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Sunday
by Jenny Hopkins 22 Nov '03

22 Nov '03

Hi all, Just realised I won't be able to make Syleham on Sunday, - brother's housewarming party. My favourite venue, as well. Enjoy, Jenny

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Re: [ALUG] Sunday
by Anthony Anson 21 Nov '03

21 Nov '03

The message <200311211119.41306.mail(a)johnwoodard.co.uk> from John Woodard <mail(a)johnwoodard.co.uk> contains these words: > I will be at the venue from around 1:00pm and will open up the bar if > required. > I have a Linux newbie coming along to see "all this Linux stuff is all > about". > I will bring an old spare box to install some distro on (maybe latest > SuSE if > anyone has a copy on cd or dvd). Hmmm. You've got another: thobut I know what it's all about - on the surface. I will be bringing - well, Syd will be bringing me and it - an almost pristine box with Debian loaded. (By kind attention at Syleham a while ago) I'll be bringing the Debian CD set anyway, and Knoppix, and if you think it might be useful, the coverdisks from Linux Magazine issues 1 - 20 and some apps on PC Pro coverdisks. > Also it has been mentioned elsewhere, either on this list or on irc that a > discussion on copyright issues surrounding books, education and other > matters > arising would be a good idea. I would also like to hear something about > sotware patents and the possible implications if they are forced upon us. Yes. Must do some mugging-up on the issues if I find a tuit of the correct shape. -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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Re: [ALUG] Off topic: Win 95 and USB?
by Anthony Anson 21 Nov '03

21 Nov '03

The message <1069425390.19740.24.camel(a)trite.i.digital-scurf.org> from Rob Kendrick <alug-main(a)nun.org.uk> contains these words: > On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 14:22, Nick Heppleston wrote: > > Looking to pick the collective knowledge of the ALUG group - I need to > > use a USB printer on a Windows '95 install. I seem to remember that '95 > > doesn't support USB and that SP2 provided that support? Am I right? Any > > ideas where I might be able to pick up a copy of Win '95 SP2? > Windows 95 B and C support up to one USB device, IIRC (also becareful, > not all USB drivers work properly under Windows 95). Windows 95 A does > not. There is no way to "upgrade" - you have to reinstall. I suspect > at that point, it becomes easier to just find a copy of Windows 98 > instead. I didn't think any flavour of Win 95 supported USB satisfactorily. -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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Re: [ALUG] Trigger Levels all round
by Anthony Anson 21 Nov '03

21 Nov '03

The message <200311190842.ANU47458(a)msgdirector1.onetel.net.uk> from "Edenyard" <mail(a)edenyard.co.uk> contains these words: > Could you expand on that a little, Michael? I infer from it that > somehow it's possible for the ordinary man in the street to influence > the provision of ADSL in a particular area; if that's true, I'd like to > know how. I've more or less given up on the idea of ever seeing ADSL > available in a one-eyed comatose place like this (Martlesham Heath)... One way is to openly canvas for interest in a broadband sattelite link, and if BT believes it might lose a lot of customers thereby, may just be crowbarred into providing the ADSL service. I'm seriously thinking of doing just that. -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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Re: [ALUG] Re: Welcome to the "main" mailing list
by Anthony Anson 21 Nov '03

21 Nov '03

The message <abd436c600fec58e738337914f022a0a(a)bouncing.localnet> from MJ Ray <mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com> contains these words: > On 2003-11-17 15:06:53 +0000 Anthony Anson <tony.anson(a)zetnet.co.uk> > wrote: > > Disclaimer: what you may consider typos may not be all they seem. qv > > uk.rec.sheds. Now read on. > I am not, and have never been, a reader of uk.rec.sheds, but I > understood far too much of that. I am now looking for treatment. A very Sheddy riposte. I hereby confer on you the orangeade of Horrorary Sheddi. There is no escape. > In any case, welcome! Thank you. I'll see you at Syleham: Syd Hancock has very kindly offered to drive me there with my pet pooter, that I may be (DG and attending gurus willing) instructed in the mysteries of actually using Debian, and loading the Apps I might want to use. So, be you all very careful lest you get roped-in and catch a dose of Sheddism innit. -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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Re: [ALUG] Sunday
by Anthony Anson 21 Nov '03

21 Nov '03

The message <2d5c9831e41c0177c84d35ab8cb78b8f(a)bouncing.localnet> from MJ Ray <mjr(a)dsl.pipex.com> contains these words: > On 2003-11-21 20:01:02 +0000 Anthony Anson <tony.anson(a)zetnet.co.uk> > wrote: > > It looks like all my replies intended for the list are going to the > > senders. > Worse, it's going to the Sender: header contents, as far as I can tell. Ah. I just copied and pasted from the header..... > > I don't know if this is a list thing or a ZIMACS (local software) one. > Nothing wrong with the list. Do you know if "ZIMACS" supports mailing > lists? (RFCs 2369 and 2919) Can it be fixed to do so? Does it have a > "reply to all" command? It's never given any trouble with lists before. However, this *IS* a beta version, and the problem has been aired in the beta list. (Which works.) Some tweaking in setup.exe *SHOULD* have put the matter to rights. We shall see soon enough. > > Cut and pasted list addy in for this one and any others until it's > > sorted. > The list address is main(a)lists.alug.org.uk Noted, thanks, and stashed away in the address book. I'll have to repost any that seem fairly fresh. -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

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Re: main digest, Vol 2 #347 - 8 msgs
by Tim Green 21 Nov '03

21 Nov '03

On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 06:25:11AM +0000, main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk wrote: > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: MP3/Ogg (John Woodard) > 2. Resouces Link (Keith Watson) > 3. TechBookReport: Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye! (Keith Watson) > 4. Re: Advice needed re Gnome 2.4, Alsa 0.9.8.1, esd andconflicts with /dev/dsp (Keith Watson) > 5. Re: Advice needed re Gnome 2.4, Alsa 0.9.8.1, esd > andconflicts with /dev/dsp (MJ Ray) > 6. A6 meeting notices (MJ Ray) > 7. Sunday (Jenny Hopkins) > > --__--__-- How come the subject line says "8 msgs", but there are only 7? Also, this isn't the first Main digest I've noticed with the +1 error. The social list is OK. Hmmm. Tim.

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Off topic: Win 95 and USB?
by Nick Heppleston 21 Nov '03

21 Nov '03

Looking to pick the collective knowledge of the ALUG group - I need to use a USB printer on a Windows '95 install. I seem to remember that '95 doesn't support USB and that SP2 provided that support? Am I right? Any ideas where I might be able to pick up a copy of Win '95 SP2? Cheers, Nick -- Nick Heppleston 07989 581766 | nickheppleston(a)gmx.co.uk The Funky PC - http://www.thefunkypc.biz

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TechBookReport: Moving to Linux: Kiss the Blue Screen of Death Goodbye!
by Keith Watson 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

http://www.techbookreport.com/tbr0050.html At last!!!! Keith

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MP3/Ogg
by Syd Hancock 20 Nov '03

20 Nov '03

What do people use for ripping/encoding and what bit rates? Do you use different bit rates for playing through the household stereo rather than a small portable player? Cheers and TIAs Syd

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