Dave-O asks: "I have a SCSI-II ISA card made by PELogic (model 1600) that I don't think is directly supported by the kernel. However, I was lead to believe (or lead myself to believe) that I could use it as a generic scsi interface (sg.o) for my scanner. So far, no luck. I need to pass the scsi cards i/o & irq to the kernel i'm sure, but I don't know how. I know how to do it for an ISA card I have a specific driver for, but what driver do I pass arguments to specifically for generic SCSI? I appreciate any help anyone can offer." Actually, I always thought generic SCSI depended on the existance of a working driver under Linux, so I don't think this would work, but if I'm wrong, please tell me!

Chris Herborth asks: "Castlewood Systems is apparently shipping their ORB drive (you know, 2 gig removable cheaper than a 250MB ZIP drive, with media at $40) now to at least two US distributors (ASI) and (Wintec). So, has anyone seen one yet? How well does it work under non-Windows operating systems? I was going to invest in something useful for doing backups soon, but I'm afraid to just order one of these (shipping to/from Canada is a real pain in the butt) in case something goes wrong or it only works properly with Windows." Your thoughts, folks?

id writes "JC has some rumours about Transmeta including one that suggests that the chip will be software upgradeable, so new instructions could be added at a later date to keep pace with other vendors " Most of it is stuff we already know, but it notes that the chips will be expensive, even though they will be cheap to produce, as well as talking about it being software upgradable.

Sam Rowe writes "Siamese Systems have a case that will hold three machines and their website features Tux. they also have an 8 machine case. " they don't have prices, but they do look kinda nifty. I think I'd just rather get a big rack. Throw out my refrigerator and keep it in the kitchen.

The Dodger sent us a link to a story at Silicon.com that tells us that 3com will bow to user demands, and officially begin supporting linux (requires free login to read) after surveying delagates at a 3com User Group Conference and learning that over 50% of them were planning to use Linux.

Wah writes "Story on C|Net about 3Com licensing manufacturers to make Palm clones "Palm signed licensing deals with cell phone companies such as Qualcomm and pager companies, which used the OS in devices that were different in design than the Palm. ". Uber-devices forthcoming... " Hopefully this means they can continue to pound the tar out of WinCE.

After yesterdays bit on the 10 gig removables, Chad Pommiss wrote in to tell us about "A Philip Electronics offshoot named OnStream that has developed 30GB and 50GB removable drives, based on "Advanced Digital Recording", boasting variable data rates of 1 or 2MB/second (3GB/hour). Parallel, SCSI and IDE/ATAPI versions are available from $299" Ok now that is what I wanna keep my MP3s on.

ugene sent us a link to something I've never seen before: 7mm thick speakers. They claim they sound as good as conical speakers, but they project sound 360 degrees. Nifty looking if you're aestheticly anal, or low on space. I wonder if they can be removed from their stand and hung right on a wall. Update: 04/11 06:17 by CT : Cyberdiva sent me a review as did Alan Dang from 3DGaming.

Shawn Pryde writes "MSNBC reports that Michael Dell told investors the Dell is going to start making PC's modeled after the iMac." I hafta say for all the criticisms, the super cheap, non-upgradable internet capable appliance PC is a wonderful holy grail. Someday it'll happen, but the question is will Dell be able to cover the cheap part of that grail?

Another member of Clan Anonymous Coward writes in with this question: "I have been looking for a quad pII board but have yet to actually find one. If you know where I can find one, send me an email to wakko@animx.eu.org. Please send all 'pII's sucks amd rocks' messages to /dev/null."

Shrub writes in with this query: "I know Creative is planning on writing Linux drivers, but in the meantime.. has anyone managed to get a SoundBlaster Live! card working in Linux? "

boinger writes "Wired is reporting about some high school kid who made a wearable PC with webcam as a school project. The designed was blessed by MIT, and it brodcasts the captured images via wireless LAN which are then published to a web site. It runs Linux, too, but sadly runs Win98 as well." Imagine what this will do for those obnoxious "Worlds Funniest" TV shows that churn my stomach as I dive for the remote.

WillWare writes "Here's a nifty microcontroller project being done by Ryerson Amateur Radio Club in Canada. They are building a SIMM board with a Motorola Dragonball (same processor as the Palm Pilot), 4 meg of flash, 8 meg of DRAM, some digital I/O pins, ports for Ethernet and RS-232, and able to drive a 320x240 LCD panel. This board is intended as a target for their MMU-less Linux port, which has previously been running on Palm Pilots. There has been mention on the mailing list of the possibility of running a Python interpreter on this board. This would be a huge win for rapid app development on embedded controllers. "

Troy Larsen sent us a link to a yahoo press release proclaiming a company selling a Linux Based Router. Up to 40 gigs per second and up to 128 100mb ports. Yum.

rmcd sent us a link to a New York Times article that talks about Circuit City is being financially hurt by DIVX. Apparently they are really making a mess over there. So lets get rid of divx, standardize on HDTV, and merge THX & Dolby. That'll happen around the same time as the whole world agrees on the same OS.

shogun writes "Compaq Australia has come up with a new mouse that integrates a miniature dynamo to recharge your laptops batterys from the movement of the mouse. You can find more information here. "

Nachtjäger writes "They've got a DVD player that will display on lightweight glasses. It's 2 little screens, so 3D would be simple, and the expensive part is the DVD player. Oh, and the battery will go for 3.5 hours." Still a tad on the clunky side, but getting there.

@tomic212 writes "Ever wish you could play Gameboy games on your PalmPilot? This article on the Palm Infocenter discusses a gameboy emulator being developed for the PalmOS. With an interview with Maven who is building the emulator from scratch in assembly. "

anonymous porcupine writes "From the XFree86-3D I just got word of an updated version of the FAQ which details the current state of hardware accelerated 3D rendering in Linux. Gives a bit of history, an update regarding the state of affairs, and information on where to find out more about the current projects. "

strider5 writes "HandyKey has come up with a one-handed keyboard/mouse alternative for those sick the same old thing! They claim that it will work on *nix and Palms in addition to Windows systems... pretty neat! A variety of similar devices are summarized on a page at Stanford, but aren't quite as nifty. " I think everyone on earth wants a twiddler. If I had 2, I could type twice as fast, right?