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Dell, p2 400 mhz, 440 BX chipset motherboard, quantum LM 30 gig, about 30% used, Matrox 550 with 21 inch monitor, zip, old sound card, ISA, that works, where more exotic Philips did not, old CD rom/DVD hardware, removed, and ide zip drive. Weird, how fast it seems, over our 1.2 almost T one...

Sorry to ask the same question twice, but where is the thread, or link to those cool CD holders that you put in binders, for storing CD's? I can't find it, and I've been searching for awhile... s

Hi Is there a cheap way to take VHS tapes, convert them to DVD format, and burn them to DVD? What's involved? I've got a bunch of old fight tapes it would be nice to save in a smaller format... s

Been trying to play quake 3 Arena. Kind of wondering if the Matrox P650 is just to slow to play online.??? David, are you in the house?? Thanks gs

Pretty bad when it's already 75 at 5 in the morning. Weatherbug is fun, since it gives us a chance to track the weather here. We've dogged the heat bullet all summer, but we got it big time this weekend. s

Having a bit of a fit. How do you reasign drive letters? I don't have a C drive, don't ask me why. My system is installed on I drive. Anyway to change drive letters to C, without screwing up my system, and or reinstalling everything? My favorite address book, etc. won't install on I drive...

You watch a DVD on one screen, rip another in a another DVD reader, And open IE, and type this in another. Amazing part is, all works and goes smoothly... s

MAC TO PLAY GAMES???? I got the great idea of trying to get stuff to run on my mac. Now most of my games work ok, but they are 7X and 8X. I'm running 9.2.1, and, its a frigging nightmare to get the old games to work on it. The machine is probably best with 8.6, but I can't remember why I...

http://store.razerzone.com/ And half the price the boomslang was... s

Hi Been screwing around with my G3 mac, and 9.21(9.22=conflict with softraid 221) for email. Since moving email to it, I have yet to have a virus, or worm. For awhile, I was averaging one every other day on my pc. I had setup off a first generation Cheetah. I decided to open an old raid...

Between fish and cat, I'm really thinking we should rename the above terms. I think slave=owner, and owner=pet would be a more true meaning of the situation. :wink: I've been up since 5 am, feeding cat, and trying to clean 3 fish tanks to my satisfaction...it's now 9 something... s

Hi I'm wondering what are the best, and most efficent DVD ripping software? What's the most efficent player? Currently using DVD Shrink, and Media Player Classic. Any suggestions? Processor usage is a bit high... s

Hi Does anyone have a link to what the different services are for XP, or a database to search for third party stuff, so I can identify stuff that shouldn't be running? Thanks GS

Hi The box arrived yesterday. I noticed I need a power splitter, since it requires two power connectors. Other then that, from reading the manual, everything comes preset, and you just plug the drives in and go? Seems too easy. Am I missing something? s

OK: I'm ignoring her, online, and she wants to play. As I'm typing, and playing a golf game, my internet connection goes down. I can't figure out what it is. I have a 6 plug, APC protector, and it's switched off. But she's playing in the other room...???? I'm reading the thread on Panasonic...

Hi I'm copying stuff on my machine from my SCSI 10k Cheetah, to my DM9 160 gig cheetah for backup. In the process, the file copying took awhile, but more destressing is the near entire usage of processor 2, of 4 virtual processors. This is not good. Whenever I want to load another program...

Hi Splash has done a really good job of convincing me of the nature of Matrox cards. NO OTHER CARDS COME CLOSE. A feature he hasn't mentioned, is Matrox P650 and above have software that enables hardware support, for DVD playback. It's truly incredible. It plays DVD's at 1024 X, with hardware...

Granite Digital has come up with some really cost effective SATA solutions. www.granitedigital.com They also have some pretty good ide/firewire solutiont for backup. http://www.firewiredirect.com/firewire/products/dvdcenter.shtml has some really cost effective bundles for DVD drives, media...

Hi Many people post IE and Outlook are inherently dangerous to use, since they are the targets of different virus, trojans, etc. What are the safest software to use, and why? Why is Firefox safer then IE, or Eudora safter then Outlook, for example? Thanks gs

Cpdg4000. Cost: 85 bucks for the monitor, Maxtor P650 112 dollars. Klipsch 5 speaker setup, 250, Motherboard sound, included with Supermicro, help from friends about Media Player classic(priceless) Simply amazing quality sound, and visuals. By the way, same setup plays loud, perfect, HDTV...

I'm trying to figure out which to go with. Scsi drives are avaliable all the time, cheap, on EBay, and they are fast, and cheap. They have lower capacity, but better longevity, for storage, even if they have lower capacity. IDE looks pretty good, since buck for mb they can't be beat. SATA...

OK: If I hook up two computers by firewire cable, and cards, can one see the other? If so, does it just see the disks? Thanks gs

Hi I've had good luck with a couple tweaks in XP that I used in 2000. With sufficent ram, DisablePagingExecutive, value 1, and LargeSystemCache value 1, along with clear pagefileAtShutdown at 1, seem to noticeably improve preformance on my XP machine. The same settings, with 384 mb of ram on...

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and an old Maxtor 5120 in my 1.4 gig athlon, for storage server. Decided to pull all my scsi stuff out, and set the box up with the above drives, I have laying around from trying to use them in my mac, a 2940 Adaptec card so I can talk to my external raid box for storage, and, (shuddersl, a...

