Re: [GTALUG] GTALUG Meeting Tonight at 7:30pm
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Myles Braithwaite m...@mylesbraithwaite.com wrote: * 6:00 pm - Before each meeting a group of GTALUGers will be dining at The Restaurant Formerly Know As Love At First Bite (96 Gerrard Street E). The Restaurant Formerly Know As Love At First Bite won the vote with 31.25% of the vote. The next vote will be done by ranking ballet instead of the one choice. I am going off this list http://wiki.gtalug.org/pre-meeting_dinner and you are welcome to add more restuarants. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Thinkpad T420 as a VM host
| From: Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca | On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 11:20:10PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: | The W530 is perfectly portable. It closes and fits in a large bag and | can be carried places. :) The second computer I owned was portable: a Kaypro II. http://www.oldcomputers.net/kayproii.html 26 pounds. It did have a handle. | I would hate to do it on a regular basis though. The Kaypro got heavier the farther you carried it. | It does support 32GB ram and in my case has a Core-i7 CPU, which means | quad core + hyperthreading at about 3GHz. The fact it has a 170W power | supply probably tells something about the power consumption. The Kaypro had 64k of RAM and I overclocked the machine to 4MHz (I replaced the Z80 CPU with a Z80A). | Beware: bilingual keyboard | | Actually I suspect it is french canadian keyboard. No, it is a keyboard intended to support English and French (bilingual). | One of the worst | keyboard layouts ever made. My fingers don't like it (yet?). My head thinks it is Good Thing. My fingers mostly win. My fingers don't like change. I still only use left shift because on keypunch machines right shift meant something different. I still am annoyed that I had to change habits when changing from Sun keyboards to PC keyboards. And fn-vs-ctrl placement on ThinkPads vs other notebooks vs desktops. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Keyboards WAS Re: Thinkpad T420 as a VM host
On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 07:32:41PM -0400, Anthony de Boer wrote: That's nothing compared to the dire and baroque things the coworker who used to sit across from me was going to do if anyone brought in a Model M. Of course, you have to be faster than the proprietor of said keyboard if you want to do any of that. They won't hear you coming for all the noise. At least the Lenovo keyboards work uses consistently hit the minimum standard for a usable keyboard. But it seems a shame not to be able to do my best coding there. There's really nothing as nice to type on as a quarter-century-old Model M. Too noisy and a bit too hard to press for my liking. Old IBm keyboards never die, but I sure don't miss them. And hey, if I wanted to make noise why bother with a Model M when I can fire up my chainsaw? :-) You might get noticed carrying one of those. -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] GTALUG Meeting Tonight at 7:30pm
http://gtalug.org/meeting/2015-08/ # Samba Progress Over the Last Six Years with William Murrithy The talk is a continuation of William's previous talk on Samba in 2009. It looks at how close samba has closed the gap between AD and samba with samba 4, what's still left, packaging/deployment improvements and a demo of the samba deployment and and management. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University http://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2 http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525 ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Before each meeting a group of GTALUGers will be dining at The Restaurant Formerly Know As Love At First Bite (96 Gerrard Street E). * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting a group of GTALUGers move to the The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socializing. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardize the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honored by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation, or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: http://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ bo...@gtalug.org. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list annou...@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Thinkpad T420 as a VM host
On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 08:37:09PM -0400, David Collier-Brown wrote: I have a new T440p with 16GB, running Fedora 22, thus far it's reasonable. I'm a hunt-and-peck person, so the KB isn't a big consideration: it works, I'm happy. Unfortunately each generation has different keyboards so they are not comparable. The x30 models went to chicklet keyboards (which I so far am very happy with), but the x40 (no idea if the x40p is the same) has had a lot of complaints about keyboard latyout and most of all the changes to the trackpad and trackpoint buttons, although the some updates have fixed that again (like the W541). I think the x20 was the last with the classic thinkpad keyboard, but I am not entirely sure since I never used one myself. -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] UEFI bios/firmware
