1 INFO-VAX	Sat, 07 Oct 2006	Volume 2006 : Issue 551       Contents:' Re: Alpha powered Logo for login screen D Re: DS10L Lottery  Starts 10/5/2006 09:00  Ends 10/6/200606 17:00EST$ Re: memory question: AS800 vs AS1200H Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out next week)H Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out next week)H Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out next week)G Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out nextweek) G Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out nextweek) G Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out nextweek)   Re: Reason for not deleting file  F ----------------------------------------------------------------------   Date: 7 Oct 2006 07:17:10 +0100 2 From: "Dave Weatherall" <djw-nothere@nospam.nohow>0 Subject: Re: Alpha powered Logo for login screen? Message-ID: <DTiotGxQ0bj6-pn2-ddeRlQ0vFS4J@dave2_os2.home.ours>   1 On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:32:30 UTC, "Doug Phillips"   <dphill46@netscape.net> wrote:       >  > LATE BREAKING NEWS:  > A > As the news from Intel explodes into the tech community, an AMD E > spokeman told this reporter in a personal and private meeting: "AMD E > would never succumb to this type of blackmail. We stand firm in our A > committment to our state-of-the-art Z-80 technology! Care for a ) > bonbon?" He offered no further comment.  >  > :-)   D Lot of truth in that. I've always maintained that the Z80 saved the F Intel architecture - by making it really useful/usable. Not to mentionC the well integrated chip set and decent vectored interrupt support.   E Not for nothing does a Rainbow have a Z80 as well as the 8088 or, as   in my wife's case, 80286.    --   Cheers - Dave W.   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 11:43:56 -0400 ' From: Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> M Subject: Re: DS10L Lottery  Starts 10/5/2006 09:00  Ends 10/6/200606 17:00EST 9 Message-ID: <vI6dnQPPF5ahVLrYnZ2dnUVZ_tqdnZ2d@libcom.com>    JF Mezei wrote:  > Dave Froble wrote:K >> Just got a DS10L from David, thank you very much.  Now I have to open it F >> up to see what's inside.  I remember reading about the top opening.  >> Cannot determine how to do so > B > You must use your aluminium baseball bats to coerce the top into > opening. :-) :-) :-)    H Already tried that.  DEC computers are built rather robust.  Damaged my  bats.   J > All of the screws are "retained" by the top cover (they won't fall off). > Q > Unscrew/unlock the 5 small philips screws, as well as the 3 large blade screws.  > G > Grab the cover by the sides (the front besel is part of the base, not 7 > the cover). Gently lift it while holding your breath.  > I > Be careful with any connectors you have in the back. The cover's hinges 9 > do give some clearance, but you still need to watch it.  > J > Also, check that the hinges in the back are not damaged. Mine were bent.C > I used pliers to straighten them. You can use your baseball bats.    Can't.  Case damaged bats.  F > The cover can remain partially open, or you can open it fully so the > cover is vertical. >  > J > Once opened, check that the ventilation is OK. For instance,  downstreamF > of the CPU, thehere is a plastic flexible baffle. It could be curvedG > towards the back of the cabinet (to direct air flowing out of the CPU C > towards the back.). Mine was "out" curved towards the front, thus 2 > allowing hot air to leak into the front portion. > D > Similarly, in the CPU fan intake side (on the right), you want the$ > baffle to curve towards the front.  E I'd wanted to be able to 'see' the Alpha chip.  Damn thing is buried  D deep under all the cooling ducts.  If it works, I should just leave 
 things alone.   J > The fans in the power supply are held in such a way that there are holesF > on the top. A lot of air is bleeding through those holes. I put someG > metal duct tape to cover those hols and thus increase airflow through G > the powersupply and instead of allowing the bleed air to flow/warm up = > over the power supply before being sucked into the CPU fan.   G Big power supply, for the capabilities of the system.  Perhaps it will  > last longer than what is used in the AlphaStation 200 systems.   --  4 David Froble                       Tel: 724-529-0450> Dave Froble Enterprises, Inc.      E-Mail: davef@tsoft-inc.com DFE Ultralights, Inc.  170 Grimplin Road  Vanderbilt, PA  15486    ------------------------------   Date: 7 Oct 2006 07:15:55 -0700 ; From: "johnhreinhardt@yahoo.com" <johnhreinhardt@yahoo.com> - Subject: Re: memory question: AS800 vs AS1200 A Message-ID: <1160230555.717614.4730@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>    H Vlems wrote:L > Does memory from an Alpha Server 800 (5/500) fit into an Alpha Server 1200
