Re: [GTALUG] Securely wiping SSDs

On 3/23/24 22:02, Anthony de Boer via talk wrote: And on disposal, the golden standard has always been physical destruction. I don't know if it's been mentioned, but what about the shred command? --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] .local question (Off Topic: how did you acquire a /24?)

On 2/27/24 17:30, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: You might be surprised, but prices have actually been dropping for IP addresses over the last few years. Much cheaper now than through the COVID heyday. That may be because more & more traffic is moving to IPv6. Also - how does one use them

Re: [GTALUG] Odd Ethernet Behaviour

On 2/6/24 19:58, Peter King via talk wrote: All advice appreciated! Check the cable.  If it's flakey, to use the technical term, it may work at only 10 or 100 Mb.  However, negotiation takes place at 10 Mb, so the NIC thinks it has a good connection. --- Post to this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] "AI" on getting correct technical answers

On 1/17/24 18:54, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: I'm lucky(?) so far in that every time I ask about things like FibeTV I find out that my area of Markham doesn't have fibre available. Maybe not to the home, but likely to the neighbourhood. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] landline power [was Re: "AI" on getting correct technical answers]

On 1/16/24 11:27, mwilson--- via talk wrote: Help-desk people are forbidden to hang up, but if the customer terminated the call it would count as a problem resolution, and therefore a good thing. Several years ago, I was doing some work at a Bell customer, hooking up an Adtran router to Bell

Re: [GTALUG] landline power [was Re: "AI" on getting correct technical answers]

On 1/16/24 10:21, Steve Petrie via talk wrote: My last Rogers interaction last week, had a Rogers sales rep ending his call to me, by shouting that I had just wasted his valuable time (because I had told him the technical reasons why I would rather pay a $18 / month Bell Canada premium, over

Re: [GTALUG] landline power [was Re: "AI" on getting correct technical answers]

On 1/16/24 07:16, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: CO-powered phones are still available Are they still CO powered?  Both Rogers and Bell are moving to VoIP over fibre to the neighbourhood.  There's an old Bell box near me, where the lines for the homes could connect to the cable.  It's been

Re: [GTALUG] landline power [was Re: "AI" on getting correct technical answers]

On 1/16/24 02:45, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: They try to hide the fact that their "home phone" service is over VOIP. For one thing, I think that they have dedicated bandwidth so saturating your internet service won't break your phone service. Compared to the bandwidth customers have,

Re: [GTALUG] Toronto Public Library website

On 2023-11-08 08:49, Warren McPherson via talk wrote: What is going on with the library website? There was a CBC article that said there was a ransomware attack, but it's been down for a week and it's hard to imagine why it would take so long to recover unless their infrastructure was much

Re: [GTALUG] (very off topic) torque spec of impact wrench

On 2023-11-03 14:18, Don Tai via talk wrote: After a winter my front tire lug nuts would not budge. My mechanic used his air ratchet to break them free, then told me to use just a little antiseize on the threads. I haven't had any issues with winter corrosion after that, For every Youtube

Re: [GTALUG] sigh, hardware resources?

On 2023-10-13 14:52, Don Tai via talk wrote: or maybe 500mb ram.. 500 milli byte?  That's 4 bits!   --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] US urged to ban RISC-V

On 2023-10-11 03:44, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: Land of the Free? What else would you expect from the Repubs?  They're attacking freedom from many directions. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] October Meeting Announcement!

On 2023-10-09 17:15, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: On 2023-10-09 13:46, Alan Heighway via talk wrote: *Time:* October 10th, 2023 7:30 PM Eastern Time *Join us on Big Blue Button:* https://blue.lpi.org/b/eva-zjc-gjy-kgl . Someone needs to check that

Re: [GTALUG] looking for a general purpose boot media to keep in case of distasters

On 2023-09-20 13:50, bitmap wrote: IME the bootable linux systems are typically read only. Sure you can install anything transiently. Once you connect to the internet, configure the repos, add keys, update the package lists, possibly run an update of the whole system, and idiosyncratic

Re: [GTALUG] looking for a general purpose boot media to keep in case of distasters

On 2023-09-19 23:22, bitmap via talk wrote: Is there some kind of general purpose image that has a variety of programs, maybe even foundational documentation on board, etc, that is designed for this? There are images like clonezilla to solve specific problems but that's another story. I would

Re: [GTALUG] brands matter; Lenovo's brands

On 2023-09-19 11:45, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: DEC actually provided lots of support to Linux. Very early on there were ports of a 64 bit version of Linux to the Alpha processors. There was also a tiny variant that was the boot bios. Possibly the biggest booster of Linux in DEC was Jon Hall

Re: [GTALUG] brands matter; Lenovo's brands

On 2023-09-17 17:02, David Mason via talk wrote: As one of those academics (in Computer Science, no less), I use a Macbook Pro One of my cousins is a nuclear physicist (studying neutrino oscillations, no less).  He uses Linux, both on his notebook and on the "big iron" supercomputer he uses.

