Posts by groovon

Oh... Thanks. It does look like that installed OK. But then how come the NASA weather map won't animate? -The NASA site tells me right away that I need Java VM to do that, and 'would I like to download it now?' I click OK, then...

thanks, delta - I revisited the Sun site and tried again. Downloaded Java 'runtime environment' (no reference on that page to VM), apparently successfully. Excuse my ignorance, but is that a prerequisite to installing Java...

What do you guys know about Sun Java Virtual Machine? On the NASA weather map site, you need Java Virtual Machine to run their map animations. Looks like there's a whole lot of other cool things it can do besides... Unfortunately, I...

'If you need max. battery life' . . . buy yourself a spare battery or two, or make up an external battery pack. Dave

Deus - congrats, bro! (Just wait a bit, and stick a 7200rpm drive in it when you have the dough.) Clone - yes, the audio jacks are on the back. It might have been better to have the headphone jack on the front, but everything's a...

"when people refer to emachines' bad reputation..." Other products that have had a bad rep at some point (depending upon whom you ask), but have evolved/improved: Anything 'Made in Japan' (go back 40 years). Ducati...

un4giving - congratulations!

jpawlak - someone asked that before, and I checked some serial numbers but found no correlation between them and who got the fast drives. (I got lucky -have the Hitachi 5400rpm/8MB drive, so I ask no more questions)

Hey - curly, shaggy, bowkiller, jman, fluff, klthomas, un4giving, and any other 6805/7 owners (or prospective owners) - Come over to [H]ardForum and join the 6805 Fan Club... groovon (a.k.a. sonny)

"While there are others which will be more powerful, ask this question: will it be worth spending an extra $1000??" Nope, it's not worth it. Laptops are not (unfortunately) a long-term investment, given the technological...