Nikon LED questions

[Kennedy McEwen]

OT:
Ping Kennedy McEwen and everybody that can not find that program on what CD.

There is a nice program that does a good job of cataloging your floppy
disks, CDs and DVDs (data not video) collection.
It makes searching for a program or driver easy if you comment what the CD
or Disk is for.

Does it self update when you file the CD in the wrong box? Perhaps it
comes with a set of 1000 RFID stickers and a wand... ;-)

Amazingly enough, the only thing that didn't work properly straight
after the upgrade, which was to a board with a completely different
chipset, was the ADSL driver. Probably the simplest "upgrade" I have
ever done - and still keeping the same 15 year old system going that
started life as Win3.1 on a 33MHz 486DX machine with a 106MB hard drive.
;-)

 

[rafe bustin]

Does it self update when you file the CD in the wrong box? Perhaps it
comes with a set of 1000 RFID stickers and a wand... ;-)

Amazingly enough, the only thing that didn't work properly straight
after the upgrade, which was to a board with a completely different
chipset, was the ADSL driver. Probably the simplest "upgrade" I have
ever done - and still keeping the same 15 year old system going that
started life as Win3.1 on a 33MHz 486DX machine with a 106MB hard drive.
;-)

What parts are common between the current
machine and the original (15 year old) machine?

You can't even buy motherboards these days
with ISA slots.


rafe b.
http://www.terrapinphoto.com

 

[Kennedy McEwen]

What parts are common between the current
machine and the original (15 year old) machine?

Some of the applications.
Its a bit like the old broom - its had 15 new heads and 10 new handles!
Or your own body - how many cells do you still have that you were borne
with?

But when someone asked the other day about how a certain task could be
implemented, the simplest solution was to use the Macro Recorder - its
still there on my hard drive, and it still works, but was never shipped
with Windows after Win3.1 ;-)

You can't even buy motherboards these days
with ISA slots.

Yes, and that was a disincentive to upgrading the motherboard for a
while. But it's no different to changing the processor. The 486DX4 and
Pentium had different footprints, as did the P-II and again the P4 - all
required new motherboards to accommodate the upgrade, but the rest of
the peripherals remained the same - for a while. The ISA peripherals
were gradually replaced with PCI alternatives in preparation for the
next upgrade to an ISA free motherboard. The OS was upgraded to Win for
Workgroups, Win95, Win95B, Win98SE, hard disks replaced smaller units
but had the old installation ghosted across rather than fresh
installations and patching. For a while I used to keep ghost images of
the entire hard drive on CD's for this very purpose, but it has long
since been outgrown the capacity of removable media. If I bought a
completely new machine it would take months to get all of the
applications and patches up to date - and even then, one day I would be
sure to want something that I had forgotten to re-install.

 

[Neil Gould]

But when someone asked the other day about how a certain task could be
implemented, the simplest solution was to use the Macro Recorder - its
still there on my hard drive, and it still works, but was never
shipped with Windows after Win3.1 ;-)

Well now, *this* is a tip that is worth its weight in gold (if my Win3.1
disks are still readable).

Neil

Yes, and that was a disincentive to upgrading the motherboard for a
while.

The Chaintech V915P is a socket 775 motherboard that claims to have 3(?!)
ISA slots.

Regards,

Neil

 

[CSM1]

Does it self update when you file the CD in the wrong box? Perhaps it
comes with a set of 1000 RFID stickers and a wand... ;-)

No it does not have an automatic function for a bonehead act. (It is a
database, not a genie).

It does scan the disk or CD for you, the rest of the work in filing and
categorizing is up to you.

Amazingly enough, the only thing that didn't work properly straight
after the upgrade, which was to a board with a completely different
chipset, was the ADSL driver. Probably the simplest "upgrade" I have
ever done - and still keeping the same 15 year old system going that
started life as Win3.1 on a 33MHz 486DX machine with a 106MB hard drive.
;-)
--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when

replying)

 

[rafe bustin]

If I bought a
completely new machine it would take months to get all of the
applications and patches up to date - and even then, one day I would be
sure to want something that I had forgotten to re-install.

Way I see it, it's like moving to a new house.
A good opportunity to discard old baggage.

I upgrade my PC every two or three years.
One painful lesson from that is that "legacy"
cards and applications are often more trouble
than they're worth.


rafe b.
http://www.terrapinphoto.com

 

[Kennedy McEwen]

No it does not have an automatic function for a bonehead act. (It is a
database, not a genie).

So it would not have helped then, would it.

Mind you, the idea of some RFID tags and a wand would.

 

[Kennedy McEwen]

Way I see it, it's like moving to a new house.
A good opportunity to discard old baggage.

I upgrade my PC every two or three years.
One painful lesson from that is that "legacy"
cards and applications are often more trouble
than they're worth.

I upgrade on a fairly continuous basis, although in recent years the
rate of change has slowed somewhat. However I never start from scratch.
I have a very stable system and, from what I have seen of others with
the same OS, I would risk losing that if I did. Minimum disturbance at
every step seems to have paid off so far.

 

[CSM1]

So it would not have helped then, would it.

Mind you, the idea of some RFID tags and a wand would.

You would have to be Walmart or rich to afford putting RF tags on every
piece.

 

[Kennedy McEwen]

You would have to be Walmart or rich to afford putting RF tags on every
piece.

I don't think you would need to be rich to do it, just smart - rfid tags
are dirt cheap, that is why they can be attached to so many products ad
just fused before you take them out of the store. And it might prove to
be something that many people would find useful.

Putting them on CDs and DVDs whilst retaining their static and dynamic
balance might prove tricky, but not "unsurmountable", to use a pun. ;-)

 

[CSM1]

I don't think you would need to be rich to do it, just smart - rfid tags
are dirt cheap, that is why they can be attached to so many products ad
just fused before you take them out of the store. And it might prove to
be something that many people would find useful.

Putting them on CDs and DVDs whilst retaining their static and dynamic
balance might prove tricky, but not "unsurmountable", to use a pun. ;-)

Having rfid tags on every cd, may be a good idea, but by the nature of rf id
tags, you would be unable to get a very accurate location, just the general
area where the tag is located.

When you walk out of the store, you come within several feet of the scanner
to be detected. That means that a rf id tag on any cd could be detected
anywhere in the room. That would not get you to the exact box.

A nice article on RFID tags.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1132787,00.asp

--
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when

replying)

 

[Kennedy McEwen]

Having rfid tags on every cd, may be a good idea, but by the nature of rf id
tags, you would be unable to get a very accurate location, just the general
area where the tag is located.

When you walk out of the store, you come within several feet of the scanner
to be detected. That means that a rf id tag on any cd could be detected
anywhere in the room. That would not get you to the exact box.

That depends on the detector you use. In a store the detectors are
built into the door frame - or loops at the side of the doorway that you
have to walk through - and designed to be sensitive over the area of the
doorway. But there are also hand held wands that have a much more
restricted range. Given that the rf emission is an inverse square law
from the tag - and another inverse square law for inductively coupling
the power to the tag - it ought to be feasible to tailor the sensitivity
of the wand to determine if a particular tag is within a few inches of
it. Then you have a sensor capable of identifying whether the tag, and
hence the item, you are looking for is in a specific box, without
opening it. Could come in handy for finding where I left the car keys
too! ;-)