Re: USB->IDE external adapter $10

2005-07-23 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Jul 23, 2005, at 20:22, Tom Wittbrodt wrote: Can anyone recommend a good manufacturer for USB to IDE external enclosures (preferably something you've been using for at least 6 months). I have two of these running for 14 months, no complaints: http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?Ite

Re: USB->IDE external adapter $10

2005-07-23 Thread Tom Wittbrodt
I'd be interested to find out how you make out with this. I've had lousy luck with USB to IDE enclosures (two 5.25" intended for use with DVD burners and one 3.5" self enclosed intended for an external hard drive). I'm searching now for the manufacturers name on the now-dead cases with no luck;

USB->IDE external adapter $10

2005-07-23 Thread Michael ODonnell
Since this sort of item gets mentioned on this channel from time to time: http://www.acortech.com/.sc/ms/dd/54801119625566/9/nc/ee/2275 Free shipping, $8 each for quantity 10 or more. I don't (yet) own one and I've never done business with the company in questions, so caveat emptor...

Re: Java on Debian (wow that was easy!)

2005-07-23 Thread Randy Edwards
> I was not aware of java-package. That's one of the growing pleasant problems of Debian -- there's so many packages I'm continually discovering "must-have" stuff and wondering, "Why didn't I know about this before?" :-) > Using java-package (as is illustrated in the referenced HOWTO link)

Re: Is anybody getting good BitTorrent rates with Comcast?

2005-07-23 Thread Bill Freeman
Bill Freeman writes: > What rates do other folks see? Well, now I'm seeing rates around 600kBps. I'm not entirely sure what all really effects it, but some A/B testing leads to the following surmises: A website on using BitTorrent with linux had suggested setting max_upload