Re: [GTALUG] brands matter; Lenovo's brands

On 2023-09-16 02:51, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: I have an MBA in marketing. That's OK.  We all have our faults.   --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Repair & Replace

On 2023-09-14 20:54, Peter King via talk wrote: Next time I'll keep a small Windows partition as a hedge against problems. I have one on my X1 Carbon, and it works just fine, leaving Arch Linux alone. I don't know about now, but you could get recovery disks while the ThinkPad was still under

Re: [GTALUG] Repair & Replace

On 2023-09-14 10:08, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: - do buy a model that supports Linux (look at the PSREF to see if Linux is listed as an OS). Otherwise, Linux will probably work, but not for support. FWIW, I bought my ThinkPad E520, about 12 years ago and it works fine with Linux.  I

Re: [GTALUG] Repair & Replace

On 2023-09-13 19:01, William Park via talk wrote: I didn't know Lenovo does warranty repair without the original Windows on it.  This warranty issue is one reason that I don't do "dual-boot" from the original disk.  I always add another Linux disk. Don't they sell some models with Linux on

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-09 22:08, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: I was thinking in terms of features.  As a (lapsed) CCNA, I agree they can be "fun" to configure. I was thinking in terms of product quality. I have seen switches with up to 10% of ports with problems. It also seemed to me from that outside

Re: [GTALUG] USB to Ethernet Dongles WAS: Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-09 13:06, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: I was fortunate enough to buy a house from a developer when all that existed at the time of purchase was a sales office and a hectare or two of dirt. So I was able to do custom wiring. Requesting almost every room wired with RJ45 was so unusual

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-09 15:10, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: Being closer to Cisco is not an advantage in my books. No kidding.  I was thinking in terms of features.  As a (lapsed) CCNA, I agree they can be "fun" to configure. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-09 09:23, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: Do you mean as a server or as a client? Client.  I don't run DHCPv6 on my LAN.  I use SLAAC.  Rogers provides IPv6 via DHCPv6-PD.  I switched from a Linux firewall/router to pfSense, as SuSE Linux didn't support it.  I have no idea if

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-08 14:49, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: More to your point, it may be convenient for your router to have more than two ethernet ports. Giles' box only has two, yours and mine have four. (Giles's box sure is cute. Mine has 4.  The other day, I mentioned I received a catalog

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-08 11:50, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: I've been using PCs as my gateway machine for perhaps 25 years. I've been lazy and only changed when forced to (and sometimes slow at that). I've always run some Red Hat distro (RHL, CentOS, Fedora). I had been using an HP compact

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 18:10, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: There are are audible differences between CODECS - - - likely few people can tell the difference. If you can't tell the difference between some CODECs there's something wrong with your ears.  As I mentioned, some are designed to squeeze as many

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 17:41, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: When Fibe tv came along, bell did not, has not insured that audio description   will work there either. Is Rogers available to you?  They have several accessibility options with their Ignite TV service. --- Post to this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 17:57, Karen Lewellen wrote: In spite of my order for analog land line service, noted in writing by Bell accessibility, on March 15, a bell technician installed VoIP here, getting permission from  a sighted moving helper, and not speaking with me as  the account owner Do you

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 15:13, Evan Leibovitch wrote: Reading the original post would remind one that Karen has already had multiple interactions with Bell. Most have been negative, and she has referred to some as "retaliatory". In other words, these paths have been tried and failed. How do you

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 15:13, Evan Leibovitch wrote: I have fibre in my neighborhood (less than 20 years old), and yet I still have a supported POTS line wired through my house that works with old phones. So we know Bell is able to supply a D-to-A facility in at least some modern locations. If Karen's

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 14:19, James Knott wrote: Doesn't Bell have a department for helping people with medical issues? Seems to me they used to. There's this: https://www.bell.ca/Accessibility_services They might be able to help better than the average Bell tech. --- Post to this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 14:11, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: My main thesis here is that technical speculation based on insufficient input is doing little to solve Karen's problem. But since we're all speculating, mine is that an all-digital solution exists but that Bell does not want to spend the

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 13:27, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: Forgive me for insisting that technical curiosity take a back seat to the real-world medical needs of people. But I will insist. This is a real problem, not an experiment nor a business decision. Doesn't Bell have a department for helping

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 13:41, Alex Kink wrote: I thought what is going on here is that she moved to a new location where the service is different for her needs compared to what it was at the previous location. I'd forgotten about the move.  There might be some other factor that hasn't been mentioned.

