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Bell Violating the GPL? |
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Tuesday, 23 May 2006 15:14 |
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I had heard a rumor that the Bell 9200 PVR used a Linux kernel. I haven't been able to confirm that rumor. However, I have found confirmation that the Dish 942 is Linux based. I believe that the 942 and 9200 are basically the same hardware. |
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Be Careful What You Ask For |
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Tuesday, 09 May 2006 11:43 |
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Our company has just gone through a merger with a US company (we're Canadian). So far, it's looking like the majority of the combined company's IT work is being done out of my office. The other day, I just received a document from the US office with some notes regarding an upgrade to their website. I'm getting rather used to someone handing me some scribbled notes on a piece of paper and expecting me to interpret those notes and produce a working piece of software. I wasn't quite expecing these notes, however. The gentleman had literally taken the time to take his hand-scribbled note and scan it in, then convert it to a PDF, then email it to me. It's completely unintelligible. |
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A complex Satellite Distribution System |
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Monday, 01 May 2006 17:23 |
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My problem was this. 5 Bell ExpressVU satellite receivers. One Free-To-Air (FTA) receiver, primarily used for receiving NASA TV. In order to feed all this, I have two satellite dishes. The first one covers 83° and 91°. The second one covers 119°. I need to get the Bell satellites to 5 receivers, and I need to get all three satellites to the FTA receiver. |
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Bell 9200 Reaches New Lows |
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Saturday, 29 April 2006 09:25 |
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As I blogged earlier, there are continuing problems with the Bell ExpressVu 9200 PVR. This morning, I woke up to the only problem on the growing list that I had not personally experienced yet. Error 0521. It means that the hard drive is corrupted. I lost all of my recorded shows (which, because of the stuttering problem, were almost unwatchable) and all of my event timers (which, because of the lack of name-based recording, were at the mercy of the networks shuffling around show times). I called Bell, and spent several minutes re-explaining all of the issues with the 9200 PVR, to which they agreed. They are shipping me a replacement unit which should be here in 3 to 7 days. I seriously doubt that the replacement is going to fix anything at all. Infact, I believe that the replacement shipping is merely a stalling tactic to try to delay another week or so until they can finally get all of the bugs out of the fabled software update. I'm not the only one with problems with the 9200. I think Bell has a major PR problem on their hands, and they had better do something to fix it quick. |
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Kenwood TM-D700A Repair |
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Friday, 28 April 2006 19:22 |
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A fellow ham approached me with a defective Kenwood TM-D700A transciever. The unit showed no signs of life. There was no display, and no response to pressing the power button. The only hint was that the cable between the radio and remote head had recently been repaired. |
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