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Post by Tom Maneiro on Feb 5, 2007 13:43:45 GMT -5
fuckin' chinese crap! It's Captcha's time News for start the week: - Replaced the not-so-dead WU33205A and installed the 20GB SV2042H. System boots a bit faster from the old 4GB SV0432A, and migration was easier and faster than expected (really! 'cp -ax / /new_disk' and 'grub-install' do the job in less than 20 minutes). However, due to slow buses and bad luck with taxis today, i missed one episode recording (well, HALF episode). Damn! - I will move my base to a bigger room this week, so experiments will be in 'stand-by' until i get my stuff reorganizated in the new room. On the good side, i will get a router with a EVDO connection (and lots of extra electric outlets), so the 386-in-Slashdot experiment will now be possible.
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Post by paulpsomiadis on Feb 6, 2007 10:58:13 GMT -5
@tom - is is not repeated on another day during the week? They usually do an 'omnibus' episode for those who missed it earlier in the week on many channels... ...then again I dunno?
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Post by Tom Maneiro on Feb 7, 2007 13:46:52 GMT -5
No, Animax don't repeat series at weekends, in fact, the're starting to drop series from their schedule to add new shows (this week, Di Gi Charat Nyo! was shelved, to fit Twin Spica (a possible candidate for being recorded) and other crappy space series), so this may be my "last call" to rip this show. According with my schedules (this show airs weekdays at 6 and 9 AM, so there are 5 episodes per week, and the full series runs along 6 weeks), this rerun (started last Friday) will end at 09/03 (a Friday, excellent day to end reruns), and this "corrupt" episode will reair at 11, but there is no warranty (back to the DCN case: it was shelved in the mid of a rerun!). Also, there are 3 or 4 bad rips out there that will need to be redone (either by broadcast erros or by other errors). It's not an easy task... but someone has to do something
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Post by Tom Maneiro on Feb 10, 2007 18:32:27 GMT -5
bonus shot: "Pretty GRUB" ;D PS: i should hack GRUB to make it say "Gimme an order, my Lord", as Kurumi does...
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Post by Tom Maneiro on Feb 12, 2007 23:49:02 GMT -5
I've finished with the moving to my new base, now sharing knowledge with a good pal Here are some pics: New layout of the recording station. Now the TV is on a more comfortable position (and free of nasty roommates ) My roommate's boxes: on the bottom is a Athlon 64 3500+ with a MSI K8N Neo motherboard and a PIECE OF CRAP MANUFACTURED BY MAXTOR as "hard drive" (a 2B020H1, 20GB, one of these buggy DSPs Maxtor slimline HDs). Left: Winner Advance (WA3216A, 2GB, buggy DMA) Right: Winner 5 (WU33205A, 3.2GB, bad sectors) Bad news today: i had bad luck again with busses, so this time, there is another half episode missing for Pita-Ten
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Post by paulpsomiadis on Feb 14, 2007 9:02:31 GMT -5
@tom - get a DVD recorder (Standalone) or at least a VHS, it will stop you from missing episodes!
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Post by Tom Maneiro on Feb 14, 2007 13:07:40 GMT -5
I have a easier way to schedule recordings: use Linux' cron/at program schedulers. But first, i need to learn how to use them (and to fix some odd problems with this box).
This will be needed to record eps. 12 and 13 (and maybe ep. 14 and SAK ep. 7), because i will not be at home (Carnival vacations and deadly programming projects on the university).
