Thanks, did the upgrade last night and it worked right away as always.
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You know, like a Bose Wave radio, that gradually increases the volume so
you're not jolted awake when the alarm comes on.
Adding this feature would tempt me to buy another Squeezebox instead of
the Roku Soundbridge Radio.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000243059438/
I'll file it as an
...Get a second vote on that request.
I'm pretty sure it's possible as the volumelock plugin gradually
normalises the volume over a period of time. If only I could program in
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That's exactly the display I got when I had all the hassle trying to get
my SlimServer/SB2 system set-up. It's like there's an echo to everything
that the display shows, and if I remember correctly it happened when the
SB2 was plugged in to a wall outlet. This was at room temperature so the
cold
Hi - can i ask what is hapenning with SB3 shipments to UK suppliers?
Its now the 16th November and most of the major re -sellers have no
stock or are awaiting stock.
In fact i can't find a black wireless SB3 model in stock anywhere!
How long do us guys across the pond have to wait to get our
Thanks for the info. I have iTunes: in the prefix field of the Playlist
Format and nothing in the suffix field. I've tried with both populated
and it doesn't hep.
I notice that I'm running a different version of slimserver, you're on
a Beta and I'm on the latest release version (6.2.1). Does
Patrick Dixon Wrote:
Out of interest, which branch of Audio T are you dealing with?
Swindon branch. I believe they had to clear it quite high up at
Audio-T to allow them to swap my Roku for a SB3. Considering that
Audio-T is one of the main high street av retailers in the UK, this
might be a
Another batch is due into the UK at the end of this week and will hit the
resellers on an allocation basis early next week. The best thing to do right
now is to pre-order. It will take 2-3 more weeks until there is free stock
anywhere.
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Hi,
I was wondering if the Slimserver would work with other devices such as
the Netgear MP101?
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(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17551highlight=qnap)
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mikerob: trance and hard house I can do, not so sure about house
though...
bernt: dare I click on that link whilst I'm at work?
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Hi,
I was wondering if the Slimserver would work with other devices such as
the Netgear MP101?
AFAIK No.
The Netgear is a UPnP device - slimserver is not.
Use Twonky Server - I think thats what most people prefer for the
MP101...
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giulianoz Wrote:
bingo ! unfortunately the motherboard has no pci slots
Which mini-ITX mobo is this? As far as I can recall, all mini-ITX mobos
have one PCI slot. From other things you've said (400MHz, Fanless,
USB1.1 only), I'm guessing it's an EPIA 5000 (although that is 533MHz,
but I'm
DrNic Wrote:
AFAIK No.
The Netgear is a UPnP device - slimserver is not.
Use Twonky Server - I think thats what most people prefer for the
MP101...
Nic
I use the riginal server software that came with the MP 101, works well
for me.
I just came up with this questions as I'm looking for
cliveb Wrote:
Which mini-ITX mobo is this? As far as I can recall, all mini-ITX mobos
have one PCI slot. From other things you've said (400MHz, Fanless,
USB1.1 only), I'm guessing it's an EPIA 5000 (although that is 533MHz,
but I'm pretty sure it's the slowest mini-ITX mobo around) and
I just came up with this questions as I'm looking for replacing the MP
101 and found that the products of Slim Devices could be the one.
Can't you define mp3 streams in the player? You could try to connect to
http://yourserver:9000/stream.mp3
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Thanks.
Interesting - you seem to imply that Audio T already do Roku then? I
suppose I should get out more!
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The slimserver part of the TS-101 i think is added by Progressive
Computing who are the UK distributer. Odd that a standard version of
the 101 isnæt on the QNap site though. There is also going to be a
TS-401 with slimserver installed, this you can see on QNap.
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On 16/11/05 at 01:52 -0800, pedalhead wrote
Patrick Dixon Wrote:
Out of interest, which branch of Audio T are you dealing with?
Swindon branch. I believe they had to clear it quite high up at
Audio-T to allow them to swap my Roku for a SB3. Considering that
Audio-T is one of the main high
Patrick Dixon Wrote:
Thanks.
Interesting - you seem to imply that Audio T already do Roku then? I
suppose I should get out more!
Audio T do list Roku together with about 100 other hifi brands on the
Brands Stocked page on their website.