I had this same problem on an Acer laptop until I discovered you need to enter a password and enable the password. When you are finished disabling things, you can then disable the password. Peter Hello LenThank you for your help.In at least 3 computers I have come across, that has this option grayed out. As shown in pic1 of that link you supplied. So it is not accessible. Every link I came across, basicly had the same solution you described. There for those three computers can not have a true format done. All three have corrupted hinden partions. Putting a new hard drive will not help either. New mother boards would help.Cheers Abby Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca Date: 08-11-2015 10:25 (GMT-05:00) To: GTALUG Talk talk@gtalug.org Subject: Re: [GTALUG] UEFI bios/firmware On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:39:02AM +0200, Abby Bassie-Cripps wrote: htmlhead/headbodydiv style=font-family: Verdana;font-size: 12.0px;div divHello Len/div divnbsp;/div divThat was very informative, thank you./div divnbsp;/div divFor an update, the main computer is question is a toshiba satellite with win 8.1. In this once case, I could not find any default to unlock the secure boot./div divIn addition, all of the computers that have come my way with UEFI, are windows 8 amp; 8.1 and are all secure in some form or another. I know have three computers that where given to me because of the UEFI / secure boot issue. I have never come across a computer that used UEFI and was not secure booted. All other computers I have worked on, have been using bios./div divSeperately, I have what was a #36;1400 laptop that came with win. 7. It had UEFI, but was the only computer not using secure boot. I have since put 8.1 and now 10 on it and it works better than 7, using UEFI. Its secure boot was apart of the UEFI. Hense my mis-understanding./div div divFor the group, I perfer Ubuntu and now my iMac with OS X 10.10.4. There is so little issues with both, compared to windows OS./div divnbsp;/div divSo Len, are you able to tell me what the steps should be to disable the secure boot in windows 8 amp; 8.1? Other than the simple out dated method that we all know about?/div Well from what I can find the process is: When you see Toshiba logo, hit F2, then you should be in the UEFI (BIOS) settings. Under security tab there should be an option for 'secure boot' which you want to set to disabled. If you want to keep windows working, that should be all you change, and then you should be able to install linux as long as the distribution is new enough to support UEFI booting. If you don't want to keep windows and you want to use an older style distribution that does not do UEFI booting, then you have to also find the CSM boot setting (under advanced/system settings) and turn that on. That will break booting windows 8.1 on the machine though. I would personally stick with UEFI booting these days. https://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/kb0/TSB2B03F30002R01.htm -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk -- Peter Hiscocks Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto http://www.syscompdesign.com USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator 647-839-0325 --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Thinkpad T420 as a VM host
On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 11:20:10PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: Most notebooks don't have the performance of desktops because the tradeoffs are different. - Most notebook CPUs are weaker than desktop CPUs. Fewer cores and lower clock rates, for a start. There are exceptions but they are outliers. - Ditto for GPUs. But GPUs may not matter much for what you hope to do. - adding disks and RAM is more constrained. May well be OK anyway - desktop displays can and should be better than notebook displays (but I seem to care more than most folks) - in a fixed installation, notebooks are a bit awkward (but you can fix that by using an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse). Many new notebooks don't let you replace batteries, RAM, or disks. Beware. Of course this is not the case with ThinkPad T420 notebooks. If you want portability, the T420 is too old: more modern Intel CPUs take a lot less power for the same performance and thus the battery lasts longer. If you don't want portability, a W-series ThinkPad may be more powerful and expandable (may depend on the generation). My son's W520 will accept up to 32G of RAM, I think. Lennart has a similar one. And it comes with a larger screen. The W530 is perfectly portable. It closes and fits in a large bag and can be carried places. :) I would hate to do it on a regular basis though. It does support 32GB ram and in my case has a Core-i7 CPU, which means quad core + hyperthreading at about 3GHz. The fact it has a 170W power supply probably tells something about the power consumption. Here's an example of a very powerful non-portable notebook: http://www.nmicrovip.ca/rog-core-i7-4710hq-16gb-ram-1tb-hdd-17-3-gtx860m-2gb-1920x1080-dvdrw-windows-8-1-bilingual-kb-g751jm-sh71-cb-refurbished/ - quad core i7-4710hq - 1920x1080 17 IPS screen - 16G of RAM (that may well be the limit) - NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX860M Graphics with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM Beware: bilingual keyboard Actually I suspect it is french canadian keyboard. One of the worst keyboard layouts ever made. Looking at some pictures, that is in fact the case. Of course things can be fixed: http://us.estore.asus.com/collections/replacement-keyboard/products/g751jm-1a-k-b_us_module-as-90nb06g1-r30300 I did that with my wife's ideapad a few years ago (partially because the keyboard broke and it was easier to get a US replacement which was also desirable). | I currently have T43, and its keyboard is difficult to type on, at least | for me. Many people love ThinkPad keyboards, especially the ones on older ThinkPads. One of the main complaints about newer ThinkPad keyboards is they aren't as good as the old ones. How can this square with your observations? - keyboards