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The Naked PC - http://www.TheNakedPC.com What You Need to Know about All Things PC Publisher: Lee Hudspeth and T.J. Lee Editor in Chief: Dan Butler Contributing Editor: Al Gordon This issue is for Thursday, November 15, 2001 - Vol. 4 No. 23 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Table of Contents ** 01. Letter from the Publisher ** 02. New Tape Drives Are Worth a Look (by Al Gordon) ** 03. TheNakedPCStore.com Update (by T.J. Lee) ** 04. Practical PGP: Part 2 (by Dan Butler) ** 05. Recycling PC Components and Paraphernalia: Part 4 (by Lee Hudspeth) ** 06. So Many Peripherals, So Few Ports (by Al Gordon) ** 07. Featured Book - "The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said" by Robert Byrne (reviewed by Lee Hudspeth) ** 08. Featured Web Site - The WayBack Machine (by T.J. Lee) ** 09. Featured FAQs - Transferring Vinyl Records to CD-R (by T.J. Lee) ** 10. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and interesting stuff ** 01. Letter from the Publisher I've always liked the sound of the word "emerald" and the color itself, and I now have even more reason to. The Naked PC has received Emerald's highest ranking (five emerald stars) in the October 2001 "indexed reviews of the best of the Web." The reviewer's comments ring so close to our heartfelt reason for initially starting this publication--to help make your daily PC experience a more productive one--that we're providing some excerpts right here for your reading pleasure. "Your reviewer has received every issue from six onwards... The range of topics covered, although all related to the PC, is vast and it is difficult to imagine anyone who uses a PC who could not learn something from the newsletter. Indeed, its aim, to help make your daily PC experience a more productive one, is certainly achieved... Too many newsletters can reduce your productivity, but this is one that your reviewer would certainly not be without." http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?publet1 For this installment, Al looks at a batch of new tape drives as well as a handy FireWire/USB combination card. T.J. reviews several aspects of TheNakedPCStore.com, including Browser Bucks, discount coupons, and lots of new products--check it out! Dan writes step-by-step instructions for distributing your PGP key and sending encrypted email to someone. Lee gives enviro-friendly advice on scrapping PCs and components in his continuing green series. As promised a few issues ago, Dan's quick review of the Photon Micro-Light III is finally available; you can read it here: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?publet2 Reader support is what keeps The Naked PC free. To this end you can help us by passing a copy on to co-workers and friends (no spam please). We even make it easy to refer people to The Naked PC... check out our Refer page: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/refer/ +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ "LEARN HOW YOU CAN GET CONTROL OF YOUR PAYCHECK..." Do you sometimes have more month than money? Ever wonder how to dig out of the hole of debt? Maybe someone you know is struggling. In today's uncertain times with tens of thousands being laid off, this is one step you can take now to make your future more certain. This proven multimedia course will show you everything you need. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/a/tr.cgi?financial +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ ** 02. New Tape Drives Are Worth a Look (by Al Gordon) So now that you have the latest and greatest backup software, you need the latest and greatest devices on which to store the backup files. Submitted for your approval: the VXA-1 from Ecrix and the OnStream Echo tape drives. For more information about backup software, see my article in TNPC #4.18 "Retrospect: Is This a Better Backup?" http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?al1 The long-established Travan technology occupies the low-end space in the tape backup world, with drives priced at $300 or less. Travan is slow, and tapes have a maximum capacity of 10GB native/20GB compressed; not enough to handle today's larger hard drives, much less workgroup or home networks. On the other hand, faster, high capacity technologies such as DLT tend to start just under $2,000 and quickly climb to $5,000 and beyond. Ecrix and OnStream have pitched their marketing tents in the space in between, but not in the same place. Ecrix: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?al2 OnStream: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?al3 OnStream's Echo (the consumer/SOHO product) starts at a street price of $250 for an internal IDE drive and goes on up to $500 for an external--and Mac-only--FireWire unit. In between are internal and external SCSI and external parallel port and USB drives. The drives use the ADR tape format (it looks like an oversized Travan) developed by Philips Electronics. ADR uses eight recording tracks for speedy recording. Echo is a logical step up from Travan, and at prices that can be less expensive than Travan. Native capacity of ADR cartridges is 15 MB; compressed is a maximum of 30 MB. Street prices are around $45 for OnStream's cartridges, but you can buy Verbatim's brand for $35. Note that compressed capacity is... let's be polite