I'm not sure this means much - their branches don't
Geoggy Wrote:
Hi - can i ask what is hapenning with SB3 shipments to UK suppliers?
Its now the 16th November and most of the major re -sellers have no
stock or are awaiting stock.
In fact i can't find a black wireless SB3 model in stock anywhere!
How long do us guys across the pond
Audio-T do indeed stock Roku, and I'm pretty sure that's the only such
device they sell. Just on feature set alone, it is so obvious the
SqueezeBox demolishes the Roku, I didn't have a hard time convincing
the chap at this branch.
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mikerob: trance and hard house I can do, not so sure about house
though...
bernt: dare I click on that link whilst I'm at work?
Can't promise anything but I have'nt had any problem.
I have bought a few album from it, both mp3 and flac. And the quality
is very good. The
Again a smart reply Ben, but yet again not specific to my post.
For you I will repeat. Why can't Slim Devices document how they test
the release so we can see how our set up compares before we try it?
Your arm and leg: scenario? Perhaps you're just not as busy as the
rest of us.
Also, why
Mine too, dagnammit! However, if the Slim team fancy coming to York,
I'm sure Robin and I could manage to get them a beer each. ;-)
Max
Robin Bowes Wrote:
seanadams said the following on 15/11/2005 22:58:
Come see and hear the new SB3 tomorrow at Slim Devices' World
Headquarters in
Alex Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Wrote:
does this occur only when both speakers are connected to the squeeze
box?
I'm not sure. I'll experiment tonight.
Also, how are the speakers powered? Is there a separate supply for each
speaker or are they daisy-chained together in some way?
The
The speakers have an external power supply. This is plugged into a four
way plug, which is plugged into the wall socket. The power supply plugs
into the right speaker (which has the amp inside it) and a lead goes
from the right speaker to the left speaker. My SB3 is plugged into the
same four
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 12:57, max.spicer wrote:
Alex Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes Wrote:
does this occur only when both speakers are connected to the squeeze
box?
I'm not sure. I'll experiment tonight.
Also, how are the speakers powered? Is there a separate supply for each
Actually, just having a quick look around the site, they do appear to
offer the sort of service I would like. Will have to look into the
grey areas though.
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My understanding is that it is legal in the USSR but that the legality
in the UK is undetermined.
I also believe that they do pay musical royalties to the Russian music
federation just that it is not very much. According to the Sydney
Morning Herald they have been investigated by the authorities
CavesOfTQLT Wrote:
That's exactly the display I got when I had all the hassle trying to get
my SlimServer/SB2 system set-up. It's like there's an echo to everything
that the display shows, and if I remember correctly it happened when the
SB2 was plugged in to a wall outlet. This was at room
Steve - As you can see Malsbury has tested it on a G3 350mhz with no
real problems so you should be fine. However could there be something
specific about your set up that is causing problems? if you posted with
more details of the problem then perhaps someone could help. I would
suggest trying
Yeah, you should come to the UK and take 'The Squeezebox Challenge ;-)
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giulianoz Wrote:
I think it's actually a mini-itx compatible motherboard. It's a cv860a
(http://www.lex.com.tw:8080/product/CV860A.htm) with a VIA Eden
Processor 400MHz
OK, took a look. This isn't actually mini-ITX compatible, as the
dimensions are wrong (200x150, while mini-ITX is
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 10:04 -0500, Roy Owen wrote:
Good point. You might try using a 3 prong adapter or ground lift.
I've seen this problem many times at live music events. Usulally it
happens when the mixer is at a differnt ground ponential than the
instruments. Using a ground lift almost
Several years ago, I purchased a device called a Jensen Matrix, a
primitive computer - stereo wireless connector. It looks like this.
http://tinyurl.com/csex3
I'd forgotten that I had connected it to a rarely used bedroom radio,
and it wreaked havoc with the performance of my Squeezebox (it had
I had a quick look at www.dabs.com yesterday afternoon, and saw they had
a white wireless unit in stock, so I ordered it , and its here already!
I'll be setting it up tonight.
Maybe I was very lucky, but Dabs have done well
Nigel
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Some points I'd like to make:
* It is not true that ID3 is the standard for MP3 - which is precisely
the problem: there is no standard, MP3 is not even designed to
accomodate tags, unlike formats which use a container (e.g. MP4 for AAC
or Matroska for various streams).
