From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 00:02:05 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 577 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Thursday 27 March 2003 Number 577 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: [os2genau] os2 dot org closing down : Ian Manners" 2 Re: [os2genau] OS/2 SIG Report March 2003 Meeting : Ian Manners" 3 Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] os2 dot org closing down] : Kenneth Bucio 4 Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] os2 dot org closing down] : Kenneth Bucio 5 Re: [os2genau] ot: backup and archiving windoze : Ed Durrant 6 Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] os2 dot org closing down] : Ed Durrant 7 Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] os2 dot org closing down] : Ed Durrant **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 01:21:35 +1100 (EDT) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: [os2genau] os2 dot org closing down Hi Greg > The cost of os2 dot org dot au is currently $33 per two years, plus our web site costs > I suspect that we may have to pay someone somewhere for the privilege of presence. Happy to do it for free, I've tried to get to the site to see what the back end is, if I can find out I'm happy to take it over and pay ongoing costs etc, and even ask the os2 dot org dot au owners about a merged website :-) With my time at a premium at present, I would need someone else to keep the news upto date, or even see if we could also merge OS/2 Warp News & Rumours in with the os2 dot org news section, that bits from Norloff's BBS, which I cant get either :-((( I think its time that some of these far flung sites were merged for a pooling of resources. Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ Stubbornly staying with Microsoft: "Full Mental Jacket". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 01:26:11 +1100 (EDT) From: "Ian Manners" Subject: Re: [os2genau] OS/2 SIG Report March 2003 Meeting Hi John > Desktop On Call: > Ian Manners our presenter struggled to get the demo package working but it > appears to be hard-coded in such a way that we could not get it working > locally between two machines, and we could not organise internet access to > suit its requirements Get home plug it all in and it works perfectly, put the hub connection to the gateway, refuses to work but I finally got it going. The trick is to use 127.0.0.1 as the gateway on both machines so it doesnt actually need that internet connection. Didnt think to try that at the meeting. How about we try, again, in May, as next month will I assume be eCS night. Cheers Ian B Manners http://www.os2site dot com/ "Chihuahua. There's a waste of dog food. Looks like a dog that is still far away." --Billiam Coronell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:10:23 +0100 From: Kenneth Bucio Subject: Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] os2 dot org closing down] Hi The site is still running OK . best regards Kenneth Bucio (Mozilla 1.3) John Angelico wrote: >On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:34:51 +1000, Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: > > > >>John, >> >>You will probably need Mozilla or equivalent to view the site. >>The english part of the site finall came up but I was still >>not loading the graphics after 5 minutes. >> >>So I stopped further download. >> >> >> > >Ta, Bob. > >It used to be OK. I wonder if we are having trouble with Optus? > >Michael here was having trouble today with slow loading of sites that he >normally goes to - trains and planes. > >Anyone who is NOT using Optus cable in Melbourne could you please give this >os2 dot org site a try, and let us all know what you find - if anything. > > >Best regards >John Angelico >OS/2 SIG >talldad at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au >-------------------------------------- > > > [attachments have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:10:59 +0100 From: Kenneth Bucio Subject: Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] os2 dot org closing down] Hi. Try to ontact andreas.linde at os2 dot org or better I think, the webteam behind: jsk at os2 dot org best regards Kenneth Bucio John Angelico wrote: >Anyone know how to contact the guys themselves? > > > [attachments have been removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:07:46 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] ot: backup and archiving windoze WinXp has a pretty good backup program built in that can write to various media (including CDRW). The most important part is that it can back up what Microsoft call the System State files. These are the files that define the machine to WINXP and include the registry and other (security related) system files. Without the system state files backed up seperately a restored XP system will simply not run. 3rd. party products also have the ability to backup up the system state data. Ghost is always a good product if what you want is a snapshot of a system rather than a regular periodic backup. Cheers/2 Ed. Voytek Eymont wrote: > any suggestions on windoze xp backup and hd imaging apps ? > > backing to CDs ? (Backagain ??) > > registry backup ? > > do I need 'external apps'? or, built in stuff ? > > tia > > > > Voytek Eymont > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:10:18 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] os2 dot org closing down] Hi Voyetk ! The data you have sent is the data for OS2.ORG.AU (not OS2.ORG) - we know who the contacts are for os2 dot org dot au. We need the equivalent from the US registration organisation. Ed. Voytek Eymont wrote: > ** Reply to note from "John Angelico" Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:18:25 +1100 (EDT) > > > >Would it make sense for Os2 dot org dot au to take over the OS2.ORG domain name > > >and what would it cost ? > > > > Hmm, I just tried to access the site without success. > > > > Ping the address OK but www. in my browser just waits and waits for a > > reply... > > > > Anyone know how to contact the guys themselves? > > Domain ROID: D0174788-AR > Domain Name: os2 dot org dot au > Last Modified: Never Updated > Registrar ID: R00001-AR > Registrar Name: auDA > Status: ok > > Registrant: OS/2 User Group of South Australia Incorporated > Registrant ID: OTHER N/A > > Registrant ROID: C0524362-AR > Registrant Contact Name: THE MANAGER > Registrant Email: ghicks at ihug dot com dot au > > Tech ID: C0524364-AR > Tech Name: Ed Durrant > Tech Email: edurrant at bigpond dot net dot au > > Name Server: ns1 dot comkal dot net > Name Server: ns2 dot comkal dot net > > Voytek Eymont > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 7 ==========================** Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 21:13:58 +1100 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: [os2genau] [Fwd: [VOICENWS] os2 dot org closing down] (I'm on Telstra) - tried accessing OS2.ORG yesterday, nothing came although other sites all OK. Just accessed now and the home page came up very quickly, so I guess the site was down yesterday for some reason. Anyway - here's the announcement on the site itself: http://en.os2 dot org/news/?area=1#4919 Cheers/2 Ed. John Angelico wrote: > On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:34:51 +1000, Robert Traynor (BobT) wrote: > > >John, > > > >You will probably need Mozilla or equivalent to view the site. > >The english part of the site finall came up but I was still > >not loading the graphics after 5 minutes. > > > >So I stopped further download. > > > > Ta, Bob. > > It used to be OK. I wonder if we are having trouble with Optus? > > Michael here was having trouble today with slow loading of sites that he > normally goes to - trains and planes. > > Anyone who is NOT using Optus cable in Melbourne could you please give this > os2 dot org site a try, and let us all know what you find - if anything. > > Best regards > John Angelico > OS/2 SIG > talldad at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au > -------------------------------------- > > PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico > ... It's only a hobby ... only a hobby ... only a > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------