The TRS-80 web-server isn't quite as much of a joke as the authors' indended:
First, there is a Zilog Z80 variant that is marketed as a web server on a chip . Of course, the ez80190 runs at 50MHz and can address up to 16MB of memory, a far cry from the old Z80-A or 8080. (the chip itself only appears to have 8KB of SRAM, however, which is pretty similar to a TRS-80 or yore)
Bah. If you want to talk about minimalist web servers, setup Minix i86 on an original IBM 5150. I did. I works. For one person at a time:^)
If you'll allow me to beat a dead horse for a moment...
Why would public monies go to any religious organization? Why is there an "Anglican Public school"? Can't the Anglicans put together a tuition-based private school? I don't claim to understand OZ law or culture at all. But this seems to fly in the face of what I'm used to in the United States and I'm curious.
For example, a area surveyed with a high number of Orthodox Jews will see a lot of community funding going to Orthodox Synagogues.
Why on earth would there be "community funding" for places of worship? Does Australia practice a church / state separation? Do atheists in OZ mind that their tax dollars are going to build / support churches? What about a Co$ whack-job seeing part of the till spent on candles in the local Catholic cathedral?
I don't know how accurate the "community funding" thing you mentioned is, but I'd be pretty upset to learn that I worked several months of the year to support my local cults.
Douglas Adams had an uncanny sense of wit... one that most authors would give a lung and a kidney just to have for one novel.
No question. In fact, I'd give up a lung and a kidney just to have him back. I was fortunate to find HHGG while working in the local library. The books were paperback and care-worn after so many others had read them. I loved them instantly and convinced the librarian that they needed to be replaced. She concurred, and now that old beat-up set has sat my shelf for the past decade. Well, not the whole time. I do get them out now and again. Looks like this weekend will be one of those times.
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OK, I'll keep getting talkbacks from mozilla.org, thanks!
BTW- I d/l and installed 0.9 and OMG! is it faster! Mailnews is not only useable, but fast! Graphics rendering is definately faster. Many thanks guys, looks like 1.0 will really rock.
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Just curious, is there a way to tell if there is a quick way to tell if I'm running a talkback build? I had been downloading Moz milestones myself, but now I'm just going to wait for Red Carpet to release it. But if Ximian isn't using talkback, I'll go get it myself.
BTW- Really good to hear that mailnews performance has improved. I really wanted to migrate my mail to Moz for some time, but mailnews has been an absolute dog.
It seems that there are many places that xDSL is cheaper and faster than in the US. I guess you could blame our old, decaying phone infrastructure. But, as always, it's probably more accurate to "follow the money".
Telcos don't have any incentive to lower prices or improve service. The RBOCs are monopolies. And don't kid yourself about CLECs, they all seem to be dying. Small wonder, they have to use the RBOCs infrastructure...
As long as dial-up is $20 / mo, they can charge ~$40-$50 for low-speed DSL.
twisted pair can not compare with shielded coaxial cable as far as signal quality.
I'm not disagreeing, but it's always seemed odd to me that there aren't any 100/1000 Mbps thinnet solutions out there. It's probably because no one wanted to deal with it's PITA bus topology, but you'd think someone would have given it a try...
2 weeks from order to up-and-running.
80KBps+ downloads, sub 100ms ping times most everywhere. Multiple static IPs (thanks fidnet!).
Don't give a damn about hosting services on the line.
And frankly if it was me I would drink the champange BEFORE I got into the rocket,
Of course, reentry is likely to cause "a funny feeling in my tummy". Throwing up booze all over a tiny capsule would be something to avoid. Smoking grass on the other hand...
Agreed. My 5000e is a great little box, but I've never noticed it getting particularly hot. The only real heat comes from the back of the machine, on the right around the PCMCIA slots. If I kick my card out after running for a while, now *that's* hot. But never around the battery. I'm posting this now from it and the battery and surrounding area are cool, but the back is pretty warm.
