RE: IE8

Not if they're smart, in which case they shouldn't have admin. Or if they aren't, in which case they shouldn't have admin. What's the concern? If it breaks an app then the users need to know that. And that they'll have to buy you lunch to fix it. J Mark --

RE: Moto Droid

I picked up an HTC droid and its been pretty good. The browsing has been fantastic, the battery doesn't last as long as Id like. I find myself turning off gps/BT in order to get through the day w/o charging. The email interface is nice and works with ActiveSync a couple of times I ended up with dup

RE: Maybe OT: Capture Video/Audio from RCA to computer (preferably USB)

There ya go... that's the best way to do it as you have no analog step, you're getting the DV codec straight across. I got the impression the OP needed to capture some analog sources, but if your sources are already digital that's certainly the best bet. -sc (on second read... are you t

RE: Maybe OT: Capture Video/Audio from RCA to computer (preferably USB)

I've been messing with 8mm tapes a lot in the last couple weeks. My camera has DV output and use a DV to Firewire connection. Just turning on the camera brings up an "import video" utility that seems to work fine. I end up converting the AVI to mpg with Prism. From: Steven M. Caesare [mai

RE: Maybe OT: Capture Video/Audio from RCA to computer (preferably USB)

Just do some digging and see if they support full res capture at the correct framerate if that's important to you 720x480x60i is a bit much for most of the USB stuff I've played with. The Canopus firewire capture devices are a bit more, but have been solid for us. -sc From: Sam Cayz

Re: Maybe OT: Capture Video/Audio from RCA to computer (preferably USB)

Maybe this? http://www.amazon.com/ION-Audio-Video-Computer-Converter/dp/B0017PJ5FI ThinkGeek used to carry it, but I don't have any experience with them. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 14:48, Reimer, Mark wrote: > HI folks, > > > > Looking to capture video from RCA jacks to computer (put VHS to DVD, pl

RE: IE8

Sure, there's lots of things you can do to make it inconvenient for them to install it, but a local admin has all the rights of a domain admin on that particular box, which is all rights. -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Monday, December 07,

RE: Maybe OT: Capture Video/Audio from RCA to computer (preferably USB)

I have had good luck with these http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/prods_usb.html Then just use Windows DVD maker or Movie Maker. I recently used those to turn about 10 old VHS home videos into DVD. Those are actually pretty impressive products. Simple, but easy. Advanced editing, no...

Re: IE8

On 7 Dec 2009 at 14:42, David Lum wrote: > > If users are local admins can I realistically block IE8 from getting > installed? You *_can_* block "automatic updates" from installing it: Toolkit to Disable Automatic Delivery of Internet Explorer 8 http://is.gd/5fn3o- To help our cust

Re: Consultant PC on your network

Some employers have expected that. I'm very fortunate that this one doesn't. Very fortunate. Kurt On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 14:32, Charlie Kaiser wrote: > I didn't say we were. Just that "they" expect it from us... :-) > > *** > Charlie Kaiser > charl...@golden-eagle.org > Kin

Maybe OT: Capture Video/Audio from RCA to computer (preferably USB)

HI folks, Looking to capture video from RCA jacks to computer (put VHS to DVD, plus other uses). I've come across a few products that have simple hardware to "convert" RCA Jacks video/audio to USB, using accompanying software. These units are generally $40 - $60 (Cdn). I was wondering if an

RE: IE8

Nope From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:43 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: IE8 If users are local admins can I realistically block IE8 from getting installed? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1

IE8

If users are local admins can I realistically block IE8 from getting installed? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

RE: Consultant PC on your network

I didn't say we were. Just that "they" expect it from us... :-) *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 3:34 PM > To: NT Sy

RE: Consultant PC on your network

Flash drives... I think it was Laura Chappell who used to drop flash drives in the parking lot at tech conferences labeled "my po*n" or something like that and wait to see how many PCs would get the autoinstall trojan off of them... :-) I think I'd almost rather let the PC in... LOL Need to print?

