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Engineering / Re: Interesting stuff about SpaceX Starship (hate the name)

« Last post by Nemesis on November 07, 2024, 05:09:49 pm »

IFT 6 Mon • Nov 18th, 2024  5:00 PM - 5:30 PM EST

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Engineering / Re: Create your own private GPT

« Last post by TAnimaL on October 30, 2024, 12:08:38 pm »

Thanks, that's really interesting, and there's more on "Dave's Garage" I need to check out now

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Engineering / Create your own private GPT

« Last post by Lono on October 29, 2024, 12:28:33 pm »

Thought this guide was shockingly simple video on how to use Meta's open-sourced Llama model to essentially create your own private at home chatGPT equivalent. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYhC7nFRL5I

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Engineering / Re: Interesting stuff about SpaceX Starship (hate the name)

« Last post by Nemesis on October 26, 2024, 09:32:28 pm »

The orbital launch mount is already repaired enough that booster 13 has used it for a static fire test.

A raptor was tested for rapid ignition and shut down.  It ran 34 ignitions and shutdowns within 9 minutes.

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General Starfleet Command Forum / Re: Need Help With SFC1...

« Last post by Javora on October 24, 2024, 11:12:04 am »

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/modern-ryzen-5-7600-and-rtx-4060-ti-pc-runs-ms-dos-6-22-modern-hardware-shines-in-doom-planet-x3-and-even-chatgpt?utm_term=B51F1BCA-7692-4DA9-B19A-59AE8417D8EC&lrh=ac19c777dd1460d248cec9dc3883261d7db49086fa32bdded9d2639921cb99d5&utm_campaign=2F4928DB-7559-479A-B06E-4801050D48B1&utm_medium=email&utm_content=1C5C3278-9ED1-42BB-9E41-F03EA3250FEE&utm_source=SmartBrief

If this modern hardware will run DOS 6.22 then it should have no problem with older versions of Windows…

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General Starfleet Command Forum / Re: Need Help With SFC1...

« Last post by Javora on October 23, 2024, 04:16:00 pm »

i have.  unfortunately it was a waste of money and time.

i learned from the staff at BestBuy and from local computer repair stores that "modern" laptops and desktops have had a chip that is installed onto the motherboard that will allow the installation of a second operating system but will not allow the use or deletion of that second operating system even with a full out-of-box reboot.
so it's just literally stuck in the hard drive taking up space.

i don't want to go down the rabbit-hole of why the manufacturers do this but if there is a way to do it, i don't have expertise nor is there a business at my location willing to do it.

Is this modern laptop/desktop chip also installed on Apple Computers?  The only other thing that I can suggest is maybe if you are using a desktop computer to physically remove your primary hard drive from the computer.  Then install a second hard drive to the computer and install the older operating system on the second drive.  Then you would have to physically unplug the data cable from the hard drive that you are not using at the time.  It’s a pain in the @$$ but the computer chip would only see one operating system at a time this way.

If that doesn’t work and compatibility mode doesn’t work either then you might be out of luck.  Aside from building a cheap system that only has Win98/2K/XP or Linux OS that can run Windows programs natively, I don’t know what else you can do.

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General Starfleet Command Forum / Re: Need Help With SFC1...

« Last post by Captain Adam on October 23, 2024, 08:55:12 am »

I mean I use a virtual machine bc I cannot get certain modding tools to work on win10. And I’m too set in my ways to learn the new stuff. It seems fine. Sorry you feel you have no options.

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General Starfleet Command Forum / Re: Need Help With SFC1...

« Last post by jayvt3 on October 23, 2024, 03:36:07 am »

i have.  unfortunately it was a waste of money and time.

i learned from the staff at BestBuy and from local computer repair stores that "modern" laptops and desktops have had a chip that is installed onto the motherboard that will allow the installation of a second operating system but will not allow the use or deletion of that second operating system even with a full out-of-box reboot.
so it's just literally stuck in the hard drive taking up space.

i don't want to go down the rabbit-hole of why the manufacturers do this but if there is a way to do it, i don't have expertise nor is there a business at my location willing to do it.

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General Starfleet Command Forum / Re: Need Help With SFC1...

« Last post by Javora on October 22, 2024, 11:19:14 am »

Have you ever tried looking on EBay for Win2000 CD?  It might still work on a modern PC.  Then it would just be a matter of dual booting.  I think Win2000 is the last one that only requires the CD key and can run all versions of SFC.  Hope this helps.

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General Starfleet Command Forum / Re: Need Help With SFC1...

« Last post by Captain Adam on October 22, 2024, 11:01:29 am »

Give them some time Jay. I’m sure someone here will help you soon.

Adam