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  1. Re:This could be useful if.. on SSH or VNC From Your Cell Phone? · · Score: 1

    If there's such a thing as a J2ME SSH client, grab a Nextel and the Nextel iBoard. If not, grab a Blackberry and the blackberry SSH client advertised on this story...

  2. Re:Seems to me... on SSH or VNC From Your Cell Phone? · · Score: 1

    What abput a handheld PC such as the HP 200LX or the Poqet PC? (or for that matter, the Vulcan Mini-PC or the tiqit eightythree - with integrated USB, they'd do a lot better than some usb to serial adapter rig) 80x25, and it's DOS (or Windows, or Linux). Of course, if you've got less money than that, go for a Nokia 9290 (they're still $600) - it's Symbian, so almost anything for the Psion will work on it (Opera is the biggest example of something that WON'T :-()

  3. Re:Seems to me... on SSH or VNC From Your Cell Phone? · · Score: 1

    Nokia 9290 looks better for that purpose - it could probably even do (small) 80x25!

  4. Re:Neat hack. on SSH or VNC From Your Cell Phone? · · Score: 1

    Somewhere I saw about a J2ME VNC implementation. You could use the Nextel iBoard with one of their phones (I believe all are J2ME capable).

  5. Re:Use without a hard disk. on Lindows Webstation · · Score: 1

    I've seen 1GB. Also, a USB CF adapter would allow Microdrives (also up to 1GB).

  6. Re:Huh?? on Lindows Webstation · · Score: 1

    What about a Disk on Chip? I believe the ThinkNIC had that for saving bookmarks/cookies/etc.

  7. Re:I haven't read the article on Gates Provides Windows Crash Statistic · · Score: 1

    Nope. Windows 2000 SP3/4 has it, a FEW Win 9x/ME apps have it, Windows Server 2003 has it, and probably Windows LH has it too. AFAIK, the 5% DOES include GPFs (including Joe Blow's Trojan Yahtzee clone).

  8. Re:I haven't read the article on Gates Provides Windows Crash Statistic · · Score: 1

    That's called Windows 9x/ME. Select proggies have that feature on those operating systems (IE6 and WiMP, for example, but only when it's not a severe crash)

  9. Re:skewed statistics. on Gates Provides Windows Crash Statistic · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but Microsoft re-wrote their file-system browser several times too (MS-DOS Executive -> File Manager 3.0 -> File Manager 3.1 -> Explorer 4.0 -> IExplore 4.0 -> Explorer 5.0). Yes, I split the versions of File Manager intentionally, because the file tree handling changed A LOT between the two. Explorer changed when IE4 came out, and when Win2k came out (I don't deny that it's not the most stable... or much different).

  10. Re:skewed statistics. on Gates Provides Windows Crash Statistic · · Score: 1

    Windows 2000 DOES have it, BTW (at least with SP3/4), and Windows ME has it in IE6 only. (but not IE5.5, AFAIK, and I've seen IE6 not do it on 98)

  11. Re:skewed statistics. on Gates Provides Windows Crash Statistic · · Score: 1

    Not to mention, harassed privacy-conscious geeks click Don't Send when it crashes, so that screws everything up (but it does mean more MS software in the report system).

  12. Re:New genre of games: Mainstream games on Golden Tee Golf - Major Injury Hazard · · Score: 1

    I said SLIGHTLY OT. I should have quoted parent. Here's the quote:

    You probably already have a mainstream game installed on a Windows computer near you: Solitare. My partner's aunt, who hates computers and detests using them, loves to play Solitare in spite of what she normally thinks about computer games. Solitare is clearly reaching its intended audience. I'd consider that a mainstream game!

    And I was simply stating that it wasn't meant to be a mainstream game, it was meant to teach you how to use the mouse...

  13. Re:A stimulating simulation. on X-Plane - An Obsession For Realism · · Score: 1

    I think there's one called 18 Wheeler, but that's not realistic, and it's primarily arcade racing. Of course, there's Microsoft Midtown Madness, but there's only one truck in that. None are realistic enough, though...

  14. Re:New genre of games: Mainstream games on Golden Tee Golf - Major Injury Hazard · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Slightly OT, but Solitaire wasn't made to have a game included with Windows. It was actually made to teach you how to use the mouse (Minesweeper did the same, but involved the right button). I need to find an old Windows 3.x manual, but I'm sure that's what it said...