 > (5/400)? >  > Hans  E No.  I have both and can tell you that they are different types.  The G AS800 takes 3.3V 60ns buffered EDO ECC DIMM while the AS1200 uses 83MHz , (PC100 works fine) ECC Non-Registered SDRAM.  B I've been using Micron MT18LSDT3272AG 256MB sticks in my AS1200's.E Currently they are available for about $23 each (with shipping in the G US) on Ebay.  My two AS1200's have 2GB worth that I've accumulated over 3 the last couple years and I've not had any trouble.   G In the AS800's I put Compaq 256MB sticks and stuffed 2GB in each of the E 2 AS800's I have.  The Compaq memory was that listed for the Proliant C 1600 (IIRC) - they are the ones that look like they have "dog ears" D sticking off the top of the DIMM.  Don't forget you need 4 alike andC the AS800 has 2 banks.  It looks like several sets are available on  Ebay fairly cheap.       John H. Reinhardt    ------------------------------   Date: 7 Oct 2006 07:17:13 +0100 2 From: "Dave Weatherall" <djw-nothere@nospam.nohow>Q Subject: Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out next week) ? Message-ID: <DTiotGxQ0bj6-pn2-qdnqbPZ2k1JS@dave2_os2.home.ours>   7 On Sat, 7 Oct 2006 02:07:38 UTC, "Jeffrey H. Coffield"  & <jeffrey@digitalsynergyinc.com> wrote:   <SNIP>  5 > Delenn was Sinclair's great great... granddaughter. D > Sinclair goes back in time to become Valen courtesy of the Vorlons) > When Valen is finished he disappears...  > 7 > When time comes back to the "current" events of B5...  > E > Valen/Sinclair is now Kosh, the only Vorlon who cared about humans.  > 
 > I loved B5.  >  > Jeff Coffield   B I don't know whether to be upset 'cos you've given the game away, F should I ever buy the DVD set, or be grateful for putting a few thingsA into context. I watched a lot of it,. some in German and some in  * English, but very juxtaposed.  Enjoyed it.   --   Cheers - Dave W.   ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 03:04:16 -0400 - From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> Q Subject: Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out next week) , Message-ID: <4527515A.22D351AD@teksavvy.com>   Dave Weatherall wrote:C > I don't know whether to be upset 'cos you've given the game away, H > should I ever buy the DVD set, or be grateful for putting a few things > into context  > Watching B5 when you know what happens later is sometimes moreG interesting because you see more of the hints that are being given away G in the series. When you watch an episode for the first time without any H context, many of those hints go unnoticed and appear to be without value; (but only much later turn out to be of considerable value).    ------------------------------  % Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 09:24:32 +0200 / From: Paul Sture <paul.sture.nospam@hispeed.ch> Q Subject: Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out next week) J Message-ID: <paul.sture.nospam-44567B.09243207102006@mac.sture.homeip.net>  9 In article <Q8idnWYFPoiQlLrYnZ2dnUVZ_sCdnZ2d@libcom.com>, )  Dave Froble <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote:    > Neil Rieck wrote: 9 > > "Dave Froble" <davef@tsoft-inc.com> wrote in message  7 > > news:CfmdnVWX6JbHN7vYnZ2dnUVZ_t2dnZ2d@libcom.com...  > >> Hoff Hoffman wrote: > >>> Neil Rieck wrote:  > >>> K > >>>> I consider Babylon-5 one of the best science fiction TV series ever   > >>>> created.  > >>>   And so it begins. K > >> Why?  In my opinion, there aren't enough to argue over.  The mindless  < > >> rabble much prefer junk such as survivor and lost.  :-( > >> > > , > > Why does it begin? Because Kosh said so! > >  > > :-)  > > L > > The above quote is a Koshism from the opening of season 5. Kosh was the O > > Vorlon ambassador (Vorlons appear like angels under their encounter suits;  L > > after the first Kosh is assassinated he is replaced with another Vorlon 	 > > also  L > > named Kosh ("we are all Kosh") who seems a little more diabolical and I 	 > > also  3 > > wondered if this Kosh might look like a demon.)  > K > Ok, didn't know that.  I took it as a comment that a flame war over what  0 > was/is the best TV SF show was about to begin.  H And I just thought (before the first coffee of the day) that I'd walked 9 into some if that stuff designed to beat spam filters :-)    --  
