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(...) There was a restriction when EIDE first introduced. When you connect two IDE drives (one slow, one fast) to the same cable, both drives transfer data at the same rate, which is the slower one. So techies always suggested that connecting fast (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I think that in such a case, it'll only run at 33. (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Is there any speed penalty when mixing ATA-33 and ATA-100 drives on single IDE device? The IDE controller is ATA-66. I have only got two IDE drives, so I might as well put them on either device as master. But if there is no speed penalty whatsoever (...) (24 years ago, 14-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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<nod nod> Thanks for letting us know. I'm no geek in any means, but first things first, I would limit the search. Sometimes a single search brings up thousands of posts. I suggest if the search is too broad, say it and make the searcher narrow it (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Looking for a perfect dotcom nerd job?
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Did you look at any of the other "news" items on that site? I think it is obviously a joke. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Good Lord man! 365,000 applications in twelve minutes? It's obvious this foosball table company isn't net.savvy (I mean, besides the fact that they admitted it)--if they were, they'd have made it look horridly unattractive. "Company seeks (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(URL) could do that. :) James (24 years ago, 12-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) For a lot of search engines, you have to register, unfortunately. Even more unfortunately, some search engines make you *pay* to register. Mmm, graft. eric (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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The system crashed again. Either it's running out of memory and that's causing a downward spiral or it's running out of CPU cycles and starving enough processes to build up and cause a meltdown. Either way some tuning needs to be done. This is going (...) (24 years ago, 11-Dec-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.announce) !
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Does anyone know how to access a COM (let's say COM2) port on a pc using perl? This is for a project to interface a digital balance to a computer for automated data entry. I've tried to search for the answer but haven't been able to filter out all (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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