From:     Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
To:       Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date:     Tue, 4 Oct 94 22:13:22 EDT
Subject:  Linux-Misc Digest #879

Linux-Misc Digest #879, Volume #2                 Tue, 4 Oct 94 22:13:22 EDT

Contents:
  NFS server implementation (Peter Berger)
  Re: XFree 3.1 & ATI GUP Mach32 (Mark Johnson)
  Re: Hmmm (jonathan hankins)
  Re: How to pronounce Linux?? (Inge Cubitt)
  Re: PLS recommend a G++ debugger ( with or without X ) (Hugh Strong)
  Re: REQ: MIDI-sequencer for Linux (Jay Vaughan)
  Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one? (Michael L. VanLoon)
  Re: Appropriate partition sizes (was: Re:  New Linux Distribution) (Craig I. Hagan)
  Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux? (DAVID L. JOHNSON)
  Re: Linux vs NeXTSTEP (Thomas Gschwind)
  Re: Dynamic IP PPP server (Florian Schmidt)
  Re: New Linux Distribution (Byron A Jeff)
  SURVEY: Graphics card benchmarks under XFree86 (05 Oct 94) (Farrell McKay)
  Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one? (Greg Sandell)
  Flexibility of process priority for realtime tasks (Greg Sandell)

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Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1994 15:20:00 +0100
From: pit@p2.lxs.baboon.ch (Peter Berger)
Subject: NFS server implementation

tadams@sbctri.sbc.com wrote:

 > I've an idea for implementing filesystems via a local NFS server.
 > The slackware tcpip/System/nfsd server seems to be a read-only server.
What?

 > Is there a full server implementation out there?

You have it!

bye,
    Peter


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From: mjohnson@sparc.uccb.ns.ca (Mark Johnson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.windows.x.i386unix,wpi.system.linux
Subject: Re: XFree 3.1 & ATI GUP Mach32
Date: 4 Oct 1994 12:53:56 -0300

In article <36q2kj$5nn@bigboote.wpi.edu>,
Ben Alman [Chat-Cat] <alman@wpi.edu> wrote:
>
>I just got XFree 3.1 and Installed it, so far no problems... works great!
>kudos to the XFree86 team!
>
Me too.  With a different card which was not supported before.
It is very nice to have real resolution for a change :-)
>|  o o   _____   \_   Running Linux 1.1.50   O O   []     [][][] [][][] []  []
> \______/     \____)   and XFree386-2.1.1          Why Are We Here? Because...
OOPs time to update this .sig :-)

Mark Johnson
johnson@vrlab.uccb.ns.ca




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From: jhankins@nyx.cs.du.edu (jonathan hankins)
Crossposted-To: alt.fan.linus-torvalds
Subject: Re: Hmmm
Date: 3 Oct 1994 13:55:23 -0600

In article <1994Oct1.111445.1169@dale.dircon.co.uk>,
Pete Chown <pc@dale.dircon.co.uk> wrote:
>In those days my Linux installation was in a 64M Minix partition, and
>the uncompressed kernel was the same size as the compressed one is
>now!


Talk about nostalgia......I found a v0.01 Linux kernel on funet......the 
blasted thing won't even compile.....I think I found the limit of gcc's 
backwards-compatibility <big grin> The source was only 20K or so :-)

Jonathan Hankins

jhankins@nyx.cs.du.edu


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From: inge@drealm.org (Inge Cubitt)
Subject: Re: How to pronounce Linux??
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 19:01:44 +0000

Kevin Lentin (kevinl@fangorn.cs.monash.edu.au) wrote:

: Personally, one thing that does get on my nerves is people pronouncing it
: 'Linix' which just seems completely non-sensical.

Is that 'linn icks' or 'line icks' ?

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From: hstrong@eng1.uconn.edu (Hugh Strong)
Subject: Re: PLS recommend a G++ debugger ( with or without X )
Date: 4 Oct 1994 20:43:43 GMT

Jeff Kesselman (jeffpk@netcom.com) wrote:
: In article <36ndng$4cn@sand.cis.ufl.edu>,
: Daniel Damon Roscigno <ddr@beach.cis.ufl.edu> wrote:
: >I am a new C++ programmer and am looking for a debugger for Linux
: >I am currently running Slackware 1.1 with kernel .99pl14
: >I will be upgrading to a later version when I get my new CD
: >next week or so.  X is not important, I just would like to be
: >able to step through code and set a few breakpoints.
: >
: >Thanks!
: >Dan.

