From frekk at ucc.asn.au Thu May 10 20:46:14 2018 From: frekk at ucc.asn.au (Felix von Perger) Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 20:46:14 +0800 Subject: [tech] Project "What is this thing?" #1 Message-ID: <5b5c40c7-8d26-3840-646d-92b4d6da7418@ucc.asn.au> Dear tech subscribers, As many of you know, there are a lot of old-looking computery things stored around the clubroom, and newer members (such as myself) often don't have any idea what they are or why they are there. So that's why I've decided to start a project to document (on the wiki) all of the miscellaneous computery things that the club owns. I'll be sending out emails on a fairly regular basis, each with photos of an item found on shelves or under desks. If you recognise the object in question, or if you know anything about its history, then please reply to this email and contribute to the project by answering any of the following questions: * What is it? Does it have a name? * What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated? * Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it? * What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story? * If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be? What did they do and what do they look like? * Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing documentation? * Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it if the club is going to throw it out? The information gathered from this project will be made available on the wiki page . As more items are documented, I will make a new wiki page for each item and add a link to it on the main project page. Thank you for your contributions and I hope that this project will be informative and entertaining for everyone involved. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The first item I looked at was the computer with a blue case retrieved from the top shelf behind the door. Photo of the backplane Photo of the front (no faceplate was present) Photo of the whole box, looking at it from the back. And finally, a photo showing the guts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you know anything about this and can answer any of the questions listed above relating to the thing in the photos, please don't hesitate to reply to this email or send me the details at frekk at ucc.asn.au. Kind regards, Felix von Perger UCC Secretary 2018 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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[RME]~Coxy On 10 May 2018 at 20:46, Felix von Perger wrote: > Dear tech subscribers, > > As many of you know, there are a lot of old-looking computery things > stored around the clubroom, and newer members (such as myself) often don't > have any idea what they are or why they are there. > > So that's why I've decided to start a project to document (on the wiki) > all of the miscellaneous computery things that the club owns. > > I'll be sending out emails on a fairly regular basis, each with photos of > an item found on shelves or under desks. If you recognise the object in > question, or if you know anything about its history, then please reply to > this email and contribute to the project by answering any of the following > questions: > > - What is it? Does it have a name? > - What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated? > - Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it? > - What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story? > - If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be? > What did they do and what do they look like? > - Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing > documentation? > - Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it > if the club is going to throw it out? > > The information gathered from this project will be made available on the wiki > page . As more items are > documented, I will make a new wiki page for each item and add a link to it > on the main project page. > > Thank you for your contributions and I hope that this project will be > informative and entertaining for everyone involved. > ------------------------------ > > The first item I looked at was the computer with a blue case retrieved > from the top shelf behind the door. > > Photo of the backplane > > Photo of the front (no faceplate was present) > > Photo of the whole box, looking at it from the back. > > And finally, a photo showing the guts. > > ------------------------------ > > If you know anything about this and can answer any of the questions listed > above relating to the thing in the photos, please don't hesitate to reply > to this email or send me the details at frekk at ucc.asn.au. > > Kind regards, > > Felix von Perger > UCC Secretary 2018 > > > > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu. > au/mailman/options/tech/james%40cox.cx > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Does it have a name? > * What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated? > * Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it? > * What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story? > * If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be? > What did they do and what do they look like? > * Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing > documentation? > * Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it > if the club is going to throw it out? > > The information gathered from this project will be made available on the > wiki page . As more items are > documented, I will make a new wiki page for each item and add a link to > it on the main project page. > > Thank you for your contributions and I hope that this project will be > informative and entertaining for everyone involved. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The first item I looked at was the computer with a blue case retrieved > from the top shelf behind the door. That's one of the BeBox's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeBox One is owned by Peter Lewis (joined the same year as me, and another life-member). I don't know which one Pete owns, and I can't remember where the other one came from. They are rare and unusual machines... I've attached a few emails from the UCC list back in 2012 describing the most recent time they were running. I've also CC'd Peter Lewis, Alex Dawson, Mark Tearle, and Grahame Bowland. Andrew -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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From: Alex Dawson Subject: Re: [ucc] Magenta and the other BeBox Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 10:17:32 +0800 Size: 8436 Url: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20180510/35e5675f/attachment-0003.eml From alex at theducks.org Thu May 10 21:49:36 2018 From: alex at theducks.org (Alex Dawson) Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 21:49:36 +0800 Subject: [tech] Project "What is this thing?" #1 - BeBox In-Reply-To: <5b5c40c7-8d26-3840-646d-92b4d6da7418@ucc.asn.au> References: <5b5c40c7-8d26-3840-646d-92b4d6da7418@ucc.asn.au> Message-ID: This is one of the two BeBox?en UCC has - the other has a front panel and is in one of the loft cupboards. This one is a pre-release prototype, donated to UCC along with the other one by Peter N Lewis. [LE@] (Elliot Nunn) and I tried getting both of them going in early 2012 - we had magenta, the production one, booting, but did not have sufficient spares and time to get this one going. More info on the BeBoxen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeBox , the prototypes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/abeles/15850994039 and Be - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Inc. As for the questions: ? What is it? Does it have a name? - unknown, other one is magenta ? What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated? 1995, donated by Peter N Lewis at some point in the past apparently ? Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it? Jean Louis Gasse, an early Apple pioneer ? What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story? - Unknown ? If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be? What did they do and what do they look like? - Probably, it was non functional as of April 2012 ? Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing documentation? - Non functional as of 2012 ? Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it if the club is going to throw it out? Honestly, imo it is not worth the club keeping so that someone can look at it every 10 years.. BUT.. dear god don?t throw it out, it is a piece of computer history and should be preserved I?m sure someone on this list is still in contact with Peter N Lewis - I believe we should seek his blessing, and try to broker their sale, or donation to a computer museum - they are still worth about $1500 each - http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?t=16731890 This prototype one has the lowest serial number known > On 10 May 2018, at 8:46 pm, Felix von Perger wrote: > > Dear tech subscribers, > > As many of you know, there are a lot of old-looking computery things stored around the clubroom, and newer members (such as myself) often don't have any idea what they are or why they are there. > So that's why I've decided to start a project to document (on the wiki) all of the miscellaneous computery things that the club owns. > I'll be sending out emails on a fairly regular basis, each with photos of an item found on shelves or under desks. If you recognise the object in question, or if you know anything about its history, then please reply to this email and contribute to the project by answering any of the following questions: > > What is it? Does it have a name? > What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated? > Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it? > What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story? > If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be? What did they do and what do they look like? > Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing documentation? > Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it if the club is going to throw it out? > The information gathered from this project will be made available on the wiki page . As more items are documented, I will make a new wiki page for each item and add a link to it on the main