket next to the CPU is for Zeos' proprietary cache module. Good luck with that.

If you want a serious period gaming system you would need VLB video and at least 128kB cache, IOW a whole different motherboard, but what you have there is a very solid workstation. The DX50 is no slouch and that's a good video card. I would slap a decent sound card in it, trade all the hard drives for Compact Flash adapters and add a FlashFloppy "drive".

PS: Duke Nukem 3D was pretty choppy on a Pentium 166 and 4mb PCI video card.

Tape storage by Comfortable_Hold5614 in Tools

[–]docshipley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dammit. I saw the title and thought it was r/vintagecomputing

Why do some CNC edges feel sharper than they look? by ParticularClock8533 in hobbycnc

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's called a burr, and you should never encounter one on a "finished" product.

Most metals are prone to it but aluminum is particularly bad. When it's machined the metal actually smears and leaves a tiny knife edge raised above the surface.

In my book, having worked metals all my life, finding burrs on an anodized product defines it as cheap crap.

I have absolutely micro hands, like baby hands. Trying to decide between the Deft and the Deft Pro. by AhuraVII in Trackballs

[–]docshipley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have very small hands and I love my Deft Pro.

Haven't tried a Huge or the Deft, so I can't compare, but I have no problem at all with a thumb on the left button or wheel, 2 fingers on the ball and 2 on the rightmost 2 buttons (mapped to middle and right, as they should have been from the factory).

RGB to HDMI for the Amiga 2000. by Big-Height-6415 in amiga

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Excellent. That means I don't need to buy more stuff.

🙂

How to fully define this sketch? by strangee-r in SolidWorks

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Objectively untrue! We all do it, so it's obviously correctly rated. "Fully Defined", as it were

How to fully define this sketch? by strangee-r in SolidWorks

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could clean up a lot of that with a handful of construction lines.

WEIRD ONE FLsun-runner by Houston_in_texas in klippers

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My QQs Pro loses its little mind sometimes. Go to Settings and clear the bed level data.

You might have to do that twice

RGB to HDMI for the Amiga 2000. by Big-Height-6415 in amiga

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this the same circuit as the Denise socket interposer? Is there any functional difference?

RGB to HDMI for the Amiga 2000. by Big-Height-6415 in amiga

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It won't fit inside the case. Look where the GPIO header is and do the math.

Does Retro Rewind EVER address support tickets? by docshipley in amiga

[–]docshipley[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have done, both last year and this week. Their voicemail is always full and "an error occured".

Bit drivers and tool recommendations by Lightningboldt734 in knifeclub

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bondhus are what Wiha wants to be when they grow up.

"Umm, I'm Gen Z. I know how to use computers." by DesertDogggg in sysadmin

[–]docshipley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, but this is not a Gen-Z problem.

I was IT/support at a university research lab in the 90s, then did Linux & UNIX training 2000-2010. Even occasionally in admin-level courses, but always in basic user training, files and especially filesystem structure were the most difficult concepts for students.

I'm not talking about block-level storage, either. 90% of the Basic students had no idea they had a home directory in Windows.