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Oct 3, 2025 36 min

How To Use Less Electricity when Using AI! ShopTalk!

from Dave’s Garage: Shop Talk Hosted by Dave Plummer and Glen Hodges

In this episode of ShopTalk: 00:11 - Is the performance enhancement worth the extra $100? 01:01 - Reviewers say their hardware died in less than a year - I want reliability 02:57 - What is the ‘COM Surrogate’ that I see in Task Manager? 04:28 – I need to build a small local AI. Would something like the Geekom A9 work? 05:20 - your early experience with the TRS-80: were you more interested in the software or the hardware? 06:13 - Is it possible to completely load DOS to HMA& UMA? 06:45 - Real Keyboards MUST have a Number Pad, otherwise they are just naked 07:35 - What do you think of the low-profile keyboard on the latest Raspberry Pi? 08:21 - Can AI data centers be programmed to utilize less electricity? 10:24 - Why isn’t the number pad on the left side? 11:48 - Do magnetic switches offer variable resistance to keypress? 12:34 - Why do so many mini PC’s not have proper audio out ports on the BACK of the unit? 13:04 - Did you find the Russian software that GeekCom installs? 13:19 - Does the Geekom have Thunderbolt ports? 15:27 - What’s the best quietest keyboard out there? 16:07 - Is it possible to have 2 users simultaneous on one pc who share a big screen? 17:05 - Looking for a new streaming box, any suggestions? 17:48 - The Keyboards unfortunately come with a one line Enter key only? 18:15 - Do use Microsoft Visual Studio for editing code? 18:42 - What if everyone pinged Google to monitor their Internet connectivity? 19:22 - Essential COM by Don Box??? Not a big fan 19:47 - What’s with the rotary phones Dave? 21:33 - Dave and Rutger re-wrote the serial port routine for the Commodore 64?! 22:31 - What about the Bell System Era Western Electric 500 dial phones? 23:26 - Back to those retro dial phones… 24:34 - How to create a windows app with entirely custom window decorations 25:07 - I found two detective shows where an Autistic records keeper plays a pivotal role 26:19 - What AI do you suggest I use to play parlor games? 27:46 - INNOCN….. INNO (innovation) CN (China) ? 28:06 - Cuda reinforcement tests to play a game… Can you make a video? 28:17 - When are you going to review those colorful futuristic devices you have sitting in the background of the products? 28:39 - How’s the Tempest AI thing going? 29:14 - BTW what camera are you using?? It looks super cool! 30:08 - Is this a rare video without your co-host? Should I get my hopes up? 30:47 - Who’s your favorite Dave who is not a Plummer? 31:01 - What kind of led board was that on the wall? 31:57 - Is that a finger nail clipping stuck to your shirt? 32:49 - Is it ‘histersis’ or ‘his-terr-eesis’? Maybe it’s a Canadian thing?… 34:10 - Can you show more of the products rather than your head? 34:28 - If there’s anythig I’ve learned, it’s to…. 34:39 - Advertising on YouYube 35:38 - Subs and likes

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