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Onomatopoeic, How good is the Aphex Aural Exciter? ~ 15 years ago I wanted to buy one, but didn't. I have a ton of one-of-a-kind live recordings made with poor equipment - mono portable cassete recorders - and the sound is horribly crummy. IIRC, the Aphex can put back harmonics that got lost...

I wish. I support a medical practice that uses a very advanced practice management system (paperless, workflow, etc.) While this sw is really pioneering new advances (founder/chief architect is a physician who got an MBA and turned an entrepreneur), it requires users to have admin rights. They...

Thanks, Merc. Real-world experience is priceless! I appreciate the insights you've shared. I'm saving this thread.

A thousand apologies, sir. No offense intended. Live long and prosper in nerd-dom.

Please do.

Thanks folks.

Aaah, timwhit, but you're a geek. My comments were about John & Jane Doe, off the street.

Sheesh, Fushigi, you're hitting below the belt! :wink: I've been using Yahoo mail via browser for the last 4 years without any problems. As my saved mail grows, I'll run Yahoo Pops from time to time to suck it down to my mail client. By their very nature, I think IMs lend themselves to...

Is it ok to post news in the Computers forum? Or should it be brought to somone's attention (Coug / Doug) ?

Jen-Hsun Huang must have huge bollocks for going after Intel. Leaving aside the merits of the situation, the man has courage. I'm listening.

That's odd. I've never used a CF, but have no problems stopping/removing and re-using USB (1.1 and 2) flash drives on W2kPro without rebooting.

Couldn't agree with you more, Time. I previously was running MacAfee AV, then in April of 2003 installed Norton Systemworks 2003 Pro (free after rebates) which comes with AV. I've always prided myself on having a clean system, and in being careful with my online habits. Some days ago, the AV...

What? Why does Sapphire make them if they won't support them?

I understand Sapphire is the one that actually makes the cards for ATI.

Old (07/2002) but interesting article on this issue about Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang in Wired: The man who plans to make the CPU obsolete[/url]

Thanks, Howell. As I suspected, the game in question, "Barbie: Swan Lake" is not listed there :) . I don't play games, my 8-year old does :lol: Incidentally, the 3rd party awxDTools_IconSet01.exe add-on for Dameon tools is flagged by Norton Antivirus as containg Adware.

I have zero knowledge/experience in this area. I know MS has a list on their website somewhere. What I'm looking for is real-world experience. How well does WinXP handle 16-bit programs written for W95 and W95 and maybe even W311? Thanks.

I usually use an extension cable with the middle routed near me. That way it's easy to do the physical break/reconnect....

I played around a bit with USB flash drives on my W2k Prof. system. Seems to be no way to accomplish what you want. W2k help blithely states "To reinstall the device, connect the device to the appropriate slot or port", implying that you have to physically disconnect before reconnecting.

I stumbled acroos a site today; they sell IR Illuminators. Here, near the bottom of the page.

Thanks, Howell. My usual method is to create the ISO on the hard drive, mount the ISO, then install from the ISO. That way the game "sees" a consistent drive letter and doesn't freak out when started. Methinks the problem CDs have some form of copy-protection, that's why installing from the...

Any recommendations for tools that can create the images? I have some problematic kids' stuff. Thanks.

I downloaded it and read the readme. They claim it ain't assembler. Hmmmm. Can't play it because my HW specs are way out of requirements. :x

AFAIK, the only way they can have such a small footprint is to write in assembler. Not a trivial task, but the end result can be tiny and very, very fast. Some millenia ago, I learned programming by coding in assembler on a mainframe precursor. For recent examples, see Steve Gibson's site; he's...

$275 * 2 = $550 vs. $600 with the corresponding reduction in number of spindles, meaning less power draw, fewer hot-swap bays. In my view, this would be a worthwhile trade off. You've got an interesting problem to solve!

Soon you'll need a 220V connection for your video card.

And sound card and USB contoller. :D

If at all a server/SCSi solution is being considered, why not Cheetah 10k.6 146GB drives?

