Re: ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)

2002-05-03 Thread James R. Van Zandt
"Rich C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >From: "Ken Ambrose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Benjamin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: "Greater NH Linux Users' Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:43

Re: ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)

2002-05-01 Thread Rich C
- Original Message - From: "Ken Ambrose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Benjamin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Greater NH Linux Users' Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 6:43 PM Subject: Re: ATA disks and controlle

Re: ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)

2002-05-01 Thread Ken Ambrose
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Benjamin Scott wrote: > I'm more interested in the fact that WDC will RMA the drive for two years > longer than Maxtor will. 3-year vs 5-year warranty. I dunno; a five-year warranty on a hard drive strikes me as being akin to the warranty on a $5.95 calculator I saw once:

Re: ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)

2002-05-01 Thread Ben Boulanger
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Benjamin Scott wrote: > What do you mean by "sucking"? That's rather vague. :) A bunch of us here are "hardware geeks" - what exactly that means.. hell if I know, but - what it results in is that we're responsible for a lot of hardware where we work and where we play...

Re: ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)

2002-05-01 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 1 May 2002, at 12:19pm, Ben Boulanger wrote: > Western Dig. used to be the choice disk maker, however recently they've > been suckin' as bad as quantum. What do you mean by "sucking"? That's rather vague. :) > I'd go with Maxtor - their RMA policy is the best. WD's warantee may be

Re: Hoss Traders

2002-05-01 Thread pll
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In a message dated: Wed, 01 May 2002 12:02:57 EDT Ben Boulanger said: >Is openoffice 642 = 1.0? I'm on a mirror and that's the latest I can see. I don't think so. 642 is OpenOffice 6.0 build 42. They

Re: ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)

2002-05-01 Thread Ben Boulanger
On Wed, 1 May 2002, Benjamin Scott wrote: > So, does anyone have any opinions about ATA hard disks? I am looking at > the 80 GB Western Digital model WD800BB: Western Dig. used to be the choice disk maker, however recently they've been suckin' as bad as quantum. I'd go with Maxtor - their RM

ATA disks and controllers (was: Hoss Traders)

2002-05-01 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 1 May 2002, at 10:35am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Of course, if the system Ben is bringing has a CD burner, we can burn > there as well. It does have a CD burner. As of last night, it does not, unfortunately, have a hard disk. I'm hoping to pick one up after work today. Since I need

Re: Hoss Traders

2002-05-01 Thread Ben Boulanger
Is openoffice 642 = 1.0? I'm on a mirror and that's the latest I can see. On openoffice's site it lists: * Release Notes for OpenOffice.org 1.0 * Release Notes for build 641d * Release Notes for build 641c * Release Notes for build 641b * Release Notes for build 638c * R

Re: Hoss Traders

2002-05-01 Thread numberwhun
Paul, I am not able to go to the Hosstraders, but if you guys need some CD's burned of OpenOffice 1.0, I could download it tonight and burn some cd's if you need it. I have everything set up at my house already to burn. How many copies would you need? Email me and let me know if you will

Re: Hoss Traders

2002-05-01 Thread Ed Lawson
Bayard Coolidge USG wrote: > >We need to pay attention to the weather, however - local station >in Manchester said we're in for an inch of rain tomorrow, and the >showers may linger into the weekend, which means at the very least >that we'll be facing some potentially muddy grounds. > What i

Re: Hoss Traders

2002-05-01 Thread Bayard Coolidge USG
>>> Of course, if the system Ben is bringing has a CD burner, >>> we can burn there as well. I can bring my new dual-Athlon system, as it's got a Plextor drive that can do 10X (or is it 12X?) CD burns. Ed - I'll have my quad-band (6/2/440/1270) HT on me as well; I told my boss (who's also a ham

Re: Hoss Traders

2002-05-01 Thread Robert Anderson
I could bring an external SCSI burner and set it up on the laptop if need be. My Redhat 7.3b2 laptop could also house Paul's software dev kit if he wants to demo it there. -- Robert E. Anderson email: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Hoss Traders

2002-05-01 Thread pll
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In a message dated: Wed, 01 May 2002 10:31:22 EDT Ed Lawson said: >Any possibility of obtaining OpenOffice 1.0 and burning a few CDs by >HossTraders? I will attempt to get it. I can't promise anything,

Re: Hoss Traders

2002-05-01 Thread Ed Lawson
Any possibility of obtaining OpenOffice 1.0 and burning a few CDs by HossTraders? If I can find time, I will try to burn a few CDs with ham related Linux apps. Will start with RPMs and then Debs as time permits. Ed Lawson * To

Re: Hoss Traders

2002-04-15 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, at 10:34pm, Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director,...: > Last fall we bought four tables worth of space ... We had too much room, > so this year I would recommend two tables of space ... I concur. We could, in fact, probably get away with just one, but it would be a bit co

Hoss Traders

2002-04-14 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International
Hi, Twice a year I buy some display space at Hoss Traders, the Ham Radio sell-and-swap-goods-and-yarns held at Hopkinton fairgrounds. It is always a lot of fun. Last fall we bought four tables worth of space, and it cost: o 4 x $35. for the space o 4 x $10 for renting some

Re: Hoss Traders, May 4th-5th, 2001 at Hopkinton Fairgrounds, Hopkinton, NH

2001-04-20 Thread Joseph L. Hill
Probably would have been quicket to build a 80m PSK31 Warbler and get the info!! :) -joe Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International writes: > After trying every combination of "g" and "q" and "l" and "1" in the URL > below, I finally got it to work. I must help Norm Blake (WA1

