Computing resources

This page was written by Christopher Spry.

PCs:
- Buffalo TeraStation network storage
- Disk cloning: my suggestions for making backups of system disks
- Getting help with software on PCs
- Guide to install a Polaroid 'SprintScan CS-4000' with 'PolaColor Insight Pro' v 4 on a P
- Guides to install Microsoft's 'Windows 2000 Professional' and ' NT 4' on Toshiba Tecra 730 computers
- Guide to install Microsoft's 'Windows 2000 Professional' on a Toshiba Tecra 8100 computer
- PC hardware. Details of my Dell Precision 610MT workstation, Toshiba Tecra 8100 and Tecra 730XCDT notebook computers and Gateway P5-75 tower PC
- Windows software. A list of the programs on my PCs with links to where I got them
- Password protecting 'FrontPage' web pages
- Secure connections between computers using 'ssh'
- Small networks: client-server, peer-to-peer, modem dialup, ADSL and wireless (radio) networks. ADSL in the UK

Additional resources from others:
- Illustrated guide to computers and software, by Michael B Karbo. Self study course
- Robert Lawrence's single and dual NT/Windows'95 installation instructions

SUN 'Blade 1000' & Solaris 8:
- Index of 'help' files to administer my 'Blade 1000'.
- Configuring the Blade 1000.
- Sun Blade 1000 hardware. A list with links to information about the computer.
- Sun 'Solaris 8' and other software that runs on my Blade 1000.
- Cloning and mirroring the system disk.
- Installing POP3 services.
- Setting up SSH.

SGI 'Indy' & IRIX:
- 'Indy' administration. Links to the 'help' files that I use to backup and administer my Indy.
- Silicon Graphics 'Indy' hardware. A list with links to information about the components.
- Silicon Graphics IRIX software. A list of the IRIX programs on my Indy.
- Configuring Sundry advice for Indy administrators.
- `inn' NNTP news server on IRIX 6.2.
- Installing Microsoft's `FrontPage Server Extensions' for Netscape's 'Communications' Server under IRIX 6.2 and Netscape's 'FastTrack' Server under IRIX 6.5.
- Installing Apache web server v 1.3.12, MySQL v 3.22.21, PHP v 3.0.16 and Microsoft's 'FrontPage2000 Server Extensions' on an Indy running IRIX 6.5.8
- Installing the 'Samba' 'SMB' server using the current version. Installing 'libdes' password encryption for earlier versions of `Samba'.
- Installing POP and IMAP4 mail server on a SGI Indy under IRIX 6.5.
- `ppp' connection to enable modem PPP phone connections, using an Hayes 28.8 modem.
- Printer configuration: setup an attached Hewlett Packard LaserJet III printer.
- How to ensure that your Indy shows the correct timezone: TimeZone in IRIX 6.*
- How to ensure that your Indy shows the correct time: `xntpd' time correction on IRIX 6.*.
- How to set up 'ssh1' and 'ssh2' on an Indy. These are secure replacements for 'telnet'.
- Using an IndyCam to send a picture to a WWW client
- non-system `man' pages: viewing and formatting

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