I. Disk controller and NIC.

Thanks, Merc. Option #2 is out of the question. Guess I could use SBC's DNS servers (my pevious ISP); they'd be a lot closer than verizon, methinks. Fastest of all would be the cache in my PC. I'll check DSLreports.com.

For NT class Op. sys. I spend more time "resolving www....." than waiting for the web page to load; my ISP's (Adelphia) DNS servers must be crappy. I remember there used to be programs that cached DNS entries locally and used that to go to a web site rather than query DNS servers. I searched...

One thing that has always amazed me is IBM's inept marketing. The 400 has to be one of the best kept secrets in the computing world.

I have a Panasonic 5-CD 10x changer in storage somewhere. Damn thing never worked right, whether in W98 or W2k. My advice, Gary, is to stay away from any "consumer" grade changers (for computers). And of course, the "business/corporate" models are frightfully expensive.

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LOL! Wacky, dark, creativity!

Fushigi, Yup, it was Twinax (I struggled to remember then caved in to coax :oops: ). Thanks for straightening me out. I only wish I had you to fall back on at that time. I had to manage the system in the mid-90s. The Internet was in its infancy, and the best I had available to me at work and...

Mercutio restrains himself with utmost effort and manages to stay extremely polite.....

A bit o' luck, lots of serendipity and foolhardy guts. When I've been down and out, I've taken whatever I could, trusting my instinct that I was not getting way in over my head. The toughest one was the AS/400; it's a very different animal, what with the coax, terminals, somewhat different...

Aah, my friend, therein lies the secret. The change instigated beyond your control, you can do nothing about. But what is absolutely in your power is how you react. Being creatures of habit, we react in the same, worn-a-groove ways. But you can change that. Not overnight. It's like turning a...

You could be describing me. Buck, while what is challenging is indeed a subjective issue, one can say in general that if you're not qualified (knowledge-wise) to handle something but need to, that is challenging. I've been thrust into situations where I've had to install and or manage AS/400...

The amount of knowledge keeps growing at a phenomenal rate. Kids (young to college-level) today need to learn so much more than an old fart like me did. The problem's going to get much worse. What's going to become more and more important is not knowing all this stuff, but knowing where to find...

Well, you're not alone! My interpretation was a lot darker than your whimsical one; a train is on fixed rails and can't deviate from the predetermined path (derailing doesn't count). There is a feeling of not being in control, of helplessness.

Fleabay??

Very funny, e_dawg (not!). I didn't know what it meant either, though I guessed from the context.

Thanks for the replies, folks. Memory is the most expensive part of the new setup. And if for whatever reason only 3.6GB out of 4GB is usable, heck, I'll just go with 3GB. But 3 DIMMs will probably not work in dual-channel mode? I've always bought Crucial, but Kingston at Zipzoomfly is 70-100%...

I might need to build an Athlon 64 system. Ruled out FX because it's so much more. I would have loved a dual Opteron :D but that will have to wait. Ideally the board should support 4 GB of RAM; 3 GB will be the bare minimum acceptable. AFAIK, Win2k Pro (and Win XP Pro) do support 4GB of RAM...

Sources reveal that the next gen AMD proc will be named Thong.

AMD said today that it had released the long-awaited Athlong XP processor. It will be available thru the usual distribution channels. Pricing TBD. In related news, Asus is one of the first manufacturers to support this new processor with the A7N8X-E Deluxe mainboard. Details here.

Weird! We (my wife & I) thought we were the only ones in the universe to feel that way. While everybody, everywhere has a camcorder running to capture special moments, we don't even have one. Years ago, when our daughter was born, my brother took pity and "gave" us his antiquated camcorder which...

Thanks everybody. Pradeep, this thing is like insurance. You don't need it till you need it (another one for Sechs to put in the Favorite Quotes thread). Blake, I try to fill air at gas stations as well, but out here, many gas stations either don't have the air pumps, or they're perpetually...