Re: Hoss Traders, May 4th-5th, 2001 at Hopkinton Fairgrounds, Hopkinton, NH

2001-04-19 Thread Bill Freeman
Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International writes: > After trying every combination of "g" and "q" and "l" and "1" in the URL > below, I finally got it to work. I must help Norm Blake (WA1IVB) with > handwriting lessons: > > http://www.qsl.net/k1rqg/ But this is a h

Re: Hoss Traders, May 4th-5th, 2001 at Hopkinton Fairgrounds, Hopkinton, NH

2001-04-19 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Is there a website where I can find out about this Hoss Traders > event? I too have a bunch of stuff I want to sell or give away (so I > can buy more stuff). After trying every combination of "g" and "q" and "l" and "1&quo

Re: Hoss Traders Ham Fest this weekend

2000-10-03 Thread Jeffry Smith
' Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Hoss Traders Ham Fest this weekend > > On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Jerry Kubeck wrote: > > I have all GNHLUG merchandise. I am not sure I can connect with you > > (though you should know how much I would like to recover some costs) to

Re: Hoss Traders Ham Fest this weekend

2000-10-03 Thread Robert Anderson
I too plan to be at Rochester again. I can bring my laptop as well. -- Robert E. Anderson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Programmer phone: (603) 862-3489 UNH Research Computing Center

Re: Hoss Traders Ham Fest this weekend

2000-10-03 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Jerry Kubeck wrote: > I have all GNHLUG merchandise. I am not sure I can connect with you > (though you should know how much I would like to recover some costs) to > transfer items for sale. I thought there was a user group meeting this Thursday? If not, perhaps we can f

Re: Hoss Traders Ham Fest this weekend

2000-10-03 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Ben, I have all GNHLUG merchandise. I am not sure I can connect with you (though you should know how much I would like to recover some costs) to transfer items for sale. And I don't think I am available this weekend to join whomever does the show. Jerry >On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Jon 'maddog' Hall,

Re: Hoss Traders Ham Fest this weekend

2000-10-03 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International wrote: > This year I have (once again) bought the space ... So I leave it up to > you. I am going to leave on an airplane in about 10 minutes so don't > write asking me questions. It is all up to you. Well, maddog h

Hoss Traders Ham Fest this weekend

2000-10-03 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International
Hi, I mentioned this at the last meeting in Nashua. The Ham Fest is this weekend, starting Friday morning at 0900 and lasting until Saturday at dusk. For those of you who are not familiar with this, it is a large group of Radio Amateurs who get together to swap problems, stories and old gear.

Final "plans" for Hoss Traders

2000-05-11 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International
O.K., so here is the scoop. We will be in one of the large covered barns up by the main entrance to the fairgrounds. The issue around the Hoss Trader's booth and selling things is that they gave me the space at a discount because we WOULD NOT be selling things...that this was strictly an informa

Hoss Traders Show

2000-05-11 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Is anyone going from the Peterborough are to the Hoss Trader Show this weekend in Rochester? If you are would you be willing to deliver soem t-shirts to Maddog for me? Jerry - Jerry Kubeck Customer Support Appropriate Solu

Re: Hoss traders this Friday and Saturday

2000-05-11 Thread Paul Lussier
reafter in order to make money for the group. Please do take these to Hoss Traders this weekend and sell what you can. I think $2-$3 each is a good price, but even $1 a piece will make us a small profit (technically, any amount will make the LUG a profit, since it cost the group nothing for

Re: Hoss traders this Friday and Saturday

2000-05-11 Thread Benjamin Scott
for free > > I would vote to give out the CDs in non-vendor situations....or just give > them out at hoss traders for people looking for them. I believe we have quite a lot of CDs that were not given to us free, but purchased and/or manufactured by us, to be sold by us. (Anyone who

Re: Hoss traders this Friday and Saturday

2000-05-10 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International
o sell Linux CDs I would vote to give out the CDs in non-vendor situationsor just give them out at hoss traders for people looking for them. md -- = Jon "maddog" Hall Executive Director, Linux(R) Intern'l

Re: Hoss traders this Friday and Saturday

2000-05-10 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International wrote: > I will also hunt down the AOL floppies I have ($.05 each) and bring them > so we can blast out some "NUN floppies" for people that want them. I will > also bring some example distributions for display, etc.

Re: Hoss traders this Friday and Saturday

2000-05-10 Thread Jeffry Smith
Alas, I can't help out, as I'm tied up this weekend. Hope it goes well for everyone up there. jeff smith - thought for the day: Humor in the Court: Q. Mrs. Jones, is your appearance this morning pursuant to a depo

Hoss traders this Friday and Saturday

2000-05-10 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International
Hi, Well, I finally got around to writing about Hoss Traders to the diligent die-hards that wish to help out. The gates really open up around noon (for early birds) and 3 P.M. for everyone else. I am leaving for Rochester, NH to arrive about 0900. I will bring my UPS and my notebook, along

Hoss Traders - May 12th and 13th

2000-04-04 Thread Jon 'maddog' Hall, Executive Director, Linux International
Once again I have received (and paid for) a booth at Hoss Traders, the indoor/outdoor Ham Radio festival held in Rochester, NH at the Rochester Fair grounds. The action starts in the morning of Friday, May 12th and goes until about 5 P.M. May 13th. This year I might even make it both days (my