Gotta give credit to Dell, though, they really stood up on this one. Two for one! And I just visited their site and signed up for my new battery(s). Quick, painless, and they didn't pull anything like asking for a credit card number.
FWIW this is the same box that Tuxtops was selling for awhile as their mid-range laptop. So you know it has good Linux compatibility. Only problem is the APM implementation in the BIOS pukes under Linux. Tuxtops had a fix for it, but I don't think Dell has released it yet. And another useless statistic: I've re-installed Win2K on this thing four times after the OS got unstable and flakey, RH7 only once.
With a wireless direct neural interface wouldn't a heads-up display be redundant?:^)
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Yes native, clueless AC.
The post I replied to described using a cell phone connected to a PDA to surf on-line. Palms can do this too. In fact, I do it all the time. Look it up, I did.
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Yes, I could do both on a Palm, but this is the _proper_ web (not clipped or synced)...
Of course the Palm does the proper web just fine. You can get the Eudora Suite for Palm, or you can just use Avantgo while on-line.
I've often found that stuck drives can be coaxed into operation by taking out the drive, getting power to it and quickly rotating the drive on the same plane as the platters. I worked quite well on older (MFM early IDE) drives, I've not needed to do it much recently.
I will have to try the freezer thing, though! It may not work, but I'd love to tell a client my data recovery plan:^)
Yes you can. NetWare 4 and 5 definately support telnet, I don't remember if NetWare 3 did. When you telnet in you get a menu of ctrl key sequences that mimic the various RConsole commands that allow you to switch between screens, navigate menus, etc.
There are Palms and Handsprings available in the $149 range, but they come with 2M of user accessible memory. That is just slightly more than a floppy disk, making the device as a whole slightly more usable than a calculator and an address book.
Bullshit. My pdqSmartphone / Palm has only 2MB and I have Avantgo (870K including cache), pdqSuite (real html browser and pop3 mail 140K), base converter (6K), a very full calendar (17K), 321 addresses (50K), Diddlebug (free form stickynotes 46K), IP calculator (14K), couple of hacks (17K), telnet (29K), WhatzUp (appointments and todo list at-a-glance 20K), some stuff for the phone functions (15K), clock / alarm replacement (41K). With additional system overhead, etc. I still have 521K to play with. I've thought about upgrading to the new version, but what's the point? This one does everything that I need.
Over the past months, I've seen Linux PDAs drooled over and I just shake my head and ask "why?". The sort of folks that hang out on/. generally value efficiency and elegance of code, but the Palm seems to be overlooked. I don't know of another platform that does so much with so little. Plus there is a *bunch* of open source software for Palm. I'm heartened to see that many of the posters for this story seem to get it.
FWIW I have Verizon DSL but Verizon is not my ISP. Verizon doesn't have Internet access where I live, so I had to choose a different provider. My 768/128 DSL is attached to Fidelity Networks and I've been very happy with them.
One major plus with FidNet is that you get multiple static IP addresses with the service. Incredibly, the service was turned up about two weeks early. I installed everything myself, which saved me from burning a day without billing and my line has been rock-solid reliable since. They also don't care one whit if you're hosting servers.
Bandwidth testers like DSLReports or Bandwidthplace.com tell me that I'm getting what I'm paying for and I usually get about 80K / sec file download rates and sub 100ms ping times most everywhere.
I was so sure that my area wouldn't see DSL or cable modems for several years to come that I was on the waiting list to get a Starband / DishNetwork system installed. I decided to check with Verizon one more time and not only was DSL available, but my number was green! I nearly cried.:^)
These folks are trying to turn Linux into a get-rich-quick scheme -- they are not part of the Linux community, and we should be careful not to describe them as such.
