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3:28:27
beach
I have 16GB of RAM, which was a lot when I got this computer. It is still enough for most work I do. But the next one will have more.
3:32:16
loke
If you have 4 slots in a desktop machine, you can get 8×4 GB for 84 SGD per unit = 336 SGD = 209 €
3:33:53
loke
4 kWord (18-bit) for 175 USD... Pretty good price: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ampex-4K-x-18-Ferrite-Core-Memory-Stack-WDL-SE193224-Vintage-/380751975698
3:49:47
beach
I like my old monitors and they work well, but I suspect I won't be able to hook them up to a modern graphics card.
5:27:32
loke
https://www.newegg.com/global/sg/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812400292&cm_re=dvi_hdmi_adapter-_-12-400-292-_-Product
5:28:23
loke
https://www.newegg.com/global/sg/Product/Product.aspx?Item=15Z-004J-00012&cm_re=dvi_hdmi_adapter-_-15Z-004J-00012-_-Product
6:11:56
Shinmera
loke: DVI->HDMI only works if it's D-DVI and not A-DVI. For the latter you need an active converter.
6:13:51
Shinmera
beach: Make sure you get RAM with ECC. That's usually a bit more expensive, but well worth the stability and durability increase.
6:52:02
Shinmera
loke: Sure, but given that he's probably gonna get a pretty good new machine, I'd be surprised if it didn't support ECC.
11:06:30
SAL9000
Shinmera: the "problem" with ECC is that it's only really supported in 'server' motherboards & CPUs, which are sometimes more expensive -- and usually sacrifice single-core performance in favor of core count
13:29:40
Bike
beach: with first class global environments, do sicl-genv:function-cell and so on /have/ to be bound in any environment, including 'secure' ones like the SICL unprivileged user?
13:29:59
Bike
and then i guess you just have it be 'secure' by not letting them get hold of an environment with the compiler in it, and such
13:40:20
Bike
no, i guess you could have a function that's like function-cell but doesn't take an environment argument, too
13:50:50
Bike
that's a pickle. i set up the "read TLS or use cell" function for symbol-value to use the global clasp unbound value, which of course sicl-simple-environment doesn't know anything about
13:51:27
Bike
if i manually set the %unbound slot to that value, it doesn't work because slot-value won't get out the value because... the slot is unbound
14:09:03
stassats
beach: re DVI/HDMI, i'd avoid adapters and just shop around for a card that has DVI outputs