arachne-digest Tuesday, March 4 2003 Volume 01 : Number 2065
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Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 15:14:06 -0700
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Wanted - Electronic Engineer
Hi Bastiaan (or any other experimenters),
As you are playing around with electronic stuff, would you please
consider an additional project?
I need a cheap design (made from salvaged, common electronic parts would
be ideal) for a *pass through* box, to be used to check the operation of
basic computer hardware (like mouse, keyboard, drives, printers, etc).
The box should have connectors for all the possible *normal* computer
accessories AND have switches mounted to turn off the source of power
from reaching the connectors (each connector should have its own switch).
I'll also need to run jumpers from the power cords and connectors inside
the computer (to check the drives), but for that I'll just add some
home-made plugs and install them in place of a card. So, the box should
have ALL the connectors included.
It sounds a lot like overkill, but I want to use it with handicapped kids
and need some extra protection built in (partly as protection and partly
as an extra step to reinforce the need for safety). I want it to be as
foolproof as possible, but yet be built with common hardware (so that
anybody could copy the idea and use locally available parts). I don't
know if the kids could hurt themselves with the 5 or 12 volt coming from
the power supply, but I'd like to create protection from that.
What I want to do is to give handicapped kids some basic tasks (like
checking and cleaning components), but completely isolate the actual
computer from the kid. This is because some kids can't maneuver (for
example, with wheelchairs) around a desktop computer. With extension
cables and a *pass through* box, they would only need access to the box -
much easier for them to do without assistance.
The box should run on a 386 or a 486. It's only purpose is to provide an
easy way to connect peripherals and check them for operation. I expect to
normally use the 386 as the test machine and an additional 486 as a
regular computer which would contain the operational instructions (as
well as other programs).
The instructions should use only text and low-level graphics (for
example, 16 color BMP). Hypertext links would be used between pages. All
of it will run as an Arachne application.
Thanks for whatever help you can offer.
Bob
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Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 11:16:26 +1000
From: "Ron Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Suggestion
Hi Folks, L.D., Glenn,
On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 10:26:08 +1100, L.D. Best wrote:
> P.S. Only being able to attach 4 things from Arachne was a real pain a
> couple of weeks ago ... I just duped those lines to get 8 places to
> enter the data ... so it looks like hell right now. Once I get it
> rewritten it should allow for seven or eight attachments.
I wish !
Not Arachne's fault, but I have at least one client to whom I cannot
(by any means I have tried) send more than one attachment with Arachne.
Arachne encodes and attaches multiple attachments, and sends the correct
number of bytes through my ISP's mail server, but my client only gets
one of them still attached. Clearly, HIS mail server is only letting
one attachment through.
I have to remember to ZIP everything into one attachment when sending
work to him.
Has anybody else come across this ?
Regards,
Ron
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Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 20:47:21 -0400
From: "L.D. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Attachment attacks [was Re: Suggestion
Ron,
I've never heard of such a thing. Rather than checking your client's
mail server, check how he has his software configured. Or you could
telnet into his mail [having him enter his own user name and password
without you looking] on the server, and see how many attachments get
that far [after you sent a mssg with 2 or 3 small attachments].
However, I have yet to manage to know everything there is to know, so I
could be wrong. <G>
l.d.
P.S. If you want a "mail to" that has 8 attachments possible [max in
Arachne] let me know & I'll ship one out.
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On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 11:16:26 +1000, Ron Clarke wrote:
> Hi Folks, L.D., Glenn,
<snip my stuff>
> I wish !
> Not Arachne's fault, but I have at least one client to whom I cannot
> (by any means I have tried) send more than one attachment with Arachne.
> Arachne encodes and attaches multiple attachments, and sends the correct
> number of bytes through my ISP's mail server, but my client only gets
> one of them still attached. Clearly, HIS mail server is only letting
> one attachment through.
> I have to remember to ZIP everything into one attachment when sending
> work to him.
> Has anybody else come across this ?
> Regards,
> Ron
- -- Arachne V1.71;UE01, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
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Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2003 23:05:34 -0500
From: "Glenn McCorkle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: odd observation of how Arachne saves files
On Sun, 02 Mar 2003 18:49:12 +0000, Thomas Tabler wrote:
> Dear Glenn and List:
> What I can't understand is that the new A. 171UE#1 won't apparently
> download anything BINARY from the redhat.com site. This is in apparent
> contradiction to what Arachne's CORE.exe reports as happening on the
> status line. I have checked, and http referrer=yes and save htt=yes.
> This is very surprising from me. Status line says Arachne's ftp
> client is logged into updates.redhat.com:21. Any who would like
> to reply on List? I may have an unusual drive setup here, but if
> this is common, this could perhaps be a real bug.
> yours,
> Thomas
> Dear Glenn:
> hear's something else really odd. Even though it saves webpages
> great with the new scheme of displaying a page of "this page is
> saved to file:..." and it seems to download graphic images great.
> But apparently there's some bug with BINARY program transfers, or
> maybe large ASCII files being saved to a slave drive or download
> directory. This is really odd, to me. Well, this is what happened
> when I downloaded a PNG file. Saved to disk just great.
> Then when I went back the second time, after reloading the buffer
> "R", I got a black screen. Maybe that has something to do with
> it. The PNG file is just fine. But it didn't display the second
> time in Arachne. I have a ramdisk of only under 7OO MB in extended
> memory. Remember, this is one of the newer 486sx/dx type machines.
> No expanded memory.
> yours,
> Tom
I just checked to see what kind of filenames you might be trying to save.
ftp://updates.redhat.com:21/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/xpdf-1.01-10.src.rpm
There's the problem.