For the record, LG's former CEO, Mathew Porter is the chair of the St. Louis Linux Users Group. From what I've been told, he does this voluntarily and did it before he was associated with LG. I'm not sure if that makes matters better or worse. Since I run a network admin type business in St. Louis and I only recently began to attend my local LUG meetings, this affects me indirectly. Right now I'm just sitting back and waiting for all precincts to report before I decide how I feel about all of this.
They also had an ad in the latest St Louis Business Journal. I don't have it in front of me, so I'm not sure if they were looking for help, but I think they were.
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But the meeting information that you first mentioned is up-to-date on the front page.
I thought it was fairly clear that I know when the next meeting is. My beef is that the page contains almost no information about who is running the LUG. There is a tiny link stating "Chair: Matthew Porter" (that I missed before, my fault). But nothing else. Not who Matthew Porter is, not who the other officers might be. Not even how to contact the webmaster. Had I been an active member of the LUG I could fill in the gaps and send them on. I guess I should have sought out my local LUG before now, but I'm busy enough running my own business.
In any event, the people running LG have some 'splaining to do. St. Louis is a tiny, close-knit community of ~3 Million people. Word gets around. Business people tend not to do business with folks that have questionable backgrounds. I've been running my own tiny company for about 4 years now and it's clear even to me that the relationships within the StL business community can make or break you. It's probably like that most everywhere, but I've heard from others with businesses elsewhere that StL is especially parochial and close.
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BTW- You are a LG employee or were a LG employee?
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Aparently you did not bother to look at the web site before commenting that it is out of date.
Well, let me see here. Upcoming Events lists the next event as October 19, 2000. Meeting Notes hasn't been updated since 10/2000 either. News has been neglected since 3/2000. Seems pretty lacking to me...
I went to the last one and it was run by a guy from Linuxgruven. I don't remember his name, but he seemed like one of the higher-ups... It would be nice if their web page had this info on it, but it's so woefully out of date it isn't surprising. I think I'll have to go again to see what kind of spin he puts on this.
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The TRS-80 web-server isn't quite as much of a joke as the authors' indended:
First, there is a Zilog Z80 variant that is marketed as a web server on a chip . Of course, the ez80190 runs at 50MHz and can address up to 16MB of memory, a far cry from the old Z80-A or 8080. (the chip itself only appears to have 8KB of SRAM, however, which is pretty similar to a TRS-80 or yore)
Bah. If you want to talk about minimalist web servers, setup Minix i86 on an original IBM 5150. I did. I works. For one person at a time :^)
If you'll allow me to beat a dead horse for a moment...
Why would public monies go to any religious organization? Why is there an "Anglican Public school"? Can't the Anglicans put together a tuition-based private school? I don't claim to understand OZ law or culture at all. But this seems to fly in the face of what I'm used to in the United States and I'm curious.
For example, a area surveyed with a high number of Orthodox Jews will see a lot of community funding going to Orthodox Synagogues.
Why on earth would there be "community funding" for places of worship? Does Australia practice a church / state separation? Do atheists in OZ mind that their tax dollars are going to build / support churches? What about a Co$ whack-job seeing part of the till spent on candles in the local Catholic cathedral?
I don't know how accurate the "community funding" thing you mentioned is, but I'd be pretty upset to learn that I worked several months of the year to support my local cults.
Douglas Adams had an uncanny sense of wit... one that most authors would give a lung and a kidney just to have for one novel.
No question. In fact, I'd give up a lung and a kidney just to have him back. I was fortunate to find HHGG while working in the local library. The books were paperback and care-worn after so many others had read them. I loved them instantly and convinced the librarian that they needed to be replaced. She concurred, and now that old beat-up set has sat my shelf for the past decade. Well, not the whole time. I do get them out now and again. Looks like this weekend will be one of those times.
OK, I'll keep getting talkbacks from mozilla.org, thanks!
BTW- I d/l and installed 0.9 and OMG! is it faster! Mailnews is not only useable, but fast! Graphics rendering is definately faster. Many thanks guys, looks like 1.0 will really rock.
