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Amazon has the Logitech Z680 for $265 - $20 rebate [Exp 5/31] = $245 with free shipping (in USA?). See Ben's Bargains.

Thanks guys. Sorry I never acknowledged your replies. Maybe Alzheimer's is getting to me :{

Thanks Blake. NRG, a camera that uses SmartMedia's got to be a little old! It's a 4MP Olympus, the C-4000. The owner saves pics as JPGs, at the default resolution (doesn't even know what a TIFF is). BTW, this camera can be had for ~$250 now, and I'm thinking of getting one myself (my first...

I've been asked to help someone buy a higher capacity Smartmedia card. I have no experience in this area and would appreciate your advice. 1) In general, will a 64MB be faster than a 128 MB? Some people seem to indicate that larger capacity media is slower. 2) Which brand/model would have the...

What blew me away was the last line,

This is old hat, but still shocks me everytime I read something like this.

A zeroing program that starts at track 0 sector 0 should clear out Ontrack, because it will set the drive back to "factory settings". If it doesn't, then it's not a true zeroing or initializing program, because it's acting like a formatting utility, working inside the partition it sees.

The Inquirer reports Intel's clarification of SATA speeds here.

Bah, snob. I didn't see anything wrong with Tea's sentence. Leave her alone, will ya?

My wee little brain sometimes gets overloaded with too many of these alternate realities. They're fun, nevertheless.

Are we due for a price cut on Opterons and A-64 CPUs? Anybody have any opinions on where RAM prices are headed? The Inquirer reports that AMD is changing the stepping of the A-64/3200, but the packaging on the new ones indicates that it runs at 2.0 GHz (should be 2.2 GHz). What gives?

Fushigi has covered most of the angles, but I'd like add something. Especially because this is a pull, the first thing I'd do is initialize (zero out, low-level format, whatever you want to call it) the first few tracks. I once had a similar problem with W2k server and Solaris x86 installed as...

Got this in the junk mail today - haven't read thought it in detail. Seems similar to some VMWare features, except that this product acts on the host OS.

Don't you sacrifice bus speed with these vs. a desktop 400 MHz processor? Or does that not really matter?

Howell, sorry for hijacking your thread (bangs head really hard against the wall).

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!