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Photos Latest Purchases Thread: v2.0

Discussion in 'General' started by RTT, 29 Oct 2007.

  1. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Some more childhood re-living:-

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  2. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    I had the first run Thunderbird 2 with Thunderbird 4 when I was a nipper! Long lost now, 'course.
     
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  3. adidan

    adidan Guesswork is still work

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    Same here, well a T2 with the detachable middle and gizmo inside.

    Had a thing about fire when I was younger though and my dad would let me have matches so obviously all my, now worth something probably, toys and airfix kits suffered terrible fireball crashes in the garden....

    I was an odd kid. With a parent who did the opposite of any advice it turns out :happy:
     
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  4. Mr_Mistoffelees

    Mr_Mistoffelees The Bit-Tech Cat. New Improved Version.

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    Maybe you should change your name to Pyrodan…
     
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  5. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Note that this one is the correct colour, not the weird metallic blue they used to use!
    Now I want a white UFO Interceptor (the saucer arrived last week! :D). Those were always metallic green in my youth.

    Also, I think the TB1/3 twin pack are new models altogether. I don't remember those from my childhood.
     
  6. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Mine was definitely green!
     
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  7. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    Some equipment refreshings:-
    1: The powerbank @sandys linked in the "New Powerbank" thread, because it's chonky enough to drive my laptop.
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    2: Matching 200W charger with detachable mains cable for travellings.
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    3: A little light reading for the weekend.
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  8. Almightyrastus

    Almightyrastus On the jazz.

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    As it is payday today, I now have one of these on the way what for the playing around with. It is a LilyGo T-Beam LoRa radio modem. It lets you send simple messages through a meshed network without needing cell coverage or the internet. There are a few of us in a FB group trying to set up a bit of a group mesh, or at least see what we can pick up.

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  9. sandys

    sandys Multimodder

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    Comes with a reasonable sack to put it in but there are some specific hard cases on amazon for it if like me you carry a bunch of cables, though a 3rd of the price :eek: . also a usb A to C adaptor is handy if you have a few USB C things to charge, I have a tiny dongle that just sits in the A port.

    Funnily enough I also bought that 200w charger at the same time as my GRAM wouldn't play ball with my old block charging other things and couldn't charge and use the laptop simultaneously at full power despite only needing in 65w, this UGreen, no problem, I can charge all the things (phones, ipads at least) along side the laptop and still use the laptop full power, so I only need to bring one charger on trips.
     
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  10. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    I don't remember TB2 being quite so lurid in colour.
     
  11. IanW

    IanW Grumpy Old Git

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    My cunning plan is to get a C5-C14 adaptor for it (cloverleaf to kettle lead). Hotel rooms always have a kettle lead lying around.

    It was indeed a shade darker on the show, and Fab 1 wasn't quite so "Barbie pink" either.
    Hopefully, that's just the product photography.
     
  12. lilgoth89

    lilgoth89 Captin Calliope

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    TB2 has been MANY different shades of green in TV and model form
     
  13. lancer778544

    lancer778544 Multimodder

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    Some PTM7950. I've repasted the 3090 a couple of times now but can't seem to get the temps under control so i'm giving it a try. Will try some on the 5800X3D while I'm at it.
     
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  14. David

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    GPU core temp, or VRAM junction temp?
     
  15. lancer778544

    lancer778544 Multimodder

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    Hotspot specifically. It likes to go over 100 degrees and causes one of the 3 GPU fans to go to 100% for a bit to try and calm it. The first time I repasted it I got some new thermal pads from EVGA and replaced all those while I was at it.
     
  16. David

    David μoʍ ɼouმ qᴉq λon ƨbԍuq ϝʁλᴉuმ ϝo ʁԍɑq ϝμᴉƨ

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    Ooof. I'd like to know how you get on with that phase change pad.
     
  17. lancer778544

    lancer778544 Multimodder

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    Shall report back!
     
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  18. lancer778544

    lancer778544 Multimodder

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    For reference David, here it is at the moment with 3 week old Noctua NT-H1 paste. This was a quick Cyberpunk benchmark with it set to 95% power target and the fans set to "quiet" in EVGA Precision X1 and 25 degree ambient temp:


    and 100% power target, fans set to "stealth":

     
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  19. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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    Old-fashioned trackball, twenty quid-ish:
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    Why? Well, that's a nice modern USB cable on the end of that, yet the shell is... well, have a look at this:

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    That's a Semerc trackball, for the Acorn Archimedes. That's a hundred quid on FleaBay right now. Assuming the Traxsys one works, I can get the same experience in my emulator *and* the ability to use it as a daily driver should I so choose for a fifth of the price.
     
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  20. Bloody_Pete

    Bloody_Pete Technophile

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    Years ago I worked for the toy company that made the original toys, they got a load of them out of archives for the toys for the most recent movie (thats how long ago!), was amazing to see all these things I'd wanted so much in pristine condition!
     
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