[nlug] Re: WTB various laptop parts

2009-02-16 Thread Jim Peterson
Have you checked with www.1stchoicememory.com? They are usually a lot cheaper than the usual suppliers in Newegg and TigerDirect, but they do take a while to ship. Jim Peterson Technology Coordinator Goodnight Memorial Library 203 S. Main St. Franklin, KY 42134 (270) 586-8397 www.gmpl.org On

[nlug] Re: WTB various laptop parts

2009-02-16 Thread Bucky 'Igneous' Wolfe
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 08:10:03AM -0600, Jim Peterson wrote: Have you checked with [1]www.1stchoicememory.com? They are usually a lot cheaper than the usual suppliers in Newegg and TigerDirect, but they do take a while to ship. Looked at them, per your suggestion, but couldn't

[nlug] Re: WTB various laptop parts

2009-02-16 Thread Chris McQuistion
I have some PC133 SO-DIMMS at the office. I'll check the capacity in a little while. I think they are all 256 MB sticks pulled from old Powerbooks, when they were upgraded. I'll drop you a line, when I've checked them out and you can have a pair for free, if you'll come pick them up. Chris On

[nlug] Re: WTB various laptop parts

2009-02-16 Thread Bucky 'Igneous' Wolfe
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 08:47:12AM -0600, Chris McQuistion wrote: I have some PC133 SO-DIMMS at the office.  I'll check the capacity in a little while.  I think they are all 256 MB sticks pulled from old Powerbooks, when they were upgraded.  I'll drop you a line, when I've checked

[nlug] Re: WTB various laptop parts

2009-02-16 Thread Chris McQuistion
I just checked my stash. I have two 256 MB matching SO-DIMMS of Hynix PC133 (CL3). I have no way of testing them, but I don't have any reason to think that they aren't good. Email me direct for the address and we'll arrange a time for you to pick them up if you want them. Chris On Mon, Feb

[nlug] abbreviated: command of the day.

2009-02-16 Thread Steven S. Critchfield
Okay, I just had to share this one. I have a process I normally have to do a few times a month that moves files from one directory into a dated storage dir. Wouldn't be a hard problem but the directory grows longer than can be used by simple argument expansion. So we use a ls piped to grep and

[nlug] Re: abbreviated: command of the day.

2009-02-16 Thread Andrew Farnsworth
Steven, This is exactly what I am having to do at the moment. Unfortunately, I just pushed my code through the release process and it has gone live. I'll update my code, but wait until there is a more pressing need to go live with it before I go through this hassle again. It only runs early