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Forum: Intel January 29th 18, 11:31 PM Posted to alt.privacy.anon-server,comp.sys.intel,comp.os.vms,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Replies: 6
Views: 3,534
Posted By Scott Dorsey
What Linux architectures are not susceptible to meltdown or spectre?

Meltdown is the result of an error made by Intel. Some Intel processors are
susceptable to it. It is not that difficult to work around in the Unix world,
but it is fairly easy to exploit if that...
Forum: PC Soundcards November 22nd 07, 06:18 PM Posted to cakewalk.audio,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,rec.audio.pro
Replies: 42
Views: 2,610
Posted By Scott Dorsey
How do you reset a frozen PCI soundcard without rebooting?

Laurence Payne NOSPAMlpayne1ATdsl.pipex.com wrote:

Sometimes you just need the Big Red Switch.

Nahh...

1:18PM up 303 days, 18:23, 92 users, load averages: 1.37, 1.74, 1.74
--scott
--...
Forum: PC Soundcards November 22nd 07, 06:17 PM Posted to cakewalk.audio,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,rec.audio.pro
Replies: 42
Views: 2,610
Posted By Scott Dorsey
How do you reset a frozen PCI soundcard without rebooting?

mjs wrote:
Why can't that signal be sent manually, and only to the sound card? I mean
technically, a reboot *is* a manual resetting... the only problem is that it
resets...
Forum: Homebuilt PC's October 31st 07, 01:55 PM Posted to rec.audio.pro,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.tech
Replies: 19
Views: 1,017
Posted By Scott Dorsey
High end soundcards

"Rich Billionaire" wrote ...
What do you guys think of the following sound cards
and do you have any personal experience with them:

Asus Xonar D2
Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1
Sound...
Forum: General September 3rd 07, 01:43 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 148
Views: 4,619
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post

Doc wrote:

Don't have one, just going by what I've seen on display at various
places. I have a 17" CRT monitor that I really like.

Don't go by what you see in the...
Forum: General September 2nd 07, 06:20 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 148
Views: 4,619
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post

Leonard Caillouet wrote:

Of course it is far more likely that the deterioration is accomodated by our
perception over time and is not noticed. Every phosphor based display...
Forum: General September 1st 07, 07:30 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 148
Views: 4,619
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post

William Sommerwerck wrote:

I'm typing this missive at ViewSonic PerfectFlat A95f monitor that has
perfect (and I mean perfect) purity and convergence right to the...
Forum: General August 15th 07, 06:18 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 148
Views: 4,619
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post

William Sommerwerck wrote:
Agreed. However there is a newer kid on the block, and that's the power
factor corrected SMPS. This technology has been reduced to an IC,...
Forum: General August 15th 07, 12:38 AM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 148
Views: 4,619
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post

David Lesher wrote:
"Arfa Daily" writes:

OK. I'm not sure that 'RMS' is the right term to attach to any value derived
from a ragged-arsed...
Forum: General August 14th 07, 04:31 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 148
Views: 4,619
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post

Arno Wagner wrote:

In most residential areas, they will send one leg of that three
phase 3KV out to a distribution transformer near your house. The
secondary of that...
Forum: General August 14th 07, 02:36 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 148
Views: 4,619
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post

Arfa Daily wrote:

I'd love to have 3 phase, I've never seen it in a residence though, and
residential equipment is all single phase anyway, it works.

I kinda...
Forum: General August 14th 07, 02:28 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 148
Views: 4,619
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post

In article Ju7wi.3782$r14.794@trndny06,
James Sweet wrote:

It does not extend the life. Back in the seventies when NiCd packs had
memory effect, folks were...
Forum: General August 13th 07, 02:35 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 148
Views: 4,619
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Observations on a UPS - follow up to a previous post

Doc wrote:
On Aug 12, 10:24 pm, "James Sweet" wrote:
A test to find out how long it will actually run the computer sounds
like a good...
Forum: PC Soundcards August 11th 07, 01:01 AM Posted to rec.audio.pro,rec.audio.opinion,alt.music.4-track,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,rec.music.makers
Replies: 29
Views: 4,496
Posted By Scott Dorsey
transferring cassettes to CD - Plusdeck 2C or other options

dizzy wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote:

Just go the Nak Dragon route.

Might be a bit extreme.

Try it.

Just going to a 3-head deck makes an immense improvement...
Forum: PC Soundcards August 8th 07, 02:53 AM Posted to rec.audio.pro,rec.audio.opinion,alt.music.4-track,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,rec.music.makers
Replies: 29
Views: 4,496
Posted By Scott Dorsey
transferring cassettes to CD - Plusdeck 2C or other options

Paul MR wrote:
Indeed, the Dragon was an exceedingly high-end consumer machine. But it
is expensive overkill for most people's old cassette collections. This
is especially...
Forum: PC Soundcards August 8th 07, 01:13 AM Posted to rec.audio.pro,rec.audio.opinion,alt.music.4-track,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,rec.music.makers
Replies: 29
Views: 4,496
Posted By Scott Dorsey
transferring cassettes to CD - Plusdeck 2C or other options

William Sommerwerck wrote:
William's story about tape heads that split one of the tracks on the
cassette is very believable.

I checked the Dragon service manual...
Forum: PC Soundcards August 8th 07, 01:07 AM Posted to rec.audio.pro,rec.audio.opinion,alt.music.4-track,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,rec.music.makers
Replies: 29
Views: 4,496
Posted By Scott Dorsey
transferring cassettes to CD - Plusdeck 2C or other options

Mike Rivers wrote:

The automatic adjustment looks at phase difference between the
channels and drives a motor which adjusts the head.

In order to do this, though, it has...
Forum: PC Soundcards August 8th 07, 01:06 AM Posted to rec.audio.pro,rec.audio.opinion,alt.music.4-track,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,rec.music.makers
Replies: 29
Views: 4,496
Posted By Scott Dorsey
transferring cassettes to CD - Plusdeck 2C or other options

wrote:
Wow, I never knew that azimuth stability was such a problem with
cassettes. Thanks so much for pointing that out.

Azimuth stability and speed variations are the...
Forum: PC Soundcards August 7th 07, 08:36 PM Posted to rec.audio.pro,rec.audio.opinion,alt.music.4-track,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,rec.music.makers
Replies: 29
Views: 4,496
Posted By Scott Dorsey
transferring cassettes to CD - Plusdeck 2C or other options

wrote:
Thanks for your reply.
How important is azimuth control?

It's critical. Because azimuth stability on the cassette is so awful, you
will need to adjust azimuth...
Forum: PC Soundcards August 7th 07, 07:41 PM Posted to rec.audio.pro,rec.audio.opinion,alt.music.4-track,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc,rec.music.makers
Replies: 29
Views: 4,496
Posted By Scott Dorsey
transferring cassettes to CD - Plusdeck 2C or other options

It's a cheesy car-style transport that mounts in a computer. It is not
a good way to get decent sound quality and it is not going to hold up to
heavy use.

Just go the Nak Dragon route. Your time...
Forum: Cdr July 19th 07, 02:01 PM Posted to tw.bbs.rec.audiophile,rec.radio.amateur.boatanchors,alt.comp.periphs.cdr,rec.audio.tubes
Replies: 11
Views: 726
Posted By Scott Dorsey
REDUCED0-Pioneer SX-2000 AM/FM tube receiver-MINT-best offer-needs nothing !

Dave Edwards wrote:
I think I would take a nice old Fisher 400 any day of the week!
I suspect one would go for about 1/4 of this asking price.

Actually, $80 is about fair for a...
Forum: General July 17th 07, 07:13 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 65
Views: 2,208
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Thoughts, tips, suggestions on what UPS to use?

kony wrote:

Any decent audio gear should be immune to noise on the AC
lines. It can't be built with the assumption the AC power
is a perfect/clean sine wave without an UPS...
Forum: General July 17th 07, 07:05 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 65
Views: 2,208
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Thoughts, tips, suggestions on what UPS to use?

Doc wrote:
On Jul 15, 8:36 am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
All of the cheap standby units you describe produce lousy waveforms, but
you don't care about...
Forum: General July 17th 07, 06:24 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 65
Views: 2,208
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Thoughts, tips, suggestions on what UPS to use?

Doc wrote:
On Jul 17, 8:38 am, (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

Spoonfeeding needed. For example, one external drive says "Power - 12V
2A" is that what...
Forum: General July 17th 07, 06:22 PM Posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware,rec.audio.pro,rec.video.desktop,sci.electronics.repair
Replies: 65
Views: 2,208
Posted By Scott Dorsey
Thoughts, tips, suggestions on what UPS to use?

William Sommerwerck wrote:
Spoonfeeding needed. For example, one external drive says
"Power - 12V 2A" is that what you're referring to? Am I adding
up the...
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