[Scottish] Fedora 4 Core and browsers problem

Thanks for the information: I have done quite a lot of burrowing about on the web (using Firefox) and discovered that the problem seems to be an epidemic of DNS servers that don't respond sensibly to IPv6 addresses. You can disable IPv6 in the preferences in Firefox and it works fine, but

[Scottish] looking for old BBC Master computer :) {Scanned}

Hi, I know its not excatly a linux question, but does anyone out there have any old BBC Master or BBC Master Compact machines? i need one to use on an old piece of hardware ive dug out of the loft, and it wont run on the BBC B's that ive got. Thanks Matt Lowe scotlug at mlsis.co.uk (T)

Re: [Scottish] looking for old BBC Master computer :) {Scanned}

Matt Lowe wrote: Hi, I know its not excatly a linux question, but does anyone out there have any old BBC Master or BBC Master Compact machines? i need one to use on an old piece of hardware ive dug out of the loft, and it wont run on the BBC B's that ive got. I don't mean to be rude (hehe)

Re: [Scottish] looking for old BBC Master computer :) {Scanned}

Thats the main reason i still like the BBC's i managed to put 240VAC into the middle of one meny years ago, and it cost me a total of £6.00 to fix, those where the days LOL, try that with a PC and kiss the entire machine goodbye :) Matt Steve Logan wrote: old git Those were the days... I

Re: [Scottish] looking for old BBC Master computer :) {Scanned}

Heh, Check out my museum if you think that's bad (and this is just a taster of the stuff I have): www.aliross.co.uk/museum BTW: I have a mate at work with a Master and a Compact, but I don't know if he is willing to part with them. Do you want me to ask him, or will you just use the

Re: [Scottish] looking for old BBC Master computer :) {Scanned}

Yes please contact him if posible :) As i said i prefer to know who im buying this kinda stuff from :) thanks Matt Alistair Ross wrote: Heh, Check out my museum if you think that's bad (and this is just a taster of the stuff I have): www.aliross.co.uk/museum BTW: I have a mate at

[Scottish] Whilst we are on the subject...

Hi, Whilst we are discussing old hardware, anyone out there got an 8 bit ISA network card I was after at the last meeting. I can't remember who it was that said they might have one. Also, I'm wanting an IBM EGA monitor and an EGA card. All 8bit again. Anyone got such weirdness?

Re: [Scottish] Whilst we are on the subject... {Scanned}

Alistair, it was john that said he might have a couple of 8bit lans, ive also just cleared out one of the cuboards in the house and come across a load of old isa cards, not sure if there 8bit or not, any hints asto how to tell the diferance? If you want me to ill try and bring them up to the

[Scottish] O'Reilly Book Reviews

Hey all Are we participating in the O'Reilly book review offer thingy for UUGs and LUGs? (see: http://ug.oreilly.com/bookreviews.html) If so, does anyone actually know how it works, and which books we can review? The page (linked to above) doesn't seem to be very descriptive: O'Reilly

Re: [Scottish] O'Reilly Book Reviews

I spoke with Josette Garcia from O'Reilly about this at EuroOSCON. They are reallly keen to supply Lug members with books in return for reviews. What needs doing is for a book reviews and book request page to be setup on the SLug site. One SLug member receives the members' book requests

Re: [Scottish] O'Reilly Book Reviews

I dare say there will be data protection concerns with collation of people's addresses, this one thing that's stalled me getting the focus page for book requests and reviews together. Any thoughts on that? Thanks for the reply They easiest solution I can think of is: When users submit

Re: [Scottish] Whilst we are on the subject... {Scanned}

old isa cards, not sure if there 8bit or not, any hints asto how to tell the diferance? 8 bit have only 1 edge connector (often called PC/XT), 16 bit have 2 edge connectors (called PC/AT). ie --|__|-- = 8 bit PC/XT card --|__|--|__| = 16 bit PC/AT card coo - I'm showing my