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Joerg
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:04 am Post subject:
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Hello Spehro,
| Quote: | Okay, thanks, I understand. I have a small version of that, but due
partly to the fact I don't have a web server running on my PC I've not
really expanded it.
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You don't need to run a server for a Wiki that is local. All you need is
read/write access to that drive from your other PCs.
Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com
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Keith Williams
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Tue Feb 08, 2005 8:42 pm Post subject:
Re: Wall-mounted PC |
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In article <V2UNd.704$Em1.325@newsfe2-gui.ntli.net>,
kryten_droid_obfusticator@ntlworld.com says...
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"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
news:id8f019f7lbcv0dmojk2kl619rnqdb7clj@4ax.com...
Am I the only one that removes one or more hard drive and stores them
in a safety deposit box before going on vacation?
No, I used to do that when I had a floortop PC.
Now I just take my laptop on vacation with me.
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You're not afraid of losing it (and data) while on vacation? You don't
leave a backup at home?
| Quote: | However I had considered embedding my PC under the floorboards or in the
loft, partly for security and partly to make a silent working environment.
The only problems were the removable media (FD and CD) though perhaps these
could be done with USB.
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Why not a local system with perhaps a Via processor as the media
server? Have the CPU cycles in the basement with 100BaseT or GigE to
hook 'em together. I know someone who put the cycle server in the
garage, though temperature regulation would be something I wouldn't
want to bother with. My basement would be perfect though.
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Kryten
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 4:19 am Post subject:
Re: Wall-mounted PC |
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"Keith Williams" <krw@att.bizzzz> wrote in message
news:MPG.1c7299dd6499bf4f9898f3@news.individual.net...
| Quote: | You're not afraid of losing it (and data) while on vacation?
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Vacation being Christmas at parent's.
Nothing wild and exciting :-<
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John Woodgate
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:40 am Post subject:
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I read in sci.electronics.design that Kryten <kryten_droid_obfusticator@
ntlworld.com> wrote (in <cJfOd.1020$a81.800@newsfe3-gui.ntli.net>) about
'Wall-mounted PC', on Wed, 9 Feb 2005:
| Quote: | Last time I had one was for a week in Bergen, in 1998. And another in
1989.
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In January? (;-)
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Pig Bladder
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:40 am Post subject:
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 03:47:20 +0000, Kryten wrote:
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"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul@Hovnanian.com> wrote in message
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What's a 'vacation'?
Last time I had one was for a week in Bergen, in 1998.
And another in 1989.
And if you think that is sad, just don't ask me what's a 'date' :-
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Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:41 am Post subject:
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Keith Williams wrote:
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In article <eZVCgeFHP6BCFw48@jmwa.demon.co.uk>,
jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk says...
I read in sci.electronics.design that Winfield Hill <hill_a@t_rowland-
dotties-harvard-dot.s-edu> wrote (in <cu83l001l05@drn.newsguy.com>)
about 'Wall-mounted PC', on Mon, 7 Feb 2005:
http://82.165.25.75/~kripton/linpix/wallpc01.jpg
Bet it doesn't meet the EMC emission limits! (;-)
It may. The FCC requires components to pass an "open box test" that
only allows a few dB for the enclosure.
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Good idea. What with all the custom enclosures with big windows (or some
that are completely transparent), one can't count on any enclosure for
emissions control.
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Paul Hovnanian P.E.
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:41 am Post subject:
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Spehro Pefhany wrote:
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On Mon, 07 Feb 2005 16:46:02 GMT, the renowned "Kryten"
kryten_droid_obfusticator@ntlworld.com> wrote:
Nice :-)
For a moment I thought it might be a serious post, and I was about to
mention how one shop I know had mounted a laptop innards into a picture
frame with glass at front and back. Looked nice, to my engineer's eye.
Wall-mounted PCs look easy targets for burglars, so perhaps it might be
better to have home PCs 'wired in' to the house, so that the PC is actually
under the floorboards away from thieving hands while only the keyboard and
monitor are accessible in rooms.
Hardware is easily replaced but the personal data on the hard drives is not.
Am I the only one that removes one or more hard drive and stores them
in a safety deposit box before going on vacation?
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What's a 'vacation'?
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Kryten
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:41 am Post subject:
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"Paul Hovnanian P.E." <Paul@Hovnanian.com> wrote in message
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Last time I had one was for a week in Bergen, in 1998.
And another in 1989.
And if you think that is sad, just don't ask me what's a 'date' :-< |
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YD
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:41 am Post subject:
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:52:05 GMT, "Kryten"
<kryten_droid_obfusticator@ntlworld.com> wrote:
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"Spehro Pefhany" <speffSNIP@interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> wrote in message
news:id8f019f7lbcv0dmojk2kl619rnqdb7clj@4ax.com...
Am I the only one that removes one or more hard drive and stores them
in a safety deposit box before going on vacation?
No, I used to do that when I had a floortop PC.
Now I just take my laptop on vacation with me.
However I had considered embedding my PC under the floorboards or in the
loft, partly for security and partly to make a silent working environment.
The only problems were the removable media (FD and CD) though perhaps these
could be done with USB.
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Sounds what you'd like is a fileserver. Use your laptop for work but
keep the files on the server. Since it won't be heavily loaded just
about any old crappy box should suit. If you use Samba on FreeBSD, to
the laptop it'll look like a Microflaccid Network server but needing
about a tenth of the resources. Steep learning curve, lots of fun
setting it up and trying to get it to work. Give it two huge HDs and a
cron job to keep them in sync, if one conks out your data will be safe
on the other. Once it's up and running unplug the monitor and
keyboard, do the maintenance over telnet or ssh. Unlike Windows
FreeBSD will ignore any BIOS limitations and recognize the full HD
capacity even if the BIOS says otherwise.
- YD.
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