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Post by paulpsomiadis on Feb 15, 2007 10:10:30 GMT -5
I hear ya' - it was like that a lot in my first and second year at Uni... Thankfully I returned as a top-up student for my [Hons] so I don't do programming this year - WOOHOO! ;D
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Post by Tom Maneiro on Feb 15, 2007 15:24:32 GMT -5
Super-cool news: the 387 finally reached home! More details tomorrow... tonight will be another long night I haven't opened the enevlope yet, but it reached Venezuela quickly (compared with most international shippings, it only took 4 weeks) Thanks! ;D
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Post by Tom Maneiro on Feb 16, 2007 10:15:41 GMT -5
As promised, here are the 387 install "party" photos ;D I never expected that Venezuelan mail would be so good, but yesterday they dropped this envelope in my residence: Hours later (after scoring two grades up to the roof in the university), i've broken the seal, and here is the content: - The 387: - The 66/80MHz oscillators: All of these came in perfect state: no bent pins, no scratches, no nada! Seems that they survived the 4-week airmail trip Quickly, i popped the 387 into it's socket, and it's now RIS (Rest In Socket): Finally, the fire test: see if the box recognized the 387... The BIOS complained about the presence of a new hardware piece (much like IBM boxes do), but after a visit to the BIOS and a reboot, everything was fine... Windows now display "Processor: 80386, 80387", meaning that the FPU is up and ready to service. Now, some quick benchmarks: - Windows 95 is still sloooow. - DOOM is stil sloooow. - NO$GMB runs a bit faster! It helps to reduce slowdowns when audio is enabled. @paul: Thanks! Now my 386 box is near to be complete. Things in the TODO: - Fit a socket to test the 80MHz clocks. Will require a trip to the Computer Organization labs. - 4MB SIMMs... - Slashdot on 386? I've tested the NIC with my Pentium 200 recording box, and DHCP does work fine (plus, Windows 95 can see the Samba shares. Cool!) In other news, i've learned to use Linux' "at" scheduler, so there will not be more missing/half recordings. But my TV is so crappy that the clock runs slow! It loses the time frequently, so it's unreliable to schedule recordings. Also, a new recording project will start soon: "Project Spica", starting February 26th!
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Post by paulpsomiadis on Feb 16, 2007 21:36:21 GMT -5
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Post by Tom Maneiro on Feb 17, 2007 18:11:15 GMT -5
Yes, it's Futatsu no Spica (AKA Twin Spica). I will miss the entire next week of episodes, but after that, i will record it (it's broadcasted 3 times daily, one at morning, one at afternoon, and the final one at late night, so it's a dead easy rip). Also the 387SX really helps with SSH: i've connected my 386 to the P200 box, and using PuTTY, i've opened a SSH console to the P200: it works, but since the video card is pure crap (an onboard Oak VGA with 1MB of RAM), the screen scrolls slowly. However, the terminal is mostly usable (remember that SSH uses encryption, so a FPU is a MUST). Killing DVD burners? That's not good However, if the drive is a Toshiba-Samsung (TSST), i could make an exception here: TSST drives are PURE CRAP. My friend got a new HD for his Athlon64 box (a WD Caviar WD200AA for change their MaxCrap 2B020H1, that will be donated to the lab), but he wasted TWO hours to install it: nForce chipsets are DAMN SENSITIVE to static, and it required to disassembly the ENTIRE BOX just to get rid of it (also, MSI motherboards are funky: move a piece, and you will be stuck in a infinite loop of beeps and error LEDs). My advice? Stay away from MSI mobos and nForce chipsets... at least with PCCHIPS boards they work or die.
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Post by paulpsomiadis on Feb 17, 2007 22:03:06 GMT -5
But what's the point if you missed the first week of episodes? Actually, it's just MSI mainboards - I used to have one that was pure CR@P as well... ...BTW - my current mainboard is NFORCE2 and is made by Soltek...it it ROCK STABLE! ;D Tell your mate to sell / bin his MSI mainboard and buy one from Soltek - he won't regret it!
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Post by Tom Maneiro on Feb 17, 2007 22:44:19 GMT -5
But what's the point if you missed the first week of episodes? NO, i haven't missed a single episode of it yet (started on February 5). Actually, it's just MSI mainboards - I used to have one that was pure CR@P as well... ...BTW - my current mainboard is NFORCE2 and is made by Soltek...it it ROCK STABLE! ;D Tell your mate to sell / bin his MSI mainboard and buy one from Soltek - he won't regret it! He's thinking to do that... Maybe an Asus for test. I've talked him about purchasing an Intel board, but he HATES Intel
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Post by paulpsomiadis on Feb 18, 2007 14:34:02 GMT -5
DOH! My bad... I have also had bad boards from ASUS - go with Soltek, I've NEVER had a bad MB from them, and they are ALWAYS rock stable!
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