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ADSL Modems
If you get an ADSL modem based upon a
Conexant chipset, you can get to the advanced dialog by pressing
ALT-P. Select 'protocol setup'. Change VCI setting from 35 to
38.
Animated Gifs
To create an animated gif from a
collection of still pictures:
First convert the pictures to
the size you want and save them as .gif files.
Use something
like Irfanview for that.
Then run UnFREEz and drag the
pictures (in order) into it.
Set the delay between switches
(in 100ths of a second. ie 400 = 4 secs)
Save it.
There,
it's that easy !
Setting up
Build3 Computer
Windows XP
Setup:
Change drive
letters
Create common data folders
Install motherboard
drivers from CD
Install GWUM, GMT, Easytune4 (ET4), Acrobat
Reader
Setup Easytune4
Copy Downloaded Apps &
Downloaded XP Updates from my machine
Move MyDocuments
Change
folder view
Install Nero from CD
Install InCD, Uninstall it
with add/remove program, Reboot, Install InCD v4.0.5.6
Install
PowerDVD
Should install Java here !
Install OpenOffice from
Sep 2003 PCW DVD
Will need to enable Java after installing it
!
Install keyboard driver for PS/2 19e
Install RAID drivers
after enabling disk3 (use 2K_XP)
Extensible Operating System Loader (XOSL)
This is an alternative to RPM,
which can include RPM, for booting.
However, it restricts the
number of partitions and I find RPM easier on its own.
The
only loss is that you can't boot from anything but the first
master disk.
If you have operating system backups on another
disk, and the first disk dies, then you can
just recable the
good disk as the master, and carry on.
I do not recommend the
use of XOSL at present.
Installing XOSL
XOSL only
allows 4x primary partitions per disk. Since RPM allows 31x
XOSL
seems rather a restricting option. XOSL would allow
booting from a disk other than the
first.
Create a
bootable floppy
Right-click
Floppy A: in XP
Click “Create an MSDOS startup disk”
UnzipD:\Download
Apps\XOSL\xosl115.zip to D:\Apps\XOSL
Copy all files in
D:\Apps\XOSL\xosl to a:
Boot from RPM floppy
Run latest RPM
(currently RPM244)
Create a DRDOS partition
Create a
windows XP partition
Boot from XOSL floppy
Run
install.exe
Install to DOS drive (the DRDOS partition)
Select
Smart boot manager = no & 800x600
Reboot
Changing the
partitioning in XOSL
In XOSL type ctrl-p, which will
take you to RPM.
Use RPM as usual, and esc when finished.
That
will take you back to XOSL.
To
boot from partitions on disk2 (HDD1)
In XOSL setup
Tick 'swap disk'
on disk2 XP partitions
Tick 'fix FAT drive number' on disk2
DOS partitions
To boot from
partition on disk2:
Tick 'Disable'
on all disk 1 partitions
File Format
Conversion
If you've got files on an Archimedes
and you want them on a PC, these things may be useful.
Google
of “pipedream file format”
John Allen's Z88
Bits – A Pipedream to
?
http://johnallen.com/z88/conv.html
Rakewell
– Pipedream to Wordstar etc
WTP only comes with the PC
Link II system they are
selling.
http://www.rakewell.com/z88help/section7.shtml
ZXPlus3e
– Pipedream File
Format
http://www.zxplus3e.plus.com/z88forever/dn327/miscinfo.htm
Forum Posting
To post a text hyperlink
<a
href="fred.jpg" target="_blank"
class="postlink">Fred</a>
To post a
link using
BBCode:
[url]https://www.angelfire.com/hi5/neuralnetwriter[/url]
or
[url=https://www.angelfire.com/hi5/neuralnetwriter]Click
here[/url]
Installing
DRDOS7.03 into a partition
First download ~6Mbytes of DRDOS Lite 7.03 from
www.undercoverdesign.com
Run the resulting file, DRDOS703.exe
which unpacks itself.
In a DOS window:
1)
Put floppy 1 in and diskcopy disk01.144 a: (click ignore on
'other program
using device')
2) Put floppy 2 in and
diskcopy disk02.144 a:
3) Put floppy 3 in and diskcopy
disk03.144 a:
4) Put floppy 4 in and diskcopy disk04.144 a:
5)
Put floppy 5 in and diskcopy disk05.144 a:
Enter RPM with '0' at bootup menu:
Define a partition at the
top of the disk with type 0x04 = FAT-16 (<32 Mb).
I suggest
a partition of about 100MB.
I think it may have to be in the
first 8Gb of the disk.
Unmark all but that partition which
should be marked 1 & '>' for the boot partition.