* ID3 is the most
Thanx Tom
I will install and post if I have problems. . . . and keep my fingers
crossed. I really appreciate your feedback!
on 11/15/05 11:00 PM, malsbury at
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Steve Frawley Wrote:
I have a 466 Sawtooth Mac G4 with 1.25 GB RAM and Mac OS X 10.4.3 for
my
server
mattybain Wrote:
Steve - As you can see Malsbury has tested it on a G3 350mhz with no
real problems so you should be fine. However could there be something
specific about your set up that is causing problems? if you posted with
more details of the problem then perhaps someone could help. I
Let me know the bug id, I'd vote for it too.
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I think Max is in the UK. Over there it's much harder to disable earth
on an earthed plug, you'd have to take the plug apart and unwire it. In
some cases even that isn't possible.
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* yorkey shaped the electrons to say...
Some points I'd like to make:
I can understand that speed might be an issue, and to be honest, I
cannot judge the impact. Still, to me it seems an enhancement worth
implementing.
I completely agree with all your points - it's just that time is limited,
On Wednesday 16 November 2005 15:38, radish wrote:
I think Max is in the UK. Over there it's much harder to disable earth
on an earthed plug, you'd have to take the plug apart and unwire it. In
some cases even that isn't possible.
If you have a sealed plug, then use an extension cable that
Slimserver 6.1.1 is running fine, so I'm not so sure the prob's on my
end...?
Well, I hate to say this but I think your intuition is spot on. If
it's a hardware problem, it must be one that is more of a conifguration
isssue than a hardware failure. I've been having precisely the same
problem
It happened when I unplugged the SB2 from its intended location, brought
it over to sit next to the wireless router, and then plugged it in in
order to use the wired section. This was to confirm that the
SB2/SlimServer was functioning correctly. Time taken to unplug/replug
was no more than a
Does anybody know whether SlimServer 5.4.0 is compatible with iTunes 5
or iTunes 6 (provided I don't use any of the new iTunes features, in
particular playlist folders)?
I would like to upgrade from iTunes 4.7 to the most recent iTunes, but
I don't want to upgrade to SlimServer 6.x at the same
Skyrush if you want to send it in for a replacement I could have a look,
but there's not much troubleshooting I can do without having the unit in
front on me.
Specifically what's happening is there's a flip-flop chip on the
display which splits one serial data line into two. It's not getting
Hu
Maybe way off subject, but I borrowed a Nordost Blue Heaven
interconnect to try at home, fab sounding cable although it seemed to
generated a hu and quite loud at that.
Would you believe I wrapped it in tin foil and the humm lessened, could
not believe I was sitting on the floor
Ooh great news, Progressive appear keen to deal with Audio-T so they're
getting 2 from the first batch next week...one with my name on it.
Peachy!
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that this is a real problem.
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max.spicer said the following on 16/11/2005 12:51:
Mine too, dagnammit! However, if the Slim team fancy coming to York,
I'm sure Robin and I could manage to get them a beer each. ;-)
Sure thing! An evening touring York's many fine hostelries would be a
damn fine idea.
R.
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Again a smart reply Ben, but yet again not specific to my post.For you I will repeat.Why can't Slim Devices document how they testthe release so we can see how our set up compares before we try it?Your arm and leg: scenario?Perhaps you're just not as
seanadams Wrote:
Skyrush if you want to send it in for a replacement I could have a look,
but there's not much troubleshooting I can do without having the unit in
front on me.
Specifically what's happening is there's a flip-flop chip on the
display which splits one serial data line into
skyrush Wrote:
Hi Sean, thanks for the details. Would it be possible to get a new
replacement set of internals? I say this because the outside enclosure
finish is a bit scratched by my installation in the car dash, but that
does not matter to me (not visible in my installation), so there'd
seanadams Wrote:
I could send you just the display but I don't know that it's not
something else. Easier to just swap it out for you.
Right - it would only make sense to have an entire set of internals
(mainboard, display, etc.), not just the display for the exact reason
you gave. If it's
skyrush Wrote:
Right - it would only make sense to have an entire set of internals
(mainboard, display, etc.), not just the display for the exact reason
you gave. If it's easier to swap the whole unit out, that's fine too.