 Paul Sture   ------------------------------  $ Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 08:20:36 -0400) From: "Neil Rieck" <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> P Subject: Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out nextweek); Message-ID: <45279b7c$0$5934$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>   ; "JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote in message  & news:45271611.BC9E3305@teksavvy.com... > Dave Froble wrote:K >> Ok, didn't know that.  I took it as a comment that a flame war over what 1 >> was/is the best TV SF show was about to begin.  > G > Nop. "And so it begins"  refers to Kosh knowing that there is to be a F > conflict with the "shadows" (the bad guys). And as he sees the first4 > signs of shadows emerging,he utters that sentence. >   @ You are correct but, he I think he also says this in "Chrysalis"2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysalis_(Babylon_5)K where ambassador Delenn gegins her transformation into a fox (figuratively  	 speaking)    > I > Babylon 5 was unique in that the full multi-year story line was written H > before the first show, except for the additional season that was addedI > (the one with the telepaths essentially becoming terrorists). Note that H > the series finale was actually shot as the end of the previous season. > F > The "full story" allow Kascinzky to insert clues right from the veryI > fist episode. So while each episode may have seemed to be "stand alone" G > initially, one eventually realised that many clues had been seeded to  > explian what was going on.  5 Typo alert: I think you meant J. Michael Straczynski.   L Adding to your point, JMS first designed a 5-year story arc before shopping M around for investors. Once the arc was laid out, writers just had to fill in  J the area under the arc (contrary to popular belief, JMS only wrote 99% of K the stories so there must have been an initial plan to hire others). Thank  K God B5 it had nothing to do with the main 3 networks because, like ST:TOS,  M it wouldn't have made it 5 years without the networks losing interest. Also,  I the contrversial topics would have made the program a prime candiate for  = negatiove letter writing campains to big network advertisers.    > H > Note that Babylon 5 did not initially have much studio support. It wasF > not considered a big success. The follow on series (forget the name)H > didn't last a full season, just the first 6 pilot episodes. And it wasG > just getting to a point where the storyline was starting to move with - > all the story foundatiosn being fully laid.  >   0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusade_(TV_series)   > G > babylon 5 also was one of the rare series that dealt with time travel  > issues in a very logical way.  > G > Recently saw an interesting interview of Terry Gilliam on the BBC (of H > Monthy Python fame). he made the comment that now that the big studiosJ > are all owned by multinationals, the heads of studios are just glorifiedJ > accountants that report to the multinational boards. They no longer haveG > the authority to take risks on new movies. You will no longer see any G > "Titanic" or "Lors of the Rings" being funded. Instead you are seeing H > "safe investments" such as remake of old movies, which ironically have > so far all flopped big time. >   I This is essentially correct. The general crappiness of free (advertising  J funded) TV has caused a huge drop in viewers which means that no one will M ever sell another 5-year big budget story to free TV. (unless the ability to  L generate really good CGI falls to zero and good writers are willing to work H like monks).  Someone with deep pockets (George Lucas, HBO, etc.) could I attempt to take on a project this size but I'm afraid that everyone else  $ would not be able to find investors.  M p.s. Unlike the Star Wars saga, I doubt that B5 could ever have been brought  M to the big screen (even over a 30 year period). Even Star Wars couldn't have  H been done if it weren't for George Lucas being incredibly rich and then  backing his own project.  