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-07 13:36, Scott Allen wrote: I'm sure OpenWRT can do them just as well, once configured. I haven't looked at OpenWRT lately but I previously got the impression that many add-on packages and even built-in features didn't include GUI extensions. Configuration of these had to be done

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 13:35, Dhaval Giani via talk wrote: So far the engineering-based problem-solving I've witnessed in this thread has amounted to "you can't get there from here". Explaining how Bell's system works now does zero to solve Karen's technical issues, let alone the

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 13:31, Evan Leibovitch wrote: And if Bell is no longer able to provide the service she wants. Wants? WANTS?!? We're not talking about call-display here. This is about connectivity for medically-necessary equipment. See my comments about blind people and Teletypes.  The

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 13:21, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: You should see the fun when you get connected to the off shore support people trying to diagnose a problem with a party line. I bet you 75% of the people on this list don't even know what that is. This is one reason I prefer Rogers.  All their

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 13:00, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: I have a rural cottage with a pulse dial phone on a party line. I can pulse dial over my Rogers connection.  Yep, I actually tried it, with the box that provides my Internet connection and home phone. Also, what's available in cottage country

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 12:35, Evan Leibovitch wrote: This is about what Bell is not providing, even though other companies do. However, this is current technology, not obsolete, which Karen seems to need. I call shenanigans on that perspective. Given the nature of our group it is natural

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-07 12:27, Scott Allen via talk wrote: With OPNsense, you can check if a new release is available from the router's GUI itself and updating appears to be straightforward, either from the GUI or the console. It is likewise very easy to update in pfSense.  All I have to do is open

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-07 12:48, Scott Allen wrote: On Thu, 7 Sept 2023 at 12:21, James Knott via talk wrote: it supports routing protocols such as OSPF & BGP https://www.linuxtechguy.com/2020/11/27/dynamic-routing-using-ospf-on-openwrt/ https://docs.daper.io/networking/bgp/openwrt/ I don't d

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 12:13, Evan Leibovitch wrote: The CRTC is a cruel joke for consumers. It's far too industry-friendly and has allowed Robellus to get away with awful shenanigans and anti-competitive behavior for decades. While it offers a path to complain,

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-07 11:33, Val Kulkov via talk wrote: On Thu, 7 Sept 2023 at 11:06, James Knott via talk wrote: A friend of mine is moving to pfSense or OPNsense, from OpenWRT. I am curious what OpenWRT didn't provide that pfSense or OPNsense do provide. Quite a lot.  pfSense (OPNsense

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 11:51, Don Tai wrote: Karen is not alone. Accommodations are needed for the good of the greater society. I also see this in our election system as well. We must not leave anyone behind. We are smart, we just need to find an adequate solution. I am having trouble understanding

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 11:25, Don Tai wrote: The next step is the CRTC: Do you honestly believe they can force Bell to bring back obsolete technology?  First off, they'd have to provide a copper pair back to the office, when everything else is fibre.  Then, they'd need the equipment that can handle

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 11:29, Don Tai wrote: Bell faces human rights complaint over allegations of inaccessibility for blind customers https://globalnews.ca/news/9373449/bell-human-rights-complaint/ This is about what Bell is not providing, even though other companies do.  However, this is current

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-07 10:39, Val Kulkov via talk wrote: Then, you can run OpenWRT as a VM. OpenWRT has everything you'll ever need in a home router, and more. A friend of mine is moving to pfSense or OPNsense, from OpenWRT. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing

Re: [GTALUG] Debian Linux as-a-router Guide

On 2023-09-07 10:20, Giles Orr via talk wrote: Please don't suggest pfsense: I'm well aware of it, and it may well be better. But I'm very adept at managing Debian, and initially at least I intend to try to set this up. If it turns out to be direly difficult, pfsense may happen later. I

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap possible router PC?

