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Yes, technically the machine came with CompaqDos: It was simply a rebadged version of MS-Dos 2.11 with minor differences to compensate for the fact that it was an "IBM compatible" machine and a nice grey imitation leather bound manuel.

Yes, I had the same problem initially. It didn't take much time to figure out what they were talking about though.

If one never turns on ones computer, then one never has to turn it off. Purpose = Big expensive door stop. Often done with 486's and older machines. When I got my father a then current state-of-the-art machine, Compaq deskpro (8086) for well over $5000. The first thing he asked me was what...

PC Power & Cooling has three claims to fame. They last, have very good voltage regulation, and they will create custom PS for special uses at a reasonable price. Especially their top end products. They are not known for their quiet fans. Their fans tend to be average for noise. I've never...

Take out the Battery long enough and the capacitors will drain leaving everything at a default state when the battery is put back in. That should get you back to a 100 fsb.

PC Power & Cooling, Antec True Power

I avoid Circuit City, Compucrap, etc - Too expensive; My local toy's are bought from Fry's. It has a much larger selection of toys and signifigently less expensive. I do note that Office Depot is the least expensive chain retail store here. Unfortunately they have far too small of a...

Seems to me just normal birthing pains. Whenever something is new and "hot" companies get into such a rush to get products out the door that problems such as these surface. This too shall pass

You should see what happens when governments start running out of money - See Oregon's budgetary problems and cry a little (or alot, if you are in need and living in my state).

I don't have a problem with jokes persay. However, I do want "good" ones. Wasting my time reading unfunny stuff passing off as a joke or lots of regurgitated jokes of yester year is not good. Thus, mass quanties of jokes are undesirable because it is quality that matters not quantity. I...

You really need to start selling 3rd party machines: Your current builder sucks. You know like HP, or Compaq: They know how to build a machine "Right". Ask anyone here - They'll do a better job than that (Maybe?).

Yes, I had a very bad experiance with a TNT (or was it a TNT2). I got one of the early ones. Specificly I discovered that they drew too much current from the AGP slot causing problems when doing 3D Graphics. I discovered that it was not the fault of the card (It was within AGP specifications)...

Zero is a perfectly good number. I get that number when I contemplate the meaning of the universe: There is no meaning - It is one big joke on all of us.

APC used to make a box that does it called a UPS interface expander that connected multiple machines to one UPS (I have one that I don't use). This was specific to APC Smart-ups though.

His content is much better than Tom's

Don't know, but they've been going down, then up, then down,... I would expect them to get their act together eventually.

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I didn't think Merc lived in Gresham: That is just a hop skip and car away.

Sorry, but entire threads? Don't we want to edit some of the non-best parts out because no one will want to read the chaff? Who deals with the inevitable complaints when someones post was edited out and they think they wrote a gem?

Assuming a 1" inner dead-zone and a 1/2" outer dead-zone (The dead zones may vary depending upon armiture design) then (PI*(5.25-.5)^2-(1)^2)/(PI*(3.5-.5)^2-(1)^2) = 21.6/8 = aprox 2.7X the capacity. Note, that this is a rough model, just using the area of the two circles for compareson...

I'm a big believer in used HP LJ printers. I've had great success with them. I also avoid HP's P printer line: They are not well built and are much slower than the others. PS the "M" stands for postscript, the "N" stands for Network. You can go to the HP web site for specifications and pay...

Gimmie a break - If Iraq was really intelligent with a long-range view point what they would do is absolutely sumbit and get everything done with. Actually destroy all weapons (except for a few vials of seed germs), actively assist the inspectors in proving that everything was destroyed and all...

Today is a sad day for Iraq and the world. Mr. Powell addressed the UN Security Council giving some of the US intelligence that it has accumulated concerning Iraq's mass destruction capability and it's concerted efforts in deceit. Assuming his data to be correct, is this not one more horrible...

The potential cause of all non-SF people The potential cause of all non-SF people in our F@H team. Specificly, there was a bug in a previous client that if the team was unknown then the team number was left unitialized and assigned, at random, to another team. Folding@home Forum = Unknown users

131. You can decode a BSOD without looking it up in a MS knowledge base article. 132. You keep empty computer HW/SW boxes and it has nothing to do with Christmas or birthday present wrapping. 133. You know some tcp/udp port number functions. 134. When the only person arguing that you're not a...