: If you are using gnu c/c++, then yous shoudl already have gdb, the gnu 
: debugger.  If not, grab a copy from one oft he zillion gnu sites...

Has anyone taken notice of the package tgdb.  This is a NICE
shareware interface to gdb, based on tcl/tk. It's on Sunsite and
mirrors of it.

                                        -- Hugh Strong
                                        hstrong@ug1.eng1.uconn.edu

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From: jay@earthlink.net (Jay Vaughan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: REQ: MIDI-sequencer for Linux
Date: 4 Oct 1994 21:17:52 GMT

In article <36rk9o$90d@dsun10.hmi.de>, drt@dsun10.hmi.de (Tschirley_Rene) says:
>
>Very important for making my decision is the existance of a
>(semi)professional MIDI-sequencer like Sibelius 7 (Acorn Archimedes),
>Bars & Pipes (Commodore Amiga) or anything similar to these ones known
>on Atari or Apple Macintosh.
>

Interesting point.  Would anyone care to port ROSE to Linux?  It's an
SGI-based sequencer, available in source code from at 
ftp.maths.bath.ac.uk:/pub/dream/ROSE.ALPHA.tar.gz and ROSE.sources.tar.gz.

I've used it on my Indy, and it's quite a nice package... would be cool
to see this running on a Linux box...

Jay Vaughan
Vice President, Operations
EarthLink Network, Inc.
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From: michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one?
Date: 04 Oct 1994 14:53:09 GMT

In article <36qeaf$jt4@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> mbandy@superdec.uni.uiuc.edu (Harf) writes:

   >4) more compliance to POSIX (I think standards are good, or am I wrong)

           Linux is more compliant to POSIX.

NetBSD has grown to be pretty much as POSIX compliant as Linux.
FreeBSD isn't quite as far, there yet.

This should be taken with a large bucket of salt, however (as Terry
Lambert points out), since none of the systems have had an official
POSIX verification suite run on them.

--
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   Michael L. VanLoon     michaelv@HeadCandy.com     michaelv@iastate.edu
  Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x for PC/Mac/Amiga/etc.
     Working NetBSD ports: 386+PC, Mac, Amiga, HP300, Sun3, Sun4c, PC532
               In progress: DEC pmax (MIPS R2k/3k), VAX, Sun4m
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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From: hagan@myhost.subdomain.domain (Craig I. Hagan)
Subject: Re: Appropriate partition sizes (was: Re:  New Linux Distribution)
Date: 3 Oct 1994 12:04:21 GMT
Reply-To: hagan@oec.com


> I'm going to be installing Linux on my own PC soon (just as soon as
> Infomagic are back from the dead so I can order their CD set), and the
> partition sizes quoted here set me wondering. My HD is the same size as the
> one described, about 500 MB; I was planning to keep a DOS/WIN partition of
> about 80 MB and maybe 20-30 MB swap, but is 200 MB root + 200 MB usr really
> the best way to go? Does root really need that much? In fact, is there a
> good argument for bothering with separate root & usr partitions at all?

I think that a 200mb root partition shows
signs of someone misusing /tmp :)

I personally use a 20mb root partition at home, 30mb @ work,
and about 200-500mb /usr partition (depending
upon how big /usr/local is, and whether
or not it is mounted from an nfs server --
i usually use /share for that). I then
either mount /tmp as a separate drive
or link it to /usr. There are performance
issues for making swap and /tmp on 
their own disk drives if you can.


reasons for a root partition (small):

The root partition is needed for machine boot
and checking the other partitions, so
it should be a small, infrequently changing
filesystem to minimize chances of corruption.
(hence the moving of /tmp away from it) 

if it is small, you can have more than one of them,
so you can have an emergency boot partition.

-- craig

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From: dlj0@Lehigh.EDU (DAVID L. JOHNSON)
Subject: Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?
Date: 4 Oct 1994 14:27:07 GMT

In article <36quu3$n5a@montego.umcc.umich.edu>, spencer@montego.umcc.umich.edu (Spencer PriceNash) writes:
>[ Newsgroups trimmed]
>
>In article <36qlgs$1a9@agate.berkeley.edu>,
>Nick Kralevich <nickkral@po.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>>Greetings.
>
>Hi.
>
>
>>I'm attempting to find a word processor for Linux.  One that will
>>allow me to create reports, and type up documents.  
>
>Yuck.
>
>
>>So far I've been using Jove, which is useful as a text editor, but
>>not as a word processor.  I'm looking for somthing that will allow
>>for different fonts, along with text formatting.
>
>Sounds like the simplest thing would be: you can use Jove (or emacs
>or one of the vi clones or whatever) to type in your text, using
>groff commands, then use groff to format it, then pump it through
>ghostscript to print it.
>
You are kidding, right?  And how does one just `pick up' groff commands?
This is a lot of effort, and IMHO could be far more productive, bang for buck, 
put into learning a bit of TeX.

