2017 Hamfest Finds!
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2017
- It was a very good year. I hope it's not too much to ask that you watch the whole video before commenting.
Yes, I should have noticed the model number on those small UPSes.
Of the stuff not fully shown in the video:
1. After a marathon of pin straightening, nearly all the PCI video cards work. Most of those that don't have the same defect, in that they output perfect video in *purple*! I looked for obviously broken solder joints and didn't find any. One was fatally damaged before I got it (chips ripped loose or "skewed" on the board) and another has bad video RAM. Two others didn't output any video (though I have found certain older PCI video cards won't work right in newer computers -- maybe timing sensitivity or speed-sensitive routines in their video BIOSes?). I'll try those in older computers.
2. I haven't tested the floppy drives yet.
3. All the wireless routers and laptop power supplies work.
4. The Peavey amplifier works perfectly, but did you expect any less? Tanks aren't built as well as it was!
5. I have no idea about the "PC Air Conditioner" thing. It's not like anyone cares, up until the point that someone indicates such in the comments. :-P
6. I still haven't checked to see if those Liebert UPSes isolate the battery from the AC power powerline or not.
7. The solar panel works *perfectly*. It was very obviously miswired. I think it's a 20 watt panel, and at times it has exceeded that figure.
TenFourFox: www.floodgap.com/software/tenf...
Quicktime Enabler: github.com/classilla/tenfourf...
As much as I hate to say it, those Optiplex GX280 systems are pretty worthless. They're painfully limited in terms of CPU support. A Pentium 4 650 seems to be pretty much the top end (and ought to be essentially free these days), although the BIOS doesn't properly/fully support it. Speaking of CPUs and the BIOS: there appears to be support for some Cedar Mill chips within. I've even read of people using them elsewhere online. I don't have a good selection of Cedar Mill era chips and those that I do have were rejected (orange power LED of doom at POST). Pentium D CPUs are not supported due to hardware limits.
So far I've installed several different operating systems on them. They'll probably end up being used as "playgrounds" for a while, and then I'll likely send them on down the road. - Наука та технологія
I'm sorry, but I am going to comment at this point with this: Your videos are NOT boring. I find them helpful, as someone who works on computers for fun, and for some pocket change. I also enjoy your wit, and love that you are quite articulate in a day of "dummied down" content. Please keep making videos. I love most of what you produce, as I love tinkering with the same things you do. :-)
A long time ago, upon getting my first UPS, the system I had acquired it for didn't like the modified square wave output. It was a Compaq Proliant 800 (Pentium Pro) server with an AT style (but maybe a proprietary pinout) power supply. Whenever the UPS switched to battery, the power supply would start switching on and off repeatedly for about 15 seconds, then finally stay on. Returned that UPS to the store, picked up an APC brand "BackUPS" unit, and it had the same problem.
Since that time, it's still the only machine I've personally encountered that problem with, but nowadays (as you know) it's pretty easy to get hold of real sine wave UPSes that just need batteries replaced.
I still use a Prescott GX270 as an office machine, and have upgraded it's video to support accelerated H.264 video playback. It's quite comfortable to use on the web IMO, but admittedly it has aged beyond the point where it makes sense to buy them anymore. Core2 machines are now probably the sweet spot for cheap 2nd hand PCs.
The best thing I've seen on my feed in weeks! Not only a uxwbill video but a extra long one! Keep them coming!
Careful with that red switch, ludicrous speed can be quite dangerous.
I remember thinking that ham radio had something to do with the delicious meat when I was younger.
This video just made my day. Thanks uxwbill! Glad to see you scored a solid treasure trove, this year. Also, nothing beats the G5 case. That is well worth the 10 bucks, alone. I keep toying around with the idea of acquiring a case and modifying it for use with ATX parts.
Nice to see you still have the GMC Sierra.
I've been trying my best to keep it around, and hopefully move it inside sometime.
uxwbill I saw the keykeepers update video on his truck, has the GMC been moved inside?
Glad to see you back! I know your videos aren't meant to be a guide per se, but they were spiritual supports for my own tinkering with older systems. I do have to say, though, my intentions with the old P4 systems I found was for practice so I could modify and tinker with my main desktop rig with confidence while (potentially, though never actually) bricking the practice machines. On a side note, I'm an Iowa native and seeing the Casey's cups floating through your videos at random do give me a warm, tingly feeling from time to time.
Just to restore the balance, and to reassure you that we are still out here, I read the video description before watching! :P Also you are right about the Dual processor G5s having more memory slots, I have a dual processor model with 6GB of Ram in the form of 6 x 1GB sticks. Still quite capable today albeit running out of date software. they also make a very good foot stool.......
Watching this on a Dell optiplex 380!! great finds Bill!!
