This week, i've found instructions on how to build your own scanning-tunneling microscope. It's not really a very easy task, but it looks rather simple. Comlpete instructions, CAD drawings, and Windows software are all available. The scanning-tunnelling microscope allows scientists to scan and visualize the surface of any object on the atomic scale.
Also IBM is leaving the hard drive market. They are selling their business to Hitachi. Hopefully, the new hard drive company will continue the R&D efforts that IBM started for increasing hard drive space.
Coderus has developed a DirectX-compatible API for the Mac.
OK, my usual disclaimer:
WARNING: Some of these prices may shock you, leave you breathless, make you sick, get out your wallet, or something else dangerous or drastic in some way. The Junkyard is not responsible for your actions.
| Memory (256MB) | |||
| Type | Price | from last week | Retailer |
| PC-100 | $31 | -$2 | 1st Choice Memory |
| PC-133 | $31 | -$1 | NeutronUSA |
| PC-150 | $51 | -$1 | Edge Micro |
| PC-1600 | $47 | $0 | Neutron USA |
| PC-2100 | $46 | -$2 | 1st Choice Memory |
| PC-2400 | $59 | -$4 | AIB |
| PC-2700 | $61 | -$1 | AIB |
| PC-3000 | $79 | -$4 | AIB |
| PC-3200 | $88 | -$12 | AIB FASTEST DDR AVAILABLE 400MHz |
| PC-800 RDRAM | $60 | $0 | 11CB |
| CPUs | |||
| AMD Athlon XP 2100+ | $228 | -$7 | Accubyte |
| Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz | $540 | -$15 | MStar Trading |
| AMD Duron 1.3GHz | $64 | -$3 | Accubyte |
| Intel Celeron 1.3GHz | $77 | -$1 | Compubuzz |
WARNING: chances are, these CPU prices are for the OEM package. That is the CPU only, no instructions, no stock fan/heatsink. No cool box either. Sorry. That's what you get for saving 20-50% on everything ^_^
| 40GB 7200RPM EIDE Hard Disk Drives (4 choice manufacturers) | |||
| Maxtor | $64 | -$2 | House of Computers |
| Seagate | $65 | n/a | House of Computers |
| IBM | $64 | -$2 | House of Computers |
| Western Digital | $66 | -$1 | House of Computers |