are at least partially a matter of personal taste - your T43 might have a dud keyboard. In any case, the only way you'll really know if you'll like a keyboard is to try it. Me? Lots of keyboards seem bad, some seem elegant but not to my taste, many seem fine / good enough. None has captured me. | - it's stiff, so you need to push rather than tap, | - it doesn't spring back, fast enough or crispy enough, so you | actually notice and become aware of the keypresses. And, that | interferes with my typing. I suspect the newer chicklet style thinkpad keyboard might actually be an improvement then. Many typists like being sure when they press a key. Significant key travel is considered desirable by many (but not all). And rare in modern notebooks because of the quest for thin. A tactile signal of a keypress registering is considered a Good Thing (except by many gamers). Something sort of lost with most modern key structures. There has been a renaissance of mechanical keyboards. They cost several times as much as regular keyboards. And a great deal has been written about the characteristics of each. I thought that I'd like Cherry blue, brown, or clear keys. http://www.keyboardco.com/blog/index.php/2012/12/an-introduction-to-cherry-mx-mechanical-switches/ I'm using a mechanical keyboard to type this (Rosewill RK-6000; imitation Alps keys, somewhat like Cherry Blue). It is fine, but not a revelation. I have the same reaction to my wife's keyboard with Cherry brown switches. I find it especially disappointing that a key can register on my keyboard without a click and a click can happen without a registration (these problems don't seem to happen with the way I type). In ThinkPads, I like my x61's keyboard better than my T530's. I suspect I would be the opposite. I like the W530 keyboard (which is the same as the T530). -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
[GTALUG] Slightly OT: git question
I'm writing a Python script that checks git repositories in the user's home folder (other folders is an option that should be added soon) and then tells you their status, both local and remote. I want to release it publicly using github, but I'd like to maintain a private repo, and only push certain releases to github. I admit this is mostly because I keep extensive notes in the source code and am perhaps a bit embarrassed what those notes say both about my memory and my limited coding skills. I should probably just get over it - particularly since the code itself probably says more than the notes. But - git is flexible enough that I imagine that this is an option: has anybody done this? As my knowledge of Python is somewhat rudimentary, so is my knowledge of git. The only thing I'm fairly sure about is that rebasing will be involved. If I wasn't concerned about pull requests (as novel as it seems now, I like to hope they'll happen) this could be done in any number of sloppy ways. But it seems like I need either a branch or a separate repo (which, and why?) that includes only the github data, and I need my private repo to have the github one as a tracked branch or something like that that I can merge from. Is this making sense, or am I thinking about it all wrong? I welcome all suggestions and thoughts, thanks. -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ giles...@gmail.com --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
[GTALUG] [GTALUG-Announce] [UPDATE] Re: GTALUG Meeting Tonight at 7:30pm
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 9:10 AM, Myles Braithwaite m...@mylesbraithwaite.com wrote: http://gtalug.org/meeting/2015-08/ Something has come up and William will not be able to give his talk tonight on Samba. We will be rescheduling him for the September meeting. Tonight's meeting will be a Round Table QA Session where we will take questions from the audience, and the audience discusses and attempts to answer those questions from their own knowledge. It's a great way to meet fellow members of our community and discover the skill sets we each bring to the table. ## Location George Vari Engineering and Computing Centre 245 Church Street, Room 203 Ryerson University http://goo.gl/maps/16oJ2 http://www.openstreetmap.org/way/23447525 ## Schedule * 6:00 pm - Before each meeting a group of GTALUGers will be dining at The Restaurant Formerly Know As Love At First Bite (96 Gerrard Street E). * 7:30 pm - Meeting and presentation. * 9:00 pm - After each meeting a group of GTALUGers move to the The Imperial Pub (54 Dundas St East) for refreshments and more socializing. # Code of Conduct We want a productive happy community that can welcome new ideas, improve every process every year, and foster collaboration between individuals with differing needs, interests and skills. We gain strength from diversity, and actively seek participation from those who enhance it. This code of conduct exists to ensure that diverse groups collaborate to mutual advantage and enjoyment. We will challenge prejudice that could jeopardize the participation of any person in the community. The Code of Conduct governs how we behave in public or in private whenever the Linux community will be judged by our actions. We expect it to be honored by everyone who represents the community officially or informally, claims affiliation, or participates directly. It applies to activities online or offline. We invite anybody to participate. Our community is open. Please read more about the GTALUG Code of Conduct here: http://gtalug.org/about/code-of-conduct/. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns about the GTALUG Code of Conduct please contact the GTALUG Board @ bo...@gtalug.org. --- GTALUG Announce mailing list annou...@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/announce --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Slightly OT: git question