Could a new one be cross-shiped so I can do the swap (out of dash
I think the sb is grounded indirectly by the ethernet. You should use a
not-shielded ethernet-cable to avoid this. Have a look at the
ethernet-cable, if there is metal around the plug it is shielded.
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Deaf Cat wrote:
Would you believe I wrapped it in tin foil and the humm lessened,
That hum probably wasn't from a grounding issue, it was probably RFI
(Radio Frequency Interference). An unshielded cable can act as an
antenna of sorts and pick up all sorts of stuff. The foil acted as a
Someone on this forum posted this a while back:
http://www.magnatune.com/
You probably wont find any artists you have heard of but there is some
very good and original stuff there. They offer WAV, Flac and OGG as
well as MP3 I think.
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Just installed an SB3 and loving it! Just one minor niggle - sometimes
when using the remote the SB behaves as if the button has been pressed
multiple times resulting in menus skipping 2 lines or more rather than
one, or the track-skip button putting the SB into high-speed playback.
I've tried
I've just logged a new enhancement request. It can be found at:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2580
Here's the details, there are probably several resolutions that could
be done... I hightly recommend it for any Nokia 770 and iPod/iTunes
users. Votes would be appreciated :)
It's a bug, due to be fixed in 6.5. Search the bugs.slimdevices.com and
register your interest.
Simon
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Is the MAC address listed on the bottom of the SB3 still the address of
the Ethernet connector, and the wireless MAC is this +1?
Thanks,
Chris
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Hi all,
I just got my Squeezebox and it's fantastic (and fantastic sounding).
However, I was wondering if it would be possible to change the webpage
title (the text you see on the top of the browser) to something else
other than 'Welcome to Slimserver'.
Thanks
Adrian
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Let me know the bug id, I'd vote for it too.
bugzilla does have a search page.
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This looks cool...
http://www.netgear.com/products/details/XE104.php
I'm currently using Netgear's 11 Mbps Wall-Plugged device, the XE-102,
which features 1 ethernet jack.
Their new one, the XE-104, has a throughput of 85 Mbps and features 4
ethernet jacks (and it's the same price I paid for
On 16-Nov-05, at 9:04 AM, akwok wrote:
Hi all,
I just got my Squeezebox and it's fantastic (and fantastic sounding).
However, I was wondering if it would be possible to change the webpage
title (the text you see on the top of the browser) to something else
other than 'Welcome to Slimserver'.
NigelC Wrote:
I had a quick look at www.dabs.com yesterday afternoon, and saw they had
a white wireless unit in stock, so I ordered it , and its here already!
I'll be setting it up tonight.
Maybe I was very lucky, but Dabs have done well
Nigel
The white SB3s shipped before the black
Sean,
My workmate is a go. She's done voiceovers before as well, and has an
awesome voice. (She's our telesales secret weapon).
I have sent her your email.
Adios,
Dan
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When I visited my local Audio T store rcently, I noticed that they are
now selling Sonos. Thing is Sonos is a lot more expensive. For just 1
room you are looking at about GBP900.
Looks like Hi-Fi retailers are waking up to streaming audio.
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Additionally (and slightly off-topic, for which I apologise), it seems
that Netgear are soon to release s MIMO cable broadband router. They
already have an ADSL MIMO broadband router on offer, but I'm on cable
(NTL) so must wait for a while.
Apparently MIMO is far more stable than current wi-fi
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2018
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Thanks Simon, done that and also had a go at altering some of the
timings as mentioned in the posts. Looking good so far...
Andy.
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Not that I can help with the talent, but when you have the recording
please post the sound bite here!
And as for Americans not telling the difference between English and
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pedalhead Wrote:
Considering that Audio-T is one of the main high street av retailers in
the UK
Didn't you mean to say 'one of the main high street av retailers in
-the south of England-'? Although the BBC often make the same mistake,
it's not -quite- the same thing. ;)
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That's an option I hadn't seen before - but it doesn't seem to work the
way I had expected. If you stop the current track whilst the player is
ON (or have nothing playing) and then turn it OFF and ON again it starts
playing :-( I would have expected it to only do that if something had
been
What is the benefit of the Qnap device over a regular network hard
drive? seem sto me you could connect the newtork hard drive to the pc,
install slimserver, install the music files, then disconnect from the
pc and just run the network hard drive with squeezebox. is this
naive???
