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wanted: inexpensive server

by Michelle Vadeboncoeur

A small cash-strapped startup just had their email/web/etc. server die on them (hardware issue), and is looking for an inexpensive replacement. If you either have an older server kicking around that you'd like to pass along, or if you can point me to somewhere (like an equipment sale) that may have a box that'll fit the bill, I'd love to hear about it. (We're hoping for something less expensive (or better equipped for the same price) than the new $3000 box that we've been quoted.) Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. :) The main requirements that I was given for a replacement is: dual power supplies 6 drive bays PC-based (Intel/AMD and the like) Plusses: larger amount of hard drive space (the biggest plus) rack-mount Compaq better processor or memory SCSI hot-swappable drives The box will eventually be running Windows 2000 Server and Exchange (but the box that died was a Pentium (something) @200MHz and managed ok (SMALL startup company), so processor speed/memory isn't a major issue). The box will preferrably be running RAID5. As it's a W2k networked site, there's probably going to be a bunch of emailed Office files, so a large amount of HD space is what we're going for. If you need any more information about our needs, feel free to email me. If you don't quite know if the system that you have will work out for us, let me know anyways and I can pass the info along to our main IT guy. Again, thanks in advance for any pointers you can send! -- --==*==-- --==*==-- Michelle R. Vadeboncoeur --==*==-- --==*==-- mrv(a)kluge.net: http://www.kluge.net/~mrv/

March 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Sharp's Linux PDA

by Brad Noyes

It does run Qtopia (f.k.a. QT palmtop). I think it also comes with Opera embeded as well. I have Qtopia running on my Ipaq. There's more info at http://qpe.sourceforge.net. It's pretty functional, i think that the one thing it's missing is natural handwriting recognition. It only have a character recognizer like the palm. On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 04:12:38PM -0500, Stephen C. Daukas wrote: > > I hear it runs "embedix", some embedded version of Linux... Anyone have > any particulars on this unit, roomers, hearsay, etc.? > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 22, 2002

RE: [Wlug] Sharp's Linux PDA

by Marc Hughes

I got to play with one of these at linux world. I saw ssh working over wireless networking on one of them... definatly linux, definatly cool. The interface is QT-Embeded, but you can find way more about it here: http://www.sharp-usa.com/products/ModelLanding/0,1058,699,00.html http://developer.sharpsec.com/ -Marc -----Original Message----- From: Stephen C. Daukas [mailto:stephen@daukas.com] Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:13 PM To: wlug(a)wlug.org Subject: [Wlug] Sharp's Linux PDA I hear it runs "embedix", some embedded version of Linux... Anyone have any particulars on this unit, roomers, hearsay, etc.? Steve _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 22, 2002

Sharp's Linux PDA

by Stephen C. Daukas

I hear it runs "embedix", some embedded version of Linux... Anyone have any particulars on this unit, roomers, hearsay, etc.? Steve

March 22, 2002

System for sale

by John Stoffel

Guys, One of my co-workers is trying to sell of a system, anyone interested? Here's the specs, send email to 'gc22(a)lucent.com' if you want to discuss it. For Sale: AMD Athlon 900MHz CPU Asus A7V Motherboard 256MB (133MHz) SDRAM 30GB ATA-100 HDD 50x CD-ROM Matrox Millennium G450 Dual-Head Video (16MB) 3Com 3C905B-TX 10/100 Mbps NIC SoundBlaster Live! Audio John

March 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] new mandrake

by jeff

Brad Noyes wrote: > > Hi all, > i installed the latest mandrake a earlier this week. When i boot the system into linux i get this grphical screen showing the progress of the boot. Does anyone know how to get rid of that? I find it to be kind of annoying, and want my regular console. > > Thanks, > --brad > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug you poor thing...USE DEBIAN! AH HA HA! j/k seriously, i believe the package you want to remove is called Aurora...i think. do a rpm -q for Aurora and see what comes up. good luck and remeber, who cares what flavor...linux, much like ice-cream...it's all good... peace -jeff

March 22, 2002

Re: [Wlug] new mandrake

by Brian J. Conway

> i installed the latest mandrake a earlier this week. When i boot the > system into linux i get this grphical screen showing the progress of the > boot. Does anyone know how to get rid of that? I find it to be kind of > annoying, and want my regular console. I think the package you want to remove is bootsplash. I'm pretty sure that's it, as Aurora was left out of 8.2 (thank god). Brian J. Conway bconway(a)wpi.edu "I don't think Microsoft is evil in itself. I just think that they make really crappy operating systems." - Linus Torvalds

March 22, 2002

new mandrake

by Brad Noyes

Hi all, i installed the latest mandrake a earlier this week. When i boot the system into linux i get this grphical screen showing the progress of the boot. Does anyone know how to get rid of that? I find it to be kind of annoying, and want my regular console. Thanks, --brad

March 22, 2002

context menu in mozilla 0.9.9

by Baris Hasdemir

hi, I want to put a URL link to one of the context menus in Mozilla. Do you think it is possible? Do you think I have to deal with the source of the program?(which I don't think I can) Or is there another way to alter the values in the context menus? For example, I will highlight a word on a web page, and when right click on it, mozilla will query dict.org with my highlighted word, on a new browser window. I hope my question is clear. thanks, baris

