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  Revive that PC speaker with James Bond

  18 Jul 2008

  Once upon a time the humble computer was not the multimedia hub that it is today.  If you wanted a sound then you had to use the internal speaker that could just make a beeping noise.  Modern PCs still contain such a speaker -its useful for giving warnings on the POST (Power On Self Test)  part of the boot.

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  Faster than a speedy flash drive

  18 Jul 2008

  I’ve been looking at a number of things in the hours since my last post, but I’ve still a bit of work to do before I start blogging about any of those. Instead I thought I’d share with you a bit about one of my favourite little gadgets - The Maxell 12GB Hard Drive.

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