On 2023-09-07 10:14, Giles Orr via talk wrote: I'm going to post twice about this ... but this email is simply about a good deal and possible router PC: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0C2HLRV41 Tiny (9x9x5cm), colourful (LED strip at the base, could definitely live without), 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD,

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 10:35, Karen Lewellen wrote: may I ask what method of suicide will be best then? From what you say, in spite of the aquired brain injury I currently experience, and its medical documentation, my being able to use analog phone service until less than a year ago,  and the like, my

Re: [GTALUG] Landline and Bell revisited.

On 2023-09-07 10:06, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: I do have a doctor's note documenting my medical need for analog service, something bell refused to read and Teksavvy refused to share even with permission. Doctor's note or not, analog service, back to the central office, might not be

Re: [GTALUG] internet service speed test tip

On 2023-08-25 00:26, Kevin Cozens via talk wrote: The problem turns out to be the web page itself. Some thing is either very wrong with the web page, you need a better browser or something else was running in the background that affected performance. My "slow" AMD FX8320 computer is able to

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-03 18:32, BCLUG via talk wrote: What phone do you have?  Bear in mind, not all plans support it. Pixel 4a. I have a Pixel 6.  It's under SIMs, near the bottom of the list. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

[GTALUG] Lenovo Canada’s ‘Doorbuster’ sale offers up to 63 percent off on laptops

There was a recent thread about a Lenovo ThinkPad.  This might be of interest. https://mobilesyrup.com/2023/08/02/lenovo-canadas-doorbuster-sale-offers-up-to-63-percent-off-on-laptops/ --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-03 04:31, BCLUG via talk wrote: I wish I could remember the procedure I followed to enable WiFi calling, but am drawing a blank. What phone do you have?  Bear in mind, not all plans support it. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-02 15:50, BCLUG via talk wrote: Is that due to 5G itself, or the paucity of devices supporting it, hence lack of congestion? Also, honest question for those more knowledgeable: does a doubling of frequency (i.e. 1700MHz to 3500MHz) equate to a doubling of bandwidth? One other

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-02 15:50, BCLUG via talk wrote: Is that due to 5G itself, or the paucity of devices supporting it, hence lack of congestion? It's due to the amount of bandwidth available on that band.  The 3.5 GHz band is much wider than the others and the mmWave bands (not yet available in

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-02 13:43, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: To the best of my knowledge TLS and SSL are not subject to problems of NAT translation but I could be wrong. As I mentioned, one of the advantages of UDP encapsulation is seamless transition between the cell network and WiFi calling.  If you

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-02 13:20, BCLUG via talk wrote: High throughput (approaching theoretical maximum for the underlying carrier) and very fast to re-establish connections when moving from, say, WiFi to LTE. With VPNs that use UDP encapsulation, there's no connection to re-establish.  Every UDP packet

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-02 11:57, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: If you're worried about security, you might not want to do that. The cell phone calls are encrypted with IPSec, but those VoIP provides use plain SIP & RTP.  At least that's what Fongo does. That's why god invented SIP-TLS and SRTP. Its a good

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-02 09:57, Evan Leibovitch wrote: Also, Videotron is a regional company, which has to roam on another carrier outside their areas. Acquiring  will only slightly improve that. I don't grok that. Freedom has a national network of towers (including the closest one to my

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-02 09:35, Alvin Starr via talk wrote: I have been working on a plan to move my mobile number to a voip carrier and then just use the handset in a way that does not expose the number that the carrier uses. That way I can move between carriers at will and I can have a full set of call

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-02 05:57, BCLUG via talk wrote: And one thing I really appreciate is that Wind Mobile would throttle users when they hit their data caps instead of charging a fortune for overages. I'll always appreciate that. Did they throttle the users?  Or their phones?   I'm on Rogers and

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-01 23:13, Don Tai via talk wrote: customer service, such as small changes in plans, not good. Sometimes spotty service in areas that should be strong (in Toronto), not all phones can be used with Freedom, my son gets more data for his hard earned buck, otherwise it works ok. I don't

Re: [GTALUG] [offtopic] Opinions on Freedom Mobile, please

On 2023-08-01 23:09, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote: Furthermore Freedom is the only telco usable in the Toronto subway, with service in all stations and two Line-1 tunnel sections (Vaughan to Wilson and St.George to Yonge/Bloor). Rogers has bought out BAI's network, the company which had

Re: [GTALUG] Dual boot

On 2023-07-27 19:55, Gron Arthur via talk wrote: Does anyone see an issue with a setting up a dual boot? I've been running dual boot for years on my ThinkPad. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] Favorite desktop manager?