Hi I was looking around for used Matrox cards, and found these: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=48&manufactory=1291&Type=Refurbish&sortby=14&order=1 179.00 is about what I think the Parhelia 128 is worth. Hmmm. They seem to go quickly. s

Well, my guys, we, finished second at Arco, to Fairfax. They had a bit too much height, and we didn't screen out, or play to the level required. Still, a great team, and a great game. s

http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/ata/40Gmomentus.php I could use two of these right now... s

Hi I've recently got my server/workstation up and running. However, I have a problem. At work we use nothing but macs. I scan a lot of stuff using an Epson CX5200 onto the hard drives of an imac and a G3 333 mhz. I can burn the scans to CD, but, when I try and transfer to the PC for storage...

Hi I'm looking for a way to store and organize CD's, both at school, and home. I have about 4 boxes, full of software, that I still use, and, the kids are constantly using the stuff at work, and it just takes a long time to sort, and go through them. Anyone have a trick way to store CD's yet...

Just upgraded my Athlon 1.4 ghz, Asus A7m266 from 512 MB PC 133 to 1 gig stick of PC 2100 ecc registered ram. I notice a big snap difference in both I.E. and Outlook Express using Windows 2000. The bogs are gone, and everything seems to occuring on ball bearings... More testing as I go on...

OK: My Asus A7m266 will accept PC2100 ram, and, I can use that same ram in a SM XDAE8, IIRC, with a 400/533 mhz FSB. Could I buy faster PC 2700, or 3200, which is cheaper, and use it in both motherboards? This entire new ram thing is confusing... I would like to buy ram I could reuse in a SM...

In other words, if I put 2 gig of ram in my current asus mobo, will 2000 quit hitting, or paging, all together? For example, one, really cool website, for me, http://www.surfline.com/mag/features/day_in_the_life/index.html totally eats my processor. It takes 100% of a 1.4 mhz Athlon...

from home, over the holidays? Wondered why you are posting on Christmas. Have a Merry Christmas, and thanks for all the help.. gs PS Hope your beagle enjoys his journey, and sends back lots of info over the holidays... :mrgrn: :mrgrn:

Well, I couldn't figure out a way to boot from floppies, and fix the existing operating system. It required dual installation of the UL3d drivers, so the os could see the raid array. Once I figured that out, I decided I would reformat in ntfs, and start again. I'm not sure why the cd drives...

I'm trying to reconfigure my computer, amd 1.4 ghz, Athlon, and add firewire, and change the scsi setups. However, I can't find the jumper settings anywhere for the Pioneer DVD player. I have had problems writing with the Plexwriter 12/10/32s, and Roxio adaptec Easy CD creator 4.0, and, my...

I'm trying to setup a way to move large video files from school to home, to store. I have 3 jazz drives, and one of them works fine with the mac. In fact, all three work fine with the mac. For some reason, they suck eggs on my pc slow card, even when termination is on, and they are on proper...

Hi I'm considering a digital camera for taking pictures of my kids, and their work. My question is, what cameras, and companies, have a good track record for software, and system compatibility? I can't help but think about my 1200 dollar Nikon scanner, that has no updates past windows 98, and...

HI My new school district is all macs. So, to get things going, I brought out my g3, 33hmhz with 9.22, Cheetah 10x on an uw card, using an LVD cable, and termination. I bought a Tempo 3 in one card. It has four fire wire ports, 2 usb external, and, it looks like two ide 133 channels...

http://techreport.com/reviews/2003q4/cheetah-15k/index.x?pg=1 :mrgrn: WOW :eekers: gs

It's kind of funny. They seem to work ok. Still, no blinding OS speed, it just doesn't feel like that much of a jump in speed. I wonder if the OS uses VM too much, slowing it down. I also wonder if with 8 gig of RAM the machine would be really fast. It could also be GPU limited, since both...

Between the increase in resolution, and the new ability to play DVD's while working, I've been thinking about another monitor. I have an SBS box that I used with my mac, sitting in storage. Anyone have a decent PCI video card, for DVD stuff, quality only, they would recommend? Don't want to...

Yes, I'm one of those truly strange people that takes all his original CD's, and if possible, copies them for his own use, so the original doesn't get scratched. I'd like to do the same with our movies. What programs have people used to do this with, and what should I know about the process...

Finally got another DVD player,and the scsi DVD player installed. Now I'm running at 1600X1200 with DVD on one side, and the other stuff on the left hand side. Seems 1024 and 1152 don't distort. But what's tru in aspect ration for 1600? Thanks gs

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I've got a 1.4 ghz athlon, with 512 mb of ram, and Photoshop uses the processor 100%, and most of the ram. What sort of processor and ram usage do others get using the program, and at what point does it stop using the entire processor? I'm not really into changing the processing priorities. s

Hi I'm looking for a SCSI DVD player. Anyone have one they Like? gs

Would you suggest using them as a home workstation? s

OK: Went out and bought a cool little switch that allows you to change computers, but use the same mouse, keyboard and monitor, and there is little, or not noticeable, video distortion. Have had a DVD player laying around for about a year, and it blue screened the last time I used it with my...

Something I put together after hanging around ARS for awhile: "First lesson in trolling: You didn't provide a link. 2nd: Prove it 3rd personal insult 4th attack spelling and grammar, 5th use above so you don't have to deal with any valid issues raised. 6th obscenity 7th Complain...