Speaking very briefly about SMART data reporting on hard drives, it saved me from a failing drive, sometimes it won’t, but I’m glad I had it before my drive bit the dust with failing sectors
I saw a nasty comment or two in the herp derp section, just wanted to say I've been subscribed for a number of years and really enjoy your content!
wow those UPS's at the end there have some nice features for such a somewhat small ups. good video!
I decided to comment before watching the full video. Good finds you got. :)
My god, you did do well bill :-D.
And somehow i knew the odd dell computer or two would sneak back home with you, i was not suprised lol.
Being the nasty person i am, the apple machine would find it's mobo in the nearest dumpster and a p.c mobo would be fitted, i have no interest in apple products, but that case looked interesting.
The bucket of mains sockets are a bargain, suppliers love to overcharge for basic electrical outlets, shame there wasn't a few reels of cable going for a song.
Those multimeters look cute, and fairly accurate, they are not part of the spending day but i had to comment :-D.
I'm not a big fan of extensively modifying old computer cases for use with contemporary off the shelf parts. It's probably a result of my interest in vintage computers. That said, if a standard motherboard would just drop in, I'd be very tempted.
I'm not sure now where I first learned of those meters. I got in pretty early, before sellers realized what a hot seller they were and cranked up the prices. They're still pretty cheap all over eBay and do have a bit more circuit protection than the Victor VC921. Even at the slightly higher prices, they're still fantastic value for the money.
You and I are cut from the same mold! I frequent hamfests such as HamCom and now have a couple of rooms full of various kinds of audio equipment, televisions, Dell computers, ham gear, and a couple of APC uninterruptable power supplies I found on the curb. A local mom and pop stereo repair shop was closing and I ended up with many goodies that will make great projects for either parts or repairs
that G5 case looks fantastic. i’m sure airflow isn’t nearly as a good as modern cases, but it would be fun to gut it and bring it up to speed.
I'm indicating in the comments that I care about the PC air conditioner.
Hamfest, I enjoy these videos every time :)
You got a nice motherload of stuff from the ham fest. I was going to hit that one but woke up late and figured by the time I got all the good stuff would be gone. Dang it I was hoping to bump into you and tell you how great your videos are.
We had 2 of of the SUA-2200 UPSs powering the servers/switches. Batteries died on one, so we transferred the whole load to the other; then those batteries died, and there was no UPS. Shortly after, we ended up virtualizing our servers, adding a VNX SAN and blade servers and a 5 kW (IIRC) Liebert UPS (along with a 5-ton Liebert air conditioner). From what I understand, Liebert/Emerson (now Vertiv) made great products. No non-wear issues with the UPS, only issues with A/C were environmental. So I'm not surprised that the small/cheap Liebert UPS in this video was able to regulate voltage!
I love Hamfest finds. Thanks for making these videos! Can't wait to see a video on that PC air conditioner possibly. >:D
Kidding
lots of goodies this year! for the solar setup, you may want to try finding a 1000W pure sine wave inverter I bought one from ebay (auction style as it was cheaper) branded as Accurate Tools. It provides about 8.33A to play with certainly enough to run a few computers. I've used mine to power a garage door opener and some lights. if you could find a cheap one, they are certainly worth the money.
The thing that I like about the Mac is the case; handsome, yet minimalist. Compare it to the bland but functional "name brand" PCs, or the exuberant styling of the "gamer" PCs and it holds up, even today.
DimensionDude Totally agree on the Mac case, although modern gamer cases look pretty good. Not as flashy as they used to be. Lots of brushed metal and glass.
Absolutely. As gutless and frustrating as the computer is to use today, it has probably one of the all-time greatest PC cases ever made. It's a shame that an inordinate amount of casemodding is required to install a normal-sized ATX/MicroATX board and power supply; otherwise, I'd still have one.
Oooh a SUA2200I, they're awesome UPS'. I've considered upgrading my SUA1500I with one. Also those tiny UPS' with buck boost is an awesome feature!
Yes, I really like them. I have given some thought to replacing the SUA1500 and 1000 in my live streaming studio with this one. Not sure if I will -- the way things are now, I can leave all the video stuff shut off if I'm only doing audio stuff. The SUA1500 also has an AP9618 management card in it, and I'm not going to remove it.
While neither here nor there, I like your UA-cam avatar.
the ap9630 card also works on that model.
Congratulations on your acquisition of a Power Mac G5, $10 is a really good deal. I was able to get a Power Mac G4 for $20 earlier this summer at a garage sale. What is strange is that it appears to be a Digital Audio in a Quicksilver case. :)
The G5 is the P4 of the Mac imo. Space heater.
Watching this video I’ve head “building wide sound reinforcement system” more times then I have in my entire life 😂😂
So my dialogue isn't perfect. It's still pretty darn good for being totally unscripted.
hey Bill long time no see! glad to see the GMC truck still parked in your driveway :)
The 780 also functioned a bridging platform between the series just like this one. The 780 was available originally in BTX and at the end was available in the newer style cases like what the 790/7010/7020 could use.
