XStrimmer - trim universal binaries & other languages from apps
Macports - Free software for Mac. was darwinports
Friday, October 26, 2007
More SCSI issues
I got another card with an LSI 53c895. It should be supported by the glm driver in 64 bit solaris. *sigh* Nope.
So now, I've got the Adaptec 2940au in the Linux box. It's seen but not the tape drive. I have a 2940U2 card to try also.
When did SCSI get difficult?
So now, I've got the Adaptec 2940au in the Linux box. It's seen but not the tape drive. I have a 2940U2 card to try also.
When did SCSI get difficult?
Friday, October 19, 2007
Solaris 10 x86 SCSI cards
I just got a cast off DLT 7000 drive to put in my Solaris x86 box. I've had SCSI on most of my systems dating back to a 286 with an Adaptec 1542b card. I ran Minix and DOS at the time with a Syquest 88MB drive. I often used that drive on Macintosh at a nearby college to download from simtel20.
Later I got a 486 and a 2GB 4mm DAT drive. I used the same card. The syquest and DAT worked with versions of tar for MacOS 7, SunOS 4.x, OS/2, DOS and Linux. Back when my drives were < 500MB, 2GB was quite large.
Along the way, I picked up other SCSI adapters; they were new or salvaged. I have a Symbios 53c825, an Adaptec 2940u, a Compaq Ultra 2. I thought they'd work great in my AMD dual core Solaris box.
*sigh*. The Symbios uses the ncrs driver which is 32 bit only. The 2940 uses the adp which is only 32bit. The Compaq uses the cadp which is also only 32 bit. They will work in Linux and probably MacOSX. I've found some stuff on the net about the adp and cadp drivers having issues and the glm driver for LSI chips is in house. The glm driver is the only one of the lot to be 64 bits.
So, for Solaris, I need a new card. The best bet I think is an LSI (ne symbios) card that uses the glm driver. The 53c825 isn't supported by glm, but many older/newer ones are. Sun used LSI chips. Some of the LSI cards are much cheaper then the Adaptec (the adp320 driver will work) I would need to get. I'm getting one on eBay at 1/3 the price of the Adaptecs that would work. More information later.
I could run backups on my Linux box, but I want to have the drive local to the disks, etc. Gigabit is about 60 MB/s and the drive is 8 (5?) MB/s so there's no lack of bandwidth, but all the data is on the Solaris file server.
Later I got a 486 and a 2GB 4mm DAT drive. I used the same card. The syquest and DAT worked with versions of tar for MacOS 7, SunOS 4.x, OS/2, DOS and Linux. Back when my drives were < 500MB, 2GB was quite large.
Along the way, I picked up other SCSI adapters; they were new or salvaged. I have a Symbios 53c825, an Adaptec 2940u, a Compaq Ultra 2. I thought they'd work great in my AMD dual core Solaris box.
*sigh*. The Symbios uses the ncrs driver which is 32 bit only. The 2940 uses the adp which is only 32bit. The Compaq uses the cadp which is also only 32 bit. They will work in Linux and probably MacOSX. I've found some stuff on the net about the adp and cadp drivers having issues and the glm driver for LSI chips is in house. The glm driver is the only one of the lot to be 64 bits.
So, for Solaris, I need a new card. The best bet I think is an LSI (ne symbios) card that uses the glm driver. The 53c825 isn't supported by glm, but many older/newer ones are. Sun used LSI chips. Some of the LSI cards are much cheaper then the Adaptec (the adp320 driver will work) I would need to get. I'm getting one on eBay at 1/3 the price of the Adaptecs that would work. More information later.
I could run backups on my Linux box, but I want to have the drive local to the disks, etc. Gigabit is about 60 MB/s and the drive is 8 (5?) MB/s so there's no lack of bandwidth, but all the data is on the Solaris file server.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Today's links
DVD Flick - DVD Authoring w/ chapterising
Libra - Personal media inventory w/ lending. Barcode reading via webcam, cuecat
ZFS quick guide.
