https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=3950&p=45076#p45076
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Nik
Tuesday, 02 January 2018, 04:25 AM

Re: Anthony Appleyard's Intact Site.
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I think I dodged the cold; either that, or my 'flu vaccination has just earned its pay...

I've manually down-loaded about half the AA models so far (*), some-what 'helped' by our cats playing ' Chase The Cursor' or simply sat in front of the screens. Moving browser window to LHS screen, which overhangs the end of the desk, lets me work while they supervise.

One advantage of a track-ball is you can still use it with a sleepy cat sprawled across your arm. And the cat enjoys a free tummy-tickle as you work ball with thumb. Okay, sometimes shed fur gets caught under the ball, but I do de-lint that about twice a week...

I don't seem to use the old PC much any more, so I've ordered a nice, remote-controlled DVI switch-box from A*z*n, hope to link the old, smaller screen to this CAD Tower's twin graphics cards' fourth port. I think I've two spare high-spec DVI cables, and they may even be long enough...
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*) Once upon a time, there were legitimate utilities which could 'scrape' a web-site. For better or worse, such are now seen by most servers as 'Denial of Service' attackers, hence shunned...


