On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 17:37, Douglas Royds wrote: > I'll coordinate, unless anyone objects. I'll send out the call RSN. Thank you.
> Not many beginners will have their own network cable. Well they can always nick along to DSE, DataParts, the computer broker, or Molten Media, etc, etc. and blow a few bucks and buy one. You do not really need to connect to the net unless you have the feeling that you absolutely must have the latest updates. > Is anyone able to offer cables for the night? > I will bring one, but I intend to use it myself. > Can someone offer up a hub for the night? Yes I can, but it's only 10MHz. If somebody else has a more modern switch which they can offer, then I'd be only too pleased to leave my hub at home. > Christopher, do you know how many ports are currently available? it has 12 in all, of those 4 are taken. 2 for registered victims. 1 for router to I'net. 1 for Gentoo file server. So that leaves 8. > Are they RJ45? Normal cat5 terminating plugs, so yes. > I'm concerned by the concurrent AGM, as it'll suck away many who would > otherwise be fixers. ATM there are only 3 items on the agenda. 1) (re)-election of the committee. 2) Should we have more meetings in the St. Albans Community Centre? 3) Any other business. I would expect that the first 2 could be over and done with in about 10 to 15 mins at the most. Hopefully "any other business" will be dealt with in as many seconds. However, if somebody has something about which they have the urge to speak, then I would hope that they will speak up at that time. > Is running these things concurrently really an option? That's my opinion at the moment. [ Nick Rout's excellent posting elided for brevity ] -- Sincerely etc., Christopher Sawtell