But for the time being, try EZ from the auis package.  Nothing to learn, good
output.  And pick up the TeXBook to lear how to go beyond the capabilities of 
ez.

Groff has its uses, but for document preparation has been superceded by TeX.

>>I've heard of TeX, but I'm not really sure what it is, and I'm 
>>hesitating to install the 14 disks it takes for the binary
>>distribution.
>
>Oh.  That's ok, I didn't install it, either.
>
Which is why you are using groff.  BTW, ez uses groff as well, but you don't 
have to use the commands.  

>>What do you use?
>
I usually use TeX.  My kids (8&10) use EZ, and find it easier and better than 
WordPerfect.
-- 

David L. Johnson                        dlj0@lehigh.edu or 
Department of Mathematics               dlj0@chern.math.lehigh.edu
Lehigh University
14 E. Packer Avenue                     (610) 758-3759
Bethlehem, PA 18015-3174                (610) 828-3708

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From: tom@csdec1.tuwien.ac.at (Thomas Gschwind)
Subject: Re: Linux vs NeXTSTEP
Date: 4 Oct 1994 15:53:16 GMT

Oh, there's one thing I've forgot to say:

If you have a LOT OF MONEY, it is POSSIBLY better to buy NeXTStep...

Unfortunately, I have not enough money to run NeXTStep :(

        Tom

--
       \|/         Thomas GSCHWIND, Student at Technische Universität WIEN
      (o o)        email: tom@logic.tuwien.ac.at                      
--oOo--(_)--oOo--  DOS is too DOSASTROUS for you? Try UN*X!    

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From: F.SCHMIDT@BIONIC.zer.de (Florian Schmidt)
Subject: Re: Dynamic IP PPP server
Date: Fri, 30 Sep 1994 23:00:00 +0000

reply on user raf@dt1.datatamers.com


> I am looking for information on how to set up my linux box as a
> dynamic IP ppp server for dial in. Currently I am set up for dump terminal
> dial in. PPP is complied in my kernel 1.1.51 and is running. I would like
> to offer PPP dial in for Mosaic users. I've RTFM net-2-howto and the readme
> from ppp-2-1-2a and all they talk about is how to dial into a DYN ppp
> server, but not how to configure your box to be a dynamic IP PPP DIAL IN
> SERVER.
>
i don't know exactly, but what you probably just have top do, is to make a  
fake user (best call him ppp), which login shell is the pppd-program with  
the right parameters, and the right dev. i don't know how to find out the  
device one is logged on, but that should not be too hard...






--
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GMU -d+ -p+ c++ l+ u--- e* m--- s++/+ !n f? g+ w+ t+ r y+
irc: moses (c u on #germany)
## CrossPoint v3.0 ##

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From: byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
Subject: Re: New Linux Distribution
Date: 1 Oct 1994 14:25:24 GMT

In article <36ber3$4ht@gandalf.rutgers.edu>,
Juana Moreno <madrid@gandalf.rutgers.edu> wrote:
>I have been thinking of putting up a new Linux distribution especially
>oriented to DOS-Win dummies.

Juana,

As others have pointed out in great detail, this probably isn't a real good 
idea.  All the snippets you describe negates all the power of Linux you wish
to show.

However it's clear there are some issues to be addressed:

1) Linux has no applications.

   I had a discussion with one of my co-workers over this very issue. We agreed
that it's very difficult for non commercial development to generate the
breadth and depth of applications that DOS/Windows commercial environment
has. His take on the solution is to bring new environments (the MKS Toolkit)
to the existing platform area (DOS/Windows). However I think the three
pronged approach that Linux has can work:

- Write native applications with similar characteristics to existing
  commercial applications. The Xfilemanagers are an example. One that is
  sorely needed is a simple wordprocessor.

- Make available all of the traditional Unix apps.

- Use emulation to run the myriad existing applications of other environments.

2) Unix is too hard to understand.

  Human beings are quite adaptable. When presented with a computer based
environment they will learn to conform their actions to within the scope of
that environment. That's why many folks are satisfied with DOS/Windows. Since
that's whay they learned computer based stuff on it defines their expectations
of what computer environments should look like and how they should behave.

