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Re: [Wlug] Balloon board

by Jamie Guinan

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Andre Lehovich wrote: > > After the meeting a few of us chatted about embeded hardware projects. The > > Balloon Board, based on the Strongarm CPU, has all open specs. Unfortunately > > it looks like a sample board is about $700. http://balloonboard.org/ > > > > An example product built using the board: > > http://www.toby-churchill.com/english/product_info/index.html > > > > --Andre > > Other possibilities for Linux friendly embedded projects: > > I made a firewall with Linux software with the Routerboard: > http://www.routerboard.com > > The USB development board looks interesting, but I haven't actually > tried it: > http://www.delcom-eng.com/ > > These look rather neat, but seem to be a little expensive IMHO, but not > unreachable: > http://www.gumstix.com > > The embedded development kits look interesting as well, but the prices > are exceedingly high. Two examples: > http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-apollo.htm > http://www.arcom.com/devkit-linux-pxa270-zeus.htm > > I don't think this vendor offers Linux support, but Linux does work with > these products: > http://www.hobbyengineering.com/SectionBS.html Here's a few more... 1) pickit1/pickit2, very reasonably priced, http://www.microchipdirect.com/ProductDetails.aspx?Catalog=BuyMicrochip&Cat… 2) NSLU2, $99 at many retailers, and I've seen quite a few on eBay. XScale (ARM), USB 2.0, Ethernet, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSLU2 One of my "someday" projects is to make my own computer-controlled alt-azimuth mount for amateur telescopes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altazimuth_mount Or even just a replacement controller for the existing motorized mount. -Jamie

18 years, 10 months

BBC cd

by doug waud

Hi all A few meeting back, Andy gave out some BBC-Linux cd's. I decided to try one and got hung up. Basically everything went well until I got to the stage of downloading stuff from the net (the network card set-up worked fine). The download hung. It defaulted to the address 64.81.65.8 for zork.net where the stuff was supposed to be. I suspected that zork.net had moved so I went to another box and went to it via netscape. It came up ok (the directory structure was slightly different but the files were there). The problem is that the BBC script needs a dotted quad, not a zork.net. So the problem is to find out the dotted quad for zork.net. I tried ping zork.net and it pinged 66.92.188.166. I then went there and got crackmonkey.org. I tried pinging crackmonkey.org and got that same 66.92.188.166 I got pinging zork.net ! arp zork.net and crackmonkey.org also gives that same common dotted quad. Ping of the BBC default address 64.81.65.8 gives nothing. Unlike Netscape, Konquerer will take dotted quads. The 66.92.188.166 comes up crackmonkey.org consistent with the preceding while 64.81.65.8 gives the error message "could not connect to host 64.81.65.8". My question, then, is how does one get a dotted quad for zork.net? A related question is whether anyone tried/succeeded loading Debian starting with that BBC-linux cd? i.e. can it be done? (The README-DEBIAN on the cd gives alternative sites but none of them has the -bbc versions of the image and tarball the install script is looking for. I admit to not wanting to go down the path of redoing the install scripts :-( ) This email sure did not please the spell-checker! :-) doug

23 years, 8 months

RE: [Wlug] Fwd: Software Freedom Day: August 28, 2004

by Martin, Eric

Gentoo has a live cd for mac, although it's not gui based...also there's a bit of config for oldworld macs... -----Original Message----- From: doug waud [mailto:douglas.waud@umassmed.edu] Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 10:59 AM To: andystewart(a)comcast.net; Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: Re: [Wlug] Fwd: Software Freedom Day: August 28, 2004 Hi all Andy Stewart wrote: > Subject: > Software Freedom Day: August 28, 2004 snip,snip > We will be handing out printed materials and CDs with good > quality FOSS, like TheOpenCD and Knoppix. ..... > Our role will be to help coordinate the event and > provide ..... > high quality (pressed) CDs that local > teams can give out to the general public on Software Freedom Day. Andy, at our meetings, you have asked what we might do with our accumulated $. This FOSS initiative makes me wonder whether making a lot of Knoppix discs which we could all carry around and hand out when queried about Linux, might be a good use of our resources. It would strike me as being right on target with our objective of proselytizing. I, for one, continually run into people curious about Linux and free software in general. If I could hand them a Knoppix disk and say "Here, see for yourself!" I think I would get good bang for buck. In particular the term "free" would sink in well. Any thoughts? doug PS A lot of non Linux users use MACS. Does Knoppix work there/is there a MAC Knoppix alternative? It would be a shame to miss this constituency; MAC users may be human too! :-) _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