project page. > Thank you for your contributions and I hope that this project will be informative and entertaining for everyone involved. > > The first item I looked at was the computer with a blue case retrieved from the top shelf behind the door. > > Photo of the backplane > > > Photo of the front (no faceplate was present) > > > Photo of the whole box, looking at it from the back. > > > And finally, a photo showing the guts. > > > If you know anything about this and can answer any of the questions listed above relating to the thing in the photos, please don't hesitate to reply to this email or send me the details at frekk at ucc.asn.au . > > Kind regards, > Felix von Perger > UCC Secretary 2018 > > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/alex%40theducks.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20180510/d24db3b7/attachment.htm From bob at ucc.asn.au Fri May 11 07:15:40 2018 From: bob at ucc.asn.au (Bob Adamson) Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 07:15:40 +0800 Subject: [tech] Project "What is this thing?" #1 - BeBox In-Reply-To: References: <5b5c40c7-8d26-3840-646d-92b4d6da7418@ucc.asn.au> Message-ID: <01ab01d3e8b4$d25f88f0$771e9ad0$@ucc.asn.au> I found some further information about the bebox prototype on a page where someone is selling one. Pasted below in case the site ever goes away: https://www.flickr.com/photos/abeles/16011269386 Interesting to note from the post that it takes 72 pin 60ns RAM SIIMMS ? we may have some in the ?to ebay? box that would allow us to boot it up. -- bob BeBox prototype & BeOS Preview Release - for sale! Be Incorporated was an American computer company founded in 1990, best known for the Be Operating System (BeOS) and BeBox personal computer. Be was founded by former Apple Computer executive Jean-Louis Gass?e, The BeOS ran on the BeBox, but was later ported to Apple Computer's Power Macs. This is one of the first 100 BeBox computers, hand made by Be employees, and delivered to software developers in 1995. These early machines didn't have front Bezels, and carried a sticker which said: "Attention! This device has not been approved by the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be offered for sale or lease, or sold until the approval of the FCC has been obtained." Be did get FCC approval in 1996. Only about 1800 total BeBox's were ever sold. Installed in the unit is the original Altatron motherboard. No memory and no CD Rom (both required to get the machine to run). The seller suggested, "Personally, I would run 4.5.2. 5.0.3 will run on this machine, make sure you have the PPC version, not the Intel version. There are some quirks which shouldn't effect this machine (blinkenlights won't work on production machine, etc....). Also, make sure you choose your VGA card wisely. A Matrox Millenium card should work well with 5.0.3." "This is different from the BeBox's that were actually sold to consumers (developers) in 1996. There are several more 'connections' on the rear which didn't make it into the production units, and these units didn't have front bezels, or the cool dual CPU lights (blinkenlights) that the production units had "This didn't come with a keyboard, mouse or display. Be didn't sell these, instead they decided to use industry standards... this can use standard PC mice / keyboards. "These use old-school RAM SIMMS. Specifically, 72 pin 60ns RAM SIIMMS. From: tech-bounces+bob=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [mailto:tech-bounces+bob=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au] On Behalf Of Alex Dawson Sent: Thursday, 10 May 2018 9:50 PM To: Felix von Perger Cc: tech at ucc.asn.au Subject: Re: [tech] Project "What is this thing?" #1 - BeBox This is one of the two BeBox?en UCC has - the other has a front panel and is in one of the loft cupboards. This one is a pre-release prototype, donated to UCC along with the other one by Peter N Lewis. [LE@] (Elliot Nunn) and I tried getting both of them going in early 2012 - we had magenta, the production one, booting, but did not have sufficient spares and time to get this one going. More info on the BeBoxen - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BeBox, the prototypes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/abeles/15850994039 and Be - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be_Inc. As for the questions: ? What is it? Does it have a name? - unknown, other one is magenta ? What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated? 1995, donated by Peter N Lewis at some point in the past apparently ? Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it? Jean Louis Gasse, an early Apple pioneer ? What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story? - Unknown ? If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be? What did they do and what do they look like? - Probably, it was non functional as of April 2012 ? Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing documentation? - Non functional as of 2012 ? Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it if the club is going to throw it out? Honestly, imo it is not worth the club keeping so that someone can look at it every 10 years.. BUT.. dear god don?t throw it out, it is a piece of computer history and should be preserved I?m sure someone on this list is still in contact with Peter N Lewis - I believe we should seek his blessing, and try to broker their sale, or donation to a computer museum - they are still worth about $1500 each - http://forums.nekochan.net/viewtopic.php?t=16731890 This prototype one has the lowest serial number known On 10 May 2018, at 8:46 pm, Felix von Perger > wrote: Dear tech subscribers, As many of you know, there are a lot of old-looking computery things stored around the clubroom, and newer members (such as myself) often don't have any idea what they are or why they are there. So that's why I've decided to start a project to document (on the wiki) all of the miscellaneous computery things that the club owns. I'll be sending out emails on a fairly regular basis, each with photos of an item found on shelves or under desks. If you recognise the object in question, or if you know anything about its history, then please reply to this email and contribute to the project by answering any of the following questions: * What is it? Does it have a name? * What vintage is it, when was it made and when was it donated? * Who was involved in using, breaking, fixing or building it? * What was it used for? What can it do? What is its story? * If essential parts are missing from the photos, where might they be? What did they do and what do they look like? * Does it still work? How do you use it? Is there any existing documentation? * Is it worth keeping? Why does the club need it? Would anyone want it if the club is going to throw it out? The information gathered from this project will be made available on the wiki page . As more items are documented, I will make a new wiki page for each item and add a link to it on the main project page. Thank you for your contributions and I hope that this project will be informative and entertaining for everyone involved. _____ The first item I looked at was the computer with a blue case retrieved from the top shelf behind the door. Photo of the backplane Photo of the front (no faceplate was present) Photo of the whole box, looking at it from the back. And finally, a photo showing the guts. _____ If you know anything about this and can answer any of the questions listed above relating to the thing in the photos, please don't hesitate to reply to this email or send me the details at frekk at ucc.asn.au . Kind regards, Felix von Perger UCC Secretary 2018 _______________________________________________ List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/alex%40theducks.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20180511/75a740b1/attachment-0001.htm From tommoa at ucc.asn.au Fri May 11 14:52:05 2018 From: tommoa at ucc.asn.au (tommoa) Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 14:52:05 +0800 Subject: [tech] Parts for sale Message-ID: <82a9c245c10e69b576ce90d3be9a1a30@ucc.asn.au> Hey all, I'm currently in the process of selling some parts of my computer as I prepare for an upgrade, and was wondering whether UCC would be interested in buying some of them. Gigabyte GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Waterforce: $750 - https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1080XTREME-W-8GD-rev-20#kf - https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/fvjWGX/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-xtreme-gaming-water-cooling-video-card-gv-n1080xtreme-w-8gd - This card hasn't actually been used as I have been using a 1080Ti and an RX550 instead in my main rig. It was removed from its packaging in order for me to make sure that it worked (which it does). - RGB AF Ryzen 7 1700X: $210 - https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/9Q98TW/amd-ryzen-7-1700x-34ghz-8-core-processor-yd170xbcaewof - Doesn't have the issue with the kill Ryzen script. I'll also throw in the 2700X's cooler (which adds more RGB) ASRock X370 Taichi: $100 - https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/fZKhP6/asrock-x370-taichi-atx-am4-motherboard-x370-taichi - It is missing one SSD standoff. ASRock had said they would send another one, but it is yet to arrive. - No RGB ? You can contact me at tommoa256 at gmail.com Cheers, Tommoa From bob at ucc.asn.au Fri May 11 16:51:34 2018 From: bob at ucc.asn.au (Bob Adamson) Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 16:51:34 +0800 Subject: [tech] [committee] Parts for sale In-Reply-To: <82a9c245c10e69b576ce90d3be9a1a30@ucc.asn.au> References: <82a9c245c10e69b576ce90d3be9a1a30@ucc.asn.au> Message-ID: <01c801d3e905$463f7af0$d2be70d0$@ucc.asn.au> Responding quickly because there's a meeting in progress: - The mobo and cpu look good (can we get confirmation that they're compatible?). Would be good as an upgrade for that end linux machine, assuming the gear is still under warranty and we can run it for a couple of weeks to confirm all good. - The graphics card looks way beyond our needs, and doesn't represent good value for money for the club (a 1060 suffices for all our needs except the VR headset, which we already have a card that suits). I don't think we should get