  15. Re:IBM does this to Thinkpads on How To Make Dual Booting A (Bigger) Pain · · Score: 1

    Actually, Rhapsody DR2 was the last OSX alpha to run on an x86.

  16. Re:Software Alternatives on Managing Multiple User Profiles in Windows XP? · · Score: 1

    unless there's 5 or less PCs, in which case it's NOT more money...

  17. Re:The tricky thing is.... on How to Jam a Worldwide Satellite TV Broadcast · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    so the FSB was 100MHz, then?

  18. Re:The tricky thing is.... on How to Jam a Worldwide Satellite TV Broadcast · · Score: 1

    Well, that IS a violation. Did you build the PC yourself? If so, YOU (and maybe AMD) violated Part 15 of the FCC rules.

    (typed off the back of an old clicky keyboard)
    This device complies wiht part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. And (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
    Therefore, your box is violating Part 15-1, but your radio is in complete compliance with Part 15-2.

  19. Re:Oooooh! on Real-World Hyperlinks · · Score: 1

    Hey, I read magazines at my :Computer!

    Of :Course, that's after I've thumbed through them many, many, many times on the :Cou:ch. Yahoo! Internet Life had (I say had because they disappeared be:cause, what was it, oh yeah, ZDNet didn't like the image they were proje:cting by :catering to home users...) a tear-out web-guide with a downloadable version at their site (integrated into your bookmarks). Of :course, my :Cue:Cat needs a little repair to it's PS/2 cable so I can actually plug it in (CLK appears to be screwed to hell, so anything fast loses characters :-()

  20. Re:Nice for the U.S., even better for the rest on VIA Introduces A New Laptop Motherboard · · Score: 1

    So THAT'S where Acorn went... And, yes, even though I live in the US, I know what the Acorn is...

  21. Re:Mac on Antaur page? on VIA Introduces A New Laptop Motherboard · · Score: 1

    The one next to Non-stop mobility? That's an apple logo.

    I remember all of the catalogs for laptop briefcases/desks/accessories/etc. a few years ago would use an unbranded dark grey laptop that looked EXACTLY like a PowerBook 180. I should know. I once had one. I celebrated (well, almost, as it was my only laptop) when it broke down for good ($300 repairs, laptop was worth $200, you get the picture...)

  22. Re:Motherboard? on VIA Introduces A New Laptop Motherboard · · Score: 1

    Wrong. The C3 was originally going to be the successor to the Cyrix II processors, but the VIA version of the WinChip (which VIA also owns now) was ahead of schedule, and the C3 was behind schedule, so they enhanced their WinChip2 and called it a C3. BTW, that was supposed to be their Celeron-competitor.

    As for laptops getting heavier, I can't say much, but I had an IBM PC Convertible, and that's even heavier than Toshiba's 17" laptop! (BTW, did anyone see the 17" WinBook? Don't know how much it weighs, but...) I also had a crappy leading edge that's pretty light, a PowerBook 180 (not TOO heavy) and a Toshiba Satellite Pro 405CS that is pretty heavy. Those are all ancient, though, but I'm getting some Dell Inspiron (I didn't choose it...), so I'll see how heavy they are.

  23. Re:How about something like Minix for the IIgs? on Berkeley TCP socket interface for the Apple IIgs · · Score: 1

    Ok, how about a uClinux port to the IIgs? uClinux might be able to run, so that will make the "31337 1!n!x uz3rz" happy...

  24. Re:Bah humbug on Berkeley TCP socket interface for the Apple IIgs · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think it was a re-creation of the monitor ROM assembly code. I know they lost the original source before they could print it, so you could always try implementing that on a EPROM and seat that sucker on the IIs mobo and get a bugfix or two...

  25. Re:Why, you ask? on Berkeley TCP socket interface for the Apple IIgs · · Score: 1

    Umm, no. The 65xxx could do 4 operations per cycle, the 80x86 could only do one. Why can a 33MHz PSone outstrip a 66MHz 486DX2? Same reason a 2.5/2.8/2.whatever MHz IIgs can outstrip a 4.77 MHz 8088. That's what I've heard, anyway. So, the "100MHz IIgs" that everyone was talking about probably only clocked at 25MHz, not too hard there. Besides, I think it had a hacked-in CPU cache...