technical information library

   adminz: an auto-semi-blog concerning tech, security, support
   FreeBSD: my BSD diary - FreeBSD and ATA disks - backups - adding and upgrading a disk - automated PHP scripting - access controls - selected manpages
   programming: BAPI - PB/CC porting notes
   email filtering I: spam and virus filtering for Windows (using free software)
   email filtering II: the Filter of Last Resort
   email filtering III: the finer points of spam filtering
   phish filter: simple, effective, fast, granular
   data recovery I: MBRs, partition tables, FATs, lost clusters and Norton Utilities
   data recovery II: FAT1, FAT2, floppy disks, dead sectors and Norton Utilities
   data recovery III: corrupted partition tables and Norton Disk Editor
   data recovery IV: recovering data from an NTFS partition
   data recovery V: recovering data from a bad CD or DVD
   erasing partitions: nuking pesky partitions with Disk Editor
   Netware 3.1x: copying a server, restarting a server, creating a server, verifying user login
   Windows: dual-boot - 16-bit wierdness
   DOS: subroutines and looping in batch files - detecting errorlevels - codepage notes
   tables: ASCII table - ISO country codes - currency codes - IDD calling codes - TCP/IP port list - PCI vendors/devices: copy 1/copy 2
   security: virus backgrounder - defeating BIOS passwords - firewall troubleshooting
   theory: The Database Administrator - The History of Computing - CPUs - software
   old hardware: manuals - AT drivetypes - old HD specs - hard drive standards - parallel port troubleshooting - Xerox tech tips
   links to selected tech sites