Always enjoy your vids Bill
same design as optiplex 330 i have. i like btx design. also has intel e8600 and 4 GB ram. have xp on 1 harddrive and windows 10 on another. the power supply messed up so need to get another sometime.
When I see that the video is one hour I know I’m in for a treat
I'm glad the G5 I got is one of the best models (dual 2.3GHz single-core processors), even if I don't really use it for anything.
I tossed a dual 2.7 G5 out awhile, and I can confirm that they do have more RAM slots. Still DDR only, though.
Yeah I've never seen a GX280 in that style of case before, pretty interesting
I have a 2005 Chevrolet Aveo with a counter balanced trunk lid and that's a *very* weeny modern car! :p
Ive seen some of your videos since B4 the freenas / NAS4Free split but at my age I am way done carting junk home from a hamfest. Ive been through two major computer de-junking. the first over 10 years ago shed anything earlier than slot 1 and a year ago all the 32 bit, save the wife's in occasional use laptop [Ubuntu]. but HP Z-600 dual quad xeon work stations + a former bit coin miner video card make a great shack addition driving HDMI input 70 Cm ATV DVB-T xmtr [desk top as a white board] best fest winner at 50 cents each was a pair of Acrosound ultra liner output transformers used to rebuild a seeburg 222 amp.
nice video! love your channel!
I have a dual core G5 that I use as a linux server, they're pretty solid machines for basic stuff. I even used it as a linux desktop for a while.
I need those video cards! Awesome!
Old Macs. I scored 2 Mac Pros with dual Xeons and 8G memory for $20 each. Just needed hard drives and an OS install. Sweet looking systems. Now what to do with them is the question. I tend to do things like that, bring home tech orphans then try to find homes for them.
Barovelli I'm looking for one.,.
There are a handful of linux distros that are able to be ran on the old PowerPC macs such as the G5, wonder if those would make them any more useful, sure would be interesting to play around with
I'd say only marginally so, and I'm not sure how many of these have both of a sufficiently vibrant developer community and a large enough user base to stay relevant.
Debian recently dropped PowerPC support.
Hey Bill are you planning on trying Firefox Quantum when it becomes available?
I've already got a system that claims to be running a beta version of Fx Quantum. (It's been on the beta update channel ever since I set it up.)
Performance seems better, but it's come at the high price of decimating what made Firefox so great in the first place: its extensions system. And any Groanium/Blink derived browser *still* just stomps it right into the ground. If I didn't utterly despise the, ah, "inventive" UI and behavior of every Groanium based browser (including Google Groan itself) I'd probably be using it just like everyone else.
Very interesting stuff! I use the last G5, the liquid cooled 2.5Ghz Quad to edit my videos. It has enough brute force to play UA-cam videos at 720p in browser (if I remember right) but needs Quicktime Enabler for 1080p. I hope you find a good use for it! They are very interesting machines!
Are the hard drives full of decoders for digital modes and other cool ham stuff?
No.
Nice scores, 10.4.11 runs good on a G5 with 2GB, 10.5 will be OK on it but it was better on the dual processor machines. The solar panel seems especially nice.
I have "PC Air Conditioner" thing. It doesn't do much airflow but noise
Let me guess you go every year cause these are some pretty good videos
Do all UPS's run the same way as the one powering the PowerMac G5? If so that means you can't use them with UPSes.
As touched upon in the video, no. The large APC has a true sine wave inverter: it matches or exceeds the quality of AC power delivered by your electrical utility.
The Power Macintosh G5 would never notice any difference if attached to a true sine wave inverter or UPS, and it would run perfectly.
Uh, I see, that is useful to know.
I got a good laugh out of the "high-tech mounting system" ;-)
Wow that UPS autocorrection is very cool indeed, doesn't have a massive range but it's better than nothing and it would be rare for the voltage to sag below 95v anyway
What are the specs of your other dual processor Power Mac G5? That might work better than the one shown here since everything is optimized for multiple processor cores these days
I think it's a June 2004 model with the 2 GHz processors. It's totally air cooled and has an AGP slot, so it can't be a whole lot newer than that. Right now it has no video card.
I'd guess that the Dells use the same internals as the Dimension 3100?
I have those Optiplex GX280 computers at school still
Hey Nice Haul, should keep you busy for awhile.If you ever get time ,I would love to see a video on installing windows 2000 on one of those Machines
The old GE radio? Look closer as the switch: AM - FM - PS SCAN. At least I think that's PS as it swings past: Public Service.
