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AGP video cards
by Russell Coker 14 Jul '12

14 Jul '12

I've got a couple of AGP video cards in my junk pile with DVI output, one of them has no fan (which is a major feature if you like that sort of thing). I'm going to send them to computer recycling if no-one wants them. Normally there isn't much interest in AGP cards, but DVI isn't so common so it might be of use to someone. I can bring them to the next meeting. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Re: [luv-talk] Old motherboard wanted
by Craig Sanders 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 01:46:27PM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 12:52:37PM +1000, Craig Sanders wrote: > > an ebay search for GA-8I848-P775-G comes up with only shops selling > > compatible RAM. > > > > but a search for GA-8I848 comes up with several shops selling > > motherboards for $30-$40 + shipping. > > Good thinking and thanks for taking the trouble to reply. no problem. BTW if you're still after AGP video cards, i have a bunch i have absolutely no use for. i think i have a few PCI video cards too. if you (or anyone else) wants some, they can pick them up from me during BH at melbourne uni. email me a day or two before so i can make sure i bring them in to work and to arrange a time. free to good (or even bad) homes, no warranty, no return - once you take the junk, it's yours. > > BTW, it looks like an unremarkable and bog standard socket 478 > > motherboard. why the need for that specific brand and model? > > This PC runs a security system for a person I know. I have no idea > what software is being used and, more importantly, what version of > Windows (or even DOS) it is running on. I have never seen the display. yep, that's a pretty good reason not to upgrade the m/b. craig -- craig sanders <cas(a)taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #276: U.S. Postal Service

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Re: [luv-talk] Old motherboard wanted
by Craig Sanders 13 Jul '12

13 Jul '12

On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 08:26:49PM +1000, Sam Varghese wrote: > I'm looking for a specific motherboard, a GA-8I848-P775-G. > It is about five or six years old and not available from any outlet on the web. an ebay search for GA-8I848-P775-G comes up with only shops selling compatible RAM. but a search for GA-8I848 comes up with several shops selling motherboards for $30-$40 + shipping. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/GIGABYTE-GA-8I848P-G-rev-2-0-848P-Socket-478-SAT… http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gigabyte-GA-8I848P-G-motherboard-ATX-i848P-Socke… http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gigabyte-GA-8I848P-G-P4-Socket-478-Pentium-4-Mot… BTW, it looks like an unremarkable and bog standard socket 478 motherboard. why the need for that specific brand and model? also, it'll cost about $50 or $60 to get that m/b (incl. shipping)....for not much more (about $100) you could get a cheap Intel 1155 pin motherboard, CPU, and 2GB RAM. or a cheap AMD AM3/AM3+ motherboard, CPU, and 2GB RAM. either of which would beat the crap out of a socket 478 system and be upgradable for the next few years, while socket 478 is long past end-of-life and has no future at all. IMO unless there's a really compelling reason to use that m/b and only that motherboard, it would be throwing good money away on obsolete junk. craig -- craig sanders <cas(a)taz.net.au> BOFH excuse #358: struck by the Good Times virus

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Old motherboard wanted
by Sam Varghese 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

I'm looking for a specific motherboard, a GA-8I848-P775-G. It is about five or six years old and not available from any outlet on the web. Any help would be gratefully received. Thanks, Sam ------------- (Sam Varghese)

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Fwd: Senator Stephen Conroy Media Release - Melbourne's first NBN cafe officially opened. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
by Russell Coker 12 Jul '12

