| E-MU Tracker Pre USB 2.0 powered [message #97579] |
Sat, 29 March 2008 18:43  |
Wayne Carson
Messages: 86
Registered: June 2007
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ting PARIS component we can get our hands on so PARIS<BR>>=20
>> can<BR>>>>be thoroughly tested in larger configurations. No =
>>more of=20
>> this "sorry,<BR>> we<BR>>>>didn't have a full system to =
>>test"=20
>> thing. But as a start we'll settle for<BR>>>>whatever we can =
>>lay our=20
>> hands on.<BR>>>><BR>>>>In addition we'd need a PARIS =
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>> community member who lives in the 48<BR>>>>contiguous states =
>>(to keep=20
>> shipping costs and delays low) to volunteer<BR>>=20
>> to<BR>>>be<BR>>>>the occasional "depot/shipping =
>>person". They'd=20
>> be the person that <BR>>>>received<BR>>>>the donated =
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>> components, tested them, assembled them into a rig, and=20
>> sent<BR>>>it<BR>>>>to where it needed to go, and if =
>>needed=20
>> (although if it finds a long-term<BR>>>>home fast, that's =
>>good news=20
>> for us) receive it back and ship it=20
>> <BR>>>>elsewhere.<BR>>>><BR>>>>BTW, I'd do =
>>it=20
>> myself in a heartbeat, but I'm in Canada - don't even =
>>ask<BR>>>>what=20
>> international shipping would add to the hassle and the cost and=20
>> the<BR>>>>delays. I've already had the first potential =
>>volunteer=20
>> interest, and he's<BR>>>a<BR>>>>name you've all known a =
>>long=20
>> time, but we're clear that there are some<BR>>>>commitments I =
>>need to=20
>> obtain from others before we can ask him for=20
>> his.<BR>>>><BR>>>>Incidentally, obviously I'm not =
>>proposing=20
>> we stick that volunteer, <BR>>>>whoever<BR>>>>it =
>>winds up=20
>> being, with picking up shipping/packing charges. I'd=20
>> propose<BR>>>>setting up something like a PayPal account for =
>>them in=20
>> order to let the<BR>>>>community chip in a few bucks apiece =
>>to cover=20
>> any reasonable<BR>>>>packing/shipping costs. I'd nag, too - =
>>these are=20
>> trivial "beer money" <BR>>>>costs<BR>>>>for a =
>>community to=20
>> absorb, rather than a lump for an=20
>> =
>>individual.<BR>>>><BR>>>>>>>><BR>>>&g=
>>t;<BR>>>>As=20
>> mentioned, this is not an actual call for components yet - it's=20
>> just<BR>>>an<BR>>>>"assessment" call to determine if =
>>folks=20
>> would give concrete support to<BR>> this<BR>>>>idea. I'd =
>>put=20
>> everyone fully in the picture on *where* I was proposing<BR>>=20
>> it<BR>>>to<BR>>>>go (and of course *why*) when I made =
>>the=20
>> actual call for components.<BR>>>><BR>>>>PARIS =
>>hardware=20
>> prices have plummeted so far that the gear's hardly=20
>> worth<BR>>>>selling now - ($25 for a C16? Feh, the faders in =
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| Re: E-MU Tracker Pre USB 2.0 powered [message #97664 is a reply to message #97579] |
Mon, 31 March 2008 15:18  |
Wayne Carson
Messages: 86
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> >>
> >> >I thought I was. I conceived this notion during a paranoid moment
during
> >> >an acid trip back in the early 70's when I decided that nuclear
testing
> >> was
> >> >going to start a interdimentional chain reaction that would eventually
> > cause
> >> >our sun to explode. Of course, I then proceeded to write it all down
and
> >> >turn it in as a mini thesis for a political science class I was taking
> >> >at
> >> >the time......then I sobered up.
> >> >
> >> >I was embarrassed about this until I saw the last few minutes of Men
In
> >> Black,
> >> >which totally vindicated me.
> >> >;)
> >>
> >> It's worse than you know!!
> >>
> >>
> >
http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2008/07/01/could-th e-large-hadron-collider-destory-earth/
> >>
> >> DC
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>XP services stripper. I bought the 98lite version back 'in the day'.. it
worked pretty well.
AA
"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote in message news:48715a75$1@linux...
>
> I guess we're just bitter old geeks, Chris. I've been doing the same thing
> for years for my audio boxes. Base XP install (with legit SN, I'm lucky
> and
> Yale's site license covers my home machines), patch, stop a few services
> that annoy me. Then I install Sun Virtualbox and put all of my web
> browsing
> junk on it. Then I install my bazillions of apps and sample libraries.
> Turn
> on the XP firewall and voila, I have a nice audio box.
>
> What's N-lite?
>
> TCB
>
> Chris Ludwig <chrisl@adkproaudio.com> wrote:
>>HI Thad,
>>
>>Yep a normal Windows install disk and N-lite and you can create the same
>
>>thing.
>>This way you have an custom installer for XP with everything taken out
>>y7ou don't think is needed.
>>
>>Also someone could just tweak their xp computer with some of the well
>>documented tweaks and image.
>>This will work well if they don't change hard ware often.
>>
>>Best of all these to options are total legit and don't support piracy. :)
>>
>>Chris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>TCB wrote:
>>> If you install a boxed copy of XP and patch it, you're not all that far
> from
>>> this. You might have to do a bit to stop some services from starting,
> but
>>> it's only a few. I don't about the handle and thread counts mentioned
> re:
>>> MicroXP
>>>
>>> However, with MicroXP you lose LAN networking, user accounts (I know
>>> what
>>> they're doing to do that, don't think it's a good idea), remote desktop,
>>> automatic updates (you want to run an unpatched XP machine? You sure?),
> and
>>> a bunch of other stuff. I don't think that's a good trade.
>>>
>>> TCB
>>>
>>> "Mike Bloomer" <tubeguru2006@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Micro XP is a hacked stripped down version of XP.It's apparently
>>>> popular
>>>>
>>> with
>>>
>>>> gamers... A friend at work got a hold of a copy and I had a chance to
> try
>>>> it.I work at a computer repair shop and the idea behind trying it was
> to
>>>> make some of the older P3s usable again. It works! It takes abou
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