Okay, now I am disappointed. /NOBODY/ has made a custom PC case out of
the He-Man castle? It seems purpose built to be glued to the outside
of a PC chassis!
People of the Internet, you have failed me.
(No, brain, we are NOT searching EBay for a He Man castle playset
tonight. No, I say. NO!)
"Too late."
On Mon, 24 Jul 2023 09:02:20 -0700 (PDT), Justisaur
<just...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sunday, July 23, 2023 at 11:02:35?PM UTC-7, Ant wrote:
Mike S. <Mik...@nowhere.com> wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jul 2023 09:01:04 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallsh...@gmail.com> wrote:
It could be worse, though. I could have one of those gimmick PC
chassis which are designed to look like something (e.g., "a PC that
looks like He-Man's castle", or an aquarium, or something). THERE I
definitely draw the line.
Aquarium PCs are definitely a thing. I don't know about He-Man, buthttps://hardware.slashdot.org/story/03/05/22/1236213/ant-farm-pc :P
Hot Wheels PCs were also definitely a thing.
Unfortunately the page is dead. It shows up in archive, but pictures aren't >archived. You can see one thumbnail from PC mag saved somewhere inOkay, now I am disappointed. /NOBODY/ has made a custom PC case out of
google from PC mag Australia on a search, but that pic & page don't exist >anymore either. >https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1HLDY_enUS717US717&sxsrf=AB5stBhfL5Pth3J5tbe0mMo8jYKBcPDAAA:1690214251151&q=ant+farm+PC+case+mod&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwipp6Lg2qeAAxVMHTQIHVqYAVoQ0pQJegQIChAB&biw=1920&bih=937&dpr=1
the He-Man castle? It seems purpose built to be glued to the outside
of a PC chassis!
Okay, now I am disappointed. /NOBODY/ has made a custom PC case out of
the He-Man castle? It seems purpose built to be glued to the outside
of a PC chassis!
(bad dubbing) "My Google-fu is stronger than yours!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO2i0Ext2zc
- Justisaur
By the power of Greyskull!
(I was a bit old for He-Man when it was popular to be a fan,
but know a bit of it of course.)
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
...
Okay, now I am disappointed. /NOBODY/ has made a custom PC case out of the He-Man castle? It seems purpose built to be glued to the outside
of a PC chassis!
People of the Internet, you have failed me.
(No, brain, we are NOT searching EBay for a He Man castle playset tonight. No, I say. NO!)
"Too late."
I used to have that castle as a callow during the rad 80s. I loved He-Man! ;)
Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
Okay, now I am disappointed. /NOBODY/ has made a custom PC case out of >> > > the He-Man castle? It seems purpose built to be glued to the outside
of a PC chassis!
People of the Internet, you have failed me.
I used to have that castle as a callow during the rad 80s. I loved He-Man! ;)I had to ask: https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY_tech/comments/advyl9/castle_greyskull_gaming_pc/ :)
I had to ask: https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY_tech/comments/advyl9/castle_greyskull_gaming_pc/ :)
People of the Internet, you have been redeemed.
But a very specific Searcher Of The Internet must now hang their head
in shame!
(obediently hangs head)
See? This is what I want. A case made out of a He-Man castle. How cool
is that!
I mean, I don't want it. I Definitely do not want it.
And I definitely am not eyeing a He-Man castle set for $60USD on Ebay.
I am not pulling out the credit card now. It's not happening brain,
stop trying to make it happen! Let go of my hands! We have rent to
pay!
(Brains: what can you do, eh? You can't live with 'em, and are
drooling on the floor without 'em)
On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 10:11:20 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 21/07/2023 13:39, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:18:17 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
It's weird really how fashion enters something like what a PC looks
like. It felt like everything was beige and then all of a sudden
everything was black. Saying that my PC case of over twenty years is a >>>> deep mauve colour.
not forget the awful iMac days, when every PC maker seemed to be
trying to emulate Apple and it's awful transparent Bondi blue design.
Black was such a relief after that era...
Could be worse, imagine if the fashion was for transparent sides and
lots of LED's!
<looks at current PC>
That's just mean, man. ;-)
(the /really/ sad thing is, I now own THREE PCs with transparent side
panels. Of course, one of them I got simply to satirize the whole
idea. Who knew that just a couple years later I'd actually /pay/ for
the privilege?)
I understand why people want something more than just a boring beige box
but the whole bling makeover, that I don't really understand. Not that
means I'm against people doing it if they want to.
