Subj : Re: Miss.RvrDamBreach-Davenpt To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Sat Sep 21 2019 16:26:36 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 12-Sep-2019 15:45 <=- BM>> True, as multiple. NB>> Exactly... a week in June, 2 different weeks in July, almost a NB>> week in August, and now a long weekend in September... And coming NB>> up, about a week at the end of September, and another long NB>> weekend in October... Definitely multiple.... BM> We'll be here! Waiting patiently... ;) NB>>> overwhelm this computer with a huge packet... It needs more than NB>>> double (maybe triple?) the space to open it, and more headspace NB>>> to close it again... And I tend to not really have a lot of room NB>>> available at a time... BM>> Right. I vaguely recall there is a time when there are two files in BM>> memory, before gets written to a temp file on the hard drive. NB>> Yup, something like that... BM> I'm still surprised I haven't used more RAM on the various computers BM> up here with the variuos functions. The Backend for MythTV does a form BM> of video transcoding and that "takes room" to do some place. This BM> system (the one I'm one currently) I have multiple windows open BM> concurrently and it is only using 5.9 GB. ...As long as everyone's BM> happy! Only. 5.9GB sounds like an awful lot to me.... ;) Especially as I have but a small fraction of that... :) NB>>>> One-function utilities aren't all that bad a thing... as long as NB>>>> they perform a function that you need to have done.... :) BM>>> Yes, though for this utility it would seem to make more sense to have BM>>> a configuration while the user would edit instead of editing the actual BM>>> programme file. Essentially the same as the configuration file BM>>> modifies the programme file, just I prefer not fiddling with the BM>>> master. NB>>> Maybe you should suggest that to him.... or do the actual work NB>>> with an iteration of the program, not the original one...? BM>> I'll have to look to see how the executable files I was working with BM>> were done -- IIRC most are on Backend 2 and that was shut down. Seems BM>> easy enough to create a master configuration file; the trick is to BM>> have the script file look at it and pull the information! NB>> So now you just have to figure out how to make that work... :) BM> And learn Python and other programming stuff..... Keeps your brain limber and flexible (as long as it doesn't totally overwhelm [g]).... BM>>> LIS I think he's one of the developers though never stated anywhere BM>>> and didn't make any difference - he knew the stuff was what mattered. NB>>> Yup, either way, he's developing it now, too... and knows what's NB>>> going on with it... ;) BM>> Or at least the 'transfer utility' portion of it. ...Now getting more BM>> curious as to how it's all done! While I was working with him I was BM>> more interested in reporting the results, detailing what went wrong so BM>> he could correct -- basically I was his eyes and there were more than a BM>> few times "something's wrong" but I didn't know exactly what to report BM>> to give the information on how to fix so he got too much information. NB>> So understanding it might make reporting bugs better/easier.... :) BM> True - I'd probably know better what was expected so would be able to BM> narrow down the error information. Or at least be able to use the right jargon correctly... ;) BM>>> BTW, the transferred files (from old system to new) work fine. The BM>>> old Backend has been powered off for some time -- maybe only a week but BM>>> seems longer! Still have to move the hardware around -- the new BM>>> Backend is still on the floor and needs to be moved to the cabinet, but BM>>> first need to make room on/in the cabinet.... NB>>> Eventually... ;) BM>> In the mean time..... NB>> Other things pop up and need doing.... :) BM> Right. Pulled an older computer from 'storage'; had been set aside BM> because I couldn't get the DVD drive to work. Well, the drive worked BM> fine just not in that computer. ...Was considering using the computer BM> as a Frontend in the TV Room in the basement. Not going to work as BM> the motherboard is old and slow, so pulled that and should have a BM> replacement delivered today or tomorrow. Always something happening... ;) NB>>> You have WAY more capacity than I have... ;) But the important NB>>> thing is that you do have what you need to do the job at hand... :) BM>> And DOS won't handle that amount anyway. Well, could partition a BM>> multi-terabyte drive. Don't think that would even work because of the BM>> filesystem. NB>> Might be driven over to linux... or have a zillion partitions, NB>> and still not be able to handle large files... ;) BM> I think the largest file I've played with was 5-point-something BM> gigabytes. No problems until got to a little over 4 GB and the BM> filesystem on the thumbdrive truncated. (reformmated the thumbdrive BM> to a different filesystem and was fine.) Totally mind-boggling to me... I think I'll just avoid the huge files and stay happily in my old small system... ;) NB>>> All right... :) Nice when things work properly... :) BM>> Yes. :) Could have changed the PSU and HDD-->SSD in one step but BM>> prefer to do major (and sometimes minor) changes in steps -- just BM>> easier troubleshooting should something go wrong. NB>> Possibly easier to backpedal if needed to that way, too... BM> For me, yes. I know a lot but there are gaping holes in what I do BM> know, so sometimes an obvious issue to others is a mystery to me, BM> while other details I can keep right up. Most things are a mystery to me... ;) BM>>> Will see about replacing the fan in the old PSU instead of buying a BM>>> whole new PSU. NB>>> Makes sense... and with it out of the computer, twill be easier NB>>> to work with... ;) BM>> Definitely, especially as I think the screws to open the PSU were BM>> underneath! ...Will have to see what the price of a replacement BM>> fan is: with another computer it's greatly cheaper to replace the CPU BM>> fan/heatsink assembly than buy the replacement fan (!). NB>> That does happen from time to time.... :) BM> The Scottish Guy in me doesn't understand things like that! It's the way modern economics works, is all... ttyl neb .... Age needn't necessarily be a bar to immaturity. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .