General Computer Thread

[Gingerbread Demon]

I have (to me) very curious issue with a keyboard I bought a while back this year. I purchased a Corsair K70 RGB PRO keyboard and it works fine but only with the cable it came with in the box. But if I tried another cable that is slightly longer that has the same connector for the keyboard end and the PC end it won't work and is dead.

So I'm wondering now what's so special about the included cable. It's just regular USB one end and USB C on the other

 

[John Clark]

I have (to me) very curious issue with a keyboard I bought a while back this year. I purchased a Corsair K70 RGB PRO keyboard and it works fine but only with the cable it came with in the box. But if I tried another cable that is slightly longer that has the same connector for the keyboard end and the PC end it won't work and is dead.

So I'm wondering now what's so special about the included cable. It's just regular USB one end and USB C on the other

Could it be that it's only a charge cable vs data?

(Not had it with USB-C, but I have with older usb ones which would provide power only)

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Could it be that it's only a charge cable vs data?

(Not had it with USB-C, but I have with older usb ones which would provide power only)

There's no battery in this keyboard. Nothing like that at all. I watched a youtube where they did use a fancy blue custom cable with this keyboard but for whatever reason it fails to work with anything other than what is in the box. I tried another 2 meter long braided cable with the same connectors.

 

[Santaman]

No USB cable is the same especially when it's USB C you've got pure data cables so they don't charge, some are non data which only can charge and some are both and then there are fancy schmancy ones have a chip which communicates with the USB ports to synchronize what data speed is supported and which class of power they can transmit, you need to figure out what kind is shipped with your

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

No USB cable is the same especially when it's USB C you've got pure data cables so they don't charge, some are non data which only can charge and some are both and then there are fancy schmancy ones have a chip which communicates with the USB ports to synchronize what data speed is supported and which class of power they can transmit, you need to figure out what kind is shipped with your

That's part of the reason why Type-C ports are considered a "Nightmare" today.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

No USB cable is the same especially when it's USB C you've got pure data cables so they don't charge, some are non data which only can charge and some are both and then there are fancy schmancy ones have a chip which communicates with the USB ports to synchronize what data speed is supported and which class of power they can transmit, you need to figure out what kind is shipped with your

Oh that's interesting

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

This could be the world's biggest data breach

https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/

 

[Kraig]

This could be the world's biggest data breach

https://cybernews.com/security/billions-credentials-exposed-infostealers-data-leak/

I'm glad I have multifactor authentication, to send a code to my cell phone, in order to log in to my Google accounts.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I'm glad I have multifactor authentication, to send a code to my cell phone, in order to log in to my Google accounts.

MFA is good

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Ooh fake CPUs Both Intel and AMD are affected but it's very interesting.

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[XCV330]

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Perifractic of youtube retro computing videos, is now the CEO of Commodore. Didn't see that one coming. He talks a bit about plans for reviving Commodore.

There have been some well meant but flawed Commodore inspired projects recently. Commander X-16 suffers from delays, 8 Bit Guy, and feature creep. Mega65 cost too much. The Foenix F-256 has turned into its own project that is cool as it is. I hope they can produce something interesting. Maybe they can get RetroGames to produce more of their own full-size reproductions.

 

[Owain Taggart]

Yeah, those are some interesting prospects. It was interesting just hearing how he managed to buy the company. Possibly a good fit, as long as he doesn't get in over his head.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

"Holographic Ribbon", the solution that might replace "Magnetic Tape"
50 Year Life-Span, 200 TB of storage in a similar format.
No Magnetic Vulnerability.
Uses off the shelf Optical Disc Burner Laser Diodes.
_100 m of Holo Ribbon = 200 TB of real storage capacity
1000 m of Magnetic Ribbon = 30 TB of real storage capacity using LTO-10

If they can take this into a consumer level mass produced format, it could lead to a "Cold Storage" revolution.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

"Holographic Ribbon", the solution that might replace "Magnetic Tape"
50 Year Life-Span, 200 TB of storage in a similar format.
No Magnetic Vulnerability.
Uses off the shelf Optical Disc Burner Laser Diodes.
_100 m of Holo Ribbon = 200 TB of real storage capacity
1000 m of Magnetic Ribbon = 30 TB of real storage capacity using LTO-10

If they can take this into a consumer level mass produced format, it could lead to a "Cold Storage" revolution.

It would be like that fancy tape they used in the movie Brainstorm