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[Hardware] Computer Hardware Issues

Louis
29-May-2006
[153]
Everything high def is expensive. Can you tell much difference in 
the picture quality?
[unknown: 9]
29-May-2006
[154x3]
Oh...........yeah.............
It is a NICE lens....
It has a special coating so that water repels.  We would dunk it 
in and out of the water, not a single drop in frame.
Louis
29-May-2006
[157]
I'm looking at this:


http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=385368&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation
[unknown: 9]
29-May-2006
[158]
I will find out what he uses.  He is the lead video guy on Maui.
Tomc
13-Jun-2006
[159]
unfortunatly, probabaly not rebol related.

I want to try to use two (usb) optical mice as DIY motion encoders.
my first questions are: 

When you have three mice plugged in, how to get the os to ignore 
two of them?

How to get data from the two you have gotten the os to ignore into 
a program?
Chris
23-Jan-2007
[160x2]
Anyone know of a reasonable (and cheap) USB KVM switch, just for 
Keyboard and Mouse?
Or, is Synergy a reliable substitute?
Henrik
23-Jan-2007
[162]
I use synergy here all the time, in fact I use it to type in AltME 
right now :-)
Chris
23-Jan-2007
[163]
What OS's are your primary/clients?
Henrik
23-Jan-2007
[164]
Primary is MacOSX, Client is XP.
Chris
23-Jan-2007
[165]
Any slowdown on either, say when using a gfx package?
Henrik
23-Jan-2007
[166]
it does have some slowdown and choppyness, so I don't recommend using 
it intensively for mouse precision work. For keyboard work, it's 
fine.
Ingo
23-Jan-2007
[167]
I use synergy between win/win, win/linux from time to time, and find 
it very reliable. I didn't need reliable mouse positioning, though 
...

I'd say, just try it out, and you'll see whether it fills the bill 
for you.
Chris
23-Jan-2007
[168]
H: which method did you use to install the server on OS X?  I have 
the test working successfully...
Henrik
24-Jan-2007
[169]
I suppose you could use launchd, but I just start it manually every 
time I reboot.
Maxim
29-Jan-2007
[170x2]
chris, I had issues with repeat key events in some apps... from win 
to linux... in maya, it just goes wild when you use the space bar 
to open the menues.... and starts switching the panes instead like 
a mad man (usually, if you just tap the space key it switches the 
current view to full view)
(and in maya, holding the space will reveal a contextual menu)
Chris
11-Feb-2007
[172]
If Vista has the capability to use flash drives for faster virtual 
memory, will new systems come with an internal/built in flash drive 
so one doesn't need a tick-like creature hanging out the back of 
one's PC to improve performance?
Graham
11-Feb-2007
[173x2]
lamprey?
I've got a little 2gb sd card that I have slotted into my laptop. 
 When I access it, the whole system slows down.
Maxim
11-Feb-2007
[175]
btw, a friend told me that most flash memory has a finite amount 
of erase cycles, which is not very high... this is not an issue for 
using photos, as we usually erase them seldomly, but for things like 
using them for RAM... it could burn them out.  I don't know if usb 
sticks and sd like cards use the same sillicon inside though.
Henrik
12-Feb-2007
[176]
I've been thinking about getting a CF card to IDE adaptor and buy 
a 2 or 4 GB CF card, put it in my laptop and find a small Linux distro 
that doesn't use swap.
Robert
12-Feb-2007
[177]
Does anybody know how I can find out if a network card is removable 
(like PCMCIA, USB (does this exist?))?
Pekr
12-Feb-2007
[178]
you mean - by some system query?
Robert
12-Feb-2007
[179]
yes
Pekr
12-Feb-2007
[180x2]
hmm, dunno ... you can get list of devices somehow, but if there 
are any parameters, I don't know. Generally, you can check with free 
products as Everest, they pretty much disclose all possible hw info 
and categorise it. Cool app. If Everest or othere such sw does not 
disclose such info, then I am not sure it si possible.
but maybe some Win32API guru will tell us more.
Ashley
12-Feb-2007
[182]
flash memory has a finite amount of erase cycles

 ... from memory [no pun intended] it used to be about 200,000 cycles, 
 raised to 2,000,000 or so cycles in current generation flash technology. 
 Note that flash drives try to distribute writes evenly across the 
 media and mark areas as unreadable once they approach/exceed certain 
 thresholds. Nothing wrong with using flash as a swap device as long 
 as it's doing several swaps an hour not several a second! ;)
Chris
21-Apr-2007
[183]
2007 has been tough on my hardware -- first my iBook hard disk croaks, 
now my PC (following a brief power outage) decides it no longer wants 
to switch on.  It lights up for a second, then powers down again. 
 I don't know where to start (power brick, motherboard?)...
Graham
21-Apr-2007
[184x3]
power supply
most likely thing to fail in any pc barring the hard drive
I've seen the symptoms you describe quite a few times.  All solved 
by replacing the power supply.
Geomol
21-Apr-2007
[187]
I've had problems with power supplies in PCs, so that's a good guess. 
Make sure you have PSU, that can pull make watts.
Graham
21-Apr-2007
[188x2]
Did the power outage damage your power supply.
was it a spike ?
Geomol
21-Apr-2007
[190]
pull many watts
Graham
21-Apr-2007
[191]
Watt ?
Geomol
21-Apr-2007
[192]
Effect is measured in Watt. (My english isn't the best this late 
at night.) :)
Graham
21-Apr-2007
[193]
sorry, joke
Geomol
21-Apr-2007
[194]
lol, got it. :)
Graham
21-Apr-2007
[195x3]
So, Chris, you have a hard drive failure followed by a power supply 
failure.  It's common.
Don't take it as though the universe is against you ...
but if it keeps happening .. you might want to see how clean your 
power is .. and invest in surge protectors
Chris
21-Apr-2007
[198x2]
The universe *is* against me.  Don't try to suggest otherwise...
I wasn't around when the outage happened.  It was plugged into a 
surge protector.  However, the power supply is around 6 years old 
and the fan quit late last year.
Graham
21-Apr-2007
[200x2]
Any potential employers will note your paranoia on this public web 
forum ...
Gee....
Chris
21-Apr-2007
[202]
Good thing I'm 'Christopher' professionally...