[SLUG] Postscript calendars?

2009-11-29 Thread peter
Hi, I'm looking for a program to generate a nice postscript calendar, with dates from a file marked with appropriate text. There's a program called `pcal' that does 90% of what I want. The one thing it doesn't do is allow a range of dates to be marked in a different font or colour --- f

Re: [SLUG] Reaching out to other communities

2009-11-29 Thread Mike Andy
Unfortunately I don't know much about setting a stand up at a convention but I would be willing to help out and I would like to know what getting a stand set up involves doing. I lived in Japan for 2 years so needless to say I'm up to date with the anime that's out there. I can speak laymen English

[SLUG] New mobo question - re SATA

2009-11-29 Thread bill
Just bought a new mobo (and cpu and ram) which has SATA 3 3gbs connectors which are SATA 1.5gbs compatible. Am I correct in assuming that I need ALL SATA drives connected with 3.5gbs (orange) sata cables, or can I use 1.5gbs (red) cables with 1.5gbs hdd's? Theset-up manual doesnt mention this.

[SLUG] December SLUG social gathering - 12th December, Pyrmont Point Park

2009-11-29 Thread James Polley
Hi to Everyone and Seasons Greetings from SLUG Committee - The December SLUG Meeting is a social gathering. Rather than the usual last Friday of the month, the December get-together is a Saturday afternoon in mid-December. When: Saturday 12-Dec-09 Time:1pm onward Wh

Re: [SLUG] New mobo question - re SATA

2009-11-29 Thread Daniel Pittman
bill writes: > Just bought a new mobo (and cpu and ram) which has SATA 3 3gbs connectors > which are SATA 1.5gbs compatible. > > Am I correct in assuming that I need ALL SATA drives connected with 3.5gbs > (orange) sata cables, or can I use 1.5gbs (red) cables with 1.5gbs hdd's? > Theset-up manua