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Additional Network and Cable Information Courtesy of Cisco While some of this information applies only to Cisco and their equipment, the remainder we found useful in providing a better over all understanding of cabling and issues relating to them. Table of Contents Cables Twisted-pair Cable and Connector Pin-outs 10Base-T Straight-through …

How to Visually Identify Your Memory And we added a sprinkle of some very basic memory facts! During the early part of the 1980’s personal computer memory primarily of memory chips in dual in-line packages that were either soldered to the printed circuit boards or pressed into DIP sockets. Both …

The MS-DOS Boot Process If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! The System Boot Sequence consists of a series of events that the system performs when it is turned on (or rebooted with the reset switch). This always starts …

Year 2000 (Y2K) Readiness Disclosure As spring approaches, and the clamor and anticipation of what might have happened in the world of computers quickly reaches an end, we begin looking towards other important issues throughout the world. Over the coming months we will be posting here the results of our …

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Megabyte (MB) versus Megabit (Mb), What’s The Difference? Really, it’s an issue of the Big B vs. little b! Okay, okay, that just adds to the confusion, right? All through our Web site we remind you to check carefully when making memory purchases to insure that you are, indeed, getting …

Building a Windows 95 Startup Disk NOTE: You may be prompted for the Windows 95 diskette or CD-ROM. Insert diskette #1 or the CD-ROM. Click the ‘Start’ button to display the ‘Start’ menu. Select ‘Settings’ and select ‘Control Panel’. (The ‘Control Panel’ window appears.) Double-click the ‘Add/Remove Programs’ icon. (The …

What is FAT and And just how fat is it? If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here! For the uninitiated, FAT means File Allocation Table. In order to understand what the File Allocation Table is all about, you must …

Frequently Asked Questions About Computer Memory Over the years we have been bombarded with memory questions about what works, what doesn’t, as well as which motherboard should have which memory. Sometimes some of the questions are rather zany or crazy, while others are rather serious quests for information. Here you …

Hard Drive Size Limitations and Barriers In Depth   If you have arrived here through a search engine, and there’s no menu to the left click here!In the first segment, Hard Drive Size Limitations and Barriers – The Basics, we covered the basics of hard drive size barriers and limitations, …