On my setup the 'saveas' page will attempt to save this file to....
c:\1recv\xpdf-1.01-10.src.rpm
That is an invalid filename in DOS.
Change it to this and all will go as planned.
c:\1recv\xpdf101.rpm
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Glenn
http://arachne.cz/
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/
http://www.cisnet.com/glennmcc/
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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 10:15:49 -0500 (EST)
From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *****SPAM***** Fw: Zelite posao? Does anybody recognize this language ?
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Received: from 212.24.129.58 (EHLO ns.arachne.cz) (212.24.129.58)
> by mta108.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 02 Mar 2003 02:56:53 -0800 (PST)
> Received: from unknown (104-20.InfoSky.Net [195.250.104.20])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> by ns.arachne.cz (8.12.7/8.12.6) with SMTP id h22AnCBH029515
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 11:49:13 +0100
The originating address is indicated above. The whois
info on that address shows it to be registered in
Yugoslavia. If you're running Linux, simply do
'whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]' to find all the
contact info.
(Note: I snipped the quoted spam so it doesn't show up
*once again* in my spam folder. Please do not quote spam
in real e-mail.)
> When doing a Whois query it shows that
>
> the top level domain (WS) is registered by a Wisconsin Inc. company
>
> IP 169.207.37.186
I don't know where you got that, but it wasn't from the
spam you quoted.
- --
Steve Ackman
http://twoloonscoffee.com (Need green beans?)
http://twovoyagers.com (glass, linux & other stuff)
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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 17:15:18 +0100 (CET)
From: "Bart Buitinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *****SPAM***** Fw: Zelite posao? Does anybody recognize thislanguage ?
I think I have a clue here,
Last year I posted a message about an Arachne-using friend who had
received a message with hundreds os adresses in the to: field. Insight
doesn't like that, so I went to use dosshell to delete the file.
This guy is an active member of this global villages Esperanto society.
(These people originally invented the Global Village based on an
international language they composed of most big languages)
I'll check with him if this is Esperanto...
Bart
> On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Received: from 212.24.129.58 (EHLO ns.arachne.cz) (212.24.129.58)
>> by mta108.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 02 Mar 2003 02:56:53 -0800 (PST)
>> Received: from unknown (104-20.InfoSky.Net [195.250.104.20])
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> by ns.arachne.cz (8.12.7/8.12.6) with SMTP id h22AnCBH029515
>> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 11:49:13 +0100
>
> The originating address is indicated above. The whois
> info on that address shows it to be registered in
> Yugoslavia. If you're running Linux, simply do
> 'whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]' to find all the
> contact info.
>
> (Note: I snipped the quoted spam so it doesn't show up
> *once again* in my spam folder. Please do not quote spam
> in real e-mail.)
>
>> When doing a Whois query it shows that
>>
>> the top level domain (WS) is registered by a Wisconsin Inc. company
>>
>> IP 169.207.37.186
>
> I don't know where you got that, but it wasn't from the
> spam you quoted.
>
> --
> Steve Ackman
> http://twoloonscoffee.com (Need green beans?)
> http://twovoyagers.com (glass, linux & other stuff)
>
>
>
>
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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 22:31:22 -0300
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WHOIS results.
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On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Received: from 212.24.129.58 (EHLO ns.arachne.cz) (212.24.129.58)
> by mta108.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 02 Mar 2003 02:56:53 -0800 (PST)
> Received: from unknown (104-20.InfoSky.Net [195.250.104.20])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> by ns.arachne.cz (8.12.7/8.12.6) with SMTP id h22AnCBH029515
> for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sun, 2 Mar 2003 11:49:13 +0100
The originating address is indicated above.=20=20
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Yugoslavia. If you're running Linux, simply do=20
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contact info.
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For those just using any browser:
http://www.ripe.net/perl/whois?195.250.104.20
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(Note: I snipped the quoted spam so it doesn't show up=20
*once again* in my spam folder. Please do not quote spam=20
in real e-mail.)
> When doing a Whois query it shows that=20
> the top level domain (WS) is registered by a Wisconsin Inc. company
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> IP 169.207.37.186
I don't know where you got that, but it wasn't from the=20
spam you quoted.
> - Imate racunar i pristup internetu ???
> - Zasto to ne iskoristite i zaradite ???
> Upisite ime, prezime i e-mail adresu na:
> http://rolee.exec.ws
http://rolee.exec.ws=20
I did Whois with the referred URL in the email, not with the sender.
I didn't had seen here such kind of messages before.
Somebody posted yesterday about differences between ISO1 and ISO 2.=20
It remains the doubt about what language the message is from: Czech or Ser=
bia ?
Thanks for your contribution about the source
Elliot
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Steve Ackman
http://twoloonscoffee.com (Need green beans?)
http://twovoyagers.com (glass, linux & other stuff)
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<DIV>> - Imate racunar i pristup internetu ???<BR>> - Zasto to ne=20
iskoristite i zaradite ???<BR>> Upisite ime, prezime i e-mail adresu=20
na:<BR>> <A href=3D"http://rolee.exec.ws";>http://rolee.exec.ws</A><BR></=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I didn't had seen here such kind=20
of messages before.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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about differences between ISO1 and ISO 2. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for your contribution about t=
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Elliot</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT>=
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<BR>Steve Ackman<BR></FONT><A href=3D"http://twoloonscoffee.com";><FONT=20
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=20
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href=3D"http://twovoyagers.com";><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman"=20
size=3D3>http://twovoyagers.com</FONT></A><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" si=
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