I'm not surprised that the UPS provides cleaner AC than the power company. I have a 300 watt pure sine wave (PSW) inverter from Eastwood (mostly automotive things), a 500 watt PSW and two 2000 watt PSW inverters by Reliable Electric (generic Chinese manufacturer, basic ugly cases but the inverters run fine). Even had one of the 2000 watt inverters unintentionally loaded to the max by the "1100 watt" microwave oven that tested to be drawing almost 1900 watts from the AC outlet and the inverter survived that less-than-friendly load - but the microwave now has a "Do NOT use when on inverter" sign on it. Power from the local co-op has a sharp corner on the trailing edge of the positive and negative peaks of the .sine wave. I purchased a DSO138 'scope kit to have a safe tool for checking AC waveforms: plastic case and runs on 9 volts DC using a boost converter from a 5 volt powerbank. That means the entire thing can be floating (useful when the "ground" on some modified square wave inverters is at half of the output voltage).
The 2000 watt inverters are part of my solar-charged "Wait until daylight" backup system for the frequent but usually short (under 3 hours) power outages we have. The backup system uses a 250 watt solar panel to keep a 12 volt, 420AH battery bank charged and that can provide 8 to 20 hours of limited essential power depending on the season: fridge, LED lights, charge phones, gas furnace in winter for a few hours. For longer outages, I have another 1500 watts of solar panels that I can put out and I have a 1600 watt inverter generator to charge the batteries on the days there is no sun (about a gallon of gas/day).
I very much agree with your "bigger is better" on UPS selection. The 55" plasma TV, cable box, Android TV box, DVD burner, etc, are on a 1325VA, 810 watt PSW Cyberpower UPS. It's rated for 3 minutes at full load and 9 minutes at half load but it ran the TV and cable box for the last 20 minutes of the Superbowl when the Falcons played and my wife just had to watch :-) Our power was off for 3 hours that time and I plugged a USB LED into a powerbank to provide long term light while she watched TV and then picked up a book.
newegg.com has had multiple sales on the small APC Back-UPS BGE70M and BGE90M with them being $20 delivered (cheaper than the replacement battery). The BGE70M is 75 watts, 125VA, 21 minutes at 75 watts but but is designed for long run at low power: 75 minutes at 25 watts. The BGE90M is 36 minutes at 75 watts but 2 hours at 25 watts. Where are these useful? Providing the 14 watts for the Uverse router and the base unit of the cordless phones for a long time. Providing the 16 watts for the high speed router and the 24 port ethernet switch. Providing the 15 watts for the old Dell D620 that monitors the solar system. In each case, there's more than an hour of backup for $20. The one that powers the base unit for the house alarm system, the talking caller ID and an LED nightlight runs about 7 hours because it's so lightly loaded (that nightlight comes on early when there are no other lights in the room ;-)
I managed to get to the Dayton Hamfest one time, only because the company wanted me in Cincinnati the following Monday and my wife had family just over the line in Kentucky. I rented a car and drove out to spend the evening and night with family and then left early the next morning to drive to Dayton. Saw much that I wanted but was limited to what I could get back home on a plane :-(
Those G5's will be, and are already starting to become, a collectors item. Nice thing about Tiger is at least you will still have the Classic environment to use with a G5, though I personally prefer Leopard on a G5 and just stick to a pure OS9 with a G3 or G4. Great machines for old school PowerPC gaming, or could still do video editing with imovie 06 or something pretty well. Or if you really wanted to get crazy with it, hackintosh it!
Hi Bill, you have an extensive knowledge on UPSes, I just set up my own UPS system with new higher capacity batteries however the float charge voltage is a bit high, can this be fixed my model: APC1500 Smart-UPS 1500VA 960W @ 240V
Sometimes, yes. You can find instructions elsewhere on the web that will let you enter the service mode and adjust the float charging voltage.
Some Smart UPS models respond to these commands and others don't, so the only way to know is to try.
(Edit) DVD-ROM is a combo drive, My iMac G4 Has the same drive model. It has a combo drive
I agree with you on the PowerMac G5. I am personally a huge fan* of the G3s and G4s, but the fact to the matter is there like space heaters, and they have the Ball Grid Array issue with them dying. I would for certain get a cheese grater Mac Pro. I have a G3 iMac and a G4 iMac.
G5's needs a huge fan
also, I like the look of the clamshell optiplexes
Wow a one hour video, can't imagine how long it toke to upload to UA-cam.
your vids are great mate
Huh. I just got a dual 2GHz original G5 for $15 and the Cinema Display HD for another 5 on top of that yesterday at a yard sale. it's still in my trunk. no drive, but definitely a good find!
Oh god. Another 1hr video. TIME FOR ANOTHER *BOOK OF COMMENTARY!*
1. 1:08 - I thought, when i saw the ol' Marquis, that the air suspension gave out. Or was it only the town car that had that?
2. 4:50 - You can NEVER have too many plug-ins
3. 7:34 - Haha "B interesting". Although, those are some pretty good
4. 8:07 - That camera looks really small. I am suprised. I thought it would be bigger. Great find!