On Tue, 25 Jul 2023 11:10:37 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
I understand why people want something more than just a boring beige box
but the whole bling makeover, that I don't really understand. Not that
means I'm against people doing it if they want to.
I want my PC to look nice. It sits right next to me on the floor and I
do not want an ugly eyesore in my room. Of course, what I think is
nice and what you think is boring and what someone else thinks is too
much bling is going to differ.
The only thingWell you probably can put a modern ssd into it with an pata2sata adapter. Benefit... well SSD!
missing was a hard-drive, and I'm sure I can scrounge one of those up somewhere. 😉
I want my PC to look nice. It sits right next to me on the floor and I
do not want an ugly eyesore in my room. Of course, what I think is
nice and what you think is boring and what someone else thinks is too
much bling is going to differ.
Am 18.07.23 um 03:56 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
The only thingWell you probably can put a modern ssd into it with an pata2sata adapter. >Benefit... well SSD!
missing was a hard-drive, and I'm sure I can scrounge one of those up
somewhere. ?
costs of a 240 Gig ssd, bought one for 14 bucks today!
probably cheaper than trying to hunt down a still working pata
drive!
On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:35:08 +0200, "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at> wrote:
Am 18.07.23 um 03:56 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
The only thingWell you probably can put a modern ssd into it with an pata2sata adapter. >Benefit... well SSD!
missing was a hard-drive, and I'm sure I can scrounge one of those up
somewhere. ?
costs of a 240 Gig ssd, bought one for 14 bucks today!
probably cheaper than trying to hunt down a still working pata
drive!
It's amazing how inexpensive SSDs have become. I bought a three-pack
of 250GB PNY SSDs for $30USD the other day. I didn't need them for any
of my main machines (250GB is a rounding error when it comes to
disk-usage here ;-) but with all of my older PCs, I thought, "Why
not?"
Still, when it comes to retro-PCs I'm not entirely sanguine about the
idea of using SSDs. For one thing, the interface limits a lot of the
speed benefits; old PCs counted disk speeds in megabytes/second, not gigabytes, and superfast SSDs aren't really going to give you that
much of a boost. Using translation interfaces (SATA-to-PATA) only
slows things down even more. There can be compatibility issues too,
not only with the adapters, but with too-fast drives (yes, some
applications balked at getting data faster than was logically possible
when they were programmed). Plus, the lack of TRIM commands on older operating systems means they'll kill SSDs faster than if they were
used on modern hardware (built-in garbage collection routines help,
but TRIM helps even more).
Then again, I suppose it depends what you mean by 'retro'. If an old
PC for you is something from 2015, then an SSD can revitalize it. But
the stuff I'm working on tends to be a bit older than that.
Anyway, I have a good number of spinning-rust drives just waiting to
be put to use in older machines anyway. If I am going to buy SSDs, I'd
rather use them on newer computers. It's not really a retro-PC if you
can't hear the harddrive clicking anyway. ;-)
It's amazing how inexpensive SSDs have become. I bought a three-pack
of 250GB PNY SSDs for $30USD the other day. I didn't need them for any
of my main machines (250GB is a rounding error when it comes to
disk-usage here 😉 but with all of my older PCs, I thought, "Why
not?"
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:35:08 +0200, "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at> wrote:
Am 18.07.23 um 03:56 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
The only thingWell you probably can put a modern ssd into it with an pata2sata adapter. >>> Benefit... well SSD!
missing was a hard-drive, and I'm sure I can scrounge one of those up
somewhere. ?
costs of a 240 Gig ssd, bought one for 14 bucks today!
probably cheaper than trying to hunt down a still working pata
drive!
It's amazing how inexpensive SSDs have become. I bought a three-pack
of 250GB PNY SSDs for $30USD the other day. I didn't need them for any
of my main machines (250GB is a rounding error when it comes to
disk-usage here ;-) but with all of my older PCs, I thought, "Why
not?"
But how much is a 5 TB SSD? Still expensive compared to HDDs' prices. :P
On 26/07/2023 20:45, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
It's amazing how inexpensive SSDs have become. I bought a three-pack
of 250GB PNY SSDs for $30USD the other day. I didn't need them for any
of my main machines (250GB is a rounding error when it comes to
disk-usage here 😉 but with all of my older PCs, I thought, "Why
not?"
Well as long as you didn't end up buying those too cheap to be true
external SSD's that turned out to be a micro SD card glued into a package!
On 7/27/2023 1:45 AM, Ant wrote:
But how much is a 5 TB SSD? Still expensive compared to HDDs' prices. :PBought an external 5TB SSD from Staples two months ago for $114.70. A
10TB was $297.97.
