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Mea no say culpa - mea say couple of..
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of J. Biran
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 1:59 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [amibroker] The Perfect (?!) AmiBroker Setup [
> was Vista 64...]
>
> For redundancy I use an external eSATA drive that is always
> switched off, except briefly when used.
> I manually copy onto it Norton Ghost images (that are
> created on my normal RAID1 drives)
> as a second layer of protection.
> This is not excessive paranoia, I have a friend whose
> computer power supply failed,
> and blew up the motherboard and ALL his hard disks!
> Data recovery services are REALLY expensive, with little
> guarantee of success.
>
> p.s. Outlook thinks you meant to say culpa below :)
>
> Joseph Biran
> ____________________________________________
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dingo
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 6:54 AM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [amibroker] The Perfect (?!) AmiBroker Setup [
> was Vista 64...]
>
> A cupla things to consider:
>
> 1. I have multiple computers as well.
> a. My main computer is a workstation with 3 monitors
> 1 very fast
> hard disk drive (raptor) and its where I do most of my
> work. All of the
> monitors have both DVI and VGA connectors. I use the DVI to
> connect to this
> workstation.
>
> b. Another workstation is used as a Media Center. It
> has a video
> card that has both DVI and VGA. I use the right most monitor
> from a to
> attach to b via the VGA port. I use a free program "Synergy"
> to allow me to
> use my single mouse and keyboard on machine a to work on
> machine b. I just
> click the "source" button on the shared monitor to switch
> from DVI
> (connected to machine a) to VGA (connected to machine b).
> Synergy then
> allows me to move my mouse to the right and voila it shows
> up on the vga'd
> monitor and I'm on machine b just as if my mouse, keyboard
> were attached to
> it. It's a virtual KVM and uses the LAN that both a and b
> are on.
>
> c. A notebook for travel. I also use Synergy on
> this machine. It
> just turn it on and if Need to work on it I just scroll my
> mouse all the way
> to the left and it treats the notebook as if it were a 4th
> monitor and I can
> now use the same mouse and keyboard on machine a to do
> anything on the
> notebook.
>
> d. A umpc (Samsung Q1u) in my car. When it's out of
> the car and I
> have it my office I use Synergy and just like the notebook I
> can use my
> mouse and keyboard to work on it. The screen is small (8")
> so I usually
> hook it up via the VGA port on my left most monitor and can
> use that as the
> carputer's monitor. When it's in the car I use "LogMeIn"
> (free) via a
> wireless connection to view the carputer's desktop on my
> center monitor and
> I can do anything I want from my office.
>
> 2. As mentioned previously I have a NAS that runs in a raid
> that has single
> disk failure protection via its raid setup. I use this to
> store/backup my
> files. It's quite small and has 4 500gig drives in it. Even
> with this
> device I am still not totally protected, data wise. I don't
> have a second
> copy at an alternate physical location and I've read
> recently that the
> controller on whatever device(s) you use for storage is a
> single point of
> failure that can lead to some big problems especially with
> raid.
>
> What I'm trying pass on to you is a way to use an single set
> of monitors to
> control/use multiple computers without using the wheels on
> your chair and
> how I've set my system(s) up might be of help to you -
> especially Synergy.
> And I also recommend you use some sort of redundant disk set
> up for data
> loss protection.
>
> HTH
>
> d
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of psytek
> > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 8:47 AM
> > To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> amibroker-vista64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [amibroker] The Perfect (?!) AmiBroker Setup [
> was
> > Vista 64...]
> >
> > In my painful search for the optimum AmiBroker setup I
> > decided that I want:
> >
> > 1) a non-destructive procedure for upgrading of OS,
> > AmiBroker, and other software. This means that the
> previous
> > environments remain fully functional until the new
> software
> > is proven and fully functional.
> > 2) Only two computers, one for development and one for
> trading.
> > 2) Single multiple monitor display/working center (no more
>
> > rolling around in my chair!).
> > 3) Multi-OS capability, perhaps on separate hard disks. So
>
> > that I can test Vista 32/64, XP 32/64/professional, or
> > whatever comes along without risk and loss of time.
> > 4) Separate hard disk for stock data and afl; readable by
> all OSs.
> > 5) easy cloning to facilitate creating a new setup, first
> in
> > partition and later to separate HD.
> > 6) Backup hard disk in development-system, with secondary
> > backup on networked trading computer.
> >
> > Hard disks have become as cheap as memory and using
> several
> > of them reduces media-risk.
> >
> > Googling a bit I found Acronis Disk Director Suite
> >
> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/diskdirector/m
> ul
> > tibooting.html
> > I use/respect Acronis and would expect this product to
> work.
> > The price ($49) is reasonable so the financial risk is
> small
> > and they it is compatible with XP/Vista 64
> > bits.
> >
> > Anyone using the above mentioned Acronis Multiboot
> software?
> >
> > Anyone see flaws in the above computer setup?
> >
> > #### Is it possible to have AmiBroker data on a separate
> hard
> > disk and access it from other HDs/OSs? ####
> >
> > Herman
> >
> > Saturday, July 12, 2008, 7:22:38 AM, you wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, all 64 bit Windows variants require 64 bit drivers.
> If
> > hardware vendor
> > > does not supply 64-bit driver you can't use particular
> > hardware with 64-bit OS.
> >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Tomasz Janeczko
> > > amibroker.com
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "psytek" <psytek@xxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 11:54 PM
> > > Subject: [amibroker] [OT] XP Professional vs Vista 64
> >
> >
> > >> Anyone using 64-bit XP Professional? Does it have the
> > same limitations wrt drivers?
> > >>
> > >> I have to admit I am very disappointed with Vista-64;
> > seems to have been a waste of money and time.
> > >>
> > >> Anyone running the TWS under Vista-64? the TWS cannot
> find javaw...
> > >>
> > >> Any alternatives to improving performance wrt to
> available memory?
> > >>
> > >> Computers can be a real pain ...
> > >>
> > >> Comment and advice would be appreciated.
> > >>
> > >> Herman
> > >>
> > >>
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> > >>
> >
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> >
> > > For other support material please check also:
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Best regards,
> > psytek
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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