Recent content by realolman

Well, I am kinda sorry I asked.   It seems that it's already way out of control.     It's a shame... It seems like everything takes the same path... somebody does something or invents something .... others enjoy it and see benefit in it and become enthusiasts... then enough money becomes...

Thanks to everyone who responded.   I have a few questions.   I never log into anything as in user name and password unless I have to ... so just browsing using firefox without any kind of "official" log in enables Microsoft edge to put what I looked at on their browser as part of "My Feed"?!? ...

I realize this may not be the absolute correct place to post such a question, but I also don't know where is the correct place, and I am sure there are  people here who know a lotta stuff, so here goes...   The best I can do in the area where I live is Verizon DSL... I have a windows 10 laptop...

I posted earlier about my garage door opener and how the remotes quit working, and the circuit board in the opener is obsolete, while the rest of the opener seems like new, and how I bought a remote control to "push the button", and how it's range is too short, and trying to extend the range by...

Thank you.... that sounds like the first ( and maybe the second ) thing I would do ;) . I have a good bit of experience with MS DOS, windows, and programming in BASIC, VB and what not, but no experience at all with LINUX. COuld you point me to where I need to go as a complete noob to start...

I know what I am about to ask is off topic, but I also know that many of you are quite expert. Perhaps what I want to do may even be illegal, but I assure you I have no malicious or illegal intent. I only want this for backup. We have industrial machines that are computer based, and instead of...

Unfortunately, it wasn't until after everybody bought a converter box that they discovered that the broadcast range of digital over the air was about 43 feet. Folks around here who got 4-5 stations over the air in analog get zippo stations in digital.... but we all have nice paperweight...

I just bought a sony bravia 32 inch TV last night. I am not happy with the picture. I understand that I will not get the picture the thing should be capable of because I do not have HD signal, but I thought it would be at least as good as the CRT with the signal we do have. It seems jaggedy...

I think I'm gonna try it.... thanks to everybody who responded.

Thist. is what I got The garage door opener looks good otherwise... new ones don't cost that much, but I hate to trash what seems to be mostly very good shape stuff... I am pretty knowlegeable about electronics, but i thought for the price, I'd just buy the remote/ receiver. One thing I'm...

My garage door opener quit working with any of the remotes. I took it apart and looked online, and there is no replacement circuit board available... obsolete. The opener still works with the button on the wall, so I ordered three remotes and a receiver that is hooked in parallel with the...

I think I got it. Apparently, I needed to open the properties on the network card of the desktop and check the "file sharing box" Also It appears I needed to take control of the laptop's wireless card away from it's own sovereignty and turn it over to Windows to manage. My God, I...

I'm sorry... I shouldn't have pointed that out... just mean spirited sometimes <_<

I certainly appreciate the helpe everyone has given. I'd like to scream, but I suppose that would be non-productive. Here's where I am at this point. I have both computers hardwired to the netgear wireless router. I can ping either computer by name from command prompt. If I search for the...

It appears you are concerned with electrical interference or noise. I wouldn't think pvc would do anything except provide for a bit of seperation. I would think emt , if grounded, would act much the same as shielding on a cable. PVC stands for polyvinyl chloride, ( plastic ) ... EMT stands for...