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There is a spec for serial numbers in http://www.usb.org/developers/devclass_docs/usbmassbulk_10.pdf
(§4.1.1)

But that doesn't mean you'll be able to read them from REBOL.

I'm currently investigating the same topic. 99% of USB sticks have 
a OEM serial number. And you need to use WMI on Windows to get hold 
of it. Best way is to write a Rebol compatible wrapper function in 
C and use it via the DLL interface.

I've got a radio frequency interference problem with my computer. 
When it's on, my mum's radio a few feet away behind a wall has an 
unacceptable level of noise added.

Does anyone have any suggestions for diagnosing / reducing the interference 
?

Faraday Cage?

move the computer?

seriously, if you mean that you see funny stuff on the display, and 
you're using an analog connection to the monitor, try switching to 
DVI or HDMI (if that's one of the connectors on the computer). Just 
using an RGB to DVI convertor will might not do it since you still 
have part of the connection prone to interference

sorry, just re-read what you said - is the interference on the radio 
constant, or can you correlate it to activity on the computer (e.g. 
moving the mouse, hard disk activity, etc)?

The interference is a constant noise.

Just reading about Faraday Cage; maybe I can just stick some aluminium 
foil on the wall.

It's cheap and quick, so definitely worth trying.

line the computer case with it - or is it a laptop?

It's a tower case.

That's a good idea.

A possible complicating factor is that the shared wall between the 
radio and my computer has a power outlet on it, and an ethernet cable 
goes from my computer into it and down under the house, so those 
two things are both pretty close to the radio.
But I'll try lining my computer case first.
Thanks for the suggestions.

Anton, can the radio run on battery and if so, does the interference 
disappear if the radio is unplugged from the powersocket?

Try the radio on a different wall socket .. the RF being generated 
by the PC may be leaking into the power.  Also if that doesn't work, 
get some ferrite beads from Dick Smiths and wrap them around cables 
inside the PC.

I've had similar issues, when the outlet was not grounded.  to fix 
the issue on that specific area, I built an AC extension which removed 
the ground from the grounded plug and it fixed it.... but obviously, 
you are running without explicit ground.  in Canada its not as big 
a deal since the neutral wire is also grounded, but it has to go 
through the panel, which isn't as effective has a decidated ground 
wire.

(we are also using only 110v )

I'm looking for good USB Host software.  Not the most common thing 
to find.  Not sure I want to dredge through a *nix distro, but seems 
like that might be my best chance.

hope this is on topic.  It's Hardware drivers...not exactly what 
the group was designed for, but my thoughts rarely fit into conventional 
boxes.

No battery, but has a 12V power input.

does somebody has some usage experience with AMD magny cours Opteron 
CPU's ?

MS announced its .NET Gadgeteer toolkit for Electronics Hardware 
Fans. See this post to get more info and see a short video of the 
toolkit running a small mainboard with many other appliances boards 
attached to it. http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/08/microsoft-releases-toolkit-to.html

Maybe someday Red will replace the C# embedded in their sdk software 
...

The only thing that matters.
How much ?

Where's the video ?

http://www.ghielectronics.com/catalog/category/265/

MS is make big efforts to support embedded platforms, the .Net Micro-Framework 
I played with on my netduino board is quite impressive.

the processor is quite impressive if it can run such beasts ;)

I've been using a new laptop for the past 24 hours, and it is the 
most  frustrating lump of hardware I've ever had the misfortune to 
use.


Why? There's an extra set of hotkeys on the keyboard exactly where 
your muscle memory expects ctrl and shift.


Even when partially disabled (they can't be fully disabled) I'm pressing 
a dead key half the time rather than the one I want.


It seems impossible that such a design survived any sort of usability 
testing.

And I am not alone.....

http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Operating-systems-and/How-to-disable-Quick-Launch-keys-on-G62/td-p/272315

Ah yes, keyboard muscle memory can be extremely frustrating when 
having to accustom to a new keyboard.

Anyone has a few good PC hardware architecture overview books ? Maybe 
on mainboard archs, maybe on nvidia cards arch. Preferably in PDF 
so I can read on Kindle

Maybe overview of CPU archs. I have AMD64 athlon currently

http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/mobile-phone-texting-autocorrect-autocowrecks-the-awful-truth-revealed.jpg

I am interested in PC CPUs

And in mainboards and in video cards

Sunanda... I've had my PC for 10 months, and I'm still not completely 
acustomed to the new keybord  :-(


some of the layout decisions are also quite dumb (like using half-size 
keys for the arrows... now how clueless can you be to think about 
that kind of nonsense?)

I sometimes find myself reaching for symbols where they were on Atari 
8-bit twenty years ago

hehe... I've sometimes looked for the "help" key on my PC  ... (for 
those that don't know, its from the Amiga keyboard).

Is Amiga attacheable via some device to a PC? =)

Amiga kbd

attacheable to a PC

Maxim: Logitech keyboards are eternal and quite nice, standard and 
soft. Highly enjoyable.

Logitech Videocams and mice, too.

Logitech G15 G19 and other models also have a special small monochrome 
screen on them. Useful for some people.

There is a Windows and Linux drivers for this screen.

are

I don't understand, why Ctrl is moved down on modern keyboards. I 
always switch Ctrl and Caps Lock, because I use Ctrl a lot and don't 
like my hand twisted. It's much better to have Ctrl on the same line 
as A, S, D, F ..., like on the keyboards, I used a lot in the past 
(Acorn BBC, Amiga, Wyse terminals). I'm currious, what users modern 
keyboards are friendly for, they're not programmer friendly for sure.

Typists of course!