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I've just got a squeezebox in my bedroom, so I may soon gain some
motivation to do this. I certainly can't think why it wouldn't be
possible.
Max
dallan73 Wrote:
...Get a second vote on that request.
I'm pretty sure it's possible as the volumelock plugin gradually
normalises the volume
Fifer Wrote:
Didn't you mean to say 'one of the main high street av retailers in -the
south of England-'? Although the BBC often make the same mistake, it's
not -quite- the same thing. ;)
Meh, fair enough. Shows how often I venture north of Swindon :-).
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I was running 5.4.1 with iTunes 6 on my Mac without problems, and am now
awaiting a rescan of my large library (60k) to try 6.2.1 - 3.5 hours so far
and a long way to go.
on 11/16/05 8:55 AM, Oliver Laumann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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makingmark Wrote:
Adding this feature would tempt me to buy another Squeezebox instead of
the Roku Soundbridge Radio.
Now there's committment for you! :-)
I've added the bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2582
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I've just run a cable from the left interconnect to the earth pin on the
plug for the speakers power supply. I've also put a resistor in the
middle of the cable. There's probably lots of reasons why this is a
very stupid thing to do (which is why it's currently unplugged!), but
it cured the hum
Hear, hear! As a resident of the grim north, I've never even heard of
them!
Max
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south of England-'? Although the BBC often make the same mistake, it's
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Buy the squeezebox anyway. You'll regret getting the Roku!
Max
makingmark Wrote:
You know, like a Bose Wave radio, that gradually increases the volume so
you're not jolted awake when the alarm comes on.
Adding this feature would tempt me to buy another Squeezebox instead of
the Roku
I'm using both outputs now (to different receivers) for testing
purposes. Works fine: both amps get their signal. But I just wonder:
could this possibly harm the SB2?
Peter
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Are you sure it doesn't already do this? The alarm code calls
fade_volume. I haven't got time to read it through properly and have
not yet used alarms, but this sounds hopeful...
Max
MrC Wrote:
Now there's committment for you! :-)
I've added the bug:
It doesn't seem to work.. nothing happens when I change the EN one.
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Are you sure it doesn't already do this? The alarm code calls
fade_volume. I haven't got time to read it through properly and have
not yet used alarms, but this sounds hopeful...
it uses the pref alarmfadeseconds for which there is no UI. Default
is
...but a friend of mine runs one of the reasonably well known bar and
restaurant online review sites in the UK. From tracking IP addresses
he estimates that at least a third to a half of reviews posted are by
people connected to the bar / restaurant or their rivals.
I'm sure most people apply
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It doesn't seem to work.. nothing happens when I change the EN one.
you must restart the server.
and, are you sure you changed the right string. There are welcome strings for
slimserver, as well as squeezebox, slimp3 and softsqueze. Some skins change
the
no it's fine
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WELCOME_TO_SLIMSERVER
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Just one thing of note to report - The Time bar doesn't seem to be
working properly for me, it doesn't seem to reflect accurately the time
elapsed for example a 2:30 track can have the bar only half full after
playing for 2:15, I can then make it play at 3:35!! it does seem to
recover quite
I've never heard of them either and if I lived any further south I'd be in
the Channel... nd I don't sell Roku for so many reasons. Or the
MP101 for that matter - in fact I've lost count of the folk that have
purchased a Squeezebox from me *after* having bought a 101 and then got shot
of
the only other thing that it could be then would be browser caching. I don't
recall any of the skins using a hard coded title, and the localised
strings all
come from strings.txt (unless you specifically create a slimserver-strings.txt
file for custom strings).
Maybe you can coax it into
They're both the same.
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Are you sure it doesn't already do this? The alarm code calls
fade_volume. I haven't got time to read it through properly and have
not yet used alarms, but this sounds hopeful...
Max
Actually, i had no idea, but don't recall seeing any place to set it.
I posted the
I've heard from the good folks at Progressive. Ingram will carry SB3 once
the rest of the channel is fulfilled. In the meantime, if you're a
reseller, I recommend that you go directly to Progressive.
Patrick
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