Minutes of the Meeting held 30 October 2001
Herewith the topics and notes I received by 3pm Saturday 3 Nov:
1) Used computer - Greg
2) Nimda and IE5.5 - RodB
3) Agent and pdf files - KenM. From Owen: In case Allam M doesn't
respond:
Being unable to launch is usually caused by Agent not being able to
find the temp folder that is set up to launch attachments. Make sure
that folder exists in the following setting:
Groups | (Default) Properties | Directory | Temporary directory for
launching attached files.
Owen
4) IE6 timed out - Jeff.
Important advice : Read the instructions. After installing IE 6.0 from
the current PC User magazine CD I had been having the problem of being
timed out (disconnected from TIP) whilst reading e-mail and naturally
and unjustly blamed IE . Mike indicated the problem by reminding me
that I had also recently installed Tick from
software.reallyeffective.co.uk . This is an impressive little program
that displays and logs time connected to the Internet, data
transferred and other statistics about each call. It also provides a
"Disconnect" facility for idle time, set by default at 5 minutes. Time
spent reading e-mail is classified as idle and hence my disconnects.
I have now set the idle limit at 30 minutes and must report
incidentally no problems with IE 6.0 installed over my previous IE 5.5
.
I have also made a note to read all the instructions about everything
in the future.
5) Digital video camera's capacity and downloading - Bill
A friend had asked me about a "digital Video Camera" with 16 mb memory
and how long you could continuously record on it.
The consensus was that my friend had his facts mixed but that 16 mb
would onbly give a couple of minutes recording time.
I am seeking more info including a brochure from my friend to get the
facts straight.
Topic 6 ( Ted M) a. What is an Anonymous server? Answer from JS,
AM and others was it is not necessary to hide your web page in an
Anonymous server. It is for the paranoid at heart.and although it
hides some features any expert can discover all about you.
b. The Microsoft terraserver site has high resolution satellite
pictures of some parts of the world eg Their favourite sites. As an
example a picture of Kansas City Missouri was circulated.
c. 'Dark Basic' on the CDRom of the PC Active magazine of June 2001
is a free compiler. It uses XTML to write routines to produce a good
version of the BASIC language . It runs under a dedicated single (one
at a time) window. Is designed for games. It is powerful with 3d
manipulation of images and can produce sounds on your computer, access
your video card modes, put a dot anywhere on the screen etc. It has no
line number and no 'GOTO' command which causes many to get lost in
writing a long program. If you want some fun in controlling your
computer try it.
Just type the words Dark Basic into a search engine and there is the
UK site. You can download the free version.
A similar and only slightly enhanced version is available for 48 UK
pounds. The free version can be sold, given away and is unlimited in
its capability. The language allows matrix manipulation, system
access, 3D camera etc .
The simple program below was copied and pasted from 'Dark Basic'
from the first program in the instructions. That means that text can
be transferred from any windows program eg M'Soft word to an e-mail
and vice versa.
Almost unbelievably the line below is a complete but program which
can be compiled by hitting F4 and runs with F5 and then can be saved
as a DBA (dark basic) file.
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Print " Hello World"
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The program of course prints Hello World on the screen.
No Program could be easier to use. You just have to learn the commands
and away you go.
However it can only display a single window at a time which is not a
problem. The only problem I have found is that the screen in most of
the programs is DARK! This can be got round by creating a white page
as a bitmap and loading it at the start of the program. ie. with for
the example type the command LOAD and give the location of
the image e.g.
load bitmap "pics\bitmap0.bmp
c Hymans 'old computer' auctions are held at Fyshwick every Thursday
at 5 pm. If you are careful and plan in advance (go early in the
morning and talk to Simon Pitt) he will advise you of a suitable item
amongst many will test it and suggest an auction price. If you pay $11
you get a 30 day warranty so the item can be returned if
unsatisfactory. There is however about a 20% loading to cover GST and
the auction fee.
d I went to Craig' Hill's house at Dunlop ACT last Friday and bought
256mb of SDRAM memory (Hynix memory from Korea) for just over $52.50
with a three year warranty!
I have not installed the memory as yet but expect no problems Other
prices from his catlogue which he emailed me are below. The catalogue
is a long Excel file.
INTELLIOPT MS INTELLIMOUSE OPTICAL USB $50.40
INTELLIPS2 MICROSOFT INTELLI MOUSE PS2 $33.60
INTERNETKB MICROSOFT INTERNET KEYBOARD $39.60
MSTREKWHEE MICROSOFT TREKKER WHEEL MOUSE $22.80
NATURAL MS NATURAL KEYBOARD ELITE $60.00
INTELLIOPT MS INTELLIMOUSE OPTICAL USB $50.40
INTELLIPS2 MICROSOFT INTELLI MOUSE PS2 $33.60
INTERNETKB MICROSOFT INTERNET KEYBOARD $39.60
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SP5300 SPARKLE NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 32MB 4X/2X AGP $74.40
SP6326A8 SPARKLE SIS6326 2X 8MB AGP $37.20
SP6800A/64 SPARKLE GEFORCE/2 MX200 64M AGP W/TV OUT $139.20
SP68M4/64T SPARKLE GEFORCE2 MX400 64MB AGP W/TV OUT $157.20
SP7000 SPARKLE GEFORCE3 64M W/TV OUT-DVI CARD $714.00
SP6800A/32 SPARKLE GEFORCE2/MX200 32M AGP W/O TVOUT $104.40
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If you are interested contact
LouCra Computers
26 Tarrant Cres
DUNLOP ACT 2615
(02) 62599804
I have no connection with Craig Hill the business owner.
7) PDF book - AllanM
8) Audio streaming - Kevin
9) Genealogy research - MikeD.
The LDS Sydney number is 1300 304 045. LDS is the Church of Latter Day
Saints, aka Mormon.
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