Automatic ZFS snapshotting - Not quite Netapp, but better then anything else out there IMO
Libra - Personal media inventory w/ lending. Barcode reading via webcam, cuecat
ZFS quick guide.
Automatic ZFS snapshotting - Not quite Netapp, but better then anything else out there IMO
Friday, September 7, 2007
Podcasting links
A friend of my wife is interested in starting podcasting so I googled some links.
She has a Macintosh so I'm focusing on Mac tools
O'Reilly Digital Media Article - a good site for all digital media
Audacity is a good audio editor. It's cross platform and open source too. Free.
Engadget has a HOWTO that mentions free tools for receiving and creating
A Linux setup for Recording Video - many of the tools are available for MacOSX
From about.com - more info
iLounge is a cool iPod site with a Beginner's Guide
Most of these articles mention Free/Open Source software. You don't need to buy software to podcast. You can get by with a microphone, a computer, free software and maybe a webcam. Better microphones and a digital camcorder are obvious upgrades.
There might be Legal issues. This is the Creative Commons take on it. It's based on EFF's Guide. The EFF is all about protecting your legal rights in digital media. Since you're publishing, you care about Intellectual Property (IP) and Copyright. Lawrence Lessig is worth paying attention to.
I'd focus on creating the content, the audio MP3. I'd leave distribution to one of the podcasting sites. The about.com link has some sites.
She has a Macintosh so I'm focusing on Mac tools
O'Reilly Digital Media Article - a good site for all digital media
Audacity is a good audio editor. It's cross platform and open source too. Free.
Engadget has a HOWTO that mentions free tools for receiving and creating
A Linux setup for Recording Video - many of the tools are available for MacOSX
From about.com - more info
iLounge is a cool iPod site with a Beginner's Guide
Most of these articles mention Free/Open Source software. You don't need to buy software to podcast. You can get by with a microphone, a computer, free software and maybe a webcam. Better microphones and a digital camcorder are obvious upgrades.
There might be Legal issues. This is the Creative Commons take on it. It's based on EFF's Guide. The EFF is all about protecting your legal rights in digital media. Since you're publishing, you care about Intellectual Property (IP) and Copyright. Lawrence Lessig is worth paying attention to.
I'd focus on creating the content, the audio MP3. I'd leave distribution to one of the podcasting sites. The about.com link has some sites.
Fly Fusion Pen
My wife & I got a Fly Fusion pen to try. You write on special paper and the pen records your writing.
You can hook it up to a USB cable and import the drawing & writing. Output is an image or OCR will transform the text into a document.
In addition, the pen had a speaker and headphone jack to play music and give feedback for other functions. There is a music playing app: You draw a keyboard and can then play it with the pen. It will translate spanish writing to english speaking or vice versa. A calculator.
Your lettering needs to be block style like elementry school. I have pretty bad handwriting and decent block lettering. The OCR works well for me.
It's targeted at kids for homework and the applications are geared that way. For note taking, I think it's good for business use too. It's less obtrusive in a meeting then a laptop or especially a table computer. It's quicker then using a Palm. It captures drawings better then both. At $70 plus $8 per notebook, it's a nobrainer.
You can hook it up to a USB cable and import the drawing & writing. Output is an image or OCR will transform the text into a document.
In addition, the pen had a speaker and headphone jack to play music and give feedback for other functions. There is a music playing app: You draw a keyboard and can then play it with the pen. It will translate spanish writing to english speaking or vice versa. A calculator.
Your lettering needs to be block style like elementry school. I have pretty bad handwriting and decent block lettering. The OCR works well for me.
It's targeted at kids for homework and the applications are geared that way. For note taking, I think it's good for business use too. It's less obtrusive in a meeting then a laptop or especially a table computer. It's quicker then using a Palm. It captures drawings better then both. At $70 plus $8 per notebook, it's a nobrainer.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
pyTivo issues
Apparently pyTivo doesn't like "-" in the name of a share. Anything I tried to transfer from such a share would pause after 10 seconds and eventually kill the transfer. Removing the "-" from the sharename fixes it.
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