Boot
from floppy 1 and install DRDOS following instructions.
Creating
Linux Installation CDs
Linux installation files are usually supplied as ISO images that
have to be written
to CD properly in order to recreate the
original.
Mandrake is on DVD at:
R:\software\mandrake
Red HAT is on DVD at:
R:\software\redhat
Knoppix is on DVD at:
R:\Software\Hands
On\\KNOPPIX_v3.2-2003-07-26-EN.iso
Don't just write the file as a data file.
It doesn't work !
Instead do the following:
1) Put a blank CD-R in the CD-RW and
go into Nero.
2) Close the wizard.
3) Select File.Burn
image.Image Files (*.NRG)
4) Select 'All files'
5) Choose
the .ISO file
6) Make sure you have:
a)
Data mode 1
b) Block size: 2048
c) Image header: 0
d)
Image trailer: 0
Checkboxes: Unactive
7) Click OK
8) Select 'Write & finalise active'
9)
Select 'write'
Installing Red
Hat Linux
The non-obvious points are:
1)
Use ext3 partition type. (I think this is wrong – it should
be ext2 ??)
Select “Format partition” & set
mount point to '\'1
2) Leave \dev\hda2 unticked for grub.
3)
Create a boot floppy.
4) Reinstate RPM at the end.
Easytune4
If Easytune4 is installed this must be done to ensure that the
northbridge fan stays on.
So you have 2 options. Don't install
it or do the following !
Run easytune4 and click on 'S'.
Change the defaults to:
CPU
RPM = 1900 (it should always be > 2000)
System RPM =
0
Power RPM = 1600 (PSU always above this)
CPU temp = 50
deg C if BIOS F2, 66 deg C if BIOS F7 (max temp for chip = 85 deg
C)
System temp = 50 deg C if BIOS F2, 55 deg C if BIOS
F7
Click on 'save'.
Note: The system & power fans are backwards to what's on the
mobo, so you may.may
not need to swap these number over !
Click on 'smart-fan' and:
Click
'on'
Set fans on to 04:00
Set fans off to 03:59
Click
'ok'
In theory this limits the fans to being off for 1x minute at 4 in
the morning !
Roll on an update to BIOS/easytune4 !
Click on 'alert' and:
Click
on 'buzzer'
Click 'on.
Click 'save'
Music On-line
If stations like RedFM stop working,
search for all .asf files, and delete them.
Testing Maxtor
Drives
Test the drive after installation with a program from Maxtor
called Powermax.
Unfortunately this gives false
errors.
Notably: xxxS57 where xxx = first 3x chars of serial
number.
Yet to be sorted.
The 6x digit error code which
denotes a drive that needs replacing should be unique to the
drive.
The first 3x digits derive from the serial number and
the last 3x digits are the error code.
Tight VNC
This explains how to setup two
computers so that one can be remotely controlled from another
other the internet.
The download
page.
http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
Click
on tightvnc-1.2.9-setup.exe underlined in brown, at the top of
the 'Windows' section.
Click on an icon under 'Download' for
“Kent, UK". (945KB)
With Mozilla Firefox: click OK
with 'Save to Disk'.
With
IE:
http://www.tightvnc.com/download.html
Click
on “tightvnc-1.2.9-setup.exe” underlined in brown, at
the top of the 'Windows' section.
Click on an icon under
'Download' for “Kent, UK". (945KB)
Click on the
line that pops up near the top and select 'Download file”
In
the pop-up that occurs, click on 'save'.
Us the next little
pop-up window to browse to My Documents\PC Docs
Click 'Save'
and wait while the file downloads.
Click on 'Open
Folder'
Double click on “tightvnc-1.2.9-setup.exe”
Click
'Next'
Click 'Next' on 'Usage Terms'
Click 'Next'
(highlight should be on 'Program Files')
Untick 'TightVNC
Viewer” & “Web pages and documentation”
Click
'Next'
Click on 'Accessories' and then 'Next' (with just
“Associates .vnc....” ticked
Click 'Next' on
“Select Additional Tasks”
Click on
'Install'
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I've found a
program that will enable me to control your computer from
here.
But, to be able to do that you will have to install the
software on your computer.
So please follow the instructions
that follow.
These are the instructions for getting it
onto your computer:
1) Click on this: TightVNC
from Kent,UK A new window will appear, and will cover over
these instructions. So, when you want to read the next
instruction, click on the "Pegasus Email" icon in the
task bar. That will pop Pegasus Email to the top so you can see
it. When you've read the instruction, click on the '-' box to
shrink the window again.
2) Look for the line with "Kent,
UK" on it. Click on the icon on the far right with "945KB"
next to it.