21 years, 7 months

Job opportunity

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If interested, please reply directly to Elizabeth Holland (eholland(a)agencourt.com) - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: job opportunity Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:48:22 -0400 From: Elizabeth Holland <eholland(a)agencourt.com> Reply-To: eholland(a)agencourt.com <eholland(a)agencourt.com> Organization: Agencourt Bioscience To: andystewart(a)comcast.net <andystewart(a)comcast.net> Andy I received your name from a web search for Linux users. We currently have a job opening some of your members may be interested it. If you could pass the below job around, I would appreciate it. Thanks Agencourt Bioscience Corporation, located in Beverly, Massachusetts, is a trusted provider of genomic services and nucleic acid purification products. We are dedicated to designing solutions for overcoming all of our clients' current and future discovery challenges. Agencourt is a dynamic and growing company that is committed to providing employees with a fast paced environment and a fun place to work. As a result of our significant growth, we have an immediate need for a *Research Programmer* * * The role of Programmer will be to support an in-house R&D effort to develop a new DNA sequencing technology. We seek a productive programmer who enjoys working in an academic style collaborative environment and meets the requirements listed below. BS or higher in Math, Science, or Engineering Proficiency in Linux Experience with most of the following: C/C++, VB, PERL, Python, Java, PHP, MySQL, MatLab/Mathematica Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter with salary requirements to hr(a)agencourt.com <mailto:hr@agencourt.com> . Job Code RSP - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCaBsWHl0iXDssISsRAouQAJ9NQdHoLtqLJ9Hh1IJEFXwfO/rTugCfQCB8 p3axC/FvG7HMpmCjHmPd33c= =zeO0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

20 years, 5 months

Re: [Wlug] VNC performance

by Baris Hasdemir

i have used win as tightvnc server and a linux as a client but only for once. When I connected, the other party told me that her wallpaper has disappeared, and she wanted me to put that back there upon leaving her computer. I also didn't see any wallpapers while I was connected. I thought it may because of tightvnc so didn't touch any setting related with the wallpaper. and when I disconnected from her pc she told that the wallpaper was back. I hadn't meant to do that, I think it is a default setting. (may be in a more recent version of tightvnc server) hope it helps, baris On Mon, 3 Dec 2001 14:35:39 -0500 Brad Noyes <maitre(a)ccs.neu.edu> wrote: > Hi All, > I remember some time ago talking with Andy, and others about VNC performance at a > wlug meeting. I remember that setting the depth 8 will help performance, as well > as disabling the wallpaper. I am running the server on windows, and the client > on a linux machine. VNC's site has info for disabling wallpaper, but it seems to > involve editing a registry file. When i try to do so, i get an access denied > message, because that file is read only. Can someone help me out here? I really > know very little about windows. On the client side, the option '-depth 8' > doesn't seem to do very much i get '16 bits per pixel'. > > If anyone knows of any other methods for speeding up VNC, please post. > > Thanks, > --Brad > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

23 years, 10 months

Re: [Wlug] Need Homes: 2U+,custom cases/psupp/fans

by Walt Sawyer

I'd like one. Bring it to the meeting tonight. Thanks! Walt On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 13:57 -0400, Doug Mildram wrote: > Yet another Westboro,MA giveaway: (Anyone teaching EE or Hobbies909?) > Free and basically new: empty/nonstandard cases w/powersupp+fans. > > A dead project has left homeless ~15 cases, 19" wide, 24" deep, > (19" wide == standard 18.5" distance between frontpanel mounting holes) > 4.5" high == including .5" high rubber feet. (2U == 3.5", these are taller), > semi-empty inside (a 13"x14"x3.5" area inside plus a 6"x8"x3.5" along psupply) > 19" rackmountable , BUT, ***** NOT ***** set up for PC-based motherboard: > does NOT include disk/floppy/usb brackets or any of THAT pc-ready stuff. > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/case_top.JPG > > Each case has a 400W standard 12v/5v power supply, > and (4) 3.5" fans already mounted (side exhaust) inside; > a removable suitcase-strap-panel on the front as shown; > (see picture case_front.JPG URL below..but it hides the switches below) > also on front panel: 1 power switch; 2 LEDs, "Fan Fail" and "Power". > > http://webpages.charter.net/mquinty/case_front.JPG > > Even MORE Gory detail: > Each case has a custom (now useless) NONstandard screw-post > arrangement which you'd need to re-do > (re-drill new holes as needed, may need shorter posts). > > So it's good if you have something REALLY CUSTOM you want mounted+powered. > > If you ask for just the power supplies, you're missing my mantra: > these babies (CASES) need an inventive home or homes. -- doug mildram > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

20 years, 4 months

Re: [Wlug] PCI IDE card?

by Jeff Moyer

==> Regarding Re: [Wlug] PCI IDE card?; "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> adds: Chuck> Most IDE/SATA RAID (especially onboard) is shite and completely not Chuck> worth using, to the point that Linux software RAID is vastly Chuck> superior. Even if I had a so-called "RAID" chipset on my Chuck> motherboard, I'd disable it and use software RAID. [snip] john> I keep waffling back and forth between RAID1 (mirroring) and RAID5. john> And I keep waffling between booting from RAID or not. Part of the If you don't boot from RAID, then you still have a single point of failure. It's quite possible that this is a fine solution for your home setup. john> problem is that to boot off raid, you need to build a intrd image, john> and since I do a bunch of kernel compiles and reboots all the time john> (say once a week or so...) I've been a bit leary of all that. Let me rephrase your reasoning: You don't want to use an initrd because you aren't familiar with the process. Just because you do a lot of kernel builds/reboots (and your definition of a lot is my definition of very few, here), that is no reason not to use an initrd. What distribution do you use? You could simply use the packaging scripts that they provide to build your custom kernels. This, in the end, would be the best solution in my opinion. john> Now that would be a good meeting some evening, talking about and john> showing how to setup a bootable RAID system for the OS and how to john> upgrade your kernel easily and automatically. Two separate issues, I think. -Jeff

