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Calibrations
This is something I’ve taken a crack at several times over several decades. Now I think I’m actually getting somewhere… Continue reading Calibrations
Nvidia drivers for 560ti
Use 314.22. End of story. No more BSOD. No more monitor blanking. No need to tweak TDR. Thanks Reddit!
Why does such an ancient driver offer better, and more stable performance?
“…they develop a unified driver stack (the same driver software runs on all their currently supported cards, back to 400 series). Thus as newer cards benefit from different driver behavior this can adversely affect the performance of older cards that prefer different driver behavior.”
Windows Server 2012 R2 on Mac Pro 1,1
Yes it can be done, but they don’t make it easy.
Backing up old optical game formats
Many older games released on optical media employed copy-protection measures that make it very difficult to back them up. This is a listing of the scenes that rip and preserve them, with opinions about the merits of each courtesy of Rom Sheppard.
Ongoing Project Roster
A list to track (and remember) what it is I’ve done and hope to do, project-wise.
Unified Threat Management (UTM) for the home
Overkill? Probably, but overkill is my middle name (actually, it’s Max).
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El Capitan on Mac Pro 1,1
Apple abandoned the Mac Pro 1,1 ages ago, but the hardware is perfectly capable of running El Capitan. With a little help.
VOIP service housekeeping
Pings change. Use Pinginfoview to test multiple VOIP servers at once to determine which one to use. Set it up to test over a day or two to ensure your chosen server reacts well under load.
Buying a safe, affordable, feature-rich family vehicle in 2015
With those criteria, this is the vehicle we decided to purchase.
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