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Model numbers for laptops by MSI, Acer, HP, and ASUS need a secret decoder ring.. anyone know the secret meanings? (lemmy.sdf.org)
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In my search to list laptops that just barely pre-date the spy chips, MSI specs emerged:

MSI laptops using the Richland processor

MSI Gaming 3BE-273XES                           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming Destroyer-280                        AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-095TW laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 16 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-210NE Hitman Edition        AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-212FR Hitman Edition laptop AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-214XCZ Hitman Edition       AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-216US laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY English
MSI Gaming GX60 3AE-223NE Hitman Edition        AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 7970M Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-233RU laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-235FR                       AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black AZERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-236XTH laptop               AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-238XRU laptop               AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 500 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-240US                       AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-246XFR                      AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-250RU laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-251CZ laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-253XCZ laptop               AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-263TH laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-272XCZ laptop               AMD A10 A10-5750M 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3BE-279UK                       AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-281US            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-283XFR           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-287XPL           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-400XRU           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 500 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-401RU            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-402RU            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-404TW            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 7 Home Premium Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-415TW            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 7 Home Premium Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-418HU            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC(Destroyer)-433XHU           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-276XVN Destroyer            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 4 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-292CZ Destroyer             AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-293XCZ Destroyer            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-294XES Destroyer            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-295UK Destroyer             AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60 3CC-296UK Destroyer             AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX60-3CC81FD (Destroyer)             AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60-3CC87FD                         AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX60-A10897287                       AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 39.6 cm (15.6") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTZ
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-003FR                       AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black AZERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-004RU laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-007US laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-008US laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-009NE laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-010NL laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-011BE laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-015CZ laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-016XCZ laptop               AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-027CZ laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-034XRU laptop               AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-041UK laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 878 GB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-042TR laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3-SDRAM 878 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-065ES laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-079XRU laptop               AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-081TR laptop                AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3-SDRAM 878 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3BE-087XCZ laptop               AMD A10 A10-5750M 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-098AU            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-217XFR           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-220TW            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 7 Home Premium Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-226US            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-233RU            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-234XRU           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-238NL            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-239BE            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8 Black AZERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-259TW            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 7 Home Premium Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-261NE            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-262NL            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-266BE            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-267LU            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-268HU            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-275TR            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 16 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-278UA            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-283NL            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-284BE            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-287XES           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC(Destroyer)-289XHU           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC-201XCZ Destroyer            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) FreeDOS Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC-227XES Destroyer            AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX70 3CC-228UK Destroyer             AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 878 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 Destroyer                       AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 Destroyer-099                   AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black QWERTY
MSI Gaming GX70 Destroyer-229                   AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 12 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70-3CC81FD (Destroyer)             AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1 TB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX70-3CC87FD                         AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon R9 M290X FreeDOS Black
MSI Gaming GX70-3CC8H11B                        AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70-3CC8H11BW (Destroyer)           AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3L-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon R9 M290X Windows 8.1 Black
MSI Gaming GX70-A10897287                       AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 750 GB HDD AMD Radeon HD 8970M FreeDOS Black QWERTZ
MSI Gaming GX70H-A108972811B                    AMD A10 A10-5750M Laptop 43.9 cm (17.3") Full HD 8 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1.12 TB HDD+SSD AMD Radeon HD 8970M Windows 8 Black QWERTZ

WTF.. fuck me. What’s all this about a “destroyer”? And a “hitman edition”? What a fucking mess because they needed to market a gaming machine to kids. There is no wikipedia page that decodes the model numbers. It appears that the last two characters are a country code. From there if anyone has a secret decoder ring for MSI model numbers it would be appreciated.

In particular, if an MSI laptop has GX60 or GX70 in the model, can I count on it being an AMD Richland CPU? I think the “60” implies a 15.6″ display and “70” implies 17.3″ display. It’s unclear if some models would have an intel cpu.

It’s basically the same problem with Acer and ASUS laptops. There are a shit-ton of cryptic submodels. And no secret decoder ring.

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The Apple IIGS Megahertz Myth | Userlandia (www.youtube.com)
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Laptop specs dataset wanted. Would be useful to find 2012—4 Windows 8 era AMD-based laptops. (lemmy.sdf.org)
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This follows from my previous thread. I am struggling to find a list of laptops and their CPUs from that time period. Data sources covering that would be appreciated!

In principle, www.notebookcheck.net would be useful. But there are some ad-pushing protectionist motherfuckers behind that site. And 12ft.io is gone (either bullyed offline or could not workaround Google pulling the plug on their caches).

(update) Wow, here is a gem. Do I understand correctly -- there are 2025 laptops with a Trinity CPU? (edit) Something seems off.. they mention the Ideapad 1 as having the Trinity chip, but this says otherwise. Although “Ideapad 1” is apparently a series.