Re: Consultant PC on your network

Heh. I don't. I get paid to do the best job I can, given the resources at my disposal. If they want perfection, they'll have to look elsewhere, I sure ain't it. Kurt On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 14:24, Charlie Kaiser wrote: > But we get paid to be perfect, right? :-) > > *** > Cha

RE: Consultant PC on your network

Ditto. Nice how they have that turned on by default, isn't it? *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message- > From: Bob Fronk [mailto:b...@btrfronk.com] > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 3:07 PM > To: NT Syst

RE: Consultant PC on your network

But we get paid to be perfect, right? :-) *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 3:18 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Su

RE: Consultant PC on your network

>>>What do you do if they need to print something for you? Have them email the file to someone. If remote coworkers can get stuff done off the network, then so should consultants... Sam -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Monday, December 0

RE: Consultant PC on your network

Save to flash drive and have someone else print it. Jeff Johnson Systems Administrator 714-773-2600 Office 714-773-6351 Fax -Original Message- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:angu...@geoapps.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 2:23 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Consulta

Re: Consultant PC on your network

On 7 Dec 2009 at 9:04, Jeff Johnson wrote: > I have set up a completely independent network for outside guests. This is > a completely unsecure network that I waste NO time maintaining. All I do is > tell them the non-broadcast SSID. Agree that this is a good way to. A segregated VLAN can als

Re: Consultant PC on your network

It only takes one slipup... On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 14:00, Charlie Kaiser wrote: > My experience is that any client willing to go through the hassles of > implementing IPSec already has a decent patch program in place... :-) > > *** > Charlie Kaiser > charl...@golden-eagle.org

Re: Consultant PC on your network

I had a software engineering manager do it *twice*. Fortunately, it was only the engineering subnet that got borked. Kurt On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 14:07, Bob Fronk wrote: > I had an employee plug in a Linksys wireless device once... brought down a > whole office due to wrong DHCP info being passe

RE: Consultant PC on your network

My experience is that any client willing to go through the hassles of implementing IPSec already has a decent patch program in place... :-) *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto

RE: Consultant PC on your network

I had an employee plug in a Linksys wireless device once... brought down a whole office due to wrong DHCP info being passed out. -Original Message- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 4:34 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Cons

Re: Consultant PC on your network

IPSec is all good, until you get someone on the network with a weaponized worm that spreads through unpatched machines - like slammer, or anything that talks to the RPC ports. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 13:31, Charlie Kaiser wrote: > You mean other than running a rogue DHCP server, tossing malware ex

Re: Consultant PC on your network

ROFL! Dude, bots and worms on infected laptops are one of the biggest infection vectors on company networks. Those things are just *looking* for other machines to hammer on. And that's aside from the issue of moronic consultants and such who will surreptitiously scan your subnets - just looking

RE: Consultant PC on your network

Or even better; DNS for google or internet now goes to some malware site... *** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *** > -Original Message- > From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 2:34 PM

RE: Consultant PC on your network

You mean other than running a rogue DHCP server, tossing malware exploits at unpatched machines, portscanning, DOS attacks, etc? :-) I always did like Steve Riley's concept of leaving the network open but protecting the resources with IPSec, myself... Now, with NAP and the like, there's a lot you c

RE: Consultant PC on your network

Yes. If they're running a DHCP service it could cause havoc, for example. Your machines suddenly get IP's and DNS from this rogue machine and presto, no more name resolution for those machines which will break plenty... David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222

RE: Consultant PC on your network

The main concern that I can think of is allowing a virus infected machine unblocked access to your computers. A crafty virus may not need any credentials, and can get past software firewalls. I'm sure there are other concerns as well. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District - Original Messag

RE: Consultant PC on your network

Is there really a concern if the user never authenticates with a domain controller and thus doesn't have permissions to do anything? -- Dennis Krebs 610-696-7700 x193 From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Consulta

Re: Consultant PC on your network

We have a separate DSL line that we sometimes hook up to conference rooms and such. It also has a WAP in it. That's as close as they get... Of course, I am looking at setting up a separate firewall on our DS3 for the same purpose - I'll be using pfsense and one of the addresses from our /24. Kur

Re: OT: video recommendation?