here... "exaggerated." Industry convention claims that the native capacity can be as much as doubled, but that is based on optimistic assumptions about file types and sizes. Getting a 30% or 40% improvement over native capacity is more realistic. Ecrix's proprietary VXA tape drives inhabit a loftier price point, with street prices starting around $700 and running up to the $1,000 mark. Less for an internal unit, more for external. The drives are now available in all the major flavors--SCSI, FireWire, and now--through Compaq and other resellers--IDE. Tape capacities run up to 33GB native/66GB compressed, with the largest capacity media at $75 a pop. The 12/24 and 20/40 run $35 and $5 respectively, so the media prices are a little less than ADR. The drives and media are now making their way to normal retail channels and the street prices have dropped 15-20%. While I was in the process of preparing this article, the company announced it will be merged into Exabyte Corporation, a maker of high capacity tape drives. This should further improve VXA product distribution and affordability. Still, VXA drives are not for the home user, obviously (unless, of course, you are a home user with really deep pockets). The target market is small businesses and workgroups, which need to support backup of critical data on their networks. I tested the USB version of the Echo and the FireWire VXA. I did not have 5 1/4 inch bays available for the internal drives and also wanted to check out the efficacy of the two external connector technologies. As OnStream does not have Windows drivers for its FireWire drives and Ecrix does not make a USB version, comparisons of speed would be apples and oranges. FireWire is inherently faster than USB, and I saw backup speeds as high as 200 MB/min with the VXA versus a max of 60 MB/min with the Echo. USB ports, however, are available on most PCs today while FireWire is rare. I would expect internal (or external SCSI) versions of the two drives to be more comparable in speed. Echo wins on aesthetics. It's a sleek, low, silver rectangle with rounded sides while a VXA external is a big plastic rectangle that's about half the size of a shoebox and more than double the size of the Echo. Both can be mounted horizontally or vertically. Both run with Retrospect 5.5, although OnStream also supplies its own software. Both drives performed well in my testing, given that when tape and Windows are involved, backups occasionally misfire. Both delivered reliable restores. Ecrix promises that for the extra money you get greater reliability, faster speeds, and greater capacity--near DLT capability for less money, in other words. My seat-of-the-pants sense was that VXA was indeed the heavier-duty product, but I didn't see any dramatic difference in my testing. A more clear distinction was that Ecrix's design and expansion capabilities were more suited to network backup tasks than the Echo, which is more oriented to desktop and peer-to-peer solutions. Another factor here is product stability. Choosing a proprietary solution always entails an element of risk by being dependent on one company. U.S.-based OnStream, Inc. went out of business last spring, and its assets were taken over by Netherlands-based OnStream Data B.V. Product was in scarce supply over the summer. The Echo drives now are back in the retail pipeline, however, and the availability of third-party media supplies is another safeguard. Ecrix's initial success was in the Macintosh world. But the company has just scored a major breakthrough in the PC arena by signing a deal to supply backup drives for Compaq servers and workstations. The Exabyte merger should also add to stability. The other thing to bear in mind is that the supply of Travan products is waning, with several companies dropping the technology. Only Imation and Seagate are doing much to bring out new Travan technologies. Accordingly, both OnStream Echo and Ecrix VXA are sensible solutions to backing up modern PCs and workgroup networks without having to pay thousands of dollars for the backup device. You can reach Al Gordon at: mailto:al@TheNakedPC.com ** 03. TheNakedPCStore.com Update (by T.J. Lee) Thanks to all of you who support this newsletter by shopping at TheNakedPCStore.com! Many of you have asked about the Browser Buck coupons that we've recently started including in your shipped orders, and how you can redeem them. Basically it's our way of saying "Thank you" by giving you a nice discount off your next purchase. We also include one for you to give to a friend. Read about exactly how to use your Browser Bucks here: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?storeup1 Note that each coupon is in two parts. There's a 10% discount coupon that you can use on your next purchase. There's also a 5% discount coupon that you can pass on to a friend to use toward their first purchase at TheNakedPCStore.com. To redeem a coupon you go to TheNakedPCStore.com and make your purchase. On the screen that asks for your shipping address you'll find a place to enter your discount coupon number. Just type your coupon number in and your discount will be reflected in your order as you finalize your purchase. The coupons are good for 30 days from the date we ship your order. And to entice you to use your Browser Bucks there are a couple new products up on the Store. If you liked our Photon Micro-Lights you'll