Re: [Scottish] Broadband advice
On 05/01/2011 23:03, Colin McKinnon wrote: On Wednesday 05 January 2011 01:48:38 pm Jason Irwin wrote: Looking at Virign Media just now, any good? On the whole yes - the infrastructure is **very** good - fibre to the wall of your house means you get the bandwidth they advertise, and on the whole service is very reliable. They were never very good at services (NTP, email, and the bundled hosting package is rubbish) and since the Virgin takeover they seem to be trying to land grab by running transparent proxying for all port 80 stuff and adding value by pre-filtering email. There's only been about 2 or 3 significant outages I've noticed in the time I've been using them (12 yrs now) all due to problems with their DNS services (switching to a seperate server solved the problems for me). As for support? Well its a call centre in Asia somewhere who work from a set of about 4 scripts for diagnosing internet problems - they don't even acknowledge the existence of Apple Macs, let alone Linux. And you can expect to spend 30 minutes in a queue for the privilege - but I've been involved in some very serious and expensive support contracts with detailled SLAs which have been about as much use. Good luck, C. ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish Virgin media have their issues, but their support is not all offshore. I know this, as I work for them providing broadband support, and am based in Airdrie. We also have no scripts, at all, the only part that is scripted it the ofcom required notification of potential charges if a tech turns up and nobody is home. If you do a lot of filesharing or usenet, then you may want to look elsewhere, as they are traffic shaping p2p and usenet traffic quite heavily on all service tiers now. they also have a traffic management policy in place on all but the top tier of service (everything below 50 meg) at peak times but it is all detailed on the website. We provide the same level of support for mac and windows, but officially provide no support at all for linux, however if you know how to work the machine, then we should be able to support you. I have their 50 meg service, and in general am reasonably happy with it, although I was getting better speeds on usenet downloads on my previous ISP (3rd party provider) G ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] processors
i can give you a 166 for your smoothwall box, in exchange for the 150... On 11/14/06, willie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 14 November 2006 21:13, Georgia Thomson wrote: Hi everyone. just checking if any of you have any of the following processors lying in your boxes o' bits. myself and a friend are doing a similar project and are collecitng pentium CPUs, I'm also collecting older x86 CPUs. there's beer tokens and / or beer waiting. here's the list of what we currently need between us 2x P60, 2x P66, 2x P75, 1x P90, 1x P100, 2x P120, 2x P150, 2x P166, 2x P200 (all non mmx if poss) I may have a couple of P200s and I have a P90 but its sitting inside a pristine Compaq server of a certain vintage and I think it would have more value where it is. I really must get round to powering it up again. If it fails then the CPU is yours. I also have a P150 but its working just fine in my Smoothwall box . -- Best Regards Willie Fleming ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] processors
On 11/14/06, Mitchell Hagerty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Georgia, Don't count out the 8088 and 80186, You can find an 88 in IBM ATs (often recycled as electric gate controllers) and the 186 was primarily used in printers. Find a printer from the mid-80's you've probably found a 186. Good hunting. Mitch snippage tbh, i figured people wouldnt' have anything older than a 286 lying around. *shrug* but some people are hoarders :) ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] processors
quite a collection you have there, though, why do you have the A1200 hard drive in the acellerator bay? I have an SGI box and a sun box looking for a home if you want to expand the collection... also an HP9000, but it's a big um HUGE and power hungry. On 11/15/06, Alistair J. Ross [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Claudio- The 8088 was the 16 bit chip, indeed, but it had an 8 bit adress bus. The 8086 was superior to the '88 because it was a true 16bit cpu, incorporating a 16bit address bus. The 8087 complements it to provide real (floating point) calculations. I'm showing my love for all things old a bit, aren't I? http://www.aliross.co.uk/museum Ali On Wednesday 15 November 2006 10:14, Claudio Calvelli wrote: I'm also looking to give a home to any 286, 386 and 486 chips you have lying around. I've just dug out a 486DX4 - I'll take it to the next meeting if I manage to be there. Might be able to find a 386/20 somewhere. I should also have a 8086+8087 (not 8088... the real 16 bit version) but I can't locate them at the moment. Claudio ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish -- Check out The Ultimate Linux Newbie Guide [www.linuxnewbieguide.org] No nonsense beginners tutorial to choosing, installing and using Linux! ---[ Web Services Since 2002 ]-- Alistair Ross, CEO XBOLT Network --[ www.xbolt.net ]- ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list Scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] RE: xbox linux (again)