March 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by doug waud

Hi all "Stephen C. Daukas" wrote: > > Clearly, it is time for WLUG to get into the CLEC business and establish a > co-op DSL for all its members in central Mass! I think it would be a fine > way to spend all that WLUG surplus money. > I thought "What a dumb idea!". The money is not the issue. Think of all the work involved --- interfacing with the phone company, regulatory agencies etc. etc. And then I realized you were volunteering and I felt warm all over! :-) doug

March 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Charles R. Anderson

On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 09:02:38PM -0500, doug waud wrote: douglas.waud> I thought "What a dumb idea!". The money is not the issue. Think of all douglas.waud> the work involved --- interfacing with the phone company, regulatory douglas.waud> agencies etc. etc. Everyone buy a DSL modem, and we'll all get alarm circuits from the phone company :) (sometimes called banana lines--basically a dry copper pair from one location to another). Who needs regulations anyway? Let's not forget about 802.11b, either. I've been saving up my Pringles cans :) -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

March 21, 2002

Re: [Wlug] VMS & CLD's -- a blast from the past

by Scott Venier

http://www.accelr8.com/dcl.html A free and commercial DCL interpreter for linux. I'm nto a big VMS fan, so I don't know who close DCL is to CLD, but it's still more VMS like then bash. Scott On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > Many moons ago, I spent my callow youth as a VMS geek and was fairly > capable for a mechanical engineer. I got around the Command Language > Definition (CLD) compiler (I can't remember the name of the compiler) and > learned to appreciate it's flexibility and power. > > UNIX/linux, etc. has nothing (that I've seen) that even comes close. > > The reason I bring this up is that a friend of mine has written a spec for > an ambitious command line interpreter that has a bit of the flavor of the > VMS CLD's. This has led me to wonder if anyone has seen a port of > anything like the VMS CLD language to UNIX/linux. I know that the syntax > would have to be different because the VMS option "/" would interfere with > the *nix directory syntax. > > Anyone have any suggestions? > > And yes, I do remember punch cards, keypunches, paper tape, disk > drives as big as washing machines, etc. > > TIA, > Bill > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 20, 2002

VMS & CLD's -- a blast from the past

by Bill Mills-Curran

Many moons ago, I spent my callow youth as a VMS geek and was fairly capable for a mechanical engineer. I got around the Command Language Definition (CLD) compiler (I can't remember the name of the compiler) and learned to appreciate it's flexibility and power. UNIX/linux, etc. has nothing (that I've seen) that even comes close. The reason I bring this up is that a friend of mine has written a spec for an ambitious command line interpreter that has a bit of the flavor of the VMS CLD's. This has led me to wonder if anyone has seen a port of anything like the VMS CLD language to UNIX/linux. I know that the syntax would have to be different because the VMS option "/" would interfere with the *nix directory syntax. Anyone have any suggestions? And yes, I do remember punch cards, keypunches, paper tape, disk drives as big as washing machines, etc. TIA, Bill

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Wesley Allen

Good grief, What a GREAT idea! How on earth could it be implemented? Wes On Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:55:04 -0500 "Stephen C. Daukas" <stephen(a)daukas.com> wrote: >At 12:24 PM 3/20/2002, John wrote: >>On Wednesday 20 March 2002 09:58, Doug wrote: >> >>> Obviously :-) , sharing the info with Redmond would >>>*HAVE* to >>> enhance your service experience! > >[...snip...} > >>Now I don't know if Earthlkink supplies the actual >>network for Charter? >>Or something else might envolved? > >Clearly, it is time for WLUG to get into the CLEC >business and establish a co-op DSL for all its members in >central Mass! I think it would be a fine way to spend >all that WLUG surplus money. > >;-) > >Steve > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Chuck Haines

Actually, even if you were joking about this, I think this would be a WONDERFUL idea. I know that when I move off campus I would like to find a good ISP and especially one that supports linux. On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 12:55, Stephen C. Daukas wrote: > At 12:24 PM 3/20/2002, John wrote: > >On Wednesday 20 March 2002 09:58, Doug wrote: > > > > > Obviously :-) , sharing the info with Redmond would *HAVE* to > > > enhance your service experience! > > [...snip...} > > >Now I don't know if Earthlkink supplies the actual network for Charter? > >Or something else might envolved? > > Clearly, it is time for WLUG to get into the CLEC business and establish a > co-op DSL for all its members in central Mass! I think it would be a fine > way to spend all that WLUG surplus money. > > ;-) > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- --------------------------------------------- | Chuck Haines | AIM: CyberGrex | | GDC Webmaster | ICQ: 3707881 | | WPI Class of 2005 | MSN: CyberGrex | | chaines(a)wpi.edu | Yahoo: CyberGrex_27 | ---------------------------------------------

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Brian J. Conway

> Actually, even if you were joking about this, I think this would be a > WONDERFUL idea. I know that when I move off campus I would like to find > a good ISP and especially one that supports linux. Which brings us back once again to everyone's favorite SpeakEasy. Game over. -b

