[Re: Hi]

[Marcel Kunath]

You don't have to get AT&T cable modem but could also opt for the more
expensive TCImet cable modem service. It allows you to run any services on
your machine. 90 bucks a month though.

>
> Sean <picasso@madflower.com> wrote: > > On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Jo Dillon wrote:
> >
> > > I've just joined the mailing list so I thought I might introduce
> > > myself...
> > > I'm Joel Dillon, a programmer at Trolltech (makers of Qt) - I mostly
> > > hack on Qt/Embedded writing device drivers and graphics code. I'm
> > > moving
> > > from Oxford, England to Michigan to live with my fiancee and being a
> > > longtime member of the Oxford LUG I thought I'd join the Lansing one.
> > > Anyway, a couple of quick questions:
> >
> > Welcome!!! Glad to have you aboard!!
> >
> > > Where's a good local shop to get computer hardware?
> >
> > CompUSA, its the only place that sells real hardware (Apple) locally,
> > besides the MSU Computer Store. *ducks*
>
> Well, there's a small place on the west side called "Good Deals" that
> stocks parts as well.  If you need a 486, an ISA Real Modem, or EDO RAM,
> you can get it there.  They also have more current x86 junk.  It's on 1406
> W. Saginaw (eastbound).  Like Sean said, CompUselessA is also around.
> There's also Digilink in Okemos.
>
> Getting an AT&T cable modem going is pretty simple.  They'll give you a
> hostname, something like "C-1337-FOO", on the work order for the
> connection.  You connect your machine to the cablemodem via Ethernet, then
> you run "dhcpcd -h C-1337-FOO eth0" and you're good to go.  Keep in mind
> that they block incoming traffic to port 80 and cap the upstream at 128...
> evil idiots.
>
> > We killed regular meetings, although we did just have a going away party
> > for one of our founding members last night.
> >
> > Maybe we should think about having get informal togethers more often and
> > not just for sad occassions. Like release parties for the 2.4.XXX
> > kernel, or Debian XXX releases for PPC or something =)
> >
> > Speaking of crap like this, should we be thiking about an installfest?
>
> Yes, organization for the group is basically nonexistent now.  More
> informal get-togethers would be a good thing.  I'd be up for working on an
> installfest....
>
>
>
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