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Post #AcySne2xKGWuweATdg by [email protected] |
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Bad idea: a modernized s-100 computer built around pci-e slots |
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Post #AcyTeihoja4kk6aZ60 by [email protected] |
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@foone are you aware of our lord and savior, PICMG? |
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Post #AcyTeim4TlTixIZxj6 by [email protected] |
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@bhtooefr of course! It |
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Post #AcyTlLwvjvNEBzowDI by [email protected] |
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Ok that was a shitpost but really: pci-e has long been in the jank era IMO and … |
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Post #AcyUCSBudpaJMxkcoC by [email protected] |
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See every interface has an infancy period where compatibility isn't there y… |
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Post #AcyUCX4eUFkQVtOOga by [email protected] |
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And PCIe has been in the jank era for a long while and it's for one reason:… |
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Post #AcyUCXq9ddkGtDcKjA by [email protected] |
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Like COME ON |
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Post #AcyUCYawpfAxELVhfE by [email protected] |
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It's made worse by the fact that for like 90% of desktop computers, the GPU… |
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Post #AcyUCZMnxjSNcltvG4 by [email protected] |
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So it's become a slot for one thing, GPUs.Short list of things it can't… |
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Post #AcyUCa7b9kt3xtnIC8 by [email protected] |
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Just design "Super PCIe" which is exactly the same but you added anot… |
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Post #AcyUCatSHpAUMKBVmy by [email protected] |
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Like, AGP may have been the worst named standard in the entire history of the P… |
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Post #AcyWWxjLHybet1IKEi by [email protected] |
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AGPe is obviously "Additional Graphics Power - Extreme" |
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Post #AcyWX0MlUNKT3rkpxg by [email protected] |
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I dunno. It's a minor thing but it bugs me. It feels like that era of socke… |
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Post #AcyWX17YgOl9OzeCtk by [email protected] |
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Whenever this sort of nonsense happened in the PC industry, it was a clear sign… |
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Post #AcyWX1t3pmkzmJs8wK by [email protected] |
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But we've have GPUs in with supplemental power for what, a decade?! Longer? |
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Post #AcyWX2eD0UTG8XvnQe by [email protected] |
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It's like that period when you could get memory card readers that fit in yo… |
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Post #AcyWX3P0CVtwTfpAMi by [email protected] |
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It just feels like we're in that "we gotta hack around the limitations… |
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Post #AcyWX49nOXKconiXIm by [email protected] |
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Every time I hook up a GPU it feels like I'm installing one of those early … |
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Post #AcyWX4vIXvKTC7wTLM by [email protected] |
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Or my first 3D accelerator where I had to use a VGA loopback cable because it o… |
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Post #AcyWX5g5jwl9XFpqHQ by [email protected] |
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There's just a distinct feeling I get when PC stuff is pushing the limits o… |
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Post #AcyWX6QWxHuFrHYvfE by [email protected] |
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Anyway, this gives me a really bad idea:GPU but it interfaces with the motherbo… |
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Post #AcyXpG08CHsOidR1Wa by [email protected] |
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@foone I swear I once remember having some motherboard that supported a special… |
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Post #AcyYpWmTuU62iNk8n2 by [email protected] |
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@fooneI swear I've seen something like this, but it was PCI not PCI-e. |
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Post #AcyYpWqjefV0vZjXQ8 by [email protected] |
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@Christopher well, there've been back planes for ISA, PCI, PCIe... |
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Post #AcyajU1DT28iJnsfYW by [email protected] |
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@foone do you mean card readers that connected via the FD interface or that fit… |
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Post #AcyajU5pBtpGY62Ljs by [email protected] |
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@hakirsch the latter |
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Post #Acyddp2CiXU5chKpuK by [email protected] |
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@foone the supplemental power requirements and which connector you need has cha… |
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Post #Acyddp6SSit3ptKEXQ by [email protected] |
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@clairely_undaunted that'd be an acceptable solution to me! So long as the … |
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Post #Acye2glAcU5XCPE0RM by [email protected] |
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Alternatively bad idea:A double-height GPU, so it can have its own IEC connecto… |
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Post #Acye2ju8va32x6RiLI by [email protected] |
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Eventually the GPU will be fully external and talk to the main PC over 10g ethe… |
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Post #Acye2kfe4y2tKQfeNs by [email protected] |
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The world's first Bluetooth LE GPU! |
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Post #Acye2lRrBibtjxE9Wy by [email protected] |
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But battery life would be an issue...Maybe it can get power from the PC somehow… |
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Post #Acye2mDML6bk7HS5ZY by [email protected] |
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Eventually you're going to open up your pc and there won't be a motherb… |
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Post #Acye2n0HPDjuZ0L9pA by [email protected] |
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The first EATX sized GPU |
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Post #Acyh3E8QpbPqZa3Np2 by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] Was that a Voodoo 2, maybe?Damn! Now I have the urge to pl… |
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Post #Acyh3ECgZmoomm2mS8 by [email protected] |
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@cinnamon yup! |
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Post #AcyhGOeZ2HyIxXMZCC by [email protected] |
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@foone are you for real???? I had no idea such things existed! |
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Post #AcyhGOiomTNHAjLxpI by [email protected] |
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@hakirsch yup! Flashpath: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlashPath |
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Post #AcymWkd5b1TrWOI652 by [email protected] |
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@foone Why not get power from the USB port? |
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Post #AcymWkhhJtAPkgRmGO by [email protected] |
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@AT1ST it's a joke on how those old systems couldn't rely on USB existi… |
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Post #Ad0ERG3UpmMj7lltgW by [email protected] |
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@f4grx I don't believe so. It's only got minor differences with PCI, th… |
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Post #Ad0GNxXhPLnCkOSBA8 by [email protected] |
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@foone @f4grx looks like there was a one-off apg-usb card in some PoS systems.h… |
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Post #Ad0GNxbx9XCAxaRZnE by [email protected] |
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@miah @f4grx weird! |
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Post #Ad0JmmRG82CVPYy6Km by [email protected] |
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@foone oh my glob i thought all memories of those things were safely gonefreaki… |