Everyone spun their wheels for a while and then came up with a corollary to my one basic law - One single simple way to open and close the case.

I find it hard to believe that there aren't old MS-DOS programs that dont start and stop a timer. I remember them existing and I've used them: Agreed it was a long time ago. I stoped using them when I started using 4Dos as a command.com replacement because it had that feature built-in Even...

I saw it on TV this morning. I found it interesting that all the networks and CNN HLN were talking about the shuttle, but CNN proper was not - Still showing their scheduled broadcast about Iraq. Just as a sidelite - I watched a documentry "on shifting sands" on the previous set of Iraq...

I understand LiamC and Redhill, but why does www.SCSIPlanet.com link to us. Does somebody here work there?

So with the preliminary results in 50% of the people are are as "stupid" as me; Using Outlook that is.

Anyone try to ghost an activated XP instalation, restore the image to a second HD or partition on the same machine and point the boot.ini to the new instalation. I assume that will work for creating a multi-boot system? I've installed multiple copies on different partitions before and...

"Live long and Prosper. I shall do neither for I have killed my captain".

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Tea, You left off the other half of the equation - Closing the case. Optimal method - Buy another computer. Neumonic = OOCN (Open once, Close never)

I have exactly one law; Everything else is optional - Make a single standardized method of easily opening and closing different cases. Optional improvements: Design double-sided ribbon connectors that remove the need to put a twist in the ribbon. Better yet get rid of all ribbon connectors...

Since you have already tried several cooling systems. Why not simply replace a fan with one that has better noise characteristics and keep one of the old heat-sinks and use their attaching clips.

Why is my Icon associated with the Grammer Police? I am not he and he is not me. I have never given permission for my likeness to be associated with anything as noble as correcting peoples grammer.

The Death knoll of the CRT market is indicated when the big guys like Sony abandon it. They only abandon that which is no longer profitable. Without some leverage like a patent they are left with a "comodity" market where no profit exists because of the stiff competition. They will then...

How did you find a copy of the old sites to show?

I will not disagree that Postscript is slower, uses more network BW, are more expensive. My point is that they are also driver independant. The same is not true for PCL.

The thing that you are doing wrong is PCL - Use Postscript printers. With PCL each printer has a different driver and thus the inconvience to the office workers. With Postscript, the printer can change and the driver does not need to, unless you are using a specific Printer option like...

I believe that if you take enough monkeys and place them in front of typewriters then eventually a new great piece of literature will be created. I am also a believer in the idea that quantity is a quality all in itself. However, I'm not holding my breath for these endevors. The amount of...

As far as I know it is right-on or close enough or Govt. work (within a quarter discrepancy). The Barton XP core is supposed to be released thes next week and the Opteron/Athlon64 by the end of March. There are several server companies taking advance pre-orders for dual Opteron servers.

For some unknown reason productivy has increased. We were operating at the 3800-4200 points per week. now we are operating at the 5400 level. I don't think it is more participants because my per week score has gone from the 210 to the 260 range for the same computer (one Dual 1900+ MP...

Asyncronous - Not sync'ed to the clock (Shows up immediately without waiting for the clock) Syncronous - Sync'ed to clock (Shows up with the clock pulse)

The FAQ says - You get the points, but the work is not used, because it has been sent out back to someone else.

Each WU that one has has a specific value (anywhere from 0 - ???) Current projects and when it is completed, you recieve that amount of points. No, you don't have a coice as to which WU you receive. Thus from random chance you may be getting lots of low value WU's or lots of high value WU's...

Tea's numbers for a XP1900 are right on. I'm running (24x7) a dual MP1900+ and get almost exactly double what Tea gets for her single.

Yuk. How are you going to be able to have papers on the desk while using the computer. I'm sure a tidy desk says something about the person. Give me a large old-fashioned Steel-Case grey-metal desk with big drawers. Functionallity, that's what I want in a desk. Leave statement-making...

Have people noticed that we are losing ground. The last time I looked we were ranked 27th for weekly production. I looked today and found we are now ranked 39th. Since we are ranked at 33rd for total production and 39th on weekly production, expect our total production ranking to get worse...