love our new Swiss-Tech Tools that put the handy gadgets you need right on your keychain. With the small Utili-Key you'll almost forget you have the tool with you. Check out which one is best for you at: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?storeup2 We've added a new course that helps you avoid "The Ten Financial Mistakes People Make That Mess Up Their Lives." You'll learn what the mistakes are, and how to fix them. Use this information and enjoy the freedom of being in control of your financial destiny. Start by clicking here: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?store_fin And we now offer the Photon Micro-Light III in all colors. Check them out here: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?storeup3 If you're not up on the difference between a Photon II and a Photon III, you'll want to read Dan's review here: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?publet2 You can get more information on these new items as well as the rest of our product line at: http://www.TheNakedPCStore.com You can reach T.J. Lee at: mailto:tj_lee@TheNakedPC.com +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ Windows Guide Network - Get the most from your Windows system! Looking for ways to secure, optimize and manage your Windows based computers? The Windows Guide Network provides a huge range of tricks, tweaks and tools so you can take complete control of the powerful hidden features of the Windows operating system. Visit today! http://www.winguides.com/?nkpc1 +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ ** 04. Practical PGP: Part 2 (by Dan Butler) Many of you have installed PGP but are still wondering how you actually use it. In this article you'll learn how to distribute your PGP key and how to send an encrypted email to a friend. First things first, you have to install PGP. If you haven't installed PGP yet read my first article in this series. Pay attention to the cautions I outline in that article or you may find that you won't be able to connect to the Internet! http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?dan1 During that installation, PGP should have prompted you to create your own key pair. If you did not create a key pair you'll need to do that right away. To check if you already have a key pair, open PGPKeys and look for a key made with your email address. If you don't have a key select the Keys, New Key menu and follow the instructions. Be sure to use a passphrase you will remember! Read the cautions in my earlier articles if you need to. Okay, you've installed PGP and you have your public/private key pair created. The next step is to exchange public keys with your friend. You can both follow the same procedure: - open PGPKeys - select your key by clicking it - select Edit, Copy - switch to your email client - start a new message - paste the key into the body of the message - send that message --- TIP --- If you are going to send your key to many people, make email stationary out of this message. --- TIP --- When your friend receives the message he or she add the key to their Keyring: - select the key in the email inbox - select Edit, Copy - switch to PGPKeys - select Edit, Paste - verify you are importing the right key - select Import When you get the message from your friend you do the same steps. That's all you need to do. It may seem like a complicated process but it only takes seconds. Now that you have your friend's public key, send them an encrypted email. The actual details depends on your email client. Look on your toolbar or menu for a PGP entry. If you find one just select the "Encrypt" option. If you don't have PGP entries or just want to encrypt something you've typed elsewhere, follow these steps: - create a new message addressed to your friend - type your message text - select the whole message then choose Edit, Cut - on the PGP Tray icon choose Clipboard, Encrypt - switch back to your email client then choose Edit, Paste You should now be seeing an email that is incomprehensible without being decrypted. You should also note that at this point even you will not be able to read the message unless you have the private key and passphrase associated with it. The steps I outlined above destroy the original message. --- Tip --- If you need to retain a readable copy of the message save it in a text file on your local computer before you encrypt. --- Tip --- To decrypt a message you receive, again look for PGP toolbar/menu items. One should be "Decrypt". If you have it, choose it. PGP will ask for your passphrase. Type it in then you should be looking at the message. If you don't have a menu item follow these steps: - copy the whole PGP message to your clipboard - on the PGP Tray icon choose Clipboard, Decrypt & Verify - type in your passphrase - read the message It's all pretty simple really and a far cry from the arcane and complex command line procedures needed by PGP just a few years ago. Practice sending a few encrypted messages to yourself just to get the hang of things before exchanging them with others. It won't be long until you feel comfortable with the whole system. Next time I'll detail how you can use PGP to keep individual documents away from prying eyes. You can reach Dan Butler at: mailto:DanButler@TheNakedPC.com +++------------------------- sponsor -------------------------+++ "Computer Tips Compendium" We've collected over 460 computer tips and have packaged them as an electronic book in PDF format. 