ECS L7VMM3 embedded AMD XP 1800+
ECS L7VMM3 This motherboard by the Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) is even farther back. It uses an early AMD Athon XP 1800+, a 1.50GHz processor that was released in about… Read more >
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Jetway Atom-GM1-330-LF with antiX Linux
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Dell Dimension 3000 Upgrade
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Intel DG31GL Motherboard Revisited
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Linux and Sound Blaster Audigy 2
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Solitaire – Peerless 830870 with Morel MDT29
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Creative Lighting – Shooting with Speedlights
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Creative Lighting – How to use Mixed Lighting
October 2015 I put on my photographer’s hat after a 20 year abstinence. I volunteered to shoot (read that as free) a series of photographs for my local community college… Read more >