i think your right linux user and developer do publish the genius guide whose
headquarters is bournemouth interestingly enough.
i like subscribing to the email newsletters of all linux mags which tells you
whats coming next month that way you can choose which one to buy.
i only tend to buy them i
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:15:10 -0400, martin.set...@gmail.com said:
> it probably
> isn't included in any standard module, however, so you'd probably need to
> compile your own.
Debian Lenny:
# modprobe plip
# lsmod|grep plip
plip 11944 0
parport30988 4 plip,ppd
There's a much simpler solution than paying for a bad proprietary system...
A long time ago I connected a 386 laptop (no network card or USB) to my
'high end' 486 desktop using PLIP -- Parallel Line Internet Protocol. Using
it you can make a standard network connection between two computers using
It appears Ralph is a glutton for punishment
~Dan
On 25 Aug 2010 20:43, "Peter Merchant" wrote:
I wondered if there was a linux equivalent to Laplink, and Amazon offers
one called PCsync that mentions linux under the OS's available. Reviews
are dead against it, and it seems to be USB based. And
I wondered if there was a linux equivalent to Laplink, and Amazon offers
one called PCsync that mentions linux under the OS's available. Reviews
are dead against it, and it seems to be USB based. And US of A only.
While looking it up I came across the comment that 2 windows XP/2000
PC's can be co
I've got drives back to Win3.11 living in boxes I bought on eBay. These
can be stripped of useful data and bounced via a floppy to an XP machine
for transmission to something current.
I really don't have any very, very old Linux drives hanging around.
The most modern OS that the dual drive 3.11 mac
Hi Tim,
> About your sector-dumping project: surely there must be a better way
> than using the parallel port? ;-)
Well, there are worse ways. :-) The serial port is a lot slower, only
19,200 baud on some of these machines; their Standard Parallel Port is
much quicker.
Some of the drives are
This is slightly off the type of info usually discussed on the Dorset LUG but I
found it somewhat amusing on a trip to my local Boscombe Wilko branch today
that they currently have in stock - Wind-up torches in the shape of a Linux
looking Penguin.
Mark Elkins
--
Next meeting: Blandf
My son has just asked advice about a PC for the local Nursery School for
which he is on the Board of Governors.
Requirements are simple, easy to use, for day to day logging of
attendance, letters, fliers and brochures, photo's and possibly simple
accounts; also require a suitable Photo MFP (iI t
On Wednesday 25 Aug 2010, Tim Waugh wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 14:34 +0100, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote:
> > We need to test something using RHEL. We won't be using it
> > (unfortunately ;-( ); we just want to try something out. Is is possible
> > to get a free (unsupported) copy?
>
> Have
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 10:16 +0100, Natalie Hooper wrote:
> You're one step ahead of me as I have yet to make it to a meeting myself!
I'm out of order with the steps I think. I just turned out
unannounced...
> Where about do you live in Bournemouth? I'm in Winton. I don't have a car
> either so I
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 14:29 +0100, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Nice to see you last time. I was researching parallel printer ports
> earlier this week, I'm thinking of dumping the sectors of hard drives in
> various old machines through the printer port, and was wanting clarity
> on SPP, PS/2, etc. I
On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 14:34 +0100, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote:
> We need to test something using RHEL. We won't be using it (unfortunately ;-(
> ); we just want to try something out. Is is possible to get a free
> (unsupported) copy?
Have you seen this?:
https://www.redhat.com/rhel/details/e
Hi all
Just looking into possible purchase of a projector for use on my Linux
machines.
Requirements are:-
Simple to operate
Able to work in a medium sized hall with limited blackout facilities and
at home
Inputs from VGA, sRGB, Video. HDMI, USB (would be nice)
Brightness 2000+
Contrast 1800+
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:37:27 +0100, Dan Wentworth
wrote:
you could do a lot worse than that for testing purposes.
Windows for example.
In all seriousness, using CentOS is the "free $$$ unsupported" version as
far as the masses go.
Or if your feeling the force today, you could download
On 25 August 2010 14:34, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We need to test something using RHEL. We won't be using it (unfortunately
> ;-(
> ); we just want to try something out. Is is possible to get a free
> (unsupported) copy?
>
>
CentOS (http://centos.org/) is supposed to be binary c
Hi,
We need to test something using RHEL. We won't be using it (unfortunately ;-(
); we just want to try something out. Is is possible to get a free
(unsupported) copy?
The links we've found seem to need a password to unlock them.
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Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00
htt
Hi Tim,
> I came along to the last meeting so it's probably about time I
> introduced myself on this list. I'm a software engineer working for
> Red Hat, mainly on areas to do with printing.
Nice to see you last time. I was researching parallel printer ports
earlier this week, I'm thinking of
On 24 August 2010 10:40, Tim Waugh wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I came along to the last meeting so it's probably about time I
> introduced myself on this list. I'm a software engineer working for Red
> Hat, mainly on areas to do with printing.
>
> I will try to come along to the Bournemouth meetings -- I l
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