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Kids today have grown up with computers, but so have some of us. This group is for longtime computer professionals, hobbyist, early adopters; anyone who programmed on punch cards, used ARPANet, gotten Email on a dialup BBS, or has an Apple IIe in the attic.
Recent Messages
cryptographic service
I started having trouble a couple of days ago and looked for solutions on the web. I was unable to run MSN explorer and could not download & install anything from Microsoft. I was able to get o...
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posted by frog40
Introduction to Computer Networking - a la 1993
I just ran across this summary of a panel at a science fiction convention in 1993, 16 years ago - 1 year after the web was invented, 1 year before Mosaic.
Panel: Introduction to Computer Networkin...
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posted by webserf
/etc/network/interfaces
I am setting up multiple NICS in two Ubuntu boxes. What I have in /etc/network/interfaces is not sticking. Anyone have experience I could tap to get the os to recognize the settings on boot?
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posted by ArticulateGuy
Ubuntu Linux Server-Client
I study Ubuntu Linux Server-Client setup and management as almost a full time job: My ultimate goal... engage all activity via the Command Line Interface; the work reminds me of early computer stud...
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posted by ArticulateGuy
Greetings group members!
I was looking for a computer group that has people in it who are not new to computing and remember the 'good old days' when men were men, and DOS was DOS. Anyway, I was at a yard sale last weekend ...
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posted by Michibilly
Photoshop Elements 6 -- What do you think?
Hello everyone!
I am new to technology land, using my old Dell with a Windows XP program, is about as far as I go. I have tons of family pictures that I did download on to Kodak Easy Share, and als...
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posted by weezer51
Dell E521 Died
Hi All:
My Dell, 15 months old, died suddenly. It was running fine, I came up from dinner to find the screen black. Rebooted, NO bios messages, NO logo, Nothing. Thought maybe my Monitor died, Got ...
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posted by BobUmphred
Lunar Lander
A mini computer to be used in a highly interactive multiple user environs was passed off to graveyard for final testing before shipping. The morning crew got a note to the effect that it had passed...
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posted by nightree
Technology Hindsight
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers" - Thomas Watson, Chairman of IBM, 1943
"But what... is it good for?" - Engineer the the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, comme...
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posted by haljab99x
