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Re: CB's instability issues
I had a problem like this a few years ago and it was caused by the virtual memory on an aging, close to the end of its life hard drive.
I switched the system virtual memory to a different drive and the crashes stopped. The whole OS got switched to a new drive after that
MrTRiot
Re: CB's instability issues
Download this ISO and make either a CD or bootable USB from it (Rufus is one tool for windows that does this)
https://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html
When you boot, it is a relatively straightforward menu of options to test different components. Stressing CPU and GPU and the system hard-crashing could definitely indicate an issue with power delivery. If testing individually doesn't yield anything, you can do testing in Windows with both a CPU and GPU stress test at the same time using a variety of tools, but Prime95 or OCCT (https://www.ocbase.com/#hero) are good for CPU; For GPU, try Furmark (https://geeks3d.com/furmark/). OCCT also has a GPU test, but I don't think you can run both CPU and GPU simultaneously (for max power draw).
Tushon
Re: What's the oldest or most obscure device you see with a web browser?
My work is providing IT support in a retirement community. I split half my day between the corporate network and supporting our residents. Oh where do I even start? I have one resident who I had to advise nearly four years ago that I could no longer support her Emachines Pentium III running Windows XP (corporate policy changes so we would not support any Microsoft system not getting regular security updates) She said, well, I don't have money for a computer, I only really look at my email on it and the news, can you do anything for me? I put puppy Linux on it thinking there is no way I'm going to be able to salvage this thing, but it still works, slowly, but it works.
You remember that First Generation Imac with fruity colored plastic encasing a 13" CRT? I found a way to bridge our wireless to get a whopping 10Mbps over the NIC just so a resident could look at email in the built in mail application. The web browser will load nothing at this point, but the mail client still grabs POP3 fine.
Re: What's the oldest or most obscure device you see with a web browser?
A Palm Pilot that @Butters had back when we worked at the local ISP together. He had an adapter that my mind remembers it being a rounded adapter that plugged into the top of the Palm. I don't remember if it was Ethernet or dial-up but as we stood there next to relatively powerful PCs wired to a DS3, there was something "cool" about connecting that little device to the Internet. Not even really sure if he used it to do anything.
I also remember him making calls with it and thinking "This is the future, PDAs with the functionality of a cell phone". I commonly thought back to that as the tech developed in the other direction, phones gaining PDA functionality.
In my personal experience with Web Browsers, Opera on the Wii is as far as I go back. But I remember my Grandma accessing her BofA account on her Commodore 64.
Re: What's the oldest or most obscure device you see with a web browser?
Every so often I still fire up the Quadra for some 68k gaming; it has iCab (WebKit) though they stopped making new 68k versions. Then there's the OLPC XO-1 with their stripped down XULRunner/Gecko browser. The TV has... something.
drasnor
Kickstarter: Makeway, the modular magnetic marble machine
I feel like most of Icrontic is gonna want one of these for their fridge.
The magnetic parts attach seamlessly to all ferromagnetic materials-like your fridge, a locker or a whiteboard, for example. Simply move the track, connector and trick pieces around for an exciting brand new marble challenge.
Linc