Just curious, is there a way to tell if there is a quick way to tell if I'm running a talkback build? I had been downloading Moz milestones myself, but now I'm just going to wait for Red Carpet to release it. But if Ximian isn't using talkback, I'll go get it myself.
BTW- Really good to hear that mailnews performance has improved. I really wanted to migrate my mail to Moz for some time, but mailnews has been an absolute dog.
It seems that there are many places that xDSL is cheaper and faster than in the US. I guess you could blame our old, decaying phone infrastructure. But, as always, it's probably more accurate to "follow the money".
Telcos don't have any incentive to lower prices or improve service. The RBOCs are monopolies. And don't kid yourself about CLECs, they all seem to be dying. Small wonder, they have to use the RBOCs infrastructure...
As long as dial-up is $20 / mo, they can charge ~$40-$50 for low-speed DSL.
twisted pair can not compare with shielded coaxial cable as far as signal quality.
I'm not disagreeing, but it's always seemed odd to me that there aren't any 100/1000 Mbps thinnet solutions out there. It's probably because no one wanted to deal with it's PITA bus topology, but you'd think someone would have given it a try...
OK, a me-too post.
Verizon DSL (768/128), Fidelity Networks ISP:
2 weeks from order to up-and-running. 80KBps+ downloads, sub 100ms ping times most everywhere. Multiple static IPs (thanks fidnet!). Don't give a damn about hosting services on the line.
And frankly if it was me I would drink the champange BEFORE I got into the rocket,
Of course, reentry is likely to cause "a funny feeling in my tummy". Throwing up booze all over a tiny capsule would be something to avoid. Smoking grass on the other hand...
Agreed. My 5000e is a great little box, but I've never noticed it getting particularly hot. The only real heat comes from the back of the machine, on the right around the PCMCIA slots. If I kick my card out after running for a while, now *that's* hot. But never around the battery. I'm posting this now from it and the battery and surrounding area are cool, but the back is pretty warm.
Gotta give credit to Dell, though, they really stood up on this one. Two for one! And I just visited their site and signed up for my new battery(s). Quick, painless, and they didn't pull anything like asking for a credit card number.
FWIW this is the same box that Tuxtops was selling for awhile as their mid-range laptop. So you know it has good Linux compatibility. Only problem is the APM implementation in the BIOS pukes under Linux. Tuxtops had a fix for it, but I don't think Dell has released it yet. And another useless statistic: I've re-installed Win2K on this thing four times after the OS got unstable and flakey, RH7 only once.
With a wireless direct neural interface wouldn't a heads-up display be redundant? :^)
Yes native, clueless AC.
The post I replied to described using a cell phone connected to a PDA to surf on-line. Palms can do this too. In fact, I do it all the time. Look it up, I did.
Yes, I could do both on a Palm, but this is the _proper_ web (not clipped or synced)...
Of course the Palm does the proper web just fine. You can get the Eudora Suite for Palm, or you can just use Avantgo while on-line.
'course if you can't find 'em, you can't put on the latest version of NetWare either! NetWare would live on, but Novell would dry up...:^)
I've often found that stuck drives can be coaxed into operation by taking out the drive, getting power to it and quickly rotating the drive on the same plane as the platters. I worked quite well on older (MFM early IDE) drives, I've not needed to do it much recently.
I will have to try the freezer thing, though! It may not work, but I'd love to tell a client my data recovery plan :^)
You can't telnet into a NOVELL box...
Yes you can. NetWare 4 and 5 definately support telnet, I don't remember if NetWare 3 did. When you telnet in you get a menu of ctrl key sequences that mimic the various RConsole commands that allow you to switch between screens, navigate menus, etc.
Of course, almost no one enables this...
There are Palms and Handsprings available in the $149 range, but they come with 2M of user accessible memory. That is just slightly more than a floppy disk, making the device as a whole slightly more usable than a calculator and an address book.