Only in reply - 'cause I'm lazy. OPs are not in HTML. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:01, Jonathan Link wrote: > You do realize that you used HTML in your recommendation, don't you? > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: >> >> My recommendation - don't use HTML. >> >> On Mon, Dec 7, 200

Re: Consultant PC on your network

I have a wireless router out in the DMZ for this type of thing. - Original Message - From: "Kurt Buff" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 2:46 PM Subject: Re: Consultant PC on your network I don't. Period. End of story. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 08:44, David

Re: OT: video recommendation?

You do realize that you used HTML in your recommendation, don't you? On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: > My recommendation - don't use HTML. > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 09:31, Michael B. Smith > wrote: > > I converted this response to plain text. > > > > Gmail is stripping HTML re

Re: Consultant PC on your network

I don't. Period. End of story. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 08:44, David Lum wrote: > What process do you guys use for allowing a consultant to put their PC on > your “wire”? Surely there are some questions needing to be asked, like does > it have AV and is patched, probably need to make sure it’s not

RE: Consultant PC on your network

Dunno, other than only need Internet access. Funny thing is the request came from our InfoSec queen and she was checking with our Service Desk folks confirming connectivity, I just happened to see the ticket and started asking Q's, because I'm like that. David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST E

RE: Microsoft "FixIt"

Sometimes those FixIt tools are just changing registry entries – run RegMon (ProcMon) from SysInternals while you apply the fix and you’ll see what it did to the registry.  - Andy O. From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, D

Microsoft "FixIt"

Dang, I hate it when I have to resort to a "black box" fix. Ran into a situation on a laptop where I couldn't get the system to "see" the drive. It would recognize that the drive existed but wouldn't load the drivers. I went to the manufacturer's website (Dell) and after poking around on the suppor

Re: OT: video recommendation?

My recommendation - don't use HTML. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 09:31, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I converted this response to plain text. > > Gmail is stripping HTML replies from Outlook 2010. > > My recommendation? Don't use gmail. :-) Or, use the IMAP or POP functionality > available within gmail t

Re: Microsoft Volume Licensing site - broke

Dear Microsoft Volume Licensing Customer, On December 6, 2009, we will update the Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC) ( https://www.microsoft.com/licensing/servicecenter/home.aspx ) to make it easier for you to manage your Volume Licensing products, agreement benefits and subscrip

RE: Microsoft Volume Licensing site - broke

They're transitioning EOpen to MS Volume Licensing as of yesterday so I'm figuring they probably lost all their data;-) John W. Cook Systems Administrator Partnership For Strong Families 315 SE 2nd Ave Gainesville, Fl 32601 Office (352) 393-2741 x320 Cell (352) 215-6944 Fax (352) 393

RE: Microsoft Volume Licensing site - broke

That is better than I get…. But I need the friken’ 32bit 2008 server ISO NOW!!! Not after an extended weekend – however long that may be. From: chipsh...@comcast.net [mailto:chipsh...@comcast.net] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 1:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Microsoft Volume Lic

Re: Microsoft Volume Licensing site - broke

Down for maintenance is what I get... I recall seeing something last week saying they were going to be making some changes, but I don't recall what that was... On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Bob Fronk wrote: > The site is not “down”, but I can’t get to my downloads…. > > > > Anyone else havi

Re: Microsoft Volume Licensing site - broke

I get: "The VLSC site will be down for maintenance this weekend" - Original Message - From: "Bob Fronk" To: "NT System Admin Issues" Sent: Monday, December 7, 2009 1:24:56 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Microsoft Volume Licensing site - broke The site is not “down”

Microsoft Volume Licensing site - broke

The site is not "down", but I can't get to my downloads Anyone else having this issue? BF ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ ~

RE: Consultant PC on your network

I don't allow it. I provide a 4-5 year old laptop for them and a user account that is LOCKED DOWN. :) From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Consultant PC on your network What process do you guys use for allowi

Re: video recommendation?