On 7/27/2023 9:42 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 7/27/2023 1:45 AM, Ant wrote:
But how much is a 5 TB SSD? Still expensive compared to HDDs' prices. :P >>>Bought an external 5TB SSD from Staples two months ago for $114.70. A
10TB was $297.97.
You're sure it's a Solid State drive? Sounds too good to be true, never
seen them anywhere near those prices before.
Well, if its spinning rust they are the tiniest discs I've ever seen in
a hard drive. Its 4.5" x 3" x 0.75" and holds 5 terabyte.
On 7/27/2023 7:03 AM, JAB wrote:
On 26/07/2023 20:45, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
It's amazing how inexpensive SSDs have become. I bought a three-pack
of 250GB PNY SSDs for $30USD the other day. I didn't need them for any
of my main machines (250GB is a rounding error when it comes to
disk-usage here 😉 but with all of my older PCs, I thought, "Why
not?"
Well as long as you didn't end up buying those too cheap to be true
external SSD's that turned out to be a micro SD card glued into a
package!
At least there was something in the package! A while back I went into
the local Staples for a cable, pulled the package off the shelf myself
and paid for it. When I got home and opened it the was no cable inside!
Went back and did the "Uh, what happened here?" and they replaced it, checking this time that there was a cable in the package.
On 27/07/2023 21:16, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
On 7/27/2023 7:03 AM, JAB wrote:
On 26/07/2023 20:45, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
It's amazing how inexpensive SSDs have become. I bought a three-pack
of 250GB PNY SSDs for $30USD the other day. I didn't need them for any >>>> of my main machines (250GB is a rounding error when it comes to
disk-usage here 😉 but with all of my older PCs, I thought, "Why
not?"
Well as long as you didn't end up buying those too cheap to be true
external SSD's that turned out to be a micro SD card glued into a
package!
At least there was something in the package! A while back I went into
the local Staples for a cable, pulled the package off the shelf myself
and paid for it. When I got home and opened it the was no cable
inside! Went back and did the "Uh, what happened here?" and they
replaced it, checking this time that there was a cable in the package.
At least you can see how that could be a honest mistake. Selling what is effectively a 64GB SD card as a 4/8/16TB SSD, that's just a scam.
On 22/07/2023 16:05, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Sat, 22 Jul 2023 10:11:20 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
On 21/07/2023 13:39, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Fri, 21 Jul 2023 10:18:17 +0100, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
It's weird really how fashion enters something like what a PC looks
like. It felt like everything was beige and then all of a sudden
everything was black. Saying that my PC case of over twenty years is a >>>>> deep mauve colour.
not forget the awful iMac days, when every PC maker seemed to be
trying to emulate Apple and it's awful transparent Bondi blue design.
Black was such a relief after that era...
Could be worse, imagine if the fashion was for transparent sides and
lots of LED's!
<looks at current PC>
That's just mean, man. ;-)
(the /really/ sad thing is, I now own THREE PCs with transparent side
panels. Of course, one of them I got simply to satirize the whole
idea. Who knew that just a couple years later I'd actually /pay/ for
the privilege?)
I understand why people want something more than just a boring beige box
but the whole bling makeover, that I don't really understand. Not that
means I'm against people doing it if they want to.
On 7/27/2023 1:45 AM, Ant wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:35:08 +0200, "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at> wrote:
Am 18.07.23 um 03:56 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
The only thingWell you probably can put a modern ssd into it with an pata2sata adapter. >>> Benefit... well SSD!
missing was a hard-drive, and I'm sure I can scrounge one of those up >>>> somewhere. ?
costs of a 240 Gig ssd, bought one for 14 bucks today!
probably cheaper than trying to hunt down a still working pata
drive!
It's amazing how inexpensive SSDs have become. I bought a three-pack
of 250GB PNY SSDs for $30USD the other day. I didn't need them for any
of my main machines (250GB is a rounding error when it comes to
disk-usage here ;-) but with all of my older PCs, I thought, "Why
not?"
But how much is a 5 TB SSD? Still expensive compared to HDDs' prices. :P
Bought an external 5TB SSD from Staples two months ago for $114.70. A
10TB was $297.97.