  Since Unix is a different environment in many user's minds it's 'hard'.
The problem is that isolating the user from the differences often negates
the capabilities that a different environment brings.

  I think Juana has taken this concept to an extreme. Linux is no good if
it just acts like DOS/Windows. There's no benefit to switching. In fact
because of the applications issue, it's often a detriment because the 
apps that people want to run are no longer available.

  The solution to many of the " it's too hard " issues can be addressed:

- Add some simplifying scripts for mundane administrative tasks.
- Promote the documentation even more that it is now.
- Most importantly get people to generalize. We know that all computer
  environments have a command that displays files. The name isn't relavent.
  So when you approach a new environment and 'dir' doesn't work don't give
  up. Just find out the correct command. Just an example.

3) Setup

  Initial setup of Linux is daunting. It needs to be even more automated.
Slackware's setup is a excellent start. What it probably needs right now
is a better mechanism for partitioning the disks. A question:

How hard would it be to write FIPS for Linux? While FIPS for DOS is fine
it would be even better if it ranunder Linux directly.

UMSDOS is helpful here also.

4) Transisitional stuff.

DOSEMU needs to be in the distribution. It goes a long way to giving a
transistional environment.

WINE desperately needs to be finished. Everybody (except me. I'm working on
my PhD) needs to drop everything and get WINE working.

These tools will greatly ease the transisition.


=====

The bottom line is that both the Linux system and former DOS/Windows users
will have to change and grow together. Asking either one to change radically
is unfair and undesireable.

Later,

BAJ
-- 
Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of...
Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel - And Using Linux!
Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332   Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu

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From: fbm@thumbtack.bevc.blacksburg.va.us (Farrell McKay)
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.benchmarks,comp.os.linux.help,aus.computers.linux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: SURVEY: Graphics card benchmarks under XFree86 (05 Oct 94)
Date: 5 Oct 1994 00:24:47 GMT

Archive-name: xfree86-benchmarks
Version: $Id: post,v 1.30 1994/10/05 00:02:38 fbm Exp fbm $

These are the latest results from a survey of xbench results under XFree86.

The idea of the survey is to compile a comprehensive set of benchmark results,
obtained by running xbench against all the main 386/486/586 graphics cards,
and thereby place the graphics cards in an approximate performance ranking.
Ideally all the results should be gathered using the same host machine,
on the same day of the week, while wearing the same socks and jocks.
Unfortunately no-one has yet come forward with such a database (although
such databases are rumoured to exist).  This survey is the next best thing.

The summary results below distill the essence of the survey into single line
entries.  The entries are grouped by XFree86 release number, and ranked
in decreasing 'xstone' order (last column) within each group.  Ranking by
xstones is a bit arbitrary.  It is instructive to examine all the other
columns too.

The xbench survey has a home on the World Wide Web, at

    http://thumbtack.bevc.blacksburg.va.us/xbench/

If you have acess to a Web browser, check it out!  It is at least
6 x 10^24 times better than this plain old Usenet posting, in lots of ways.

New additions to this database are always welcome - especially entries for
the latest servers or for unlisted graphics cards.  If you use XFree86,
you can contribute to this survey.  Grab a copy of xbench, make sure it
has the GraphicsExposures patch (see below), run it on your machine,
fill in the blank form provided below, and mail it back to me.
Please do not send the raw xbench output - just fill in the blank form!
I will collate and publish the results as they become available.  XBench is
available by ftp from hundreds of archive sites around the world.
Check out archie for your nearest site.

  >>>>>>  IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE THE CORRECT VERSION OF XBENCH.  <<<<<<

The correct version is the one with the "GraphicsExposures" patch.
Check for this by looking at your source code - you should find calls to

    XSetGraphicsExposures(......, False);

in the four files bitmapcpy.c complex1.c screencpy.c and scroll.c

Some sites known to carry the patched version of xbench are:

    ftp.physics.su.oz.au:/xbench/xbench.tar.gz
    ftp.iastate.edu:/pub/netbsd/misc/xbench.tar.gz
    mcsun.eu.net:/os/linux/BETA/X_S3/xbench.tar.gz
    mcsun.eu.net:/os/linux/BETA/X_S3/xbench.tar.Z
    ftp.th-darmstadt.de:/pub/X11/other/xbench.tar.Z 

    xbench.tar.gz file length=88785, /bin/sum=48788, /usr/5bin/sum=31503
    xbench.tar.Z  file length=156750, /bin/sum=21120, /usr/5bin/sum=40999

To run the benchmark,
    1. If possible, switch into one of the more common display resolutions
         before starting, e.g. 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 etc.
    2. Kill off (i.e. exit from) all other programs on your machine,
         including your window manager!  The only running program you
         should need is a single window from which to start xbench.
         XBench is a benchmark program.  If it has to compete for
         memory or CPU, its results will suffer.
    3. Read the XBench README file and edit the script.run file.
    4. xset s off                                   (turn off the screen saver)
    5. xbench < script.run > results/YOURFILE
    6. go have a coffee
    7. awk -f scripts/xstones.awk < results/YOURFILE

Farrell.
--
Farrell McKay.   Email: fbm@thumbtack.bevc.blacksburg.va.us     (PGP key avail)

========================= Blank Form ===========================================
CPU                     : (386/486 SX/DX etc)
CPU Clock Speed         : (MHz)
M'board Memory          : (MBytes)

Card Vendor + Model     :
Card Bus                : (ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI)
Chipset                 :
Video Memory            : (MBytes)
Memory Type             : (DRAM/VRAM)
Memory Speed            : (ns)
Clock Chip              :
RAMDAC                  :

Operating system        :
XFree86 release         : (e.g. 2.1.1)
XFree86 server          : (e.g. XF86_SVGA)
Physical resoln         :
Virtual resoln          :
Dot-clock               : (MHz)
Bits per pixel          : 

XBench lines            :
XBench fills            :
XBench blits            :
XBench arcs             :
XBench text             :
XBench complex          :
XBench xstones          :

  >>>>>>>>  Did you use the patched version of XBench ??  (Yes/No)  <<<<<<<<

XBench ftp'd from       :
Submitted by            :
Date stamp              :
========================= Summary Results ======================================

--- Hware --- XF86 Res Dot Px Display card     Bus lin fil blt arc txt cplx xst
CPU-Clk   Mem Srvr P&V Clk Sz                 Type ----------- 000s -----------

============================= XFree86 3.1   ===================================
486DX2-66   8 S3    NC  75  8 #9 GXE-64          V 419 116 114 6372 186 185 173
486DX2-66  16 W32   PL  36  8 Herc. Dynamite Pow V 235  58  88 5278 423 114 131

============================= XFree86 2.1.1 ===================================
486DX2-66  16 S3    NN  74  8 Diamond Stealth Pr V 417  89  77 6465 197 153 142
486DX2-66  16 S3    NN  75  8 #9 GXE Level 12    V 442  80  65 6232 187 156 129
486DX2-66   8 S3    NN  75  8 SPEA/V7 Mercury    V 495  72  55 7018 160 134 113
486DX-33   16 S3    EE 110  8 Actix Ultra+       I 323  68  59 2761 148 138 108
486DX-50   16 S3    NN  80  8 ELSA Winner 1000   I 303  63  54 3865 155 128 103
486DX-50   16 S3    CC 110  8 Metheus 928-4M     V 310  67  50 3208 148 127 102
486DX-50   16 Mch32 NN  75  8 ATI Ultra Pro      V 335  65  56 2845 142  84 101
486DX2-66  16 S3    NN  75  8 Diamond Stealth 24 V 340  54  45 5541 132 106  89
486SX-25   16 S3    PM  36  8 Spea V7 Mirage     I 186  48  41  639 113 101  76
486DX2-66  20 S3    CC 135  8 #9 GXE Level 11    I 283  61  52 3345  56 121  74
486DX-33   16 S3    NN  72  8 Miro Crystal 10SD  V 248  44  36 2256 104  87  71
486DX-33    8 S3    NN  75  8 Actix Grph Eng. 32 I 205  42  38 1504 101  89  70
486DX2-66   8 S3    NN  45  8 Generic S3-805     V 265  45  39 2259  66  95  67
486DX2-66  16 Mch32 cC  80  8 ATI Graphics Ultra V 271  36  31 3597  88  59  60
486DX2-66  32 SVGA  KK  80  8 Generic Cirrus 542 V 143  28  22 1862 281  44  51
486DX2-66   4 SVGA  NN  75  8 VIA C.Logic 5426   V 149  26  22 2097 238  42  49
486DX2-50   8 SVGA  NH  75  8 Genoa 8500VL-28    V 113  23  23 1464 197  36  46
486DX2-66  20 SVGA  DD  80  8 Generic Cirrus 542 V 133  24  17 1708 254  40  42
386AM-40    8 Mch32 NN  65  8