3) Click on that icon, and wait.
4) A
line will pop-up near the top of the window. It will say "To
help protect your security........." with a yellow
background.
5) Click on that line, and then click on
"Download File...". Wait.
6) You will get a
pop-up window titled "File Download - Security Warning".
Click on 'Save'.
7) You will now have a pop-up titled
"Save As". This enabled you to select where you want
the file saved. Just click 'Save', but remember what it says in
the field at the top named "Save in:". It will probably
be "My Documents".
8) You will now have a pop-up
with a bar showing the file downloading. Wait.
9) After a
minute or so it will beep and say "Download complete".
10)
Click on "Open Folder"
11) Double click the file
named "tightvnc-1.2.9-setup.exe"
12) Click
'Next'
13) Click 'Next' on 'Usage Terms'
14) Click
'Next' (highlight should be on 'Program Files')
15) Click
'Next'
16) Click on 'Accessories' (right at the top of the
list) and then 'Next' (with just “Associates .vnc....”
ticked
17) Click 'Next' on “Select Additional
Tasks”
18) Click on 'Install' and then 'OK'.
With
any luck you have now installed the TightVNC software.
TightVNC
will now pop-up with the title "WinVNC: Default Local System
Properties"
1) Enter the following into the password
fields (you have to enter the same thing in both lines).
The
password is: xxxxxxxxxx
2) Then click 'OK'
If you
look on the right of the task bar you should now see a little
white box with a black 'V' in it.
If you put the mouse
over it and leave it there, you should see something like this:
WinVNC – 177.97.51.16
To use TightVNC with Zone Alarm
Make sure you have 4x green ticks for
'VNC Server'. Left click on the blue '?' and select 'Allow'
Right
click on the TightVNC icon in the taskbar, and select 'Close
VNC'
Create a shortcut icon to c:\Program
Files\TightVNC\WinVNC.exe
Run VNC Server – this is so
it's run after ZoneAlarm.
Email to the person who wants to
control your computer, so they can see your IP address.
Run
the browser, putting in the IP address of the computer to
control
When prompted, enter the password
To
insert a midi file in a web page:
Found
somewhere:
<EMBED
SRC='musica1.mid' LOOP=TRUE AUTOSTART=TRUE WIDTH=2 HEIGHT=1>
SRC
(The URL of the midi file)
LOOP ( if TRUE the file is played
again when it finish . instead only once if FALSE)
AUTOSTART
(if TRUE the file plays when loaded, if FALSE user must click the
play button on the player)
WIDTH e HEIGHT ( of the player, in
pixel,, to hide the player you can use values like 1 and 1 , if
the player is hidden AUTOSTART must be TRUE )
TV Output
If you want to watch a DVD played on
your computer, on your TV, this is what you need to read.
Some
of this related to my computer only.
Right click on the
desktop, and select 'Display Properties'.
Select
'Settings'
Select 'Advanced'
Select 'GForce 4 MX Integrated
GPU'
For the UK, I/PAL is the broadcast standard.
It's
composite video to the yellow RCA connector
You need to
reboot !!!!!
Use 'Device Adjustments' to change to screen
size.
To switch between using the TV output and normal
monitor use:
Right click on the desktop, and select 'Display
Properties'.
Select 'Settings'
Select 'Advanced'
Select
'GForce 4 MX Integrated GPU'
In the left menu, click on
'Device selection'.
'Analog Display' means the normal
monitor
'TV' means – guess what, TV
Noisy Fans
To tell which fan is causing the noise, use a
kitchen roll inner (or like tube).
One end to ear - other end
near fan !
The most likely culprit is the north bridge
fan. That's the small one below the CPU fan, with 8x on it.
The
next possibility is the PSU daughter board fan.
I doubt the
nice quality orange fans would be making noise other than moving
air noise.
To cure it:
With power off.
Ground yourself to case first
(static !!!)
REMEMBER WHICH WAY ROUND IT GOES
Remove
fan carefully, by undoing the 4x screws.
REMEMBER WHICH
WAY ROUND IT GOES
Carefully pull the plug out of the socket
(red and black wires).
Use long nose pliers, don't pull the
wires.
Take off the label on the inner face, covering the
bearing.
Using a small screwdriver tip, or similar, put ONE
drop of 3-in-1 onto the bearing.
Reverse procedure to
complete the job.
Web Search Tips
If you want a couple of words together put: “cool
program”.
If you don't want a word put -fred
If you
want a word included put +fred
PDF Files
You can convert a PDF file to an HTML file.
Select all in
the PDF file, copy to the clipboard, then enter the HTML editor,
such as Open Office, and paste.
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