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 7/27/2023 1:45 AM, Ant wrote:
Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:Bought an external 5TB SSD from Staples two months ago for $114.70. A
On Wed, 26 Jul 2023 18:35:08 +0200, "Werner P." <werpu@gmx.at> wrote:
Am 18.07.23 um 03:56 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:
The only thingWell you probably can put a modern ssd into it with an pata2sata adapter. >>>>> Benefit... well SSD!
missing was a hard-drive, and I'm sure I can scrounge one of those up >>>>>> somewhere. ?
costs of a 240 Gig ssd, bought one for 14 bucks today!
probably cheaper than trying to hunt down a still working pata
drive!
It's amazing how inexpensive SSDs have become. I bought a three-pack
of 250GB PNY SSDs for $30USD the other day. I didn't need them for any >>>> of my main machines (250GB is a rounding error when it comes to
disk-usage here ;-) but with all of my older PCs, I thought, "Why
not?"
But how much is a 5 TB SSD? Still expensive compared to HDDs' prices. :P >>>
10TB was $297.97.
Wow. Were those good brands? What about internal?
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
Well, if its spinning rust they are the tiniest discs I've ever seen in
a hard drive. Its 4.5" x 3" x 0.75" and holds 5 terabyte.
A 2.5" laptop drive would easily fit inside a case like that and there
are 5TB 2.5" hard drives.
On 7/28/2023 2:52 PM, Ant wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 7/27/2023 1:45 AM, Ant wrote:
But how much is a 5 TB SSD? Still expensive compared to HDDs' prices. :P
Bought an external 5TB SSD from Staples two months ago for $114.70. A
10TB was $297.97.
Wow. Were those good brands? What about internal?
Seagate. No idea about internals, didn't need an internal.
On Fri, 28 Jul 2023 18:31:48 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 7/28/2023 2:52 PM, Ant wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
On 7/27/2023 1:45 AM, Ant wrote:
But how much is a 5 TB SSD? Still expensive compared to HDDs' prices. :P
Bought an external 5TB SSD from Staples two months ago for $114.70. A >>>> 10TB was $297.97.
Wow. Were those good brands? What about internal?
Seagate. No idea about internals, didn't need an internal.
Seagate is meanwhile pushing 50TB mechanical drives and the tech it
uses - heat-assisted magnetic recording - promises increased ata
densities beyond that. Bytes-per-dollar, I think spinning rust will
maintain the lead for a while. SSDs are great for OS and apps, but for
data - where you rarely need that sort of speed - mechanical still
remains a viable choice.
I dread the idea of restoring a 50TB drive, though. Moving that much
data even onto an SSD drive would take forever.
On 28/07/2023 06:36, Ross Ridge wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:They are surprisingly small when you're used to what you get for a
Well, if its spinning rust they are the tiniest discs I've ever seen in
a hard drive. Its 4.5" x 3" x 0.75" and holds 5 terabyte.
A 2.5" laptop drive would easily fit inside a case like that and there
are 5TB 2.5" hard drives.
desktop PC. My guess is at that price it's a HDD and the 5TB size is
also strange as SSD's are memory chips so 1/2/4/8 etc.
There is of course the option it was just incorrectly priced.
I have a USB WD Black 5TB HDD that I bought on Black Friday last year
for about $100 including taxes and shipping (Best Buy), but I've seen
them for as little as $89 recently.
Metal Guru <MetalGuru@isityou.com> wrote:
...
I have a USB WD Black 5TB HDD that I bought on Black Friday last year
for about $100 including taxes and shipping (Best Buy), but I've seen
them for as little as $89 recently.
Costco has 5 TB USB3 HDD for $100: https://www.costco.com/seagate-one-touch-5tb-portable-hard-drive-with-rescue-data-recovery-services.product.100761181.html
So far, it works for me. I was told that these external USB HDDs don't
last long like my former Seagate 4 TB USB HDD from 2020 that died a few months ago. :(
On 7/29/2023 5:48 AM, JAB wrote:
On 28/07/2023 06:36, Ross Ridge wrote:
Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:They are surprisingly small when you're used to what you get for a
Well, if its spinning rust they are the tiniest discs I've ever seen in >>>> a hard drive. Its 4.5" x 3" x 0.75" and holds 5 terabyte.
A 2.5" laptop drive would easily fit inside a case like that and there
are 5TB 2.5" hard drives.
desktop PC. My guess is at that price it's a HDD and the 5TB size is
also strange as SSD's are memory chips so 1/2/4/8 etc.
There is of course the option it was just incorrectly priced.
Yes, the one he mentioned is a HDD for sure - 5TB SSD's don't exist and
if they did the price would be astronomical.
I have a USB WD Black 5TB HDD that I bought on Black Friday last year
for about $100 including taxes and shipping (Best Buy), but I've seen
them for as little as $89 recently.
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