Re: [Eug-lug] hardware query...

2007-12-14 Thread Mr O
German Engineering Any software with the Microsoft brand name. 'nuff said. Mr O. --- Garl Grigsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/14/07, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Like cars (and lots of other machinery), you often get what > you pay for... > > this is why we see many Volv

Re: [Eug-lug] hardware query...

2007-12-14 Thread Garl Grigsby
On 12/14/07, Ben Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Like cars (and lots of other machinery), you often get what you pay for... > this is why we see many Volvo's with 500k+ miles, have you ever seen > that on a Geo or other sub-$10k (new price) car? VW Bug? > No surprise. Get rid of the jun

Re: [Eug-lug] hardware query...

2007-12-14 Thread Ben Barrett
Like cars (and lots of other machinery), you often get what you pay for... this is why we see many Volvo's with 500k+ miles, have you ever seen that on a Geo or other sub-$10k (new price) car? No surprise. Get rid of the junk. Stop screwing around and get some decent gear :) Problem solved! ~be

Re: [Eug-lug] hardware query...

2007-12-14 Thread Garl Grigsby
Allen Brown wrote: Allen, Is this a generic USB sled or is this a prepackaged USB HDD? I've found a few USB sleds that are useless and have seen the same thing you reported: Hard locks after a few gigs of transfer. Others are bullet proof. In fact I do 80gb of backup, in a single copy, every w

Re: [Eug-lug] hardware query...

2007-12-14 Thread Allen Brown
> Allen, >Is this a generic USB sled or is this a prepackaged USB HDD? I've > found a few USB sleds that are useless and have seen the same thing you > reported: Hard locks after a few gigs of transfer. Others are bullet > proof. In fact I do 80gb of backup, in a single copy, every week to one

Re: [Eug-lug] monitor

2007-12-14 Thread Matthew Jarvis
Kent Loobey wrote: On Wednesday 12 December 2007 13:48:53 Mr O wrote: If it is a flat tube it is welcome to stay in the garage for LUG use if nobody wants it. I have no interest in non-flat tubes. Speaking of monitors... I gots lots of older CRT's suitable for servers, kids use, target pra

Re: [Eug-lug] hardware query...

2007-12-14 Thread Garl Grigsby
Allen, Is this a generic USB sled or is this a prepackaged USB HDD? I've found a few USB sleds that are useless and have seen the same thing you reported: Hard locks after a few gigs of transfer. Others are bullet proof. In fact I do 80gb of backup, in a single copy, every week to one with