[NTLUG:Discuss] Linux Demo Day

[Carter B. Bennett]

Hi Stephen,
Thanks for the offer, but if I can't get some commitment from
NTLUG then I will be forced to cancel the Stripling & Cox
location. I was hoping for a full blown Linux Demo Days
sponsored by S&C and presented my NTLUG, with pamphlets
and free CD's handed out. I envisioned 3 to 4 tables with 6 to
8 Linux pros to answer questions and demo software.

I thought it was a great idea, just like the one I had about
mixing sardines and mustard in the same jar, squeeze that is.
Oh well, maybe next year.

If it can't be done right I would just assume not doing it at all.

Once again thanks for the offer.



At 12:22 AM 09/09/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>If the Linux Demo Day is still on I'd gladly bring my system as a demo
>(not every day I get to show off my handiwork. :)
>
><brag mode>
>My system is a pretty good example of the multimedia capabilities of
>Linux.
>Just a few specifics:
>
>Pentium MMX 233MHz
>160MB RAM
>Slackware 3.5 (heavily modified)
>KDE 1.1.1 (all packages, plus a few)
>STB Velocity 128 video board
>External USR modem
>SCSI ZIP drive
>UMAX Astra 1200s scanner (though SANE always hangs on me after one scan)
>STB TV PCI Tuner board
>Creative DVD DxR3 Decoder board (no drivers for Linux though :( )
>Creative DVD-ROM drive
>SoundBlaster AWE 64 (gave up on wave-synth some time ago though)
>Miro Surround Sound board (Dolby Pro-Logic!!!)
>HP Deskjet 693C
>5 satellite speakers and one subwoofer
>Two 50 watt per channel amplifiers
>And an Equalizer
>APC Back-UPS Pro 420 (runs about 5 min, I need a bigger one)
></brag mode>
>
>Not what you'd get out-of-the-box, but it does show what's possible. 
>Now if Creative would just work up a driver for my DVD board, I could
>use every bit of hardware my computer has.
>
>Really, I don't mind hauling all of this stuff around (gotta untangle
>that rat's nest of cables anyway ;).
>
>So, if the Demo Day is a go, count me in for hardware.
>
>Stephen
>
>
>Many ancient forms of information storage are still readable today.
>However, it's almost impossible to find a drive to read an 8 inch floppy
>disk today.
>
>-Stephen's things to think about, storage technology history. Ver 1.3.
><grin>
>
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You may be able to kill two birds with one stone, but, in the end when it's
all over, all you really have are two dead birds, and your short one stone.

Carter B. Bennett
Little House Computer Service (LHCS)
Proud user of Linux & Linux Based Products