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Thanks Jimshady, Mercutio, Will R., P5-133XL, jtr1962, Fushigi, etc (I wonder if you and etc will set up accounts here on StorageForum someday). I think I have located a potential donor of one original Macintosh. Still could use a 300 baud modem though. Preferably acoustically coupled.

Just wanted to note that my ISP blocks mail messages sent to one's own account. It makes doing a basic test of mail clients a pain in the neck, but they claim it's because spammers do exactly this (send messages to themselves, with a BCC to a bazillion people). But you're right sechs, there's...

This is easy to do with Ruby (and I'm sure a large number of other languages) on UNIX. You just write an application that runs through a text file of names and addresses, sending an e-mail message to each one. From the perspective of the recipient, it looks exactly like a manually written...

I've never used ThunderBird, but in case it's similar to Mozilla Mail, there are 3 ways to check all your accounts for new mail... 1) There should be a small, downward-pointing triangle right next to the "Get Msgs" button. Under MozMail, clicking it produces a drop down list with "Get All New...

Believe it or not, this post is on-topic: Would anyone here trust their credit card details to a store called "Chow Big" (I swear I am not making that up) based in Brooklyn, NY, that features a somewhat flaky website?

Hah. That's interesting. I visited a computer "store" in Markham back in 1991 or 1992 (can't remember exactly) and that was pretty much how things went then. The manager had to disappear for an hour or two before returning with the item we'd phoned ahead about. Of course it was a 40 MB IDE...

Hi mubs! :) All I can tell you is that I made my decision in that particular category after looking at what functions were available under "Preferences" in Firefox versus what I was used to in Mozilla. Perhaps some of the functions have simply been shifted over to "about:config" in Firefox...

I use Mozilla for a few reasons. 1) Habit. I've been using Mozilla since before they switched to a "normal" version numbering scheme (e.g. 0.6, 0.7, 0.8...). That was so long ago I can't remember how they named it back then. 2) It gives me better control of my browsing experience than...

Leave them with the Knoppix CD. Tell them to boot off that from now on. Problem solved. :wink:

About I/O shields ... I feel your pain. I think I've posted here before about my search for an "Aurora" style I/O shield. I searched hard for one. (And actually, I could use 3 of them.) Bozo, this is a very short guide, but you might find it useful...

Are you sure? That was what I thought originally. I'm sure they are still out there ... but finding them? It's not like they are hot sellers on E-bay (they've been checking). I suspect most people that have them are in their fifties, and would have to be outright asked about one before they...

Thanks Mercutio ... I'm checking to see if they would accept a computer that's externally an original Macintosh, but internally something else. They are probably going to have to contemplate that one.

If it's any help, if I were in that situation, I'd throw together some pretty-looking, internally-ugly VB application to gather the information required. Do you have the option to put something together like that yourself? Heck, going back to the cygwin suggestion, you could create a simple...

I'm not dead ... I'm just resting. I don't know which forum this really falls under. Sorry! A friend of mine works for a museum that has just started a search for some computer-related "artifacts". She's looking for an original Macintosh computer, circa 1984. Umm ... help? Does anyone...

Hey there Coug! :) Sounds funny to say but, gmail is Google. It's their new free e-mail service.

Just something random I found in an e-mail today.

Oh. Java. Nevermind. :)

I just get a black screen with some text.

Umm ... soundstorm? C'est quoi ca?

If you do, count me in also. I have a technically oriented boss who's really into high-tech toys. He'd encourage me to take a day off to wait for a delivery like this.

Yes, it was a bit anti-climactic. Actually working. Who expected that one? Not me, that's for sure. How about, "it took hours to get the dust bunnies back under control."

I did this at home. I'm sure I've posted about it here before too. The system here on my desk is a 75MHz Pentium. No CPU fan required. The case of the power supply is open inside the system case itself, so with the decent passive airflow I was able to remove the power supply fan. And there...

. It was left as an exercise to the reader. :) And yes, the "bus interface" shows 1x in there, but not the more detailed "system requirements" section. In fact, that section even specifies "AGP 2.0 Compliant Bus" which I do not think I have. Perhaps the dust bunnies are offering some degree...

I'm shocked. I just plugged one of these into the 3.3V AGP 1x slot on my antique DFI motherboard. And it worked. No bright blue flash ... no puff of smoke. Just functionality. What is this world coming to? There's something fundamentally weird about taking a card with a knife-edge...