5. 8:52 - the weather has been really nice. find it kind of wierd, but hey, rather warm than cold.
6. 11:33 - OMG!!!! SO OFFENDED!!! (actually, no). But, I could have said that back in 2014 when I had my old Pavilion 7975. Couldn't really do much with it. Probably could have turned it into a FreeNAS server, though.
7. 12:59 - I will also agree with that. Apple could have done so much more with such a powerful processor. Also, love the Mac case.
8. 14:17 - You would think, in (what was it? 2005?), they would have added more HDD space. I am sure they did on more advanced models, but there is so little on this one. No wonder they had more HDDs.
9. 18:45 - Where's the damn smoke test?
10. 30:29 - Refreshments in order.
11. 31:46 - Never seen that weird bug before.
12. 33:46 - Yeah, clearing other people's data is kind of ridiculous. All I had to do for my recent purchase (a Compaq Presario) is install Windows Xp. That cleared all the data that needed to be cleared.
13. 36:24 - Does your Handycam have focus issues or something?
14. 42:51 - Yeah, I find it bizarre that it is running as well as it is, especially with 1GB RAM.
That is all.
2:15 why would the battery not be isolated from the main power? Is it just charging on a voltage drop. Seems highly sketchy and not very useful for using a UPS as surge protection.
In order, mostly:
Air suspension was an option on the Grand Marquis. My grandparents had a few so equipped. This car doesn't have it, and I'd personally rather not have it. It only serves to become a headache over time and requires special care and feeding along the way. (I think one could get it even on the Crown Vics.)
Most of those outlets and some of the switches will find use in the new garage.
The race was well and truly on in the 1980s to make video cameras smaller and more practical. Sony's self contained Video8 Handycam was just around the corner when this Sharp camera was made.
I still use a few Pentium 4 systems to do various things, but I'm starting to think about phasing the ones in server roles out. (There's even a Socket 423 system in daily use here.) The desktops will likely stay around until I just can't do anything with them any longer.
I've long felt that Apple, who started out doing so well with the whole PowerPC to Intel transition, royally bungled it shortly afterward. Leopard, especially the server version, was a ridiculously buggy OS. It got better after several point releases, but still wasn't great. Even if it had been available only to higher end G4 or perhaps even only G5 users, the PowerPC Macintoshes should have received a release of Snow Leopard.
The "Candyham" focuses, but takes its own sweet time doing so. Although I'm debating whether it's a mechanical or electronic issue, it wasn't that slow when new.
With a little bit of diddling around, I reached a point where even that single G5 would have been an acceptable existence, had no other computer been available.
I agree that having the air suspension would likely be a pain. But, then again, it does give a floaty feel.
Hell, that's still the battle today with other things than cameras. Although, I guess I wouldn't want to use a big brick of a camera with little more than a lens.
My oldest computer right now is a Celeron D, and it was a server at some point, although it got retired earlier this week. Besides, P4s will still have *MAYBE* a purpose in ten years. While a computer can grow old, it can still be used for it's intended use - overheating and causing headaches (Prescott) and whatever else P4s were mean't to do.
Apple had called the Intel "modern", but they could have modified the architecture to make their PowerPCs (especially the G5) even more modern. As for the bugginess of the Leopard OS on PowerPC, I agree they could have probably made it a hell of a lot faster if they did their jobs as they were supposed to. But then again, nowadays especially, they could put their brand on anything lackluster and sell a crap ton, but I also agree that Snow Leopard should have at least had a chance. It would have likely worked a lot better.
Had the chance, I would have likely bought it too. Even if the damn thing didn't start up, I would love to have that case (just because it looks so DAMN good)
I could only theorize about why the battery and its charging circuit aren't line isolated. To my thinking, it seems like that would be a more difficult approach.
So, here's my theory: some UPSes "reuse" the inverter circuitry to charge the battery when idle. While it's possible to do this -- and in fact APC does exactly this with their Smart UPS product line, where they specifically call out that "live" battery replacement is a "safe procedure isolated from hazards" -- perhaps not all manufacturers implement the same safety aspects.
I still haven't tested these to see if Emerson/Liebert is telling the truth. I can't imagine why they wouldn't be. I have some very old Best Power Patriot SPS units whose battery circuits are *definitely* directly line connected.
Fancy seeing you here! :D You are incredibly thorough, which is a good thing. :-) I like long videos, I use them as background noise when needed.
As for vintage Sharp Camcorder, for an early technology before they switch to either CCD or to whatever the technology this is, they use Vidicon Color Tube which has been done since around in the 70's by Japanese Manufacture in my guest.
