[ale] Things are looking good for Saturday's Build-In

[Calvin Harrigan]

Calvin Harrigan wrote:

>H P Ladds wrote:
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>>MythTV Build-In Folks,
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>>Things look promising for a great Build-In. The weather forecast 
>>calls for clouds and rain, so spring fever won't be a factor. 
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>>The room is perfect -- large with lots of work space and glassed-in on 
>>two sides with a porch the size of an Arena Football field.
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>>The equipment is great. Thanks to Chris Farris and Emory University we 
>>will have two switches. One to provide wired internet access. Most 
>>likely the other one will be used for network installation. Lots of Cat 
>>5 will be available. Wireless internet access is also available.  
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>>For those wishing to arrive with nothing yet leave with a fully 
>>functioning MythTV machine, the following brand new equipment will be 
>>available: pcHDTV, Incs,  HD3000 cards, Hauppauge winTV PVR-150, (Sorry 
>>could not find an acceptable PVR-350 vendor), three suitable PCs.
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>>Probably the easiest install will result from the project Chris Farris 
>>describes below.
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>>"... I've been working on MythTV as a side project that I'm not quite
>>ready to announce yet. What I can say is that I've got a PXE-Boot
>>install of SuSE that will auto install MythTV 0.19 and (hopefully) get
>>everything to work out of the box.
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>>Anyone who wants to show up with a PXE Bootable box and a Hauppague 
>>PVR350 Card can walk away with a complete MythTV Device."
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>>Also,  Fedora Core 4 cds and Jarod Wilson's HowTo will be available. 
>>KnoppMyth ____ cd's and install guide will also be available.
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>>Also, The Electronic Fontier Foundation sent some SWAG.
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>Have you received any specific inquiries for a build.  Are there going 
>to be any tv sources?  Antenna, Dish, DirectTV?  What do you expect the 
>turnout to be like?
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How are things going at the build-in?  I'm trying to get there, but got 
some work to get out of the way first.  Trying for 1:30.

Calvin...