November 2003 - main

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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Trigger Levels all round
by Edenyard 19 Nov '03

19 Nov '03

Michael Sage wrote: > > Try doing an ADSL check on your line, lets see if we can get a couple > more exchanges in "rural" England enabled! > 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)... Cheers, Gerald.

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Subject: [ALUG] Re: Welcome to the "main" mailing list
by Stuart Hammond 19 Nov '03

19 Nov '03

I was told when joining this list I was supposed to write a short bit on why i'm interested in Linux, well I'm using it as a friend of mine said do you want to try this out whilst shoving a copy of RH9 under my nose and that was about 2 months ago. I use it for school work on a laptop at both school and work.Any way so far i've found it very stable and openoffice seems to be capable competition to MS office so that's all good so far, its lack of laptop and modem support seem to be the only real problems I've had with it (I will say that it seems a bit more complex to do simple things some times but when doing them you can do more). The ALUG group seems pretty enthusiastic about the subject, its just a shame you don't have meetings where I can get to them (around Ipswich would be good). Yours S Hammond

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