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Writing an Amiga game from scratch with a modern Blitz Basic in 2025 (www.youtube.com)
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Need help identifying missing bays (Cooler Master ATCS ATC-710-GX2) (thelemmy.club)
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I got hold of this beautiful Cooler Master ATC-710-GX2 that is missing all the drive mounts. From my research it has same internal layout as Enermax CS-710

5.25” optical rails:

Review (https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/chassis/341-coolermaster-atc-710-gx1/?page=2) says they are standard Chieftec rails. Also found a pic for CS-710 rails which look the same. Can some one confirm they are compatible? (third photo)

3.5” HDD + floppy trays:

These are the sliding cartridge/sled style. Same review has a low-res photo of them. Looking for: high-res photos, any info or anyone who has spare original tray.

Any help appreciated ♥

(Yes I know my room is a mess I’m during a major reorganisation of my things)

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spychip-free AMD processors from 2013 (update: we don’t really know which chips are spychip-free!) (freundschafter.com)
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Someone made an effort to work out which are the latest AMD chips that were released just prior to the PSP (iow, they discovered the non-spy chips). The linked article gives a list resulting from their efforts. This is interesting because intel began their spy chips in 2008. So an AMD from 2013 likely well outperforms the last of the spy-chip-free intels.

The author ended with:

Conclusion: You can choose any CPU/APU of the leftmost list to get the „latest“/last CPU without a PSP builtin.

What is meant by “leftmost list”? I just see a single list in my browser. And the sequence seems to be the opposite of what is claimed. Bulldozer seems to be older than Piledriver.

This is also just the 1st step. It would be useful to know which devices contain these AMD chips from 2013. In particular, laptops and mini PCs would be interesting. The search must be painful because ads for hardware tend not to mention the code names. In fact, h/w makers were not proud of their AMD selection and might altogether not mention AMD.

Where do I start? Anyone know which makers of laptops and mini PCs made heavy use of AMD in 2013? Searching for AMD mini pc 2013 gets a lot of hits mentioning “Ryzen”, which did not exist in 2013.

(update) Bulldozer was for the desktop and server markets. So probably safe to assume it would not be found in a mini PC or laptop. Worth noting that in 2025 there were FOSS firmware updates for piledriver and bulldozer.

(update 2) It is strange and annoying that Thinkpad timelines and history pages deceive readers into thinking AMD chips did not appear in Thinkpads until 2017. The 15h.org page reveals that the Thinkpad e545 not only has an AMD chip but it is pre-spychip. Searching specifically for Thinkpad e545 shows this.

(update 3) The author (“ro”) relied heavily on the cpu list in Wikipedia. But Wikipedia is incomplete. E.g. the AMD A4-9120e (code named “Stoney Ridge”) is unknown to wikipedia. It likely has PSP b/c it was designed 5 yrs after the first spy chip. But it’s hard to know what other CPUs were overlooked by Wikipedia around 2013.

(update 4) I’ve lost confidence in the work presented in the linked article. The author states this:

The Steamroller-Family incorporates the CPUs code-named by Kaveri. You could also use the Piledriver architecture with its code-names Trinity and Richland since they are prior to Steamroller.

We are led to believe that all chips based on the steamroller microarchitecture are safe (that is, spychip-free). After some digging, it was initially pleasing to find that some 2015 chips were still based on Steamroller. Which implies we can trust some chips as late as 2015. But in fact wikipedia states Kaveri has “Integrated custom ARM Cortex-A5 co-processor[34] with TrustZone Security Extensions[35]”.

Yikes!

It means we must reject the assumption that a microarchitecture is either wholly with or wholly without the PSP!

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Counterfeit Retro Mainboards With Fake AGP Slots Are A Thing (hackaday.com)
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Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park (arstechnica.com)
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Yes, it was, in fact, a Unix system.

Everything in the set was real. We couldn’t fake any of it, because audiences are so sophisticated now in their knowledge of computers. All told, $875,000 worth of computer hardware loaned by Silicon Graphics, $350,000 worth from Apple and some $500,000 in additional hardware and software went into equipping both the set and off-stage control room.

The Ars article is just a summary of this: https://fabiensanglard.net/jurrasic_park_computers/index.html

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Home Automation 80s Style (www.youtube.com)
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Decades before we had HomeAssistant, you could hook your IBM PC, Commodore 64, TRS-80, and several other vintage home computers into an X-10 interface and control your devices from your PC.

Our 1996 IBM Aptiva came with the IBM Home Director which was based on the same X-10 hardware and had a nice GUI.

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A TEMPEST In An AT-Cup: An indepth look at an IBM 286 AT used by the NSA (www.youtube.com)
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A brief tour of the PDP-11, the most influential minicomputer of all time (arstechnica.com)
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The Spectrum Show EP 162 (www.youtube.com)
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Z386: An Open-Source 80386 Built Around Original Microcode (hackaday.com)
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That is really impressive, I always feel nostalgic when specifications, original code, data books and schematics are lost over time.

Then some guys like said : not this time. Nand2mario’s GitHub z386 repository.

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Getting an old Computer online with Android Ethernet tethering - 82MHz (82mhz.net)
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<Now Go Bang!> The C64 Dead Test Font (www.masswerk.at)
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The Best Graphics In 1994? Exploring Weird Spaces in Lightscape (www.youtube.com)
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Post-video thoughts:

  1. What is the situation with this on modern Linux? Something like a community edition, or is it only using the Windows version (lower hardware utilization?) via WINE?