+1 for Lifesize. 2009/12/7 John Cook > If you were going with a new system then Lifesize is an amazing product, > not cheap (at least not up front) but well worth it if you need a dedicated > P2P video conferencing. It worked pretty well down to 384k of bandwidth. I > didn’t see anything about

RE: video recommendation?

On the Irish version of The Apprentice a couple of weeks ago, the task was set by MS and featured a polycom 360 degree camera for video conferencing, looked good, but can't remember the exact model and too lazy to google it at the minute. round table might've been mentioned, xmas party last fri

SAN manufacturer reviews

Anyone got a site comparing a large majority of the SAN vendors, including the small/mid-size manufacturers? I don't mind considering a brand I've never heard of if they have good press somewhere that's a legitimate independent source. J Thinking specifically here of AMI, although NEC might fall in

Re: OT: video recommendation?

Is it Outlook or Word causing these monstrous messages? There's like 6000 lines of formatting in it. Jeff On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I converted this response to plain text. > > Gmail is stripping HTML replies from Outlook 2010. > > My recommendation? Don't use g

Re: OT: video recommendation?

I use the web page to view gmail. I am seriously considering switching though. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:31 AM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I converted this response to plain text. > > Gmail is stripping HTML replies from Outlook 2010. > > My recommendation? Don't use gmail. :-) Or, use the IMAP or

RE: Terminal Server CAL's

No NLB planned for these. Thanks for the info. Dave From: Miller Bonnie L. [mailto:mille...@mukilteo.wednet.edu] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:32 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Terminal Server CAL's Are you going to use NLB with them? If so and you are using Unicast mode, they

RE: Terminal Server CAL's

Are you going to use NLB with them? If so and you are using Unicast mode, they won't be able to talk to each other directly and one won't get the licenses. Other thing to keep in mind is it's a royal pain to move your TS license server (calling the clearinghouse can take a while), so try to pu

RE: OT: video recommendation?

I converted this response to plain text. Gmail is stripping HTML replies from Outlook 2010. My recommendation? Don't use gmail. :-) Or, use the IMAP or POP functionality available within gmail to read it with Outlook or another mail reader. From: Steve Ens [mailto:stevey...@gmail.com] Sent:

Re: OT: video recommendation?

Gmail keeps clipping these messages...I don't see Michael's wonderful insights. Anyone else see this? On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Michael B. Smith wrote: > I need a wide-angle (?) conference room camera. Preferably something that > won’t break the bank. Needs to work with LiveMeeting. > > >

Re: Consultant PC on your network

We did what Terry did with spare desktops. Also setup wired and wireless internet only access outside our firewall. So far, no exceptions have been required. Our policy is very strict and we have separate labels on the conference jacks for company equipment and for outside equipment - also have

RE: Consultant PC on your network

We have to have Laptops for them, we are not allowed to let equipment from outside our org to attach to our wire without great exception. We currently have one multi-million dollar project and those consultants each have a "Project" Laptop to use. They hate that because they usually have their

Re: video recommendation?

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/ReviewAndComparisonMicrosoftLifeCamCinemaHDAndVX7000WithHighQualityVideoInSkypeAndLiveMessenger.aspx On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Sean Rector wrote: > M$ just released an HD Cinema Webcam.  Mayhap this will fit the bill? > > > > Sean Rector, MCSE > > > > From: M

RE: Consultant PC on your network

I have set up a completely independent network for outside guests. This is a completely unsecure network that I waste NO time maintaining. All I do is tell them the non-broadcast SSID. This gives anyone internet access only. I do not have to worry about their viruses or them snooping around

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

Gee thanks J This Monday needs a bit of humor anyway. All hell is breaking loose (as usual). Phillip Partipilo Parametric Solutions Inc. Jupiter, Florida (561) 747-6107 From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:egold...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:39 AM To: NT System Admin Is