March 20, 2002

Looking for Linux Sublaptop

by desdinova＠soupforare.net

Hi all! I know this is probably an odd question to ask the list, but I was wondering if anyone has a (relatively) small laptop they'd like to sell? I'm primarily interested in the Libretto 'CT's, Mitsu Amitys, and Sony Picturebooks. I'd *love* to find a Thinkpad 235, but considering they were never sold here (well, sold here, repackaged, as the Ricoh Magio), I'm not keeping my hopes up. Any help is appreciated, Thanks, James KB1FJQ AIM: Sailor225 | yahoo: bond225

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Stephen C. Daukas

At 12:24 PM 3/20/2002, John wrote: >On Wednesday 20 March 2002 09:58, Doug wrote: > > > Obviously :-) , sharing the info with Redmond would *HAVE* to > > enhance your service experience! [...snip...} >Now I don't know if Earthlkink supplies the actual network for Charter? >Or something else might envolved? Clearly, it is time for WLUG to get into the CLEC business and establish a co-op DSL for all its members in central Mass! I think it would be a fine way to spend all that WLUG surplus money. ;-) Steve

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by John Murphy

On Wednesday 20 March 2002 09:58, you wrote: > Obviously :-) , sharing the info with Redmond would *HAVE* to > enhance your service experience! > > Incidentally, I also found > "Click to find out more about Paul Allen's Wired World (TM) > just above that "Rules and Policies" link > so Charter and Micro$oft seem to be in bed together :-) > Life is full of surprises! > > doug I had known Paul Allen was a partner in Charter Cable. Was surprised when I read back over a year ago that earthlink had formed a partnership with Charter Communications. Actually I was orginally on Earthlink before I switched to Charter Cable. After I had Charter installed I called Earthlink to cancel my account, they said there was no need to. They said I could be connected to Charter Cable but still maintain my billing with Earthlink. At that time Charter in Worcester had just come online a few days. They did not have my area of Worcester on Earthlink's list yet. Rather then getting caught up between the two I just cancelled Earthlink. Now I don't know if Earthlkink supplies the actual network for Charter? Or something else might envolved? John -- "Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -- I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." -- Robert Frost

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by doug waud

Hi John Stoffel wrote: > So how do we check easily? I went to Charter's web site http://www.chartercom.com/ourstory/ourstory.asp and found a "Rules and Policies" link which took me to http://www.chartercom.com/site/rules.asp where they try to spell everything out. I could not see where passing your info onto Microslop clearly fitted in :-) I did find "Charter requests certain personal information at the time you subscribe to Charter Pipeline. Charter requests your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. The personal information is used to manage your account for billing purposes. It is not shared with a third party, except in very limited circumstances such as is required by law or in order to enhance your service experience." Obviously :-) , sharing the info with Redmond would *HAVE* to enhance your service experience! Incidentally, I also found "Click to find out more about Paul Allen's Wired World (TM) just above that "Rules and Policies" link so Charter and Micro$oft seem to be in bed together :-) Life is full of surprises! doug

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Keith Wright

Please don't send HTML to the wlug list, especially not fugly HTML. > From: "Thomas Carey" <tcarey70(a)hotmail.com> > > <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> > <P>Nice Soprano's/Godfather reference!<BR><BR></P></DIV> > <DIV></DIV> > <DIV></DIV>>From: Wesley Allen <WALLEN(a)CHARTER.NET> > <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org ... > <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: <a href='http://g.msn.com/1HM305401/15'>Click Here</a><br></html> Can't make me! -- -- Keith Wright <kwright(a)free-comp-shop.com> Programmer in Chief, Free Computer Shop <http://www.free-comp-shop.com> --- Food, Shelter, Source code. ---

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Charles R. Anderson

Please use plain text, not HTML. Thank you.

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Charter and MSN....

by Thomas Carey

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Outbound email broken -- SOLVED

by Skip Gaede

On Tuesday 19 March 2002 06:40 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday 19 March 2002 06:12 pm, you wrote: > > At 03/19/2002 04:59 PM (Tuesday), sgaede(a)attbi.com wrote: > > >Folks, > > > > > >I have an account on AT&T Broadband, and for some reason, > > >my outbound email seems to be broken. I can send email > > >from KDEMail to myself and I get the mail back promptly, > > >but any email sent to a mailing list seems to go into a > > >black hole. Would you believe I mistyped my email address in setup? I had sgaede(a)attbi.comt The extra "t" was the culprit... Sigh...

March 20, 2002

Re: [Wlug] Outbound email broken

by Skip Gaede

On Tuesday 19 March 2002 06:12 pm, you wrote: > At 03/19/2002 04:59 PM (Tuesday), sgaede(a)attbi.com wrote: > >Folks, > > > >I have an account on AT&T Broadband, and for some reason, > >my outbound email seems to be broken. I can send email > >from KDEMail to myself and I get the mail back promptly, > >but any email sent to a mailing list seems to go into a > >black hole. > > Do the mailing lists have your new email address or are you still > subscribed via mediaone.net? Many will not accept mail from unsubscribed > addresses. > They have my new address! (Sorry, should have said that...)

March 19, 2002