  2. Does modern use make any sense (size, performance, registration) beyond sightseeing? I mainly want live rendering (Godot), so I'm guessing that makes it make less sense.

  3. Are there any model packs with models like this? Objects (low-poly room decoration etc.), or more particularly the architecture? Textureless is fine for me, vertex color or simple materials works (even if I had to do this myself from a blank model file).

I would've posted to !3dart@lemmy.world but that's dead.

There's a similar video on Animation Master as well: The 90s CGI software that fell through the cracks

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The Museum of Computing in the UK (www.youtube.com)
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Just released: a virtual museum with nearly every OS you can think of... (andreww591.blogspot.com)
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From Andrew, of the Andrew's OS Blog:

Today I am (finally) releasing the Virtual OS Museum, which is the world's first multi-platform interactive virtual museum of operating systems and standalone applications, implemented as a Linux VM.

Nearly all well-known OSes and platforms (and many obscure ones) are included in some form, spanning the entire history of stored-program computing from the 1948 Manchester Baby to the present day. This is the result of over 20 years of collecting emulators and VM images; over 1700 VM installations are included, across over 250 platforms, representing nearly 600 distinct OSes.

I have put a lot of effort into making this readily accessible; all OSes and emulators are pre-installed, and a cross-emulator graphical launcher with a snapshot feature to revert VM installations to a working state is included. Shortcuts to run the OS museum VM on Windows, macOS, and Linux are included (and it is possible to run it on pretty much anything that runs QEMU or VirtualBox).

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Got a new in box SyQuest drive at goodwill and managed to transfer the original seal to my laptop (thelemmy.club)
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DOS 3.3 Really was bare bones. (thelemmy.club)
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So yesterday I pulled out my old "luggable" IBM 5155 because I wanted to know if I could use it as a Terminal for a terminal.

I have previously successfully connected a Psion 5mx over a null modem to a Raspberry Pie. Figured it would be cool to see if I can get it working on this behemoth as well. I have DOS 3.3 on a 5.25" floppy and another with some supplementary software for DOS 3.3. And wow, not a lot of software included. CTTY won't let me set Baud rate, parity och bit size. So it just freezes, and the CONNECT application doesn't throw up errors either but just sort of is there, regardless of settings.

Anyway will in the future get my self a carrier card for a CF -to-IDE so I can throw DOS 6.6 and PROCOMM on it and see if that gets me anywhere. Unless any of you folks have any tips or scathing criticism on my lack of knowledge of DOS.

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Recently got a powermac g4! Not sure to sell or if id have a use... (sh.itjust.works)
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So I recently got a steal of a deal on a powermac g4, only because I wanted the Philips CRT monitor for my dreamcast. I have a lot of computers and while I love the g4 (and always loved them when i was little), I don't really need another computer thats not good for much. Its the 860 ish MHz dual ppc, 512 mb ram, 60 GB HDD, has a graphics card. Super drive, and another CD rw drive.

Should I keep or sell? Not sure its worth more than $50 in my area. Most people would throw it in the trash.

Side note, it will only boot in safe mode. Previous owner put 10.5.8. on it. I think it has a bad ram stick.

And yeah. This feels like calling a ps2 retro which is cringe. This thing is still the future far as I'm concerned!

Edit: reset pram/nvram , no fix. Only boots on safe mode. Otherwise I get " you need to restart your computer.."

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Windows 3.1 on a Modern AM5-Based PC is Surprisingly Usable (hackaday.com)
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Crossposted from https://ibbit.at/post/217882 ----- Although Windows 95 stole the show, Windows 3.0 was arguably the first version of Windows that more or less nailed the basic Windows UI concept, with the major 3.1 update being quite recognizable to a modern-day audience. Even better is that you can still install Win3.1 on a modern x86-compatible PC and get some massive improvements along the way, as [Omores] demonstrates in a recent video. The only real gotcha here is that the AMD AM5 system with Asus Prime X670-P mainboard is one of those boards whose UEFI BIOS still has the ‘classic BIOS’ Compatibility Support Module (CSM) option. With that enabled, Win 3.1 installs without further fuss via a USB floppy drive from a stack of ‘backup’ floppies that someone made in the early 90s. [Omores] also tried it with CSMWrap, but with this USB to PS/2 emulation didn’t work. Windows 3.1 supports ‘enhanced mode’ by default, which adds virtual memory and multi-tasking if you have an 80386 CPU or better. To fix crashing on boot and having to use ‘standard mode’ instead, the ahcifix.386 fix for the responsible SATA issue by [PluMGMK] should help, or a separate SATA expansion card. For the video driver the vbesvga.drv by [PluMGMK] was used, to support all VESA BIOS Extensions modes. This driver has improved massively since we last covered it and works great with an RTX 5060 Ti GPU. There’s now even DCI support to enable direct GPU VRAM access for e.g. video playback, with audio also working great with only a few driver-related gotchas.

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Windows 95 let installers trash its files then fixed the mess behind their backs (www.theregister.com)
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You Can Now Run MS-DOS Applications On The Apple IIe (hackaday.com)
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I Built a RAID of Floppy Disks. Oh no. (m.youtube.com)
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