Author: Roman

Crap around the world

Some time ago I subscribed to a Google Groups group and then later decided to unsubscribe. Due to some glitch I was no longer listed as a subscriber however email notifications keep coming. My attempt to resolve the issue through support was vain and I started trashing through marking as spam. It works great! I…

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Ubuntu Linux

Earlier or later I will be setting up Linux system for development, server and probably desktop software too. As the time goes this more and more seems to remain only a question of time. I already got first impression of Ubuntu Linux (and I was impressed in fact) and also checked some of the forums.…

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Matrix RAID

Being permanently in a state of cutting hardware costs I appeared to be aside of great HDD usage scheme, Intel Matrix Storage Technology. Earlier and simpler solution: and more recent and complicated: It’s just great to create performance and reliability/safety volumes. I just wonder in case of failure, will I be able to get a…

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Windows 98

A customer did surprise with an unexpected inquiry: your software, it’s client part, does not install on Windows 98 Second Edition… Come on, it’s not in use already, is it? Nope, there are still installations. What is even more curious that the software DOES work on Windows 98 SE! However one has to install a…

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j2/jConnect evolution

j2 has been providing free inbound fax and voice mail US numbers since long ago, thanks for the service. However client side software evolved over the years. Particularly, I am eventually interested in opening faxes and messages that drop into my email and have  custom formats, .gsm for voice mail and .efx (there was also…

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Crap around the world

I am checking Nokia’s serial cable connectivity:  AT+CPBR=1,56 … +CPBR: 26,”+38050xxxxxxx”,145,”John “X“ Doe” … I wonder how comes +CPBR does not escape quotation characters?