Monthly Archives: October 2019

More About That Strange Pentium 4

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Michal Necasek

A few years ago I wrote about a strange NetBurst processor with SL7HY S-spec that landed at the OS/2 Museum. After renewed reader interest I pulled it out of the closet and tested the processor again. A collection of miscellaneous … Continue reading →

Posted in Intel, PC hardware, PC history, Pentium 4, Undocumented | 32 Comments

It’s Zen Time

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Michal Necasek

Back in 2003, it was Hammer Time for the PC industry. My own home PCs missed the wave because I had just bought a 3.2 GHz Northwood Pentium 4, which was replaced in 2006 by a Core 2 E6600, a … Continue reading →

Posted in AMD, PC hardware, Ryzen | 8 Comments

Synology Strikes Again

Posted on October 10, 2019 by Michal Necasek

Three years ago I ran into a problem with a Synology DSM update preventing vintage SMB clients from connecting to my NAS. Now I ran into a similar but different problem. The symptom was DOS and (at least old) OS/2 … Continue reading →

Posted in LAN Manager, Networking, Software Hacks | Leave a comment