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

[Calvin Harrigan]

H P Ladds wrote:
> MythTV Build-In Folks,
> 
> Things look promising for a great Build-In. The weather forecast 
> calls for clouds and rain, so spring fever won't be a factor. 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.  
> 
> 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.
> 
> Probably the easiest install will result from the project Chris Farris 
> describes below.
> 
> "... 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.
> 
> Anyone who wants to show up with a PXE Bootable box and a Hauppague 
> PVR350 Card can walk away with a complete MythTV Device."
> 
> Also,  Fedora Core 4 cds and Jarod Wilson's HowTo will be available. 
> KnoppMyth ____ cd's and install guide will also be available.
> 
> 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?