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Recycling PC Components and Paraphernalia: Part 4 (by Lee Hudspeth) Now we come to the end of the chain of possibilities for responsibly recycling a whole PC or its components: it's time to safely scrap the item(s) in question, either because it's broken or so obsolete that no charitable organization can extract value from it. This article contains resources for you to use in locating an environmentally safe scrap location. First let's examine what toxic stuff inhabits the interior of a typical PC. According to a report prepared by Handy and Harman Electronic Materials Corporation there's lead, arsenic, mercury and many other toxic compounds in there, all in varying quantities. Lead typically being the highest concentration in percentage terms (6.3%); there may be as much as 5-8 pounds of it in your CRT monitor. You can study this report online (hosted by the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition): http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?lee1 In 1999 the National Safety Council's Environmental Health Center predicted that by 2004 the U.S. would be host to over 315 million obsolete PCs. These numbers are staggering, since that represents about 1.2 billion pounds of lead (that's 600,000 TONS), 2 million pounds of cadmium, 400,000 pounds of mercury, and over 1 billion pounds of various plastics. * Listing of recycling centers -- The Web site of the city of Fort Collins, CO maintains an excellent listing of recycling centers, arranged by category; these include 69 different categories ranging from aerosol cans to video tapes, along with one for "Computers and Printers." Many of these categories list recycling firms outside the state of Colorado. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?lee2 * HP computer hardware recycling service -- As previously reported in The Naked PC, HP has a computer hardware recycling service. According to the Web site, "HP's computer hardware recycling service is a simple and environmentally sound take-back program that offers consumers and business customers the ability to return any piece of computer hardware from any manufacturer. HP's state-of-the-art processes ensure that your unwanted hardware is reused or recycled in a way that conserves resources. The cost of the automated, on-line service ranges from $13 to $34 per item, depending upon the type and quantity of hardware to be returned. Custom price quotes are also available." http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?lee3 * IBM's PC Recycling Service -- "...Consumers and small businesses can recycle any manufacturer's PCs, including system units, monitors, printers and optional attachments for $29.99 which includes shipping. IBM PC Recycling Service will either recycle the equipment or refurbish the system and arrange for its donation to Gifts in Kind International (GIKI)." http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?lee4 * Other PC manufacturers' "take back" programs -- browse to the Web site home page, find the Search field, enter "recycle" (no quotes) and you can see how green that particular manufacturer is, both domestically and abroad. * Computer scrap companies in the U.S.: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?lee5 * Global Recycling Network maintains a public, searchable database of almost 5,000 companies that are involved in the recycling industry. Use their search engine to find recyclers in your state, city, or by zip code. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?lee6 If you want to find out what you can do about the impact of PCs on the environment--ranging from viewing sickening pictures of "PC dumps" to contacting manufacturers to advocate the production of cleaner, greener PCs--the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition site is a great place to start: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?lee7 Dan Butler has some intriguing suggestions for an older PC that will keep it in use. "Take it to a local Linux Users group and have them configure it as a mail/web/ftp/news/ server for a local school. They can also serve as firewalls and such. Not much horsepower needed. Another thought is to use gnatbox.com to make the PC into a world class firewall. That's what I use here--rock solid!" Additional information about reusing/recycling PCs and components is on this supplemental page. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?lee8 You can reach Lee Hudspeth at: mailto:LeeHudspeth@TheNakedPC.com ** 06. So Many Peripherals, So Few Ports (by Al Gordon) The increased use of USB and FireWire connectivity in Windows has caused users a teensy-weensy problem: plenty of peripherals, but no place to plug them in. Most PCs ship with two USB ports and zero FireWire connections. Fortunately, there is a neat little solution: Belkin Components makes a handy FireWire/USB ComboCard for PC, with a street price of about $110. It takes up one PCI slot, and adds three FireWire and two USB ports. Support for both is built into Windows XP, so the card may be something to consider as part of any plan to upgrade your PC to the new OS. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?al4 Of course, you could just add a FireWire card, a card with more USB ports, or both. But the combo card takes up a single slot and, just as important, it supports about as many external peripherals as most PCs can handle comfortably. (Yeah, sure, USB theoretically can accommodate 127 devices, but even if your system didn't blow up from driver conflict, physically placing that many devices would be a bit much.) With the ComboCard in place you can support your garden variety peripherals such as printers, scanners, and keyboards with USB while you have FireWire for video and other high bandwidth uses. You can reach Al Gordon at: mailto:al@TheNakedPC.com ** 07. Featured Book - "The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said" by Robert Byrne (reviewed by Lee Hudspeth) I first encountered Byrne's uncannily clever and spot-on sense of humor in his compilation "The Fifth and Far Finer Than the First Four 637 Best Things Anybody Ever Said" quotations compilation. "The Fifth..." is now out of print (I'll never part with my copy!), but his more recent book--reviewed here--is readily available. It makes for a great holiday gift; as you randomly thumb through it you'll get a guaranteed guffaw per page. Next thing you know, you're reading the thing from start to finish. It's handy for business or school use because it is a an excellent source for funny but also timely and timeless quotes. As Liz Smith said about its predecessor, "I don't know what quote addicts did before Byrne began collecting these things." http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?fbook ** 08. Featured Web Site - The WayBack Machine (by T.J. Lee) Sherman, set the WayBack Machine to Version 1.0 and hang on! Gee, Mr. Peabody, look at that old Web page! Okay, the Rocky and Bullwinkle references may be lost on a lot of you but by golly this is just something you don't see everyday, Chauncy. The WayBack Machine page by the Internet Archive. This page relies in part on Alexa Internet to serve up pages from the past. Type in a familiar URL and you can look at what was display at this address in days of yore. I tried it with The Naked PC site and cracked up to see some of the old formats we used as we tried to come up with a look we liked that was easily maintained. Or take a look at Microsoft's home page circa 1996. Fun stuff. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?fsite ** 09. Featured FAQs - Transferring Vinyl Records to CD-R (by T.J. Lee) TNPCer Jack B. wrote in with the following problem, "I have a CD- ROM burner and I want to find out how to transfer some old records and tapes to CD-R. Where can I find more information on how to do this?" For those of you old enough to remember vinyl LPs, and who may even have some licorice platters tucked in the back of the closet, you'll be glad to know that not only can this be done, but there are a number of service outfits that can take your old wax and transfer them onto CD. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?ffaq1 http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?ffaq2 For those audiophiles out there who wouldn't think of letting a stranger lay there hands on their cherished LPs, there's a ton of information on the "do it yourself" approach at "Transferring LPs to CDR: Some Advice" site written by some serious sound hounds. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?ffaq3 ** 10. Newsworthy - a potpourri of current events and interesting stuff *-* Are you intrigued or repulsed (or maybe both) by Comdex? Check out Michael Kanellos' wry historical analysis about the "product curse" of Comdex. Kanellos walks you down memory lane from 2000 to 1997, citing the sad fate of products widely hyped at the show each year. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?news1 *-* Uneasy about Windows XP Passport feature? Join the crowd and check out this interesting article by Fred Langa about how Passport allows your surfing to be tracked across the Internet. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?news2 *-* Speaking of Microsoft and security, a bug in Internet Explorer has been discovered that can allow the guys in the black hats to craft a URL that can plunder your cookies. The theoretical risk is high, the practical threat is much lower. Still, it's another annoying bug from the company that wants to control your Internet transactions via PassPort. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?news3 *-* The HP/Compaq merger is beginning to look like a soap opera. Descendants of HP's co-founder William Hewlett have announced they'll vote against the merger, but what about the potential downside of backing out of the deal at this late date? There's the matter of who would pay a stipulated $675 million breakup fee, plus the extreme skepticism that would undoubtedly flow from Wall Street toward both un-merged companies. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?news4 *-* Microsoft has released bug fixes for Excel 2000 and 2002 for Windows, Excel 98 and 2001 for Macintosh, as well as PowerPoint (same versions). The bug in question can allow a spreadsheet or presentation that contains macros to hide that fact, bypassing the security settings on the local machine. http://www.TheNakedPC.com/t/423/tr.cgi?news5 Get more Newsworthy bits on The Naked PC Web site: http://www.TheNakedPC.com/newsworthy/ Have you come across something newsworthy? 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