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free printers, scanner, Norwich area
by Syd Hancock 11 Sep '04

11 Sep '04

Hi all Hope everyone had a gret summer. Having a clear out. Going: 1. HP Laserjet 4si B/W laser printer. Big, heavy, noisy but will go for ever - built like a tank. Spare toner and rollers. Paper jams sometimes but prob. just needs the rollers cleaning/swapping. 2. HP laserjet 6L small quiet B/W laser printer. Not used for a while but should be working. 3. PB (badged Lexmark) Colourjet 9000 Colour inkjet printer. May not be working. 4. Agfa Studioscan IIsi scanner Old but serviceable. SCSI interface - large 50-way D connector (SCSI-1 ?). Can give a suitable scsi card and cable if needed (Adaptec AVA-2904). Scanner was never used with linux but AFAIK it is supported. SCSI card definitely supported. 5. A couple of old pentium 60 (or similar) machines, OK for firewall etc. I have some bits e.g memory, small hard-disks, CD-roms etc. knocking around but these machines have been canabilised so you'll probably need to add some bits. All this stuff is going free. Will deliver in Norwich area free or further for a bit of petrol money. Please email off-list if interested. Next weekend (Sept 18/19th) they go out of the house for good - somewhere, anywhere - so get on the case now if interested! Syd

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Uncr**ping HTML email
by Ted.Harding＠nessie.mcc.ac.uk 10 Sep '04

10 Sep '04

Hi Folks, We are all getting more and more email with the primary body in HTML, as well as the corresponding attachment. If your MUA allows message editing, it's easy to delete the HTML attachment. However, removing HTML tags from the body requires detailed editing. If I want to keep a copy of a message for future reference, I want to be able to edit it back to good old clean plain text. Manual editing can be very tedious for long messages. Is there some program one can "pipe" the message into so as to strip out all the HTML cr^H^Hstuff? I suppose a simple 'awk' script which struck out everything from "<" to the next ">" inclusive would at least achieve that, but it could also inadvertently achieve more than is wanted. The thought has occurred to me to open the HTML in a browser, and mark&paste to the editor window, but that also is more trouble than I'm happy to go to (though better than nothing). With thanks for ideas and suggestions, Best wishes to all, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <Ted.Harding(a)nessie.mcc.ac.uk> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 167 1972 Date: 09-Sep-04 Time: 12:19:13 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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slight OT: problems with an old monitor
by Ashley T. Howes, Ph.D. 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

(apologies for being slight OT) Last night, my old Commodore monitor for my Amiga blew up. I'm using a spare at the moment, and wondered if someone could point me in the right direction to getting it fixed. I know there are a wide variety of people on this list, thus the post. The monitor in question is a 1084S (specifically 1084S-P VDE). Last night, in the middle of using it, it powered down and now emits a high pitch whistle when turned on. This whistle is constant and is still emitted for about two seconds after the monitor is switched off. Any help useful. -- Ashley T. Howes, Ph.D. http://www.ashleyhowes.com "I remember the very things I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget." - Cicero

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[Fwd: [ALUG] slight OT: problems with an old monitor]
by Stechjo 09 Sep '04

09 Sep '04

> Last night, my old Commodore monitor for my Amiga blew up. > The monitor in question is a 1084S (specifically 1084S-P VDE). Last > night, in the middle of using it, it powered down and now emits a high > pitch whistle when turned on. The exact same thing happened to mine a couple of weeks back and I'm now using a little TV which is just awful. Repairs, replacements, alternatives, whichever. I just want a decent monitor for my miggy. Poor thing. Cheers, Steve

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Now listed on iCON Norfolk clubs directory
by MJ Ray 08 Sep '04

08 Sep '04

Just a short note to let you know a very mangled entry for us has appeared on Norfolk County Council's clubs directory: http://norlink.norfolk.gov.uk/cgi-bin/vps2-civ.web.sh?enqtype=SECOND&enqpar… At least the web link is correct. I'll link it to the web site RSN. If anyone gets similar listings, please let me know where they are. -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and not of any group I know http://www.ttllp.co.uk/ for creative copyleft computing Visit the AFFS stand, .org village LinuxExpoUK, 6-7 Oct

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Reminder: Norwich City Gate meeting this Thursday night.
by Jonathan McDowell 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

As per usual, this Thursday (9th September) we'll be congregating in the City Gate from around 8pm. At least myself, Brett and Martijn will be there. Full details can be found at: http://www.alug.org.uk/meetings/2004/all-NorThu.html Directions at: http://www.alug.org.uk/venues/citygate.html Pictures from August of people so you know who to look out for: http://www.earth.li/~noodles/Photos/2004-08-ALUG/ J. -- /------------------------------------\ | noodles is perfect | | http://www.blackcatnetworks.co.uk/ | \------------------------------------/

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Re: [ALUG] I'm off...
by John Seago 07 Sep '04

07 Sep '04

On Tuesday 07 Sep 2004 06:25, Craig <c(a)macloco.net> wrote: > On 6 Sep 2004, at 07:58, John Seago wrote: > > Hang on, are you going to somerset just for a day break or something? I > mean if it was me in your condition, I wouldn't bother ;) I am assuming that the above reply was addressed to Rob Frusher and not myself, as I'm not going anywhere, well I am having a day out in Felixstowe today, but that's about the extent of my adventurous travels this week. -- John Seago Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org)

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Re: [ALUG] I'm off...
by John Seago 06 Sep '04

06 Sep '04

On Monday 06 Sep 2004 06:25, rob_frusher(a)tiscali.co.uk wrote: > Just a shorty to say that I am off on the 20th to sunny somerset, I will > see if they have a lug (slug... maybe) down there so that I can tax > their linux minds. Have a look here: http://www.lug.org.uk/lugs/sw.php -- John Seago Linux User #219566 (http://counter.li.org)

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 06 Sep '04

06 Sep '04

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 06 Sep '04

06 Sep '04

This is the automated ALUG IRC meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an IRC meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.alug.org.uk in the #alug channel. Most IRC clients should allow you to get there with the commands "/server irc.alug.org.uk" and "/join #alug". Popular IRC clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and EPIC on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.xchat.org/ http://freshmeat.net/ http://www.epicsol.org/ Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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