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re.usb serial adaptor
by phil 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

> > From: Wayne Stallwood <ALUGlist(a)digimatic.plus.com> > > All of the USB-Serial adapters I have encountered seem to have latency > issues, Not a problem with this project - it's just a means to upload the new ignition timings. > > AFAIK Brainboxes.... But be > warned that these cards are not cheap. Not the one for me then! > > if you are dealing with a desktop then you may well find the serial > ports on > the systemboard, have not been brought out to the back panel. No dice - it's all Mac hardware here, USB or firewire. > > > From: Ian bell <ianbell(a)ukfsn.org> >> >> > > I bought one from www.Ebuyer.com a couple of years ago and it has > worked fine on my laptop ever since. Works out of the box with > gtk-term and you can even toggle the handshake lines. They are only a > few pounds; their product code is: 40608 Cheers. I'll take a look!

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Re:Problem with HP 7310 printer (HPLIP) and CUPS, won't print
by John Seago 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

On Saturday 05 Feb 2005 23:26, Chris Green <chris(a)areti.co.uk wrote: > I'm having a problem getting my shiny new Officejet 7310 printer to > work on my Slackware 10 system. It was a bit of a beast to install on > Windows 2000 so problems on Linux as well are nut unexpected. First check to see if both CUPS and LPRNG are installed, if so uninstall both and reinstall ONLY CUPS, they wont both work together. Also I have had CUPS refuse to work, and found that if one just keeps canceling and starting again sooner or later it then works, (rebooting between attempts seems to get it to go!) Have a look here to see if there is any help from those who actually know what they're doing, (unlike me).: http://www.userlocal.com/articles/slackwarecups.php Userlocal is very useful for Slackware users. -- John Seago GNU/Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org) AFFS (http://www.affs.org.uk/)

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PC Hardware Suppliers in Norfolk?
by Keith Watson 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

Being something of an old fogey I like to actually go and purchase any new PC spares over the counter (that is when I'm not scrounging old kit of friends and colleagues :o) ). In addition, I like to support local businesses where I can. So do list members know what outlets for PC kit exist in Norfolk (especially in and around Norwich)? And can anyone pass on any good/bad experiences they've had? URL for websites would be good. Regards, Keith ____________ Snowflakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but just look at what they can do when they stick together.

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Re: [ALUG] hello from me
by allan miller 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

>Have you tried inkscape (http://www.inkscape.org )? Provides pretty good >vector graphic editing facilities a la Corel. I haven't looked closely at the latest release yet but my impression is that it has some way to go before it matches the later Coreldraws. And I have been creating graphics that really push it to its limits. So I am loath to move to something that is less featured. Doctrinal purity has its limits. Allan

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Re: [ALUG] hello from me
by allan miller 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

> >BTW, where abouts are you ? Sorry, forgot to mention it. I live in central Norwich (near the railway station). Allan

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Re: [ALUG] hello from me
by allan miller 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

>Aren't there Linux builds of some of the Corel draw versions ? >I am sure I have read about it somewhere. >If not I am sure I have seen it running under wine before, that could be a >whole lot easier that having to maintain a whole VM just for one application. As far as I am aware they are old versions whereas I am using version 11 and need some of its features. Now that I have got the software and hardware that will run it all OK I don't mind using it but one would like to move to total Linux software. Allan

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hello from me
by allan miller 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Hello I have just subscribed to the list. My name is Allan Miller. I have been using Linux extensively for the past 4 years now. After trying various distributions I have settled on Slackware. Occasionally I try a new distribution but end up fairly quickly back with Slackware. I like its speed and simplicity of setting up (I used to dislike the others with everything hidden behind gui's). Because I like fiddling/tuning I can quite easily get lost for hours tweaking things - a bit like a car mechanic who spends hours under the bonnet tuning etc and never takes the car out on the road. And a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. Although 99.9% of the time I boot into Linux I still use Windows within a Vmware virtual machine as I use Coreldraw a lot and there is nothing equivalent yet under Linux. It has been a bit of a solitary life as I don't know anyone else who is using Linux. regards Allan

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List config
by Andrew Savory 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Hi, It seems there is a problem with the ALUG main mailing list: it does not allow you to unsubscribe (or at least, it ignores unsubscribe requests). Messages to 'main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk' with a subject of 'unsubscribe' appear to fail silently. John or Adam - could you check all is well with the list config? Thanks, Andrew. -- All views are my own - who else would want them?

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RE: [ALUG] PC Hardware Suppliers in Norfolk?
by David Studholme (JIC) 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

I have bought quite a few bits of kit from these guys in Thorpe St Andrew, with no problems at all: http://www.anglianinternet.co.uk/ Cheers Dave Matt Parker wrote: > I've found MG Computers to be excellent.

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Scripting Advice Needed
by Keith Watson 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

I have a stack of JavaScript files from which I want to extract the function definition lines and the following comment block for documentation purposes, e.g. in the source files functions are defined thusly; function thisIsAfunction (firstArg, secondArg, thirdArg) { /* ************************************************************** * a description of the purpose of the function, what * argument values are expected and some examples * of use. * */ [then the body of the code for the function, which may contain further comment blocks that I want to ignore] } Question is can I do this with the ubiquitous egrep? or will I need to use something like perl or awk? Any ideas or suggestions? Anyone know of something that already does this? And before someone asks, yes I have tried google and found one possibility, an awk script that will extract _all_ the comments but not the function definitions [eXtract Source Code Comment <http://members.tripod.com/vgoenka/unixscripts/xscc.html>]. Most hits were from people who wanted to remove comments to either just compress the source or count lines of code. Regards, Keith ____________ Never annoy Dragons. For thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup. - D&D saying

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