wrote:
> >Perhaps this type of description is
> >overly hedging and conservative, I don't know.
> It's there to protect the clueless from themselves,
> as best as is possible.
How 'bout the semi-clueless ? ;-)
Steven,
Of course, I would seek highly clued advice about
which of these items was worth pursuing.
May see you at the Help Desk on Sun., if I'm able to
make it. As to exactly which unfinished business
might be involved this time, I'm not exactly sure at
the moment.
On another front: I donated that D-Link wireless USB
Nic with the (Dark Side) software from Hell to
Goodwill. To replace it, I've tried first a LinkSys
with "Speedboost", and then a Hawking cheapie at less
than half the price. (This was all on the Dark Side,
naturally.) The former has worked only briefly and
intermittently, in the situation where I needed to use
it, which is not all that demanding in terms of
distance etc. The latter has come through like a
champ. I believe it may have a Zydas chipset, but
don't know that for a fact yet. I've taken Device
Report screenshots of both, in the eCS USB Mgr.
Is this possibly amenable to the sort of for - OS/2
driver project you got into with Mark ? If so, a
positive outcome could also be a real boon to the
community. I would see to it that the results got
written up, for our newsletter or the VOICE one.
One factor could be the rapidity with which the
chipsets used in these devices turn over. Linksys has
the advantage of by far the best market share -- per
what I've been told -- but the Hawking is cheap enough
($25.) that anyone interested could buy one on impulse
. . . and it's the size of a couple sticks of chewing
gum.
Jordan
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