12 Jul '12

Interesting, but will you notice the difference between ADSL and NBN over Wifi? So far I don't think I've ever seen anything approaching ADSL speeds over Wifi so I don't expect much difference. Also there's the issue of quota. As the current NBN plans have quotas that aren't much different to ADSL plans I don't expect that cafe to allow me to connect a laptop via GigE. If there was a cafe offering Ethernet access at speedds higher than ADSL2+ then I'd be very interested. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Senator Stephen Conroy Media Release - Melbourne's first NBN cafe officially opened. [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012, 13:22:56 From: "Power, Rebekka" <Rebekka.Power(a)dbcde.gov.au> Melbourne's first NBN cafe officially opened Minister for Broadband, Communications, and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, and Member for Wills, Kelvin Thomson, have today officially opened Melbourne's first NBN cafe - Hungry Birds Cafe in Brunswick, Victoria. The cafe is attached to a building housing eight small businesses, all of which are connected to the NBN's fixed line high-speed broadband. "Not only does Hungry Birds provide great food and coffee, but its customers can also experience the speed of the NBN through free Wi-Fi," Senator Conroy said. "This is the first cafe in Melbourne connected to the NBN, but as the rollout gathers pace I expect cafes like this will become the norm. It is great to see a small business like Hungry Birds embrace the NBN." "Cafe culture is an essential part of Brunswick life. Melbournians love nothing better than getting together, eating food, drinking coffee, and increasingly getting online. The speed and reliability of the NBN complements this culture so well," Mr Thomson said. "Our customers are always our number one priority. That's why our cafe is focused on delivering quality - whether that is with our food and coffee; or the fast broadband provided by the NBN," said Hungry Birds owners Anne-Marie De-Boni and Ruth Quirk. To show the NBN's capabilities over Wi-Fi, Senator Conroy and Mr Thomson were part of a video conference with three NBN-enabled Digital Hubs in Brunswick; Townsville, Queensland; and Kiama, New South Wales. "The clarity and quality of the picture and audio provided via Hungry Bird's NBN Wi-Fi is something that can't be matched by the broadband available to most Australians today. This technology is essential for Australia's future," Senator Conroy said. Brunswick is one of the first places in Australia with access to the National Broadband Network. The NBN is now available in more than 2,700 homes and businesses in Brunswick, with NBN construction currently underway for another 14,500 premises in the area. Across Victoria, fibre construction will have started or be completed to 691,600 homes and businesses by mid-2015. Under the Gillard Government, all Australians, wherever they live, will be able to access fast, reliable and affordable broadband through the NBN. Date: Thursday 12 July 2012 Contact: Senator Conroy's Office: Adam Sims 0408 258 457 Mr Thomson's Office: Anthony Cianflone 0419 386 950 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. This message has been content scanned by the Axway MailGate. MailGate uses policy enforcement to scan for known viruses, spam, undesirable content and malicious code. For more information on Axway products please visit www.axway.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Fairfax and Rinehard - end of free press?
by Peter Ross 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Hi all, we are living in a country who's press landscape is described (and experienced by me) as a prison experiment: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/01/australia-climate-scienti… "Australia has unwittingly become a social experiment. A ruthless experiment on the fate of a society when a single media conglomerate, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, owns 167 newspapers and controls around 70% of the printed media market." "That is what happens when a media conglomerate and their allies go out of control and escape accountability. The result is a society poised to embark on a Stanford prison experiment." Well, if Rinehart virtually takes over Fairfax http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/business/companies/gina-rinehart-is-entitl… (Murdoch's Sydney newspaper) "She is also asking for the right to make significant editorial decisions such as the ability to hire and fire editors." .. we have actually the choice to read Murdoch's "News" or Rinehart's. That's it. If you put it in "party terms" 100% Liberal supporters (with a touch of One Nation in it, see Bolt & Co). Before I came here, I was used to choose between various German newspapers who appeared to be run independently, and considered it as being at the heart of a working democracy. I wonder whether there is any concern and opposition amongst Australians related to that here? Do you all consider it as normal to live in a gold rush were few get mega-rich and buying up the society? To be honest, I don't care so much about who is runing a country in a way as it pleases them, whether there are Chinese Communists or Australian miners. If we don't have the freedom of free expression it isn't a democracy. free press is part of it. I wonder what to do at this point. I consider it as a tipping-point in the development of this country - and I don't like where it is heading to. Regards Peter

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How to force install of Thunderbird 13.0.1 on Lucid 10.4
by Carl Turney 09 Jul '12

09 Jul '12

Hi to any Thunderbird wizards out there, Sorry about posting this here, but it seems I'm not a member of luv-main, and I'm in a bit of a rush. Have tried to install a copy of TB 13.0.1 onto my desktop system, as somehow my laptop has that, and it is running smoothly there. Have gone to this web page (below), and followed the instructions on "install the newest release". > https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/installing-thunderbird-linux Have rebooted, and run System > Admin > Update Manager. ...but all I get on the new desktop system install is 13.0 not 13.0.1 The "About Thunderbird" windows between the two systems look identical otherwise. Hmmm. Anything to worry about? Thanks very much for any info, or pointers to good web pages on this particular topic. Carl Turney, Bayswater Mobile 0427 024 735 Home 9720 3975

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Retrocomputing: OpenVMS manuals etc
by rdbrown＠pacific.net.au 03 Jul '12

03 Jul '12

The office is disposing of some OpenVMS manuals ~(250 Litres), OSF/Motif books maybe some old HP-UX, Solaris, OSF/1 AXP etc manuals. maybe some terminals, a Dec Alpha box If you're interested in anything specific email me this week

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Looking for expertise in migrating a Windows Server to Open Source ...
by Daniel Jitnah 02 Jul '12

02 Jul '12

Hi everyone I am looking for someone with solid expertise in following: Migrating Windows based system: Domain Controller Exchange Server To Open Source (Linux) equivalent. Potential Melbourne Based job. Please contact me directly off list. Cheers Daniel.

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Re: [luv-talk] 5 craziest Texas Republican policies
by Jason White 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

Rick Moen <rick(a)linuxmafia.com> wrote: > Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:17:30 -0500 > From: Beth W <badastrum(a)gmail.com> > This isn't a political party for the sane, rational, and educated. > Well, from a cynical perspective, it's a party designed by the smart > and ruthless to appeal to the not-so-smart or not-so-devious to get > them to support a political agenda that is inimical to their personal > interests. And this, as I remember, is precisely Paul Krugman's central argument in "The Conscience of a Liberal", except that he thinks racist politics in the U.S. has played a major role in encouraging people to vote against their own best interests. I think we've discussed that here before, so I'll leave it there.

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