I purchased the new Dremel 220-01 workstation hoping to be able to use this as a drill-press for PCB (printed circuit board) production. At quick glance, the new 220-01 Workstation looks like it would be a great drill press. The 220-01 has a metal shaft and a nice looking plunging handle assembly. I own a slightly older model 398 (high-end digital tool sold just previous to the new XPR model). The box clearly states that my model 398 is supported by this accessory. Thus, I made the purchase and took it home. Here is a stock photo of the unit:
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| Review of the Dremel 220-01 Workstation for PCB production |
| New NVIDIA gaphics driver beta corrects Linux sleep problems |
Linux users rejoice! Nvidia has answered the pleading of millions of Linux users and finally addressed the power management problems inherent in the Linux-based Nvidia driver driver package since version 177.x. Specially, the new Nvidia driver package, version 180.27, released on to Beta on Jan 28, 2009, has a number of notable new features:
* Corrects Sleep & Hibernate related issues such that all graphics driver power management now works properly on newer PCIE_x16 motherboards.
* Adds support for OpenGL 3.0 for GeForce 8 series and newer GPUs.