For Sony CV-2000, these are one of the early technology that was introduced in the 60's around in 1965, they use reel-to-reel tape machines to record on Monochrome and it is record-able better than to bother the 8 Milometer Film Cameras. For CV-2000 from Sony, the camcorder has the standard monochrome Vidicon Tube to film on anywhere. Following up into the late 60's to early 70's in my guest, Sony AV-5000 the EIAJ Color along with the Color Camcorder with the Vidicon Color Tube that you can record on color. There aresome stations back in the day they use the technology to make the video and broadcast the video on TV on anywhere.
Is that a the 56 Chevy pickup ye mentioned the neighbors have across the street Bill?
Just noticed it there in Blue.
Must be a rare sight these days still in driveable condition what few are left.
That's a '56 Ford F100, and many of them survive to this day.
@@uxwbill Yes I knew there were still some about I've seen a few on video.
Just didn't think there were many left.
Thanks for the details bud.
I'm right into my cars even though I can't see well enough to drive as I might've told you before.
We don't have these here in Scotland, UK.
Well maybe some collector has, I my dad knows some of his mates who have some Caddy's and stuff.
ok bill, so i was tinkering with a friend's old computer and had trouble figuring out why it wasn't even trying to boot or anything, but i read that i should try disconnecting the optical drive and it worked. why is that?
The best answer I have for you is that ultimately, the world is really analog. I've had *several* BTX Dell systems fail to finish POSTing with all manner of strange behavior. Removing and reconnecting the PATA optical drive (and sometimes the motherboard end of the connection as well) fixed it *every* time. A few times, I could get into system setup and saw a corrupted device ID string. This suggested bits were being thrown away somewhere, probably due to faulty electrical contacts.
Of course, the drive could always be defective and holding a line on the bus down, thus stalling the system.
uxwbill oh computers, never-ending entertainment for all.
Regarding the netburst archiecture i'd wager the atom deserves that title more
When it comes to UPSes, I find that it's best to avoid Lucas batteries, all but one of my Lucas brand batteries in my UPS units have crapped out after two years of standby use (the one Tripp Lite UPS having the severely swollen ones as I shows previously), had to change the ones in my Belkin UPS last week, so, from now on, Powersonic batteries for me!!
Even Peavey keyboards were grossly overbuilt and uncommonly heavy but they suffered reliability issues.
Hurray!
that second dell computer had DVD Drive power connector disconnected when you oppened it.
That's because I'd been working with it prior to making the video. I was going to move the drive.
If I had one of those old Macs I would rip the guts out and build a modern PC inside it. The cases from those old PowerMacs were pretty good but a lot of the rest were just overpriced garbage.
Have you considered a headcam for these types of videos? LGR uses a set (in his glasses I believe) for his thrifting videos and it works amazingly. You'd have 2 arms instead of one! 100% better!
I don't think it would work well, since I'd have to religiously keep in mind where the camera is.
Yeah it's amazing he does it so well, his style is a lot more cuts/edits though so I'm sure there's a lot of wobble and staring at nothingness we the viewers don't suffer.
Eric D So that's how LGR does it.
thanks man i am watching this on a P4 powered pc in HD with no dedicated graphics
Well then, you're doing a better job than İ am! İ have a Dell Dimension 8400 with the best Pentium 4 (670 @ 3.8 GHz), 4 GB RAM, and a PNY GeForce 8400GS, and all of that running on Lubuntu 17.10, and it lags for me. Either way, İ just prefer to watch it at 360p.
I still have an Optiplex 780 with a 3.33 GHz Core 2 Duo in it, and it still does pretty much everything a basic office computer new today would do. I have far better equipment lying around but it makes a good office computer. Intel made a good choice when they threw out the Pentium 4 line. I got it for literally free, upgraded the ram to 4gb, and put Windows 10 on it from the Windows 7 COA. It was "broken" when I got it and I fixed it by washing the motherboard. I got that idea from you lol.
15:06 I bought one of those Dell ac adapters for my Inspiron 4000 on ebay. It was advertised as some cheap, unbranded looking adapter. I opened the box when i got it and to my surprise it was a brand new PA-1900-05D Dell branded ac adapter.
The GX280 were available in three or four different chassis, actually - not that uncommon for many of the Dell Optiplex line.
It's not the different chassis that came as a surprise -- it's that Dell retooled everything to make a BTX variant as the technological sun was fast setting on the GX280's platform. All its other variations are ATX systems. I suspect some major buyer wanted more, as the overhead to retool and redesign is significant.
What is the graphic card on the mac? Is there an equivalent for older Windows Oses, like XP? I ask because if anyone would know of it you would. If not what would you recommend as being the best performer for such PCs? Thank you.
It claims to a GeForce Fx5200.
I guess that's a little better than nothing. Great big Hunk of Aluminium machined into a work of art, top end over-engineered design of every component possible, incredibly over priced to make the Mac crowd feel smug about being able to afford what the unwashed Windows scum sometimes get to see through a plate glass window (if we are lucky), and they stick a dead dog of a graphic card after all that. Macs look great but are nothing special, and that's being generous.