No, it's real. A crash a few days later was written up in the Dayton Daily News. They mention the earlier crash which was caught on the video Handy posted. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0603fatal.html You have to register if you really want to read it...

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Try Release All/Renew All. To be honest, it's been a long time ... I'm not sure what the difference is.

Oh, and once your firewall/router is in place, you'll need to hit the "Release & Renew" in winipcfg on your computer. The DHCP server will have changed from being a RoadRunner DHCP server, to the one in the hardware firewall/router. Again, that's assuming you're going for something like the...

I'm tempted to say "no" just because ... well, because. That said, things can take a bit of patience to get the router working simultaneously with your computer(s) and the cable modem. Not usually that bad though. (And you face the potential for a brief RoadRunner squaredance regardless of...

The following are paraphrased instructions from some place on the web (I think the original info came from an FAQ that has since disappeared off the web). MouseKeys can be so useful sometimes. Plus, this should work out of the box for pretty much any Unix-type OS running X. No hunting for...

Oh, the one thing I do miss sometimes about using a dedicated computer as a firewall (I will be switching back to OpenBSD as soon as I have the cash to replace some components): These hardware firewall/routers use DC power. And that apparently means there's no cheap way for the manufacturers...

Having done some rearranging, my trusty OpenBSD firewall has had its parts confiscated for use elsewhere. As a result, I've been using a D-Link DI-604. My brother-in-law uses one. So do my parents. It's cheap and functional. It's available pretty much anywhere you'd expect. Even the local...

Hey there Mercutio. :) Withdrawl got the better of me. 8) And a hello to everyone else, especially ddrueding, CityK, and mubs who seem to gravitate towards the same historical/nostalgic discussions I do (Drew Kaplan ... what a champ that guy). :) And mubs, you're quite welcome for the...

I really wish I had a complete (not to mention guaranteed correct) answer to that question. I did a lot of reading this morning to see if I could come to any solid conclusions. In fact I did reach two solid conclusions. Here's the first one: the answer to this question was likely abundant...

Oops. Who said that?

Those are so rare now. I wish I knew where to find ATI Xpert 98 AGP ("no bloody 2x, 4x, OR 8x") with video out. I've only got one ... I wish I had at least 4 more.

None of you saw me here. ;) That said, here's your answer mubs, plus his current exploits.

I've decided to call it quits here for a while. Actually, it's not even that personal. I've decided to call it quits pretty much everywhere online for a while. I've come to the conclusion that the Internet has been a complete crutch for me over the past 7 years or so. And I'm at the point...

If you feel that way about it, why would you download it all - legally or otherwise?

It matters if you value having any freedom on the internet whatsoever.

If it's a 4000N, shouldn't it have an internal network card already installed? I would have thought that XP would allow you to install a JetDirect printer just by pointing it to the IP address the printer is using. Failing that (and this is what you used to have to do with Win9x), you can...

What rock have I been living under? Is it just me, or is that a truly amazing deal? Why the heck isn't everyone in your area using a service like that? Too bad they're on the wrong side of the continent. :cry:

Wow. Who provides that service? Do they put any limitations on what you can do with the systems assigned to those addresses?

Well, it's sounding like having blahx.example.net, etc. accessible from the Internet involves two of: pain, cash, sacrificed goats. I'd settle for just within the home network. I presume that How-To explains it, right? The part about creating a fake internal naming scheme (linux.bogus) was...

OpenBSD, of course! :) I've been reading this How-To, sub-titled, "HOWTO become a totally small time DNS admin." There is some really helpful information in there, but I'm still looking for suggestions, especially with respect to incorporating a domain name I already have...

I have - or will soon have - about 6 different computers on my home network. (Why? For heating, of course.) They run a variety of OSes. How can I set things up so that, for example, when I want to connect to another system on the network I don't need to use that system's 192.168.x.x IP...

How much does it cost in your area? I looked here a few months ago and I believe it was about $850 a month.

Point taken about what the produce has been through already before arriving at the store. Then again, it's not looking that great when it arrives anyway ... a final dose of bird poop isn't going to help. Also, do many of you wash your baked goods before eating? :wink: I'll see if I can...

How do you decide what to do (if anything) when you see a small injustice in your community that nonetheless bothers you? There's a bird living in the local Safeway supermarket. It's been there for months. I personally have seen it twice on two visits about a month and a half apart. Two...

Heh. Hadn't thought of that. Good point. :)