RE: Consultant PC on your network

Patch level and AV. If his does not meet your level issue him one of your workstations or laptops to do his work. Mike Original Message: - From: David Lum david@nwea.org Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:44:34 -0800 To: ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com Subject: Consultant PC on yo

RE: Consultant PC on your network

Is he just checking his email or is there more to it than that? I little more context would be good. -- Mike Gill From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 8:45 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Consultant PC on your network What process do you g

Consultant PC on your network

What process do you guys use for allowing a consultant to put their PC on your "wire"? Surely there are some questions needing to be asked, like does it have AV and is patched, probably need to make sure it's not running some DHCP or other service that might disrupt your network, right? David Lu

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

what, you mean it requires 'magic firmware' ???sorry, couldn't help poke fun at last week's thread. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _ From: Stephan Barr [mailto:stephanbarr.li...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 11:06 AM To: NT System Adm

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

I had a bad set of firmware back in the day with a 2600 (or it might have been on the 220s enclosure attached to it... don't remember which)... it would drop a good drive out of the array instead of the failed drive and attempt to rebuild with the bad drive. Thank god for backups. Jim Slattery S

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

LESSON TO ALL... Next time, try to call Dell Server Support first. Despite the age of my 2650 experiencing a drive failure, they still worked through the problem with me (which included finding links to the diagnostic tools which were no longer generally available), told me specific firmware a

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

I'll check the drive firmware - this is possible. Likewise the backplane. Thanks for the recs. Tom >>> Miller Bonnie L. 12/7/2009 11:09 AM >>> Is all of the firmware/drivers up-to-date? Affecting that subsystem, there is probably RAID FW, RAID driver, and SCSI HD firmware (run from a bo

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

Is all of the firmware/drivers up-to-date? Affecting that subsystem, there is probably RAID FW, RAID driver, and SCSI HD firmware (run from a bootable CD). There might also be backplane firmware and drivers. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 7:25 AM To

Re: Dell 2600 drive issue

Seen this before. Do you have the Dell Open Management tools installed? If so it will report what firware the drives are. Likely you will find that you have mismatching firmware and that will cause the drive to fail. Cheers. On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Tom Miller wrote: > Hi All, > > I ha

Re: Dell 2600 drive issue

Faulty backplane. Had it happen a couple of times on 2650 and the older 4400/4300. Nothing to do but replace or migrate if you don't have a contract. -Anders On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Tom Miller wrote: > Hi All, > > I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives

Re: Name Resolution Issue

Is all your traffic tunnelled over the VPN? On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > I have several OpenVPN users who experience intermittent name resolution > issues and I don’t know why. > > The tap interface gets a route and dns server pushed to it, if I open a cmd > window

Name Resolution Issue

I have several OpenVPN users who experience intermittent name resolution issues and I don't know why. The tap interface gets a route and dns server pushed to it, if I open a cmd window and type nslookup, it actually defaults to the pushed dns server and I obviously can resolve any name. If I exi

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

Well, now you know what to do next. Maybe you can rebuild the raid 5 and not use that slot, if you need the space that all the drives and raid 5 will provide. From: Tom Miller [mailto:tmil...@hnncsb.org] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 10:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Dell 26

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

Did all that except rebuild >>> "Glen Johnson" 12/7/2009 10:30 AM >>> Since it is a raid 5, you really don’t want to run it with one failed drive since one more failed drive and you lose everything. I’d try shutting down the server, reseat the controller and all the cables that connect the contr

RE: Dell 2600 drive issue

Since it is a raid 5, you really don't want to run it with one failed drive since one more failed drive and you lose everything. I'd try shutting down the server, reseat the controller and all the cables that connect the controller to the drive backplane. I'd also blow the dust out of the sockets

Dell 2600 drive issue

Hi All, I have an older Dell 2600 server with a PERC 4/Di. There are six drives in a RAID 5 configuration. The PERC reports one of the drives has failed. I've replaced the drive, rebuilt the array, then it fails again. Did it again, same thing. It seems to be more of a drive bay issue, as

