uber_tom
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Linux is my OS of choice for anything but gaming, but id really like to have a fiddle with solaris, not that i can afford a sun system. I'd also like a go with the BeOS, i heard theres a freeware version floating about but im far too lazy to find it.
Of course i cant get enough of MS-DOS just for the memories and the awesome games, but i think it'd be wasted on my modern boxes.
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i used to have the win32codecs installed for xine, but they don't work on my 64 bit distro and mplayer sucks, so i'm kinda interested.
although i would be far happier if the format was removed from the internet altogether, it looks so cheap.... i really can't think of any other way to describe it. i can spot it a mile off.
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lights, now theres an idea. whats the voltage on the PC speaker? i'm sure it would be far less annoying if you replaced it with a LED. sure wolfenstein wouldn't be the same anymore but i don't think i could handle a beep every time i got a message, even if you did alter the pitch.
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we only had one win16 box, it was a weird 486 DX2 / acorn it could be booted as either. it was mainly used as a server for the acorn network but when thay took that down they used the 486 function with the win network. i so wanted that computer.
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i would recomend using a live linux cd but ntfs is usally read only with them. so if you must delete it without reinstalling i would say a dos boot disk with ntfs for dos (i think thats what it is called, i haven't used it in ages) or maybe you could use the recovery console on your windows disk.
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I'd just use it to f**k about with.
Play with different OS's see how many you can get on there, see how fast you can clock it or stick dos/win 3.1 on there and see if you can get any 32bit programme other than hearts to run with the win32 dlls.
That'd be the best hack ever, i will forever worship anyone who can get a 32bit app running on 3.1 with the win32 dlls, (not including hearts of course. and without any decompiling or code changes to the app).
oh wait its says 1000mhz, i read 100 mhz. it won't be all that much fun to play with. eBay it to some sukka. PC for sale with cd-rom drive and keyboard, will run windows XP, complete with cheap flimsy mouse shaped like a cute animal of some sort $1000.
Also my definition of a crap machine would be 286 or less, i think i could handle a 286 as long as it had a harddrive.
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Yeah, i started with KDE so i kinda stick with it. Its a little heavy but it does the job and i've come to rely on a lot of K app's.
I can't really get into gnome it just doesn't feel right.
fluxbox and blackbox are kinda neat for lite desktop's but no good for my main box as i need loads of kde lib's to run alot of the programmes i use and it ends up nearly as heavy as the kde and alot more crash prone.
but these days i don't bother with X on my other boxes its easier to get remote shell than remote desktop and faster too.
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i'm curious about the need to specify architecture or maybe i mean the architecture itself. I can understand if your calling specific processor functions, but for simple code is it really necessary? I don't claim to know any C++ and i only know a little C but i would think the compiler would handle the processor pipes and all that jazz and scale 64 down to 32.
I guess i mean 'Hello World!' will compile on any system providing you use the right compiler, won't it? or is it written differently in 64 bit?
i'm not entirely up on the 64 bit processors yet.
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awww it brings back memories, of course it was a little easier back then, we had acorns and later win32 boxes.
The head of the department couldn't care less but we had this know it all tech, he inspired me to go beyond installing and playing games into some really mean stuff. god it was awesome.
Not that i imagine the NT OS's will be much harder, but then i've never tried.
So OtterFox if you are codie i'm sure you have a rough idea of where to look. hell, getting it wrong can't get you in anymore trouble than getting it right.
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I had a similar setup to power my sata raid, i used an old AT power supply which you just turn on with a switch. i'm sure you could wire a switch to jump your ATX power supply but i think the cable demonstrated above would be easier 'cos bad things happen if you forget to turn it on before booting.
Also its a pain in the arse to get it to look pretty, you probably could do without the heat/vibration in your case.
Still i thought it was kinda neat to throw a few switches before booting, made me feel all science fictiony
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Thanks Cooper, i'm getting (slightly) better results now.
Thank you Computer_kid, for reminding me why i avoid forums.
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Ok, i'm kinda new at this so bare with me.
I have set up SSH, SFTP and remote desktop access on my Linux box to enable me to connect from work, to help slake my boredom.
However i would like some advice on remote sound and port tunnelling, bearing in mind that my work computer is a windows box and i cant install much software.
So essentially remote sound would be nice but my main priority is getting the remote desktop (VNC port 5900) though port 22.
At work i'm using putty, filezilla and TightVNC, at home SuSE 10.1 with Krfb and open ssh.
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Thanks Max but rdp is a windows protocol and is of little use to me.
Would i open myself up for abuse if a said i didn't know what an isa server is? i take it its not a server bult on an isa mboard, although that would give me an excuse to use my SB16 (i refuse to throw it away).
i think i'm getting the jist of port fowarding, do i have to set it up client, server side or both?