> I think "what we have here, is a failure to communicate". Some are > merely attempting to make the point that it is OK to use their Flex > computer for other things such as web browsing, Email, and an occasional > document and such. It is not always necessary to lock it up for no other > use.
Re multiple computers - I have had my fill of trying to do too many things on one computer. I vividly remember my days as a Sysop, when I ran a 4-line dial-in BBS with various internal and external modems on a single 386 computer, with DOS, DesqView, and a whole 4 MB of RAM. And a 40 MB hard drive. After I added a network to the system using a program called Little Big Lan, things got, err... "interesting." My philosophy now is pretty much, "One task, one machine." That being said, it actually comes down to running related stuff on each machine, limiting the amount of panic that ensues when one of the boxes blows up. So I like to have boxes for Ham Radio, web server, weather, grabbers, business, etc. And yes, everything is backed up several times. (I learned THAT lesson early on!) I have about 9 TB of external storage drives that are split across three different machines in two separate buildings which are far enough apart that they should not both burn down at the same time. Backups and auto-mirroring run automatically on all the critical machines and files several times per day. So far, so good. (Except for one time, and we won't talk about that!!) 73, Ralph W5JGV - WD2XSH/7 _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