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

Some of my elders while in college used to speak of such large washing machine sized hard disks. They told stories of competitions where they wrote code specifically to cause the heads to seek in just the precise rhythm to walk the whole machine across the floor. Phillip Partipilo Parametr

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

Nice! The IBM System/36 at my first real job had a disk cabinet the size of a washing machine with platters that must have been 20" across. The chassis had a ratcheting mechanism to raise the disk pack up to get at the belt for replacement. Good times. -sc From: Kim Longenbaugh [mai

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

I have a paper weigh sitting on my desk right now. It's the hard drive from an Altos multi-user system that ran Xenix. It had a whopping 16K of ram (in dozens and dozens of discrete drams), an 8 inch floppy, and an 8 inch tape drive in a separate cabinet. Both cabinets were crafted from 1/16" al

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

And then go back and find the typos! -sc From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT RE: HP drive sleds The first month I had my C-64, I didn't have a disk drive or tape drive. I had to type my

Re: OT RE: HP drive sleds

The first month I had my C-64, I didn't have a disk drive or tape drive. I had to type my programs in by hand from the back pages of COMPUTE (I think that was the name of the mag). On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Phillip Partipilo wrote: > CoCo2 and audio cassettes FTW! > > Regards, > > Philli

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

Mmm... acoustically coupled modems. -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:13 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds Hehehe... I recall seeing a Trash-80 as a kid and thinking "wow! That's nifty!" Then

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

Hehehe. I recall seeing a Trash-80 as a kid and thinking "wow! That's nifty!" Then along came those fancy Apple ][ machines with their fancy 5.25" disks! J Speaking of disks. I watched Wargames last night. Dual 8" floppies! *shudder* J John-AldrichTile-Tools From: Steven M. Caesare [mai

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

You kids and all your fancy “Color”. -sc From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:12 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT RE: HP drive sleds CoCo2 and audio cassettes FTW! Regards, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com On Dec 7, 2

Re: OT RE: HP drive sleds

CoCo2 and audio cassettes FTW! Regards, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com On Dec 7, 2009, at 9:01 AM, "Steven M. Caesare" wrote: > All you kids with your fancy disk drives. > > > > Tape was where it was at! > > > > -sc > > > > From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > Sent:

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

True computer nerds could nail the volume control setting on the first try. -sc From: James Kerr [mailto:cluster...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:05 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT RE: HP drive sleds yeah, audio cassette tapes to be exact. - Or

Re: OT RE: HP drive sleds

yeah, audio cassette tapes to be exact. - Original Message - From: Steven M. Caesare To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 9:01 AM Subject: RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds All you kids with your fancy disk drives. Tape was where it was at! -sc

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

All you kids with your fancy disk drives. Tape was where it was at! -sc From: John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 8:57 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds My first computer was a Commodore Colt PC10. It had

RE: OT RE: HP drive sleds

My first computer was a Commodore Colt PC10. It had *gasp* MCGA Graphics or Hercules graphics, configurable by, as I recall, a DIP switch. It had dual 5.25 floppies. I bought it at Service Merchandise for like $300 or so. My *second* computer was a true blue IBM PC. Don't recall the model, but it h

RE: Moto Droid

I think so. I have a 3G and LOVE it. But, as Rod has stated, the AT&T coverage problem (at least in my area) is a major issue for me. There doesn't seem to be a day that I drop a call or two in the iPhone. Have had the Droid for a week or so now, and haven't dropped one call. It's promising fo

RE: Moto Droid

We've been chatting about that on another list and the consensus is that Droid is the iPhone killer, particularly with AT&T's countrywide network problems (data specifically). A lot of iPhone users are defecting. -Original Message- From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:p...@psnet.com] Sent: Mo

Moto Droid

Met somebody who has a Droid at this past friday's pub crawl, very intrigueing phone indeed. I think it's enough to ditch the iPhone. Thoughts? Regards, Phillip Partipilo p...@psnet.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~