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bwDraco

12:10 AM

lol. Somebody tried to deface one of my posts.

superuser.com/review/suggested-edits/995679

Burgi

tbf makes more sense.... ;)

bwDraco

@gparyani What laptop? A ThinkPad or some other business-class machine?

Hmm. A Mac of some sort?

northerner

Back in the day I had a computer where pressing ctrl key made a circle around the cursor. This was helpful if you lost track of where the cursor was on the screen. Anything like that with Windows 10?

Burgi

yes

in the same mouse control panel as in win7

start -> type mouse -> click additional mouse settings -> pointer options

bwDraco

northerner

12:28 AM

Thank you!

gparyani

@bwDraco An HP Compaq (aka Business Notebook).

bwDraco

Huh. That sounds really old.

gparyani

It was a fairly low-end machine, even for the time. Had the slowest CPU in its class (a Celeron 1.3 GHz Dothan) and I replaced with the fastest CPU (a Pentium M 780 2.26 GHz)

bwDraco

Before HP got rid of the Compaq brand and started to use Elite branding.

Huh.

gparyani

I also have a newer Compaq machine that's higher-end, with an AMD Turion 64 2.0 GHz

Jul 16 at 3:42, by gparyani

Basically, I've been going through every computer in the house, and seeing if I can upgrade them and continue to run them as modern systems.

Jul 16 at 19:09, by gparyani

I got inspired by a YouTuber who in a past life used to buy 10-year-old iBooks, refurbish them to modern specifications, and sell them.

bwDraco

12:32 AM

What kind of power adapter? 7.4mm, or is it even older?

gparyani

It's a barrel connector; don't know the size

I had previously ordered it, but the eBay seller apparently misplaced it and gave me a refund, so I had to re-order it

bwDraco

Current HP laptops use a 4.5mm barrel connector. Older systems use a 7.4mm connector; a dongle is available to allow use of newer power adapters with older machines.

IIRC some HP machines of even older vintage use yet a different-size barrel connector.

gparyani

Oh, wait, I remember, this one is older, it uses a supply different from 7.4 mm

I do have another, newer HP Compaq machine and a much newer HP Pavilion machine that both use the 7.4 mm plug

I didn't know they were standardized; I thought it was merely a coincidence that they shared the same plug

bwDraco

@gparyani The same power adapter (as long as the wattage is sufficient) will work on both machines.

gparyani

@bwDraco Yeah, you're right about that. I remember when I used to use that newer Compaq machine that it would prompt me to "plug in a higher-capacity adapter for better performance".

bwDraco

12:39 AM

Had to pull out my old dongles. My first laptop was an HP system that used the 7.4mm connector. At one point, I had to replace the power adapter; the new adapter came with a dongle that allows it to be used on even older machines with a 4.8mm connector.

> For full performance, connect a higher capacity power adapter

(as it would appear on a newer HP system)

gparyani

I have an HP Pavilion laptop from 2001 that uses an even older connector

bwDraco

4.8mm?

gparyani

It's 19V 3.16A

5.5mm

bwDraco

Wow. That's a legacy connector I've never seen.

Bottom is a 4.5mm to 7.4mm dongle supplied with a retail HP 65W adapter (current). Top is a 7.4mm to 4.8mm adapter supplied with a (very) old retail HP 85W (or 90W, not sure) adapter.

...it's 90W.

Feb 7 '17 at 2:10, by bwDraco

My old laptop had a 90W adapter but never pulled more than 75W under load.

@gparyani AMD K8L?

gparyani

12:58 AM

@bwDraco Turion 64 X2 TL-60

bwDraco

Yup, that's K8L.

gparyani

Though I don't know if it's the 90 nm version or the 65 nm version

How can you tell, and are they both cross-compatible?

bwDraco

My first laptop had a Phenom II N930 (4C Champlain / K10 @ 2.0 GHz; 2 MB L2$; 45nm, 35W TDP).

(GCC -march=barcelona)

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Aibobot

2:46 AM

@gparyani at some point, compaq was HP, but using the compaq branding

@bertieb so one is compensating for something and the other....

also I am old enough to know that's from commando...

Commando (1985 film)

Commando is a 1985 American action film directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rae Dawn Chong, Alyssa Milano, Vernon Wells, Bill Duke and Dan Hedaya. The film was released in the United States on October 4, 1985. The film was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Special Effects but lost to Back to the Future. The film's score was provided by James Horner. A commercial success, Commando was the 7th highest-grossing R-rated movie of 1985 worldwide, and the 25th highest-grossing overall. == Plot == Retired United States Army Special Forces Colonel John Matrix is informed by...

gparyani

3:13 AM

@Aibobot I know. They made machines under the Compaq brand name (directly) until 2013, but also used the name "HP Compaq" for their business notebooks. (And the two laptops I was talking about were HP Compaq ones.)

Aibobot

so same parts/charger

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Aibobot

4:23 AM

erf.Pondering replacing at least one of my backpacks. Should do both at once since I have a discount coupon but one is kinda ok, just grimy as heck

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