Despite all that, I still like them. I'm just not sure why.
One has to look at it through an appropriate historical lens. At the same time this would have been new, I bought a Dell Latitude D800 brand new with Go Fx5200 graphics. At the time, that was only a few notches down from the best graphics hardware Dell offered on that model. (As I remember, I could have gotten an Fx 5500 or Quadro of some description.)
I was never unhappy with the Go Fx5200's performance, and I'm sure that if I had purchased a Power Mac G5 instead, I would still have been perfectly happy with the desktop Fx5200 card.
I was just joshing. If it can play AVP 2, at low settings then I' ll buy that for a dollar. Or ten. Historically speaking an ATI 9600 would have been more appropriate. Its a bit like a luxury yacht powered by a rowing boat outboard. For what it cost new Its just wrong. Or just Mac?
I suspect the one Dell that supports DDR2 memory would also support a dual core P4 chip. As for the other one, probably not. That old amp you got is kind of sweet. Those outlets and switches you picked up, well I don't think you'll have to buy one in the near future. The G5 Power Mac, part of the problem is that it only has one memory channel. Most DDR memory ran at a maximum of 400Mhz. To get the full 800 you'll need to run a dual channel configuration. Good haul....
there werent any dual core p4s. only hyper threaded ones.
That's what the Pentium D *is*.
In any event, the Optiplex GX280 doesn't support them. I tried a Pentium D and all I got was a yellow power LED of doom.
uxwbill is the d actually a dual core 4? I actually didnt know that. My sff 280 supports a 64bit celeron cpu but can only run a 32bit os for some reason.
The Pentium D is two Pentium 4 cores in one physical package. If you really do have a 64-bit CPU, there is no reason why a 64-bit OS shouldn't work. I dropped a Pentium 4 650 (itself ousted from an Optiplex GX620 that got a Pentium D) into one of the GX280s and it has run 64-bit Linux without a problem. The original Pentium 4 530 was only 32-bit capable.
(Windows 8.1 and 10 are notable exceptions: the 64-bit versions require processor-resident instructions that didn't appear until after Prescott's time in the sun.)
uxwbill ill give it a go next time i get one. I dont think this one has enough ram to work right.
Hey Bill I have this 1987 Sony handycam pro but it wont power on Got any Tips?
The problem is likely caused by faulty surface mounted capacitors. These were a common problem in late 1980s through mid 1990s Handycam models. The capacitors leak corrosive material on to the circuit board, which will eventually damage it.
uxwbill Thank you this is very helpful
i hope you can do another mowing video before the year is over...
I had a look at Mactracker to find out which Power Mac G5 it was, and the one you got is the very first model June 2003.
The first model was actually only delivered with one CPU. The 250 GB HD might be the original one, because i was possible to order the G5 with either a 80, 160 or 250 GB HD.
Nope, according to 14:13 it had a 80gb original hd
the mre nerd did you see that i wrote that you could get either 80, 160 or 250 GB HDD
Yes, well i responded to this "The 250 GB HD might be the original one"
If you were to install Linux MATE for PowerPC you may change your mind about how well the hardware has aged. I find it works very well on my G5
I didn't think that inverter would be able to handle that G5. I also forgot to mention that my poor G5, a 2.3 Dual core PCIe machine, needs a new logic board too. I'm considering finding a decent older Mac Pro to replace it with, as they tend to be more long lived. I actually used that machine as my primary desktop for several years before moving on to the modern Intel machine era. As much affection and love as I have for tower desktops, I do really love my iMac, but things like adding an SSD to the machine are easier said than done. At least its a 27in machine, so the RAM is VERY easily accessed.
I do think it is pretty sad that PPC macs aren't as usable anymore as they once were, given that technically speaking Bill they're not actually "that" old esp when ye consider ye can run Windows 10 on the same age hardware with enough RAM and a decent dual-core CPU.
And still get most current software titles, HD/4K and 3D rendering might be a little bit of a struggle for those older machines but ye get ma point.
I have several older Macintosh's, the 2006 Powerbook G4 that was given to me by my uncle (still a very nice machine, backlit keyboard and everything which is brighter than my current Toshiba one LOL), a late 2003 iMac G4 20' 1.25Ghz.
However as ye say it's just the change in architecture and the fact Apple is famous for dropping support when they change platforms, and for very good reasons I suppose after a couple of years given they're target audience of creatives and the fact that most Apple people tend to upgrade fairly frequently.
But it is still a sad commentary, in fact there is alot ye can still do, music editing, photoshop, some lighter artistic/3D rendering work using maybe an older version of Maya or something.
Heck I might even have mentioned this but even though I don't think he's developing it anymore Mr. Gecko's Youview player will even let ye watch UA-cam HD usingg Quicktime rather than HTML5 on PPC macs and it works astonishingly well I've found give it a shot if yer ever board.