On 2023-07-26 14:44, Michael Hill via talk wrote: I loathe GNOME.  Kinda goes without saying here, no? I've refused to use it since the first time I tried it. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On 2023-07-18 13:54, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: If you're buying ones that are rated at some 600W or so (1500 VA - - - - which should be watts but somehow isn't) AC power is always rated in volt amps.  Because of power factor, you can't use watts. --- Post to this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On 2023-07-18 11:09, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: 1. When you unplug a heavy (inductive?) load, like an ordinary electric kettle. That seems to be normal. Kettles are not inductive, at least not significantly.  They're a resistive load.  A motor is an inductive load. --- Post to this

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On 2023-07-14 19:30, Scott Allen via talk wrote: - A single run of the required 12 gauge cable is cheaper and easier than running two 14 gauge cables. Or use 3 wire cable.  Also you use the hot side from opposite phases for the red & black wires. --- Post to this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On 2023-07-14 18:58, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: I was surprised to find out the code for kitchen outlets has changed at some point from having 2x15A circuits to each counter outlet pair, to having 1x20A to each outlet pair. That seems like a downgrade, although sure saves some space in

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On 2023-07-13 17:14, William Park via talk wrote: However, you can't easily test serial, parallel, USB, network, and other I/Os, because you can't easily control both side of connection. Actually, when I was a technician for CN Telecommunications, back in the 70s, we had test sets for doing

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On 2023-07-12 18:18, Karen Lewellen wrote: no one spoke of printer cables. Serial connectors are 9 pin, parallel cables are 25 pin.  while old style printer cables use  25 pin as well, there is no, or not to my personal experience a 9 pin connector at all for those printer cables. as a side

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On 2023-07-12 13:19, Scott Allen via talk wrote: Yes, It requires a 9 pin to 25 pin serial port connector cable. Not a serial port to parallel port cable that you referenced. A serial to parallel cable would be somewhat custom and likely expensive, since it would have to contain active

Re: [GTALUG] computer hardware testing tools.

On 2023-07-12 11:17, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: Let me be a little more explicit about that, with an example. A computer can mostly work but have a failing serial port. Then the component to look at is the serial port, not the whole computer. The serial port will usually work or not

Re: [GTALUG] CVT-RB: another video mystery

On 2023-06-20 15:06, Lennart Sorensen wrote: My understanding was that on a CRT it needed a bit of blanking time in order to have time to change the magnetic field so the beam could start at the begining of the next line. Whether you used composite sync or seperate H and V sync didn't matter,

Re: [GTALUG] CVT-RB: another video mystery

On 2023-06-19 18:04, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: Except varous things exploited them. Like whacking on GPU registers only during blanking intervals to avoid tearing. You may recall the Sinclair ZX80, which had a performance mode which killed the video.  If you wanted a display, you

Re: [GTALUG] CVT-RB: another video mystery

On 2023-06-20 10:50, Lennart Sorensen wrote: https://www.fpga4fun.com/files/HDMI_Demystified_rev_1_02.pdf gives a nice explanation of how it worked in HDMI 1.3. 2.1 just got rid of the dedicated clock to free up a 4th signal pair. Other than a small bit about lip sync, there is nothing about

Re: [GTALUG] CVT-RB: another video mystery

On 2023-06-20 09:23, Lennart Sorensen wrote: Supposedly HDMI is using some of the blanking space to send audio, so I guess it has some use. Is this documented anywhere?  Sure the audio is sent over the cable, but why should there be such a thing as a blanking interval on a digital system? 