Bullshit. My pdqSmartphone / Palm has only 2MB and I have Avantgo (870K including cache), pdqSuite (real html browser and pop3 mail 140K), base converter (6K), a very full calendar (17K), 321 addresses (50K), Diddlebug (free form stickynotes 46K), IP calculator (14K), couple of hacks (17K), telnet (29K), WhatzUp (appointments and todo list at-a-glance 20K), some stuff for the phone functions (15K), clock / alarm replacement (41K). With additional system overhead, etc. I still have 521K to play with. I've thought about upgrading to the new version, but what's the point? This one does everything that I need.
Over the past months, I've seen Linux PDAs drooled over and I just shake my head and ask "why?". The sort of folks that hang out on /. generally value efficiency and elegance of code, but the Palm seems to be overlooked. I don't know of another platform that does so much with so little. Plus there is a *bunch* of open source software for Palm. I'm heartened to see that many of the posters for this story seem to get it.
FWIW I have Verizon DSL but Verizon is not my ISP. Verizon doesn't have Internet access where I live, so I had to choose a different provider. My 768/128 DSL is attached to Fidelity Networks and I've been very happy with them.
One major plus with FidNet is that you get multiple static IP addresses with the service. Incredibly, the service was turned up about two weeks early. I installed everything myself, which saved me from burning a day without billing and my line has been rock-solid reliable since. They also don't care one whit if you're hosting servers.
Bandwidth testers like DSLReports or Bandwidthplace.com tell me that I'm getting what I'm paying for and I usually get about 80K / sec file download rates and sub 100ms ping times most everywhere.
I was so sure that my area wouldn't see DSL or cable modems for several years to come that I was on the waiting list to get a Starband / DishNetwork system installed. I decided to check with Verizon one more time and not only was DSL available, but my number was green! I nearly cried. :^)
These folks are trying to turn Linux into a get-rich-quick scheme -- they are not part of the Linux community, and we should be careful not to describe them as such.
For the record, LG's former CEO, Mathew Porter is the chair of the St. Louis Linux Users Group. From what I've been told, he does this voluntarily and did it before he was associated with LG. I'm not sure if that makes matters better or worse. Since I run a network admin type business in St. Louis and I only recently began to attend my local LUG meetings, this affects me indirectly. Right now I'm just sitting back and waiting for all precincts to report before I decide how I feel about all of this.
They also had an ad in the latest St Louis Business Journal. I don't have it in front of me, so I'm not sure if they were looking for help, but I think they were.
But the meeting information that you first mentioned is up-to-date on the front page.
I thought it was fairly clear that I know when the next meeting is. My beef is that the page contains almost no information about who is running the LUG. There is a tiny link stating "Chair: Matthew Porter" (that I missed before, my fault). But nothing else. Not who Matthew Porter is, not who the other officers might be. Not even how to contact the webmaster. Had I been an active member of the LUG I could fill in the gaps and send them on. I guess I should have sought out my local LUG before now, but I'm busy enough running my own business.
In any event, the people running LG have some 'splaining to do. St. Louis is a tiny, close-knit community of ~3 Million people. Word gets around. Business people tend not to do business with folks that have questionable backgrounds. I've been running my own tiny company for about 4 years now and it's clear even to me that the relationships within the StL business community can make or break you. It's probably like that most everywhere, but I've heard from others with businesses elsewhere that StL is especially parochial and close.
BTW- You are a LG employee or were a LG employee?
Aparently you did not bother to look at the web site before commenting that it is out of date.
Well, let me see here. Upcoming Events lists the next event as October 19, 2000. Meeting Notes hasn't been updated since 10/2000 either. News has been neglected since 3/2000. Seems pretty lacking to me...
I went to the last one and it was run by a guy from Linuxgruven. I don't remember his name, but he seemed like one of the higher-ups... It would be nice if their web page had this info on it, but it's so woefully out of date it isn't surprising. I think I'll have to go again to see what kind of spin he puts on this.