Category Archives: Hardware

Smoothing Off Some Rough Edges

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Nosbig

Lately, I have been spending some quality time again with my TC1000 from Compaq.  I purchased mine last year, along with two friends of mine.  We all have taken different approaches to making the tablets work well. I have been … Continue reading →

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Secret Modding Project Revealed

Posted on August 26, 2004 by Nosbig

Once again, I am a little lacking on posting, but I’ve got some exciting news…. I would like to announce the arrival of the Apple2PC. My first mod, I took an old Apple IIe and swapped out the original components … Continue reading →

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Wireless Streaming Media Server

Posted on March 8, 2004 by Nosbig

Today, I am finishing up my Streaming Media Server. It will wirelessly share music streams and setting up in-house file sharing for my music.\n\nThe hardware included a Thinkpad 390E from IBM (333 MHz Pentium II, 192MB RAM, 6 GB hard … Continue reading →

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Secret Project on Track Again

Posted on October 16, 2003 by Nosbig

My secret modding project was being held up by the lack of a metal part for the back of the machine. Two days ago, Bill (the gentleman making the part for me) came through. I have had some success with … Continue reading →

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Project Coming Together

Posted on June 6, 2003 by Nosbig

My hardware project is beginning to come together nicely. So far, I have all of the computer components I need, while the exterior case is something I need to work on. Actually, there is a gentleman who is going to … Continue reading →

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Secret Project In Early Stages

Posted on May 28, 2003 by Nosbig

I have a bit of a secret project that I am working on… it ought to be rather sweet when it’s done. Today, I ordered the parts after dealing with a credit card snafu. Anyway, the parts should arrive in … Continue reading →

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Wifi Kicks Ass!

Posted on September 30, 2002 by Nosbig

Oh, I love the wireless internet stuff. I just bought a wireless card from Linksys last Thursday, and I got it set up in Linux and an using it right now to surf the 802.11b network at NC State. Once … Continue reading →

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Toy to Play With

Posted on September 3, 2002 by Nosbig

This week, I bought a laptop. The specs are not bad for a three year old laptop. I installed Linux on it, anyway. It runs very nicely. I figured I could use it this fall during the three hour breaks … Continue reading →

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New Loot

Posted on September 3, 2002 by Nosbig

This week, I finally bought a laptop, an IBM Thinkpad 390e. Specs: Pentium II – 333MHz 128 MB SDRAM 6.4 GB hard drive Neomagic video chipset 14.1″ LCD screen Built-in 56k modem (Winmodem ) Included Xircom 10/100 PCCard NIC All … Continue reading →

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