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(...) Heh, I have a BA in Classical Languages - Latin and Greek. I had more hours than were required to get a double major in English but I knew by the time I graduated that my degree wouldn't mean anything in my newly chosen field (I was going to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) get (...) better (...) say NT (...) Just run of the mill PC's, a few printers, a plotter, and a server. We tried TCP/IP printing here with Windows 95, ugh! (...) place (...) moderately (...) just as (...) As always, I guess. I am learning a (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) If I remember correctly, and don't bet the farm on this, the only way a normal CDROM can read CDs that are written with Direct CD is to have a UDF driver installed. If you don't have administrator access on your own workstation (not uncommon (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Depends on the hardware you're running it on, but yeah, I'd say NT is more functional network-wise than 9x. The tcp/ip printing alone makes it more valuable in my opinion, not to mention the increased stability. Not to say NT doesn't crash or (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, that's the part I disliked about it. I had to burn a lot of files at work, and with Adaptec Direct CD this took ages, since each file was done separately. I actually used three hours to burn a single CD. On a 2x drive! And it failed to (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) that (...) it. That's right. I always classify them all in the same package. (...) OK, I have not used Direct CD at all, just Easy CD Creator. (...) Hmm.. the last time I worked with NT I thought it did. I guess I need to get up to speed on (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Adaptec Direct CD doesn't burn audio cds - it's a packet-writing package that allows you to dump data a little at a time on a cd till you're done with it. And its garbage, for the most part. You're thinking of Adaptec Easy CD Creator, mostly (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hmm... I have not had too many problems with it. I usually just burn music CD's, so I don't use the original. It is good for that. (...) Alright, is the CD-ROM showing up in your system under control panel? If it is, does it have that yellow (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes, the original offending CD-R was unsuccessfully written with Adaptec CD-Direct. That has to be the worst CD-writing software ever. Anyway, the offending CD-R doesn't bother me too much. What bothers me more is the fact that when I boot up (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm installing LinuxPPC 2000 as I type this. It peacefully co-exists with the MacOS, even gives you a little boot menu to choose from MacOS and Linux. (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I *could*, but I need my Macs to be Macs while I futz around with a new OS in the household. Maybe later... Thanks for the Penguin Computing rec - I'll check them out. -Tim (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hmm.. was it formatted with a program of some kind? (Like it was written for writing CD-R's?) If it is an audio CD, it sometimes does not put that track marker on it to signifyh the end of the CD. I have had that problem before. I know the HP (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi, I tried to access a CD-R with the CD-ROM. It failed to access and locked up. When I restart the system, the "E:\" choice is unavailable in the explorer. Anybody know what I should do to recover from this situation? This is Windows NT on a Compaq (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think that you'll probably need to recompile your kernel to add support for higher com ports. But, since it's PnP, if the card is supported in Linux, Linux should theoretically be able to reconfigure it (...) No consensus. They're both not (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) i'm not sure, but you could check your entries in /proc/ioports, /proc/interrupts and or /proc/pci, and see if you find your modem in there. :) (...) DON'T ASK. :) seriously, try them both, check out what apps on both and what interface is (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Hi: I finally broke down and installed RedHat Linux on a spare HD on my PIII system (goodbye Bill!). My only previous experiance with Unix was when I was forced to be the system administrator for an HP-UX system running seriously mission critical (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I'm hoping to install LinuxPPC 2000 on my G3 this week as a matter of fact. :) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Or actually, you could put it on one of your Macs.... (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Penguin Computing looks good to me (although I admit we've only got a couple of systems from them here so I don't have much personal experience with them a company). You can get a minimal-but-decent system for under $1000. Digging in the (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I've decided I need another hobby, so I'd like to get a cheap-but-decent Intel compatible system to run Linux on. Problem is, I have no clue what the market for such systems is like. Some background on myself: I own several Macs at home, and have (...) (24 years ago, 31-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I used to do this myself. But that was until I learned that one is supposed to say "scuzzy". Fredrik (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, there may be other people, but they're wrong too. :) (24 years ago, 29-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yeah, all of my experiances have been with single home machines, I am sure buying a whole department worth of machines is quite a different story. (...) I agree with you there. My first 2 computers were purchased from a local mom and pop (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I didn't say anything about the machines themselves, I just relayed some experiences we'd had with the company at work. As a company Gateway is much easier to deal with when it comes to getting what you want in a desktop machine, in my (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) If have to agree with Mike you are always much better off if you buy your own parts and put it together. My current system was designed specifically for 2D graphics. PIII 500, 128MB PC100 RAM, Tyan board, 2x AGP video, 56K modem (a real (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Buying from ANY big name company like Dell or Gateway pretty much means you will not get everything you want the way you want it. Which is why I never buy prebuilt computers from places like that for my personal use. I used to build my own, (...) (24 years ago, 28-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) but can I get a workstation with all the other stuff I want (DVD, CD-RW, etc..)? --Bram (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yup. :) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Kinda funny that a Mac person would still be squarely on the SCSI side of things since it has been a _long_ time since Macs have come standard with anything but IDE drives. :) (...) Yep, and there are inexpensive controllers to be had. I just (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) you're probably looking at the home computers... Look in the small buisness section, under "workstations" - I think all the "Precision" workstations come with scsi... :) Dan (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Yes... TIA, --Bram (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Um, am I the only one who says the actual *letters* (S-C-S-I) instead of a word? Tobias Möller (URL) GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GED d s: a--- C++ U? P? L E? W+++@ N++ o? K? w--- O? M++>$ V? PS PE? Y+ PGP? t++@ 5++ X++ R? tv++ b+ DI+ D? G e-- (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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See, the promary reason I'm squarely on the SCSI side of this debate is that I've been a Mac dude for years; I've got piles of old SCSI drives lying around. Everytime I build a new (PC) box, I tend to use an inexpensive SCSI controller, and one or (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Reminds me of the first off-the-shelf computer I ever bought; I got the 20Mb hard drive 'cause I couldn't conceive of ever needing 40Mb. *smirk* -Cheese (...) (24 years ago, 27-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) RAM (...) Dell sells them... Are you having a hard time finding it on dell.com? Dan (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) As most of you guessed, I meant a SCSI hard drive, not RAM. It's just that RAM has been on my mind ;) Thanks for the SCSI v. IDE argument...Although I do graphics stuff, I'll probably end up going with the IDE anyway, unless someone knows (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Don't worry - many more important things we can blame on Bill. :) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Can benefit some, yes. And I guess at that point those people need to make a cost-benefit analysis as to whether they think it is worth it to shell out the still large amount of money to go SCSI. And if they think it is really worth it, great. (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Ok, I'll be a little clearer. For the vast majority of people, and that's including ME, and I own more computers that I use for more purposes than probably 99% of the computer owning population - everything from gaming to web serving to mp3 (...) (24 years ago, 26-May-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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