From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 00:01:05 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 401 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 19 July 2002 Number 401 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: [os2genau] Simple networking questions form a simpleton : Tony Wilson" 2 [os2genau] News Time : Ian Manners" 3 Re: [os2genau] Simple networking questions form a simpleton : Kev Downes 4 Re: [os2genau] ot: hardware cooked : Voytek Eymont 5 Re: [os2genau] ot: hardware cooked : Ian Manners" 6 [os2genau] * Reminder * - Melbourne OS/2 SIG Meeting : List Admin" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 00:31:48 +1000 From: "Tony Wilson" Subject: Re: [os2genau] Simple networking questions form a simpleton From: "Tony Wilson" [Digest Member] As Gavin says, Kev, you don't need to fiddle around with TCP/IP addresses if you don't want to share your net connection. A netBIOS LAN is indeed easier to set up. And, yes, half the secret to getting your Windows boxes to see the LAN is to force them to load NetBEUI. Tony PS: Voytek: sounds like your friend's PSU went troppo and cooked the rest of the system to me. Nasty! I don't think I'd be plugging any valuable parts into that mainboard until you've tested it with some old, disposable parts first, if I were you.I'd be scratching around and finding an old 32MB DIMM, a 1MB video card, and so on, before I plugged anything of value back into that board. I'm struggling to make sense of your CPU fan behaviour. Sounds as if your friend might be in for quite a big bill. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 04:32:30 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: [os2genau] News Time JPEGs are not free: Patent holder pursues IP grab http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26272.html OpenGL via Microsoft, now JPEG via someone else. And Peru mulls Free Software, Gates gives $550k to Peru Prez http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26207.html Ballmer 'fesses up to Linux/Windows cost FUD http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26230.html Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ A well-written life is as rare as a well-spent one. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:42:24 +0900 From: Kev Downes Subject: Re: [os2genau] Simple networking questions form a simpleton Hi All Many thanx to all those who sent me all those simpilfied instructions to help me get a network going in eCS. I really am thicker than you thought ;-( I compiled one document from all the hints you sent and believe I can now get it all going from here. I'll find out in the next couple of days when I find a little time to play. Again, thanx Kev Downes ========================= Kev Downes Windows is not the answer. Windows is the question. The answer is NO! We use and recommend IBM OS/2 Warp and Serenity System's eComStation. ========================= "Jesus Christ is the centre of everything and the object of everything; and he who does not know him, knows nothing of the order of the world and nothing of himself." Blaise Pascal ========================= ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 12:52:47 From: Voytek Eymont Subject: Re: [os2genau] ot: hardware cooked ** Reply to note from "Ian Manners" Thu, 18 Jul 2002 14:25:35 +1000 (EST) > Must be a cheap P/S unit without crowbar protection if it can overvoltage > and damage a M/B in that fashion, sounds more like its supplied the > full 240v to the 5 volt rail..... > > I would consider both PS and MB as junk for the bin. yes, it is how do I identify a p/s with/without crowbar ? (protection) Voytek Eymont SBT Information Systems Pty Ltd http://www.sbt dot net dot au/links/ phone +61-2 9310-1144 fax +61-2 9310-1118 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 13:10:24 +1000 (EST) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: [os2genau] ot: hardware cooked Hi Voytek >how do I identify a p/s with/without crowbar ? (protection) I guess its a bit hard for a non engineer/tech but I get the impression that the easiest way is price, ie, those cheap AU$20.00 PS doent seem to have much protection at all. The expensive AU$140.00 units have protection, and auto voltage input sensing as well (ie, auto 110/220v) I can remember getting some crowbar units about 5 years ago from someplace in Sydney for about AU$60 each. Crowbar Protection is a way of using an SCR or other device to shortout a powersupply output if something goes wrong in the PS unit itself. ie, blow the crap out of the PS but ensure the rest of the PC is protected, especially the PCB on the harddisks. Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ When women are depressed they either eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. -- Elayne Boosler ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Fri, 19 July 2002 14:47:00 +1000 (EDT) From: "List Admin" Subject: [os2genau] * Reminder * - Melbourne OS/2 SIG Meeting We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Melbourne OS/2 SIG Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 Time: 6:30PM - 9:30PM Place: Melbourne PC Group Victoria, Australia. The Monthly Meeting of Melbourne OS/2 SIG Normally held the fourth Tuesday of each month. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------