20 years, 1 month

Re: [Wlug] OpenWrt

by Jeff Kinz

> Mike wrote: > >At the last meeting we briefly discussed building a Linux Router from a > >single board computer. I was poking around the net and found the OpenWrt > >project. I'm curious if anyone has any experience with OpenWrt? On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 05:05:49PM +0100, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > Yes, excellent distro.. I use it on 12 boxes which are a mix of > Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS. Bad news - Good News: FYI - LINKSYS Model Changes: The Linksys WRT54G and WRT54GS lines have moved from Linux to VXworks to reduce the cost of producing the hardware. (VXworks requires less memory, reduces the size of the flash needed for the device, which now doesn't have enough room for Linux.) Fortunately, Linksys had added a new model specifically for Linux hackers, called the "WRT54GL", (presumably the "L" is for "Linux"), which will have a street price of $50-$70, slightly higher than the VXworks models. If you want to hack on one of these boxes, make sure that you get the correct model. Versions 1 thru 4 of the WRT54G and WRT54GS were Linux based but all versions from 5 and up will be VXworks based. If you can't get a v4 or earlier model of the original line, then make sure you get a WRT54GL or be prepared to replace the internal flash component with a larger piece. http://wifinetnews.com/archives/006101.html -- Jeff Kinz, Emergent Research, Hudson, MA. speech recognition software may have been used to create this e-mail "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." - Brandeis To think contrary to one's era is heroism. But to speak against it is madness. -- Eugene Ionesco

19 years, 9 months

Low-spec [Re: Recycling centers]

by Jamie Guinan

On Tue, 11 Apr 2006, Andy Stewart wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Patrick Sawyer wrote: > > We can always use working monitors, a p1 or p2 may be too old to be of > > any use though. > > We can also give tax receipts for donations. > > Another thought: I've found that machines around 233 MHz can be used as > Linux thin clients (LTSP). The issue with machines of this vintage is > whether or not the video card can display a sufficient resolution to be > useful with modern software. Heh, lately I've been tinkering with my first 32-bit PC, a 386DX/25 with 8MB ram, 1.44MB floppy, and an old SMC Ethernet card. I can boot 2.6.15 on it, with uClibc+busybox from the buildroot project (like Andy's RouterBoard), and still have around 200K on the floppy for apps/data. One thing that bugs me is that /proc/cpuinfo shows only 3.08 bogomips, but according to this I should be getting ~3.92, http://tldp.org/HOWTO/BogoMips/bogo-list.html#AEN244 I should check the overclockers sites, maybe some LEDs would make it go faster. ;) Granted, I wouldn't have use for 10 of these, but I like to keep a few old systems around just for fun. Anyway, I hope to make it to tonights meeting. I saw someone mention PDAs a few messages ago - I picked up an Agenda VR3 from some job lot outfit on eBay a few weeks ago. A failed product in the market, but I had always wanted one in my collection. Haven't really played with it yet, so I can't talk much about it, but I can bring it for show and tell. -Jamie

19 years, 6 months

Re: [Wlug] Extra Hardware

by Adam Keck

Speaking o' which.... I have 4 2.4 gig scsi drives in enclosures. Most have centronix connectors. I have some cables too. They are about to be donated to goodwill, but I will hold them till this month's meeting if someone wants them. Let me know by cc'ing to ghostis(a)myrealbox.com; my procmail filter is on the fritz so your wlug reply may get lost in the shuffle. I also have an axpci alpha board with cpu & memory in a case, but I don't know if anyone would have a use for those things anymore... -Adam On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Brian Niece wrote: > It is with a heavy heart that I make the following announcement: > > After seven enjoyable and educational years, I am shutting down my last > Linux computer. After taking out the parts that I need for my zippy new > Athlon and donating most of the computer to my employer, I will have the > following left over. I don't feel like dealing with Ebay, so I will gladly > give them to the first respondents who contact me and are willing to pick > them up. > > The items are: > > 1 Seagate Medalist Pro 1080, 1 Gb SCSI hard drive > 1 Seagate Medalist Pro 2160, 2 Gb SCSI hard drive > 1 Sony CDU76S, 4x SCSI CD-ROM Drive > 1 50 pin internal SCSI hard drive cable. > > -- > Brian K. Niece, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor of Chemistry > Assumption College > 500 Salisbury St. > Worcester, MA 01609-1296 > 508-767-7209 > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > _____________________________________________ Adam Keck The Mathworks 508-647-7298 Natick, Ma www.mathworks.com FreeNIX/Backup/Unix Administrator _____________________________________________

24 years, 2 months

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