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What no profit motive does to an mf (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 57 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I was curious as to the original specs (because computer tech so quickly is outdated)

From the friends wiki:

Chandler's laptop is a Compaq Contura 4/25cx during "The One With The List". It was the top model of the Contura lineup of that time (1994). The base model had:

Processor: 486SL running at 25MHz (slowed down version of the 486)

Display: VGA color (active matrix)

RAM: 4MB (expandable to 20Mb)

Hard disk: 120MB or 200MB

In 1994 the base model costed $3,848 which, adjusted for inflation, is $6,756.82 in 2020.

Chandler's version had "12 megabytes of RAM, 500 MB hard drive, built-in spreadsheet capabilities (they all had that) and a modem that transmits at over 28,000 bps." so would have costed a lot more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

24MHz cpu today

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

Thank you, computer historian

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago

The RAM and modem I’ll accept… but I feel like calling bullshit on a 2.5in 500mb drive in 1994. It could have existed but I am pressing X to doubt.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But what did he say he was gonna use it for?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

Games and stuff

[–] Albbi 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I wouldn't say the 486SL was a slowed down version, I'd say it was the mobile computing variant. It actually had all the features that the 486DX had, unlike the 486SX which didn't have an FPU (floating point unit).

I was interested in looking this up because I used to have the SX and DX processors but have never heard of the SL before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do you mirror peertube? Have they found a webtorrent HLS solution or something?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

PeerTube has a built-in redundancy system. Theoretically, you could mirror all the videos on PeerTube using PeerTube itself. Except those that do not allow mirroring.

#^https://docs.joinpeertube.org/admin/following-instances#instances-redundancy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Hosting a peertube instance just to help mirror files seems a little overblown. It's a pity you can't just get a video's torrent, put it onto your seedbox and contribute to the network that way.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Psh 10TB

You can barely fit call of duty on that

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, add two zeros, especially if using hard drives rather than SSD.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nice. I just have a raspberry pi lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Raspberry Pi probably costs the same nowadays.