Patrick Boardman's Articles in Hardware


  • Alternate Uses For Old Computer Monitors
    Computer parts like cathode ray tube monitors tend to accumulate so most people are faced with a decision when coming across electronic clutter in the home. Most of it still works so it’s a shame to throw it away. This article suggests some projects that can find a use for the monitor, such as turning it into a digital pi ...

  • Hard Drive Destruction Prevents Theft Of Private Data
    When desktop or laptop computers are replaced for upgrading or due to damage, companies often use software to erase the hard drives then send them to recyclers. An ordinary file deletion doesn't necessarily mean that sensitive information has safely vanished; there is a data residue that can be recovered by reformatting som ...

  • Network Cabling And Switches Role In Managing The Collision Domain
    Many of us remember the early days of primitive computerized devices and cable TV where there were a lot of cables and controls but the user always ran into delays associated with bandwidth, It was as if there were too many spoons in the soup and you would have to wait anxiously to see if the function would happen or blank ...

  • Ontario's Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment Program
    One by one, Canadian provinces are following through on legislation to deal with the increasing volume of old computers, electronics, and computer-associated throw-aways such as hard drives, printers, scanners, fax machines, mice, and keyboards. In a multi-phase project financed by the electronics industry themselves, incre ...

  • Structured Cabling Evolving For High-speed Information Transport Systems
    Most Local Area Networks are connected by Ethernet cabling; the most common example would be the normal office with work stations using the same programs and data updates. Before 1991 computer cabling was not standardized; it was provided by different vendors with different specifications, resulting in widespread confusion. ...

  • Structured Computer Cabling Installation For New Offices
    Like other sets of standards for procedures and hardware used to simplify computer operations, structured cabling is the term for the standards for wiring an office efficiently. Data and voice lines must be distributed to workstations from patch panels to connecting hardware and be managed. This article discusses standards ...


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