 Neil Rieck Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge,  Ontario, Canada.! http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/    ------------------------------  $ Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 08:48:51 -0400) From: "Neil Rieck" <n.rieck@sympatico.ca> P Subject: Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out nextweek); Message-ID: <4527a21b$0$5899$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>   ; "JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@teksavvy.com> wrote in message  & news:45271611.BC9E3305@teksavvy.com... > Dave Froble wrote:K >> Ok, didn't know that.  I took it as a comment that a flame war over what 1 >> was/is the best TV SF show was about to begin.  >  > G > Nop. "And so it begins"  refers to Kosh knowing that there is to be a F > conflict with the "shadows" (the bad guys). And as he sees the first4 > signs of shadows emerging,he utters that sentence. >   K The cool thing about Kosh is that he usually sees a deeper significance in  M things. He makes the statement "And so it begins" while others are rejoicing  G about their recent victory over the shadows (which they thought was an   ending).       ###   M Lyta announces that the Shadow got off a distress call before they destroyed  I it. The jump engines still need ten minutes to recuperate when four more  K Shadow ships arrive. The White Star flees as the Minbari cruiser jumps in,  K but there are only three telepaths on board and Lyta is exhausted. Evasive  M action isn't enough and soon the Shadow locks on. In the instant before they  L are destroyed a jump point opens for the G'Tok and other alien ships coming I to the rescue. They destroy the attacking Shadow and the remaining three  
 enemies flee.   M Sheridan cackles with glee and rushes to the window. "And so it begins," the   old Kosh says to Lyta.  - http://www.midwinter.com/lurk/synops/062.html 2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkabout_(Babylon_5)       ###     M All these B5 discussions have got me thinking about purchasing the first DVD  2 box set. I think I'll start shopping around today.    
 Neil Rieck Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge,  Ontario, Canada.! http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/    ------------------------------  # Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2006 15:18:48 GMT ; From: "Jeffrey H. Coffield" <jeffrey@digitalsynergyinc.com> P Subject: Re: OT: Babylon-5 (was Heads up: La Fiorina's book coming out nextweek); Message-ID: <szPVg.9816$GR.6952@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>    Neil Rieck wrote:    > O > All these B5 discussions have got me thinking about purchasing the first DVD  4 > box set. I think I'll start shopping around today. >  >  > Neil Rieck > Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge,  > Ontario, Canada.# > http://www3.sympatico.ca/n.rieck/  >  >   I It's the only way I watch some TV series is on DVD. You get so much more  D watching several episodes in a row with NO commercials. As for Kosh E trivia, I have met Jeffrey Willerth (Kosh's body, not his voice) and  I have his photo & his autograph (along with many others of the cast) on a  	 B5 litho.   G I went to a charity benefit for a school for deaf children arranged by  H Richard Biggs (he played Dr. Stephen Franklin and was actually deaf and F had gone there) where they auctioned off a lot of B5 memorabilia. One H item was a chip of paint from a White Star ship which is unique in that G the ships were all computer generated. They said Straczynski saw a car  E that was the color he wanted the ships to be, chipped off a piece of  - paint and took it to the graphics department.   
 Jeff Coffield    ------------------------------   Date: 7 Oct 2006 07:17:12 +0100 2 From: "Dave Weatherall" <djw-nothere@nospam.nohow>) Subject: Re: Reason for not deleting file ? Message-ID: <DTiotGxQ0bj6-pn2-5Z4u711d4Dx4@dave2_os2.home.ours>   C On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 06:34:53 UTC, "alok" <alok.net@gmail.com> wrote:    > HiH > I am getting error like file "could not be deleted". What prevents the > system to delte this file? >   B If this is in a DCL procedure, has someone stopped the full error E reporting with a SET MESSAGE command, If so you could try commenting   it out.   E Another possibility is that another bit of DCL has left the state of  1 error message reporting set to off or restricted.    SET MESS /FAC /ID /SEV /TEXT  4 would fix that. Hopefully I've remembered correctly.   --   Cheers - Dave W.   ------------------------------   End of INFO-VAX 2006.551 ************************