Giles Orr wrote: I'm writing a Python script that checks git repositories in the user's home folder (other folders is an option that should be added soon) and then tells you their status, both local and remote. I want to release it publicly using github, but I'd like to maintain a private repo, and only push certain releases to github. I admit this is mostly because I keep extensive notes in the source code and am perhaps a bit embarrassed what those notes say both about my memory and my limited coding skills. I should probably just get over it - particularly since the code itself probably says more than the notes. But - git is flexible enough that I imagine that this is an option: has anybody done this? If you don't want to share the commit messages you can change the easily with `git commit --amend` (see this https://help.github.com/articles/changing-a-commit-message/). If you are afraid of things you have committed you can use `git rebase -i HEAD~10` which will allow you to squash the last 10 commits and allow you to rewrite the commit message. I would clone a new repo to test how it's going to work. You don't want an detached head :-). Have you seen this: https://github.com/mixu/gr it's basically what you are doing written in Node.js. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Slightly OT: git question
On 11 August 2015 at 12:23, Giles Orr giles...@gmail.com wrote: I'm writing a Python script that checks git repositories in the user's home folder (other folders is an option that should be added soon) and then tells you their status, both local and remote. I want to release it publicly using github, but I'd like to maintain a private repo, and only push certain releases to github. I admit this is mostly because I keep extensive notes in the source code and am perhaps a bit embarrassed what those notes say both about my memory and my limited coding skills. I should probably just get over it - particularly since the code itself probably says more than the notes. But - git is flexible enough that I imagine that this is an option: has anybody done this? I don't think this is so much a Python matter as a question of how you deal with your work in your branches. (And maybe I'm wrong, but I'll run through the squash answer quickly!) The thing that I'll often do that is like this is to open local branches to fix bugs, and then, when preparing for release, to merge the results into the branch I want to push publicly, using the --squash option to get rid of any cruddy little commits that might seem embarrassing. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5308816/how-to-use-git-merge-squash The first example seems pretty good... Suppose I did my work (with a bunch of dumb little commits) on the bugfix branch, and I want to put it into the master branch, voila... git checkout master git merge --squash bugfix git commit git push some-public-remote master This addresses the problem of cleaning up messy commits. If the problem is that you want some of your python sources to get released, and others not, then you'd presumably need to have some sort of tool that rewrites the Python to remove (most? all?) comments. Writing a let me bowlderize the python code tool seems likely to get real messy... -- When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, How would the Lone Ranger handle this? --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] UEFI bios/firmware
On 15-08-11 10:47 AM, Abby wrote: In at least 3 computers I have come across, that has this option grayed out. I mentioned the other day to someone on this list that you may have to set a supervisor password in the BIOS before you can change the UEFI and/or secureboot setting. Give that a try and see if it helps. Just remember to removed the supervisor password if you don't really want it long term. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.ve3syb.ca/ |Nerds make the shiny things that distract Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 | the mouth-breathers, and that's why we're | powerful! #include disclaimer/favourite | --Chris Hardwick --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Slightly OT: git question
On 11 August 2015 at 12:41, Christopher Browne cbbro...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 August 2015 at 12:23, Giles Orr giles...@gmail.com wrote: I'm writing a Python script that checks git repositories in the user's home folder (other folders is an option that should be added soon) and then tells you their status, both local and remote. I want to release it publicly using github, but I'd like to maintain a private repo, and only push certain releases to github. I admit this is mostly because I keep extensive notes in the source code and am perhaps a bit embarrassed what those notes say both about my memory and my limited coding skills. I should probably just get over it - particularly since the code itself probably says more than the notes. But - git is flexible enough that I imagine that this is an option: has anybody done this? I don't think this is so much a Python matter as a question of how you deal with your work in your branches. (And maybe I'm wrong, but I'll run through the squash answer quickly!) The thing that I'll often do that is like this is to open local branches to fix bugs, and then, when preparing for release, to merge the results into the branch I want to push publicly, using the --squash option to get rid of any cruddy little commits that might seem embarrassing. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5308816/how-to-use-git-merge-squash The first example seems pretty good... Suppose I did my work (with a bunch of dumb little commits) on the bugfix branch, and I want to put it into the master branch, voila... git checkout master git merge --squash bugfix git commit git push some-public-remote master This addresses the problem of cleaning up messy commits. If the problem is that you want some of your python sources to get released, and others not, then you'd presumably need to have some sort of tool that rewrites the Python to remove (most? all?) comments. Writing a let me bowlderize the python code tool seems likely to get real messy... A co-worker has suggested I create a new repo and simply copy the files I want to put on github into it. Since there will only be three or four files, this seems reasonable. Likewise, future commits could be copied over with less comments in the code and a public-friendly commit message. And (possibly most important), the private repo could have a branch with the github repo (and its pull requests) as a remote. This is so far seeming like the simplest solution. -- Giles http://www.gilesorr.com/ giles...@gmail.com --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] UEFI bios/firmware
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:47:12AM -0400, Abby wrote: Hello LenThank you for your help.In at least 3 computers I have come across, that has this option grayed out. As shown in pic1 of that link you supplied. So it is not accessible. Every link I came across, basicly had the same solution you described. There for those three computers can not have a true format done. All three have corrupted hinden partions. Putting a new hard drive will not help either. New mother boards would help.Cheers Abby Well you might have to type an admin password to unlock some settings. But windows 8 logo certification requires that the end user be able to change that setting, so there has to be a way. Otherwise it would not be allowed to ship with a windows 8 logo sticker on it. Some places say that if a supervisor password is set it has to be cleared before you can change secure boot. And you have to be sure windows 8 is really shutdown before entering the bios, which supposedly you do by holding shift down when telling windows to shutdown/restart. -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] UEFI bios/firmware
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:01:24AM -0400, phisc...@ee.ryerson.ca wrote: I had this same problem on an Acer laptop until I discovered you need to enter a password and enable the password. When you are finished disabling things, you can then disable the password. So you have to set a supervisor/admin password for the bios before you can change the secureboot setting? Crazy. :) -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] UEFI bios/firmware
Sure us crazy! Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca Date: 08-11-2015 13:23 (GMT-05:00) To: phisc...@ee.ryerson.ca, GTALUG Talk talk@gtalug.org Subject: Re: [GTALUG] UEFI bios/firmware On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:01:24AM -0400, phisc...@ee.ryerson.ca wrote: I had this same problem on an Acer laptop until I discovered you need to enter a password and enable the password. When you are finished disabling things, you can then disable the password. So you have to set a supervisor/admin password for the bios before you can change the secureboot setting? Crazy. :) -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
Re: [GTALUG] Thinkpad T420 as a VM host
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:18:19AM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: | From: Lennart Sorensen lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca | On Wed, Aug 05, 2015 at 11:20:10PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote: | The W530 is perfectly portable. It closes and fits in a large bag and | can be carried places. :) The second computer I owned was portable: a Kaypro II. http://www.oldcomputers.net/kayproii.html 26 pounds. It did have a handle. | I would hate to do it on a regular basis though. The Kaypro got heavier the farther you carried it. | It does support 32GB ram and in my case has a Core-i7 CPU, which means | quad core + hyperthreading at about 3GHz. The fact it has a 170W power | supply probably tells something about the power consumption. The Kaypro had 64k of RAM and I overclocked the machine to 4MHz (I replaced the Z80 CPU with a Z80A). | Beware: bilingual keyboard | | Actually I suspect it is french canadian keyboard. No, it is a keyboard intended to support English and French (bilingual). | One of the worst | keyboard layouts ever made. My fingers don't like it (yet?). My head thinks it is Good Thing. My fingers mostly win. My fingers don't like change. I still only use left shift because on keypunch machines right shift meant something different. I still am annoyed that I had to change habits when changing from Sun keyboards to PC keyboards. And fn-vs-ctrl placement on ThinkPads vs other notebooks vs desktops. Well thinkpads have a bios setting to swap fn and control for those that prefer it that way (and in the case of my wife's thinkpad when she broke the fn key, being able to swap it with control meant a key for controling the keyboard light and brightness existed again until we got a replacement keyboard). Dell has the keys wrong of course and no option to swap them. Also their keyboard sucks and the touchpad and trackpoint are awful. Dell sucks. :) -- Len Sorensen --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
[GTALUG] Love at First Bite Closed
Bill, Ivan, and me are heading to Z-Teca at 66 Gerrard Street East. --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org http://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
