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See also [[Computer]], [[*nix]], [[Windows]], [[Amiga]]
 
See also [[Computer]], [[*nix]], [[Windows]], [[Amiga]]
 
== General ==
 
* [http://oldcomputers.net/ The Obsolete Technology Website]
 
 
* http://stuge.se/pc2010.png - computer diagram
 
 
* http://www.hdt-project.org/
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_mode
 
 
== Resources ==
 
* http://www.2600.com/
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU7vXMezW_I How to fix yellowed plastics on old computers!]
 
 
* http://hackaday.com/
 
 
=== News and reviews ===
 
* http://www.techpowerup.com/
 
 
* http://www.anandtech.com/
 
 
* http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/
 
 
* http://www.cdrinfo.com/
 
 
* http://armdevices.net/
 
 
* http://thewirecutter.com/
 
 
== Shopping ==
 
* http://www.logicalincrements.com/
 
 
* http://pcpartpicker.com/
 
 
* http://www.aliexpress.com/
 
 
=== Comparison ===
 
* http://uk.pangoly.com/en/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8036648]
 
 
* http://www.game-debate.com/hardware/
 
 
* http://www.cnet.com/
 
** hard drive size filter (was?) 1Tb max
 
 
=== Notes ===
 
 
* Core I7-4790K 4-Core 4.0GHz
 
* 2x PCI-E 3.0
 
 
 
* http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131837R
 
* http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157330
 
* http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
 
* http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131998
 
 
== Linux ==
 
cat /proc/cpuinfo
 
 
lspci
 
 
lsusb
 
 
dmidecode
 
 
== PC Form factor ==
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_PC_compatible
 
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_form_factor
 
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATX
 
 
* http://www.open-mpi.org/projects/hwloc
 
 
=== Case ===
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_case
 
 
== Small computer ==
 
See also [[Network#Hardware 2]]
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_computing_hardware
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-board_computer
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_single-board_computers
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-board_microcontroller
 
 
* http://www.raspberrypi.org/
 
* http://n-o-d-e.net/post/107977286006/how-to-create-a-handheld-linux-terminal
 
 
* https://omnia.turris.cz/en/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10396982]
 
 
 
 
* http://mozopenhard.mozillafactory.org/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10864089]
 
 
* http://janos.io/
 
 
== Power ==
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply_unit_(computer)
 
 
* 600w +
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molex_connector
 
 
== BIOS ==
 
* http://www.coreboot.org/Supported_Motherboards
 
 
* http://www.kroah.com/log/blog/2013/09/02/booting-a-self-signed-linux-kernel/
 
 
* http://blog.theincredibleholk.org/blog/2013/11/18/booting-to-rust/
 
 
== CPU ==
 
* http://www.cpubenchmark.net/
 
* http://www.primatelabs.com/geekbench/
 
 
* http://techreport.com/articles.x/23246
 
 
* http://opencores.org/or1k/Main_Page
 
 
== Memory ==
 
* http://www.edn.com/design/pc-board/4432676/DDR4-memory-interface--Solving-PCB-design-challenges
 
 
* http://danluu.com/clwb-pcommit/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8565119]
 
 
 
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8788016
 
 
== Interface ==
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_interface
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interface_device
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral
 
 
=== PCI ===
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral_Component_Interconnect
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_configuration_space
 
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
 
 
* [http://linux.die.net/man/8/lspci lspci] is a utility for displaying information about PCI buses in the system and devices connected to them.
 
 
* http://linux.die.net/man/8/update-pciids
 
** http://pciids.sourceforge.net/
 
 
=== USB ===
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB#Device_classes
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_human_interface_device_class
 
 
* https://www.mixdown.ca/redmine/projects/picjug/wiki/Home
 
 
* https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/usb/usbmon.txt
 
 
* http://blog.gimx.fr/serialusb/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10794759]
 
 
* https://github.com/matlo/serialusb
 
 
* http://gimx.fr/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
 
 
* http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/18552/why-was-mini-usb-deprecated-in-favor-of-micro-usb
 
 
* http://www.everythingusb.com/highpoint-rocketu-1144a-usb-3.0-pci-express-21274.html
 
** http://www.highpoint-tech.com/USA_new/cs-series_RocketU1144A-Series.htm
 
 
* http://int3.cc/collections/frontpage/products/usbcondoms
 
 
* http://imgur.com/a/ktY9u
 
 
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8215429
 
 
* http://samy.pl/usbdriveby/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8763955]
 
 
* https://www.pjrc.com/teensy/
 
 
* http://hackaday.com/2014/12/21/plug-into-usb-get-a-reverse-shell/
 
 
* http://pid.codes/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9320782]
 
 
* http://recode.net/2016/01/20/the-promise-and-confusion-of-usb-type-c/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10942505]
 
 
==== MTP ====
 
* http://www.adebenham.com/mtpfs/
 
 
* http://gmtp.sourceforge.net/
 
 
=== IEEE 1394 / Firewire ===
 
lsmod | egrep 'firewire|1394'
 
 
* https://ieee1394.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Utilities
 