this, especially given the clubs record with second hand graphics cards -- Bob -----Original Message----- From: committee-bounces+bob=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [mailto:committee-bounces+bob=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au] On Behalf Of tommoa Sent: Friday, 11 May 2018 2:52 PM To: committee at ucc.asn.au; tech at ucc.asn.au Subject: [committee] Parts for sale Hey all, I'm currently in the process of selling some parts of my computer as I prepare for an upgrade, and was wondering whether UCC would be interested in buying some of them. Gigabyte GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Waterforce: $750 - https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1080XTREME-W-8GD-rev-20#kf - https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/fvjWGX/gigabyte-geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-xtreme-gaming-water-cooling-video-card-gv-n1080xtreme-w-8gd - This card hasn't actually been used as I have been using a 1080Ti and an RX550 instead in my main rig. It was removed from its packaging in order for me to make sure that it worked (which it does). - RGB AF Ryzen 7 1700X: $210 - https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/9Q98TW/amd-ryzen-7-1700x-34ghz-8-core-processor-yd170xbcaewof - Doesn't have the issue with the kill Ryzen script. I'll also throw in the 2700X's cooler (which adds more RGB) ASRock X370 Taichi: $100 - https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/fZKhP6/asrock-x370-taichi-atx-am4-motherboard-x370-taichi - It is missing one SSD standoff. ASRock had said they would send another one, but it is yet to arrive. - No RGB ? You can contact me at tommoa256 at gmail.com Cheers, Tommoa _______________________________________________ List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/committee From tommoa256 at gmail.com Fri May 11 16:59:05 2018 From: tommoa256 at gmail.com (Tom Almeida) Date: Fri, 11 May 2018 16:59:05 +0800 Subject: [tech] [committee] Parts for sale In-Reply-To: <01c801d3e905$463f7af0$d2be70d0$@ucc.asn.au> References: <82a9c245c10e69b576ce90d3be9a1a30@ucc.asn.au> <01c801d3e905$463f7af0$d2be70d0$@ucc.asn.au> Message-ID: The motherboard and CPU are compatible with each other. Both of them use the AM4 socket which is used in (X/A/B)370 motherboards and Ryzen CPUs. They are still under warranty and I have no issue with UCC using the parts for a few weeks to ensure they work. -- Tommoa On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 4:51 PM, Bob Adamson wrote: > Responding quickly because there's a meeting in progress: > - The mobo and cpu look good (can we get confirmation that they're > compatible?). Would be good as an upgrade for that end linux machine, > assuming the gear is still under warranty and we can run it for a couple of > weeks to confirm all good. > - The graphics card looks way beyond our needs, and doesn't represent good > value for money for the club (a 1060 suffices for all our needs except the > VR headset, which we already have a card that suits). I don't think we > should get this, especially given the clubs record with second hand > graphics cards > > -- Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: committee-bounces+bob=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au [mailto: > committee-bounces+bob=ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au] On Behalf Of > tommoa > Sent: Friday, 11 May 2018 2:52 PM > To: committee at ucc.asn.au; tech at ucc.asn.au > Subject: [committee] Parts for sale > > Hey all, > > I'm currently in the process of selling some parts of my computer as I > prepare for an upgrade, and was wondering whether UCC would be interested > in buying some of them. > > Gigabyte GTX 1080 Xtreme Gaming Waterforce: $750 > - https://www.gigabyte.com/Graphics-Card/GV-N1080XTREME-W-8GD-rev-20#kf > - > https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/fvjWGX/gigabyte- > geforce-gtx-1080-8gb-xtreme-gaming-water-cooling-video- > card-gv-n1080xtreme-w-8gd > - This card hasn't actually been used as I have been using a 1080Ti and > an RX550 instead in my main rig. It was removed from its packaging in order > for me to make sure that it worked (which it does). > - RGB AF > > Ryzen 7 1700X: $210 > - > https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/9Q98TW/amd-ryzen-7- > 1700x-34ghz-8-core-processor-yd170xbcaewof > - Doesn't have the issue with the kill Ryzen script. I'll also throw in > the 2700X's cooler (which adds more RGB) > > ASRock X370 Taichi: $100 > - > https://au.pcpartpicker.com/product/fZKhP6/asrock-x370- > taichi-atx-am4-motherboard-x370-taichi > - It is missing one SSD standoff. ASRock had said they would send > another one, but it is yet to arrive. > - No RGB ? > > You can contact me at tommoa256 at gmail.com > > Cheers, > Tommoa > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/committee > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20180511/c3256fbc/attachment.htm From zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Sun May 13 13:08:14 2018 From: zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (David Adam) Date: Sun, 13 May 2018 13:08:14 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Cron test -x /usr/sbin/anacron || ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily ) In-Reply-To: <20180512223712.566EC5851B@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> References: <20180512223712.566EC5851B@mussel.