On Dec 22, 23:35, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> On Dec 22, 22:12, Chuck McManis wrote:
> >Personally if I were you I'd do my own DNS as well, especially if you're
> >going to be connected 24 x 7. So what you're doing is creating your own
> >"POP" (Point of Presence)
>
> I've got to agree here, while it's unlikely your ISP's DNS will fail,
> having your own should allow for faster access I would think.
I'm sure it will. If you don't want to run your own primary/secondary
yourself, at least run one on the mail server(s); it will make quite a
difference if you handle any volume of mail. That's why we run four:
primary, secondary, and one on each of staff and student mail servers.
> I see you've not mentioned a firewall, are you going to have all this
> sitting naked on the internet? I *STRONGLY* recommend a Firewall running
> OpenBSD!!!!!!!!!! Look at it this way, I'm a VMS type, not a BSD type,
and
> my firewall runs OpenBSD.
Definitely!
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Joe <rigdonj(a)intellistar.net> said:
>"Nintendo floppy systems"
> A floppy system on a Nintendo? I've never heard of one. What were they
>used for? The only Nintendo devices that I've seen are the game machines
>and they use plug-in ROM cartridges.
In case this is not answered by the time I get the digest:
Before the NES, Nintendo developed a personal computer that (I believe)
only sold in Japan called the "FamiCom" or Family Computer.
It had a floppy disk system available for it. The drive was powered by
batteries and used a 3" yellow floppy that had the word NINTENDO embossed
on it. http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/fds/fds.html
Then the disk system was combined with the FamiCom to create the "Twin
FamiCom". http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/odd/scans/twinfamicom.html
I still have a couple FamiComs, a Twin FamiCom and a couple of the the
disk systems.
--Doug
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>On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, Joe wrote:
> Some even reversed the +5 and +12vdc pin locations
>in the power connector. (Talk about a dirty trick!)
I did`nt check the pin location on a amstrad 3" externa
drive as I tried to install a 3.5" floppy drive in it.
Puff, the 3.5 floppy drive went up in smoke.
Jacob Dahl Pind
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Is anyone familar with the 3" floppy drives? Is that what these
"http://www.intellistar.net/~rigdonj/misc/3-inch.jpg" are? I pulled them
out of a Loral 1553 bus analyzer. As you can see from the photo, a standard
3.5" floppy disk is too large for them. Do these use the same interface as
the 3.5" drives? How many tracks do these support? Does anyone have a
couple of 3" disks that they're willing to part with?
Joe
On December 21, Aaron Nabil wrote:
> If I can offer advise, use the proxy system. Enter the amount maximum
> amount you are willing to pay. You have absolutely, irrevocably defused
> ANY danger of sniping.
If the item is commonly available through other sources, sure, I
agree. But lots of stuff on eBay isn't. Rare is the "one of a kind"
item, but if I see something that I've been looking for for years on
eBay, my definition of "maximum" is a very subjective thing...and may
have nothing to do with the "street value" of the item...it has more
to do with how badly I want it, and how much trouble I'd have to go
through to get it elsewhere.
A good example of this is classic computers. Despite living in an
area where there's either a three-letter agency or a DRMO warehouse on
every street corner, PDP stuff (for example) is VERY difficult to find
where I live. I'd pay several hundred bucks for a pdp11/34a in a
heartbeat on eBay. Why? Because I've been looking for one for a LONG
time and only recently got one locally by pure luck and the sharp eye
of a good friend. You guys who are swimming in them may think I'm
nuts...but you HAVE them. Get it?
In other words, two points...One, sniping is an essential technique for
non-mainstream items (in any category) on eBay, if your goal is to get
the item. Two, the definition of "non-mainstream" frequently differs
>from person to person.
-Dave McGuire
Hello all!
I'm a proud owner of two 102's and I just found a VT-100 (sans keyboard) and
all of them have the same cosmetic problem ie. they're yellow. Different
shades of yellow, one is mildly yellow, one is dark yellow etc.
So, can anyone tell what was the original color (of the case, in case you
didn't figure that out from my pretty poor English) in either approximated
terms ("eye blinding white") or in something like Pantone:)
I'd like to paint one of those VT's to get it as close as possible to the
original color (I know you were thinking about flames and stuff when you saw
the subject line. I did) I just don't know the correct shade.
Re: computers and movies
I think that Terminator II had a big bunch of HP 7925's blown up, they
were those dishwasher sized disk drives. And WarGames had a couple
of Televideo 950's (VT-100 like case but narrower). Does anyone know
anything about the vector graphics used for big screens in the war room ?
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jht
I have at least 50 pounds of 486/ISA stuff, including a DX4/120, an
AMD 586/133, four motherboards, a chassis, about 20 1M memory modules,
sound cards, network cards, 4 VLB video cards (#9, C&T, Trident, etc,
several 2 meg), as well as some tape drives and a CD or two available to
whoever wants to pick them up in Santa Monica. You must take the whole
lot. No, not all of it is 10 years old. I'm just cleaning out the
closet, and my hands are just too scarred from dealing with VLB
insertion/extraction.
I know this is off-topic due to lack of age, but maybe since the
company no longer exists (<sigh>), maybe it can be sortof ontopic
Does anyone happen to know how compatible parts are between the
Digital Hinote VP (TS31D) and another Digital Hinote VP(-535, TS30G)?
I need to replace the battery, disk, cdrom and floppy for a TS30G
and I have the opportunity to buy a TS31D...
Thanks in advance...
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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On December 22, Aaron Nabil wrote:
> I'm not sure I understand how your "very subjective maximum" at all alters
> my assertion that using the proxy system entirely sidesteps the problem
> of snipers. I think it is safe to say that the "maximum you are willing
> to pay" is ALWAYS very subjective.
>
> How does bidding your maximum via the proxy system fail to defuse
> snipers just becuase the item is rare?
Because bidding via the proxy system means bidding your maximum ONCE.
Over the course of several days during an auction, due to new
information, new finds, other competing auctions etc etc, my "maximum"
may change from moment to moment.
Think of it as a cop-out...it's sometimes REALLY difficult to come
up with a good "maximum value" and stick to it. If I want something
badly enough, who knows!
-Dave McGuire
