Peter's Blog 19.3.2004

Updated website with FileZilla.

Updated website with FileZilla. Best FTP client I've used. WSFTP was unreliable, FTPExplorer was single-threaded.

Bought a JVC SVideo cable to connect laptop to TV.

Bought a JVC SVideo cable to connect laptop to TV. It didn't work. After some trwaling through the Dell support website (over complex, slow, confusing, only works properly with IE) I found a forum where people were asking real world questions. I found a video faq that said the problem was that the SVideo was not plugged in properly so the patronising driver hid that option. So I went to pull the SVideo cable out of the laptop and it would not move. It WOULD NOT move. Pulling it hard stressed the thin plastic case of the laptop and looked like I could do damage to it. After some screaming I cut the cable and chopped the connector to bits. I then poked a screwdriver in to force enough space for a lug to be released. That cable cost me £9.99 and I am not happy. I don't know whether to blame Dell or JVC or Intel for their pedantic drivers. Not impressed with Dell support, buld quality or the quality of their manual that talks about different video drivers.