But the lack of a decent modern browser really hurts these machines alot, and I do like the form factors of some of em and wish Apple would offer a white Mac again atleast as an option, they make colored iPhones and everything else so why not the Macs?
I suppose it's just the reality of changing technology I mean these are 15 year old machines now, but given the point I made above just seems inexcusable why somebody atleast can't pull a browser off esp with all the retro collector's of Macs starting to pop up.
where I live you can find any any old used electronics
sushi dream Now were have I seen that yellow guy before lol.
Gotta love Il weather, if you don't like the weather just wait 10 minutes.
1:33 wondering which model is it while it's written on the label at 1:37. We forgive you though ;p.
I know quite a bit about public address systems if you are confused about wiring it together. I have videos about 70 and 25 volt speakers and how I setup my system at home. 70 and 25 volt speakers have wattage taps on a transformer that you select which varies with different brands such as Atlas Sound, Lowell, Bogen, and Quam. If you need to combine a stereo signal you can get an RCA combiner to feed to aux 1 and 2. You can get fancy and make an intercom system using a landline phone and have it feed into the microphone terminals on the mixer amplifier. I also have a video on how to make an intercom system using landline phone with a wiring diagram. This is the link to the video, ua-cam.com/video/X43QkAICb6A/v-deo.html
Mr. Mercury Fixit didn’t expect you here lol
mmm, such American brands. There are a small handful of shops and shopping centres here in the UK with Atlas Sound(olier) speakers in them, installed from the 60s to the 90s.
A ram upgrade for the G5 would help. I never actually knew how much a ram upgrade helped until i upgraded my Dell Inspiron 2600 from 128 megabytes of ram to the maximum 512, web browsing with the kmeleon browser was bareable while it was awful before.
An upgrade to the absolutely rotten video card would have helped dramatically as well, I'm sure.
the g5 sounds like a jet plane, and those optiplexes are very interesting, i have the sff 280 and it is a nice system that i watch youtube on.
As much of a white elephant as the G5 is, it's not that noisy unless you try to boot it without the plastic shroud in place. Nominally, they're about as quiet (and honestly, as well-performing) as a recent Pentium4 system.
Browningate the water cooled ones are really loud. They get so hot aswell.
@Arlen
You mean _haswell?_
Browningate nah, the watercooled g5s.
I'm leaving... on a G5
Hey. Are you able to go to the Shelby Hamfest of 2019 I love going each year and I am going this year and my brother and my kids too. My callsign is KF4LGE. Awesome Vid!!
The time in the BIOS was incorrect because Linux sets your system clock to UTC (GMT)... even though that makes absolutely no sense unless you're running a server. And I still wonder why the developer(s) of TenFourFox ever thought it was a good idea to port Australis to the PowerPC platform. Despite being years out of date, the last supported version of Safari is far more usable on a G4 or low-spec G5.
One of the two GX280s really did have a dead clock battery. I didn't think the system clock was set at all and now I'm doubting myself. Oh well.
At the time Australis landed, Cameron Kaiser was debating whether or not to pick it up. I sent him an e-mail casting a vote against it and never received a reply.
Ill let you know, that not all Dell BTX Machines have the PS2/Ser2 plugin. I have a Dell Dimension E510 that has a useless artifact for one, but it doesnt have anything there. Also, there are only 2 SATA ports, and artifacts for 2 more that arent populated
I bought a Dual 1.8GHz G5 off eBay a while ago for way, way, WAY too much (I think I paid like £80 for it? Absolutely insane that I actually paid that much for it...) and I would love to get some use out of it, if only the thing didn't spit out heat like a hair dryer. Replacing the thermal paste on those things is going to be a hell of a task.
Could u by any chance do a video of your personal PC. I know you kinda get annoyed about people asking for computer videos but I’m curious what you use being a fellow Pc enthusiast.
There isn't just one, and almost every computer I use regularly has been featured in another video.
I have always at least considered specific video requests. Only the generic ones are "annoying" because they are pointless: there will always be more computer/car/cooking/whatever videos in future.
uxwbill Thanks for getting back to me. Really am enjoying the content and I hope to see more in the future.
The Emerson Power Supply model is the PSA500MT3-120U....i'm not an expert or anything, but I just happen to spot the model number on the sticker next to the serial number ;)
This is noted both later in the video and its description. :-)
whoops, and I'm guilty of NOT reading the description like I should have to note that I should watch the whole video before commenting LOL. Also needed to freeze-frame the video at the model numbers at the beginning. But, the important thing is, you got the model numbers, right? ;) .
That might be caused by the sign wave coming from your inverter it might not be pure
Don't preach to the choir!
I spy a Subaru Legacy/Outback on the lawn of the roach palace. What's that about?
I smell Key Keeper hijinks.
Agreed.