The coffee and chat northside meeting took place on 23 July at which TedM chaired and I volunteered to collate the notes. One new member attended named Vi and I counted 36 people. CharlieK reported on funds and we circulated the box to add sufficient for continued coffee and biscuits. Here is the final collation from e-mail I've received: 1. Market prices - JohnS JohnS volunteered that he is continually amazed at the rapid drops in prices. Last Sat at the Woden PC market he picked up a BenQ (Acer) 32 X 10 X 40 CD burner (a bit faster than his old RICOH 6 X 2 X 16 drive - but not cutting edge) for $99 Brand new with Nero Burning software, manuals, cables & blank disks - not even OEM. Also noted that PCI cards with 4 X USB2 ports are down to $55. 2. Reflections of Canbetrra www.act.gov.au/reflections/ CD - MikeD 2. A very good and large collection of Canberra photoes from the 50s to 90s at: www.act.gov.au/reflectionscd/ I understand a CD can be bought at various ACT government outlets. But there are many photoes etc on the net - MikeD Note from Trevor: Reflections of Canberra: http://www.act.gov.au/heritagelibrary/snapshot/index.cfm CD available for $10 at libraries. 3. E-mail and netspeed - KenM 4.a. XP - Greg 4.b. XP2 - Nigel 5. IE4 -> IE5.5 - Joan 6. Numlock / shutdown - Kevin. Note from Trevor: Maybe Kevin could check he's using the right keyboard in Start | Settings | Control Panel | Keyboard. 7. Help - Jeff I have learned that certain "reserved" words should not placed in the Subject line of an e-mail. Thus an e-mail I sent with HELP in the subject line was blocked by Majordomo. I had never noticed this Major before and was told that a list of reserved words can obtained by an e-mail to Majordomo@tip.net.au with nothing in the Subject line and the word Help in the message. I tried this but if the reserved words came in the reply, I am not able to recognise them. Also, given that I am no longer a TIP subscriber and use @webone.com.au, why do my e-mail have anything to do with Majordomo in my case. My guess is that HELP is also a reserved word for webone. I hope someone else will comment on all this. In meantime I will not ever enter "help" in the subject line for an e-mail. Jeff Note from Trevor: I understand that one should send messages to the list candc@pcug.org.au rather than Majordomo. There generally is not a need to talk to the robot unless one wants to know Who participates in the list or wants further help when talking to Majordomo. The reserved words are usually contained in the message and not the subject line. If one has a signature then one should place two or three hyphens in the body of any message and Majordomo will not act apart from distribute your message to all who participate in the list. 8. Telstra effort for Gungahlin (info only) - CharlieK Charlie reported on conversations he had held with Telstra re their future plans. Interesting to see that the Task Force investigating solutions is based in Townsville. Their research looks promising, and one reasonably priced option available immediately. If anyone really needs the details mail me at ckarlsen@pcug.org.au 9. Cradles (?) removable disks - AlanV Renumbering begins 10.a. Network password window 10b. Gear Pro CD-RW 6.0 -- PeterH Regards, Trevor -*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*-.,,.-*"*- "I always laugh at my barber's jokes, after all, he DOES have a razor in his hand." -- Woody Allen ****************************************************** Coffee & Chat Page, inluding archives of past meetings http://www.pcug.org.au/pcug/candc/ ******************************************************
Return to the Index or the Coffee and Chat Page