 
* http://www.breaknenter.org/projects/inception/
 
 
* [http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/man/man1/dvgrab.1.html dvgrab] is a program that captures DV video and audio data from  digital camcorders via an IEEE1394 link. The DV data is stored in one  or several files and can later be processed by video editing software. dvgrab can remote control the camcorder but it does not show the video's content on screen.
 
 
dvgrab --size 500 --autosplit <filename>
 
 
interactive mode;
 
dvgrab -i
 
 
live view;
 
dvgrab - | mplayer -
 
 
* http://dvgrabgui.sourceforge.net/en/main.html
 
 
=== Bluetooth ===
 
* https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth
 
* https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bluetooth_Mouse
 
 
* http://www.bluez.org/
 
 
* http://linuxcommand.org/man_pages/hcitool1.html
 
 
== Input ==
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input_device
 
 
* [http://deskthority.net/wiki/Main_Page deskthority wiki] is dedicated to mechanical keyboards, mice and other human interface devices. The main focus is everything regarding quality (mechanical) keyboards. In the nature of a wiki, the content will be frequently and constantly under construction. Want to share your knowledge and help us create the best input device wiki? This wiki is part of the deskthority forum - sign in with your forum account and start editing!
 
 
=== Mouse ===
 
* https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mouse_acceleration
 
 
* http://spritesmods.com/?art=mouseeye
 
 
=== Trackpad ===
 
* https://github.com/JoseExposito/touchegg
 
 
=== Keyboard ===
 
* http://techreport.com/articles.x/23405
 
* http://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/wcgb0/mechanical_keyboards/
 
* http://keyboardporn.com/mx-switch/kbc-poker/
 
* http://geekhack.org/
 
 
* http://hackaday.com/2016/03/15/the-origin-of-qwerty/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11289705]
 
 
* http://www.keybr.com/#!practice
 
 
* http://mkweb.bcgsc.ca/carpalx/?full_optimization
 
 
* http://mathematicalmulticore.wordpress.com/the-keyboard-layout-project/
 
* http://zackshapiro.com/post/37569825579/im-trying-to-be-less-hyperbolic
 
 
* http://xahlee.info/kbd/keyboard_hardware_and_key_choices.html
 
 
* https://github.com/plover/plover
 
** http://stenoknight.com/wiki/Main_Page
 
* http://www.loper-os.org/?p=861
 
** https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8510409
 
 
* http://i.imgur.com/FLfT9F1.jpg
 
 
* http://www.workmanlayout.com/blog/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6541167]
 
 
* http://www.robopeak.com/blog/?p=282 - diy laser keyboard
 
 
* http://deskthority.net/wiki/ErgoDox
 
 
* http://www.davecooper.org/blog/2014/10/15/i-built-a-keyboard/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8477915]
 
 
* http://samy.pl/keysweeper/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8874620]
 
 
* https://evoluent.com/products/kb1/
 
 
* http://sangaline.com/blog/optimizing_for_swype/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9355276]
 
 
 
* https://github.com/JuliusSweetland/OptiKey [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10198899]
 
 
=== Scanner ===
 
* http://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/
 
 
* https://github.com/danielquinn/paperless [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11063642]
 
 
* https://github.com/jflesch/paperwork/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11131588]
 
 
=== Infrared ===
 
* http://www.hifi-remote.com/
 
 
* https://flirc.tv
 
 
* https://flirc.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/203688495-Using-Command-Line-with-Flirc
 
 
* http://www.usb.org/developers/hidpage/ -pdf
 
* http://www.freebsddiary.org/APC/usb_hid_usages.php - hex
 
* http://www.kvazi-k700i.narod.ru/info_hid.html - hex and decimal
 
 
* https://source.android.com/devices/input/keyboard-devices.html
 
* http://forum.flirc.tv/index.php?/topic/1462-flirc-with-android-tv/
 
 
== Output ==
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Output_device
 
 
See also [[*nix#Printing]]
 
 
=== Monitor ===
 
* http://www.extremetech.com/computing/130605-where-are-all-the-high-resolution-desktop-displays
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VESA_Display_Power_Management_Signaling - DPMS
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended_display_identification_data - EDID
 
* http://www.polypux.org/projects/read-edid/
 
 
* http://web.media.mit.edu/~mhirsch/byo3d/tutorial/lenticular.html [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9152968]
 
 
=== Display ===
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_device
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_display_technology
 
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_display
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_matrix_display
 
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen-segment_display
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixteen-segment_display
 
 
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LT7nj2Rl4kU
 
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqehSmfWK1o
 
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMBtZh7suvU
 
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS8tK9AS6WE - cgi
 
 
diy;
 
* http://blog.makezine.com/2012/07/18/super-fast-electromagnetic-flip-dot-display/
 
* http://forums.adafruit.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&p=113228
 
* http://www.designboom.com/technology/interactive-high-speed-flip-dot-display-by-breakfast/
 
 
* http://coldattic.info/shvedsky/pro/blogs/a-foo-walks-into-a-bar/posts/98
 
 
vga to d-tv;
 
* http://bellard.org/dvbt/
 
 
 
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8793346
 
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid-crystal_display
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_LCD
 
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-emitting_diode
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLED
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOLED
 
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeSync - an adaptive sync technology initially developed by AMD in response to NVidia's G-Sync for LCD displays that reduces screen tearing. FreeSync is royalty-free, free to use, and has no performance penalty. As of 2015, VESA has adopted FreeSync as an optional component of the DisplayPort 1.2a specification.[3] FreeSync has a dynamic refresh rate range of 9-240Hz.
 
 
=== Laser ===
 
* https://marcan.st/projects/openlase/
 
 
=== 3D printing ===
 
* http://www.3ders.org/index.html
 
 
* http://www.amandaghassaei.com/3D_printed_record.html
 
 
* http://www.appropedia.org/Open-source_metal_3-D_printer
 
 
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU3W-RrJDT4
 
 
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8527845
 
 
== Storage ==
 
See also [[Media#CD_.2F_DVD]]
 
 
* https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2874238 [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10852596]
 
 
=== HDD ===
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hard_disk_drives
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibi-#Specific_units_of_IEC_60027-2_A.2_and_ISO.2FIEC_80000
 
 
* http://forre.st/storage - Storage Analysis - GB/$ (New Egg) for different sizes and media
 
 
* http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7095357]
 
 
* [http://spritesmods.com/?art=hddhack Hard disk hacking]
 
 
 
==== SMART ====
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M.A.R.T.
 
 
* [http://www.smartmontools.org/ smartmontools] - contains two utility programs (smartctl and smartd) to control and monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (SMART) built into most modern ATA and SCSI harddisks. In many cases, these utilities will provide advanced warning of disk degradation and failure.
 
 
* http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/smartmontools/wiki smartmontools contains utility programs (smartctl, smartd) to control/monitor storage systems using the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) built into most modern ATA and SCSI disks. It is derived from smartsuite.
 
 
* http://gsmartcontrol.sourceforge.net/home/
 
 
==== Failure ====
 
* [https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-smart-stats/ Predicting Hard Drive Failures with SMART Stats] [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8745062]
 
 
* [https://www.backblaze.com/blog/best-hard-drive/ What is the Best Hard Drive?] - The table below shows the annual failure rate through the year 2014. Only models where we have 45 or more drives are shown. I chose 45 (2014) because that’s the number of drives in a Backblaze Storage Pod and it’s usually enough drives to start getting a meaningful failure rate if they’ve been running for a while. Go HGST.
 
* PDF: [https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.com/en//archive/disk_failures.pdf Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population]
 
 
=== RAID ===
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_RAID_levels
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard_RAID_levels
 
 
* https://blogs.oracle.com/ahl/entry/what_is_raid_z - zfs
 
 
* [http://lime-technology.com/technology/ unRAID] is an embedded Network Attached Storage (NAS) server operating system, designed for digital media storage. It allows you to build an array of hard drives and share the data from those drives across the local network (typically within a house or business).  Importantly, it protects all the data on the drives if one should fail.
 
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mdadm
 
 
=== SSD ===
 
Great for boot/os drive.
 
 
* http://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2385276
 
 
* http://nlug.ml1.co.uk/2011/09/howto-hdd-and-ssd-alignment/608
 
 
* http://bcache.evilpiepirate.org/
 
 
* http://articles.forensicfocus.com/2012/10/23/why-ssd-drives-destroy-court-evidence-and-what-can-be-done-about-it/
 
 
* http://lkcl.net/reports/ssd_analysis.html
 
 
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7PJ1oeEyGg Velocity 2011: Artur Bergman, "Artur on SSD's"]
 
 
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9052925
 
 
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10764556
 
 
=== NAS ===
 
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-attached_storage
 
 
* http://etbe.coker.com.au/2012/03/23/cheap-nas-devices-suck/
 
 
* http://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/19pduc/build_complete_unraid_20tb_nas_large_aic/
 
 
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8249052
 
 
=== Tape ===
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape-Open
 
 
=== Blu-ray ===
 
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc_recordable
 
 
=== SD/MicroSD cards ===
 
* http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=3554
 
 
=== Floppy ===
 
* http://www.linusakesson.net/programming/gcr-decoding/index.php
 
 
=== To sort ===
 
* http://plan9.bell-labs.com/sys/doc/venti/venti.html
 
 
* http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20140309-26116.html [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8401437]
 
 
== Media ==
 
See also [[Audio]]
 
 
* http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun/dvbt/
 
* http://www.xtreamer.net/xtreamerpro/specs.aspx
 
 
== MP3 ==
 
* [http://www.rockbox.org/ Rockbox] is a free replacement firmware for digital music players. It runs on a wide range of players:
 
 
* [http://www.gtkpod.org gtkpod] is a graphical user interface for the Apple iPod for Unix-like systems, written using the GTK+ toolkit.
 
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gtkpod
 
 
== pcskr ==
 
* https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=117309
 
 
== Silver ==
 
* http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=motherboard&U=en-us0000316
 
 
== Laptop ==
 
* http://makezine.com/magazine/building-an-open-source-laptop/ [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7035163]
 
 
* http://ktgee.net/post/49423737148/thinkpad-guide [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9436405]
 
  
 
== Telephone ==
 
== Telephone ==

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