Re: [GTALUG] CVT-RB: another video mystery

On 2023-06-19 18:04, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: Is such compression part of what HDMI carries? For computer monitors? Almost all compression used in video is lossy -- not what I want for a computer monitor I don't know the details of what HDMI, but compression would generally be done

Re: [GTALUG] CVT-RB: another video mystery

On 2023-06-19 14:47, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: One silly wast of bandwidth is blanking intervals. That mattered for CRTs since steering the electron beam took time. It should not matter for LCDs. That doesn't make sense, especially when you consider how the digital system works,

Re: [GTALUG] Chromebook death dates

On 2023-06-01 15:30, James Knott wrote: I still have the 2nd one.  It's a Sharp EL-545, which also still works.  I guess it's pushing 25 years old or so and it also still works.  It came with a thick instruction book. Correction, 35 years. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] Chromebook death dates

On 2023-06-01 12:32, James Knott wrote: then a couple of Sharp calculators, the first of which used batteries and the 2nd light powered. I still have the 2nd one.  It's a Sharp EL-545, which also still works.  I guess it's pushing 25 years old or so and it also still works.  It came with a

Re: [GTALUG] Chromebook death dates

On 2023-06-01 15:05, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: I remember seeing the initial ad campaign. A big price drop from other calculators. But it only had 4 functions. I had been given a scientific calculator by then, if I remember correctly. Oddity: floating point but no scientific

Re: [GTALUG] Chromebook death dates

On 2023-06-01 12:22, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: I loved calculators but I actually rarely need them. I've stopped buying them. But not before I bought too many. The first calculator I bought was a used Sinclair. You, Stewart, will know of those. Amazing but very cheaply built. It

Re: [GTALUG] an odd question about well on going service factors.

On 2023-05-30 17:49, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: While this answers my specific question, your comment  about sharing services  creates a different one. If you have a large house  with more than one television, it is often the case that this second television has its own cable box, say to

Re: [GTALUG] an odd question about well on going service factors.

On 2023-05-30 17:27, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: If it is illegal, how can so many rental structures provide it as apart of their tenancy? Multi unit buildings, such as an apartment building may have the appropriate agreement.  The only way I have experienced that was with cable TV and

Re: [GTALUG] an odd question about well on going service factors.

On 2023-05-30 14:30, Karen Lewellen via talk wrote: Hi folks, Tapping into your genus once again. These two might be related. My landlord is including access to his Fibe TV account, he already provides internet as a part of my rent. At this moment Bell and I continue to fight, land line

Re: [GTALUG] Chromebook death dates

On 2023-05-29 18:15, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: Computers were not in classrooms until long after my time. A very few school boards had a very few computers near the end. I admired the Curta Calculators advertised in Scientific American -- the only hand held digital calculators at that

Re: [GTALUG] Chromebook death dates

On 2023-05-28 21:41, Stewart C. Russell via talk wrote: TIL that Chromebooks brick themselves when they hit a hard-coded date: the date when Google stops providing updates: https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/26/colorado-schools-chromebooks-churn-outdated/ The article's about Denver Public

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On 2023-04-30 18:53, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: You likely quite disbelieve me - - - you are welcome to check for yourself. I would be quite happy to be proven wrong! Unless you're using DHCP, that device wouldn't be usable.  What is it? --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On 2023-04-30 17:55, o1bigtenor via talk wrote: I just spent over 1/2 hour looking at a number of SoCs (3) and microcontrollers (also 3) and I can't find one where I can give it this 'classless' address you're talking about. Is there nowhere to set the subnet mask?  Either with / notation or

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On 2023-04-30 16:20, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | If you're on Rogers, you get 2 IPv4 addresses. As far as I know, only if you turn off the router function of your Rogers-supplied box (modem/router/AP/...). Yep, you have to use bridge mode. --- Post to this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] how many addresses possible

On 2023-04-30 15:40, Lennart Sorensen via talk wrote: Yeah I certainly get a /56 IPv6 block from my ISP along with a single IPv4 address. Works nicely. If you're on Rogers, you get 2 IPv4 addresses. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org Unsubscribe from this mailing list

Re: [GTALUG] The good old days of oreilly.com

On 2023-04-30 13:11, David Mason via talk wrote: I had purchased several books over the years. I can successfully login in to members.oreilly.com , but it shows 0 purchases. Mine are there and available for download. --- Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org

Re: [GTALUG] The good old days of oreilly.com

On 2023-04-30 12:04, sciguy via talk wrote: I am having very little luck poking around. And to correct what I said earlier, searching specific titles leads me to a "403" error (Forbidden), not a 404 as I had said. I searched on Programming Perl, which I have the second and fourth editions, and

Re: [GTALUG] The good old days of oreilly.com

On 2023-04-30 11:19, sciguy via talk wrote: Hi folks I hadn't logged on to Oreilly.com in several years, and today I had a reason to do so. I had been a frequent purchaser of Oreilly books at one time, and recently I had become interested in their Raspberry Pi Cookbook, and decided to used

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