Des Quinn wrote: X-Equinox Consulting-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-Equinox Consulting-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-MailScanner-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, First post so be gentle :) Recently been thinking about going down this route, and had this link suggested to me for those that might want to explore the full potential of their xboxes or indeed get an already modded xbox. http://www.xdvds.lunarpages.com/xbox/index.php?page=general Des that is pretty much the other option for modding an xbox. unless people actually want a mod chip fitted, which i can do i'll be taking people through the process of reflashign the onboard bios with the legal cromwell bios for running linux, which doesnt allow backup games or in facct any xbx games to be played unless you reflash an original bios onto the chip. for those interested in that option i will explain the process and assist with any technical problems but they take full responsibility for their own xbox and software, as far as legality goes. i'll just be showing them the process to flash a bios image onto the flash chip. ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] xbox linux (again)
not as far as i'm aware, playstation2 can run linux, but with a lot more work than is required for an xbox to do so. regards Georgia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can a PS One be used ? Original Message: - From: Georgia Thomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:04:32 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Scottish] xbox linux (again) ok, its getting to the time of year people start thinkign about christmas pressies. for those of you getting xboxes for christmas, or just because, i am still interested in running an xbox linux workshop early in the new year. primarily it will be talking people through the actual modification (hardware / software) of their individual xbox, and the installation of a basix linux system onto it. I may also take it a little further and offtopic for those interested in things such as xbox media player / center, though people will have to supply their own software for those modifications. (i can point you in the right direction, but nothing more) replies to the list please, if interested or want mroe information. all welcome, the more the merrier, especially since i think a minimum of 8 xboxes would be required to make it worthwhile for all in attendance. regards Georgia ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
[Scottish] xbox linux (again)
ok, its getting to the time of year people start thinkign about christmas pressies. for those of you getting xboxes for christmas, or just because, i am still interested in running an xbox linux workshop early in the new year. primarily it will be talking people through the actual modification (hardware / software) of their individual xbox, and the installation of a basix linux system onto it. I may also take it a little further and offtopic for those interested in things such as xbox media player / center, though people will have to supply their own software for those modifications. (i can point you in the right direction, but nothing more) replies to the list please, if interested or want mroe information. all welcome, the more the merrier, especially since i think a minimum of 8 xboxes would be required to make it worthwhile for all in attendance. regards Georgia ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] GNU/linux cd's wanted for social centre
not if the 20 quid was being donated to something (and i'm not sure the beer fund counts for that one, but that's something someone else should figure out) On 17 May 2004, at 09:36, William Anderson wrote: Phil Deane wrote: [monitor donation snippage] I got a friend in work who is looking for a monitor, if they are going spare, if they are in good nick, he will pay up to about £20 for one?? Doesn't that kinda defeat the altruistic intention of donating them to people who might need otherwise spare kit? :) -- _ __/| William Anderson | Brodie: The Force is strong with this one \`O_o' neuro at well dot com |Jay: Dude, don't encourage him =(_ _)= http://neuro.me.uk/ | -- Mallrats, (1995) U - Thhbt! GPG 0xFA5F1100 | ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] GNU/linux cd's wanted for social centre
if i can get jigdo to work, i'm happy enough to do debian DVDs. and that does sound like a plan. On 17 May 2004, at 10:45, William Anderson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] not if the 20 quid was being donated to something (and i'm not sure the beer fund counts for that one, but that's something someone else should figure out) £20 would buy a few CDs or DVDs. Could be used to put distros on for donations to organisations having a spare monitor (or one to use if they're short) is surely more useful than CDs which people can burn and donate themselves? Perhaps we could all burn a wide range of distros and tools (knoppix, debian, slack, fedora, open CD, open office, maybe even some bsden), put them all together at the next slug meet and put them in a box to give to the centre? Anyone else know of any similar sites which would benefit from such a service? I'm sure a lot if not most of us have a) an optical writer, b) decent bandwidth, c) access to reasonably cheap media ... -- _ __/| William Anderson | Brodie: The Force is strong with this one \`O_o' neuro at well dot com |Jay: Dude, don't encourage him =(_ _)= http://neuro.me.uk/ | -- Mallrats, (1995) U - Thhbt! GPG 0xFA5F1100 | ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] 2H 2004
heh EdLug is a bit too much of a trek for me, but they should come to SLUG, if they want anxbox talk ;) the more the merrier, after all i want at LEAST 8 people. i reckoon it's doable with up to 30 xboxen in the room Georgia On 7 May 2004, at 09:44, Peter George wrote: Come do that talk at EdLug over in Edinburgh too, would you? P -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AndyP Sent: 06 May 2004 20:36 To: SLUG-list Subject: Re: [Scottish] 2H 2004 Sounds interesting to me, might make me get one. On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 16:58, Georgia Thomson wrote: well, i'll put i to the list, since i think i've mentioned it a fair few times on IRC. If there is enough interest (roughly 8 - 12 people) i am willing to do an xbox linux workshop basically right through from cracking the case open, to the final installation of the linux distro. replies to the list, if anyone is interested. i know for a fact at least one person on the list has just gotten their hands on an xbox they are gonna put linux on regards Georgia On 6 May 2004, at 16:43, Ben Thorp wrote: We are rapidly approaching the middle of the year - I hope that so far you have enjoyed the content of the meetings. In a very deja-vu-ish way, we could do with people to volunteer to take charge of a meeting over the 2nd half of the year. What this does _not_ mean is that: - You have to 'do' a 'talk'/presentation - You have to be an expert in a Linux-/OSS-related subject - You have to do any 'up-front' work What we could do with are people who are willing to arrange some sort of Linux-related activity for one of the meetings. It's nice to have some informative talks if you are able, but equally simply taking some time to badger people into bring their favourite Linux book, or something similar, is just as useful. If you are interested, and know which months you are likely to be around, then drop me a mail or pm me (mrben_) on IRC. Oh, and I think that those of us who were able to attend the meetings so far this year should take the time to thank those who have been involved in running meetings ;) Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] 2H 2004
well, i'll put i to the list, since i think i've mentioned it a fair few times on IRC. If there is enough interest (roughly 8 - 12 people) i am willing to do an xbox linux workshop basically right through from cracking the case open, to the final installation of the linux distro. replies to the list, if anyone is interested. i know for a fact at least one person on the list has just gotten their hands on an xbox they are gonna put linux on regards Georgia On 6 May 2004, at 16:43, Ben Thorp wrote: We are rapidly approaching the middle of the year - I hope that so far you have enjoyed the content of the meetings. In a very deja-vu-ish way, we could do with people to volunteer to take charge of a meeting over the 2nd half of the year. What this does _not_ mean is that: - You have to 'do' a 'talk'/presentation - You have to be an expert in a Linux-/OSS-related subject - You have to do any 'up-front' work What we could do with are people who are willing to arrange some sort of Linux-related activity for one of the meetings. It's nice to have some informative talks if you are able, but equally simply taking some time to badger people into bring their favourite Linux book, or something similar, is just as useful. If you are interested, and know which months you are likely to be around, then drop me a mail or pm me (mrben_) on IRC. Oh, and I think that those of us who were able to attend the meetings so far this year should take the time to thank those who have been involved in running meetings ;) Ben Thorp ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
Re: [Scottish] DVDrw drives - advice?
steer WELL clear of the sony one. my mate had a hard enough time getting it to work. it reads media fine, but is apparently very fussy with what media it will write to, both CD and DVD. other than that, i dont know about any of them. I have a Pioneer DVR-105 and have had no problems with it/ Regards Georgia On 8 Mar 2004, at 22:49, neil sinclair wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the happy position of being able to buy a DVD writer - weyhey!!! But... I need it to work with Win ME and SuSE 8.2 on a dual boot system. ** It will be used mainly for video writing and file system backups. Can anyone give advice or recommend known good drives out there which would fit the bill? As far as I can see, the lists suggest that any ATAPI DVDwriter should work, so I should be OK. My shortlist is: Sony DWU 14A Asus DRW0402P Optorite DD0401 Liteon LDW-401S Of these, the Sony gives the greatest heartache - great reputation for build and reliability, shocking reputation for compliance to standards. Open to suggestions! TIA, Neil. ** Duron 1000 MHz 256 Mb ram Gigabyte 7zmmh motherboard Intel graphics 120 Gb WD drive Liteon DVD reader Philips CDRW (to be swapped out) ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish ___ Scottish mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