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> Message-ID: On Sun, 13 May 2018, Cron Daemon wrote: > /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: > Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with error code. > See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details. > error: error running shared postrotate script for '/var/log/apache2/*.log ' > run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate exited with return code 1 I've uninstalled tmpreaper on Mussel, because it keeps removing the temporary directories needed for apache2 under systemd (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881725) and isn't that useful anyway. [DAA] From 21711183 at student.uwa.edu.au Tue May 15 18:07:54 2018 From: 21711183 at student.uwa.edu.au (Katherine Scott) Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 18:07:54 +0800 Subject: [tech] Koha down Message-ID: Hi UCC, It seems that Koha is down again ? Do y?all know what?s up with that, or how to fix it? Thanks so much Katherine Scott UniSFA Librarian -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20180515/4a2fed76/attachment.htm From trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Wed May 16 09:32:12 2018 From: trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 09:32:12 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Koha down In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Katherine, On Tue, 15 May 2018, Katherine Scott wrote: > It seems that Koha is down again ? > > Do y?all know what?s up with that, or how to fix it? Blair had a look into it last night and the VM it runs on had run out of memory. I doubled it to 2GB of RAM and gave it another CPU for good measure, so it should be running fine now. -- # TRS-80 trs80(a)ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au #/ "Otherwise Bub here will do \ # UCC Wheel Member http://trs80.ucc.asn.au/ #| what squirrels do best | [ "There's nobody getting rich writing ]| -- Collect and hide your | [ software that I know of" -- Bill Gates, 1980 ]\ nuts." -- Acid Reflux #231 / From frekk at ucc.asn.au Sat May 19 19:15:13 2018 From: frekk at ucc.asn.au (Felix von Perger) Date: Sat, 19 May 2018 19:15:13 +0800 Subject: [tech] Upgrading 802.11 infrastructure Message-ID: Hi all, The committee is investigating the possibility to upgrade the UCC's wifi infrastructure in Cameron Hall. Currently, wifi is almost non-functional and it appears that most people who would need to connect to the UCC network wirelessly end up using ethernet cables. The devices in use include /coromandel/ (the 2.4/5GHz device in the clubroom), /sharpchin///(2.4GHz routerboard device in UniSFA) and /abe/ (identical routerboard device in UWAnime). The budget for the upgrades will be approximately $500. Any suggestions or comments are welcome. Kind regards, Felix von Perger UCC Secretary 2018 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20180519/614f63ae/attachment.htm From trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Sun May 20 22:10:30 2018 From: trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (trs80 at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Date: Sun, 20 May 2018 22:10:30 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Upgrading 802.11 infrastructure In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sat, 19 May 2018, Felix von Perger wrote: > The committee is investigating the possibility to upgrade the UCC's wifi infrastructure in Cameron Hall. > > Currently, wifi is almost non-functional and it appears that most people who would need to connect to the UCC network wirelessly > end up using ethernet cables. The devices in use include coromandel (the 2.4/5GHz device in the clubroom), sharpchin (2.4GHz > routerboard device in UniSFA) and abe (identical routerboard device in UWAnime). > > The budget for the upgrades will be approximately $500. Any suggestions or comments are welcome. I would suggest going with Ubiquity Unifi, specifically a nanoHD for UCC and two AC-Lites for the other clubrooms. This will slightly break the budget at $517, but the nanoHD is newer and better than the AC-Pro, in particular features a 4x4 MU-MIMO 5GHz radio but only requires 802.3af power since it has a 2x2 2.4GHz radio (which is fine because the 2.4GHz spectrum is crap in Cameron Hall and in general). https://unifi-nanohd.ubnt.com specs at the bottom. I am able to come by Friday evening (25 May, GDPR day) with my array of wireless diagnostic tools from work to perform some surveying and explanations on the basics of 802.11 wireless for those interested. -- # TRS-80 trs80(a)ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au #/ "Otherwise Bub here will do \ # UCC Wheel Member http://trs80.ucc.asn.au/ #| what squirrels do best | [ "There's nobody getting rich writing ]| -- Collect and hide your | [ software that I know of" -- Bill Gates, 1980 ]\ nuts." -- Acid Reflux #231 /