Came Across This One This Morning

Dick · Expert Member

Chuck, what you have said so far, greatly interests me, and you can "take it to the bank" as far as the fee(s) for the membership, attributations, etc. I was very surpeised that site such as this, would be available, without a fee! If there is anything that you feel I could do to help the site, I would be very proud to donate my time to that end.
Dick

Earwig · Veteran Member

Im not sure what you pay for server space but if you pay over 100 bucks a month you could make a hella of a server based in your own house using your home broadband (i assume you have broadband) I know i pay 49.99 for my internet for up to 8meg connection. But for 20 more they gaurentee a 10 meg con with no variance not to mention 2gig of storage space. I know that at 1 time i took a old computer with a 60 gig hard drive and it could handle 6 people text chatting not to mention it was a server for teamspeak and ventrillo for a game i played so it had up to 80 people on it at a time and never quirked. If you put a real server together i think you could host your own site from a computer at your house. Just a thought

Eric

coop · Expert Member

Also an image host could work if you had enough space. I know there free ones out there, but I pay for my space to lost images with. Hundreds of them. Another way to bring in revenue for the site/owners.

Dick · Expert Member

I pay $46,00/Mo. for broadband, and the AOL fees, high, but with good virus protection, so it balances out. I have a 120GB HDD, running XP, and it is used for everything. I also use a SCSI wide, 18GB on the other unit, with 98SE, and the third, is a special unit with 98SE, and a 40 GB iIDE, all networked together, and all on line. THings that, for some reason, I can't move directly to another, gets "emailed" to the other. One day I am going to learn a little about servers, and maybe use one with a 160 GB, for storage, and 'net access. That way I can put all my photos there, and invite others to see, and make use of, as well. Just a thought.
Dick

coop · Expert Member

Seems like it would be cheaper to burn them to a disk? That way you could remove them off your computer if you need the space. I got a new computer and still not making any headway with it yet. I've got to set up everyone in the emails and addresses again. Be nice it everyone emailed me and I could reply and it adds them to my address book. That would work. I just have to find the old list on one of my disks...

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Dick · Expert Member

Coop, why not use the "file transfer wizard" on XP, to do that? It makes it easy, moving from one to another computer.
I could use the CD, or DVD burner, but at present I just use the Zip drive. I don't have that much material to store, yet. If the "new(er) computer has a bigger HDD, you could "image" it, and not have to do all that re-installing! Or, just hook a lap-link cable to the old one, and use it as-is. Just like skinning a cat. I just shove my hand down his throat, grab the tail, and "jerk"! I better get back to checking my coins....
Dick

coop · Expert Member

I burn the images onto a disk and even watch them on a DVD player on my TV. I just don't have the room for a second computer. The new one has massive hard drive space. (320 GB) I never filled the 40 Gig drive on the old one. I guess the main reason is that the closed disks can be used on a different computer and they are fairly inexpensive. When I need an image, Then I will move that image to the new computer. Till then it will sit on a disk. (Floppy or CD) I bought a floppy 3.5 diskette to plug into the USB port and it works great. My camera usues the floppy disks and it is still working... 11,000 images plus. I have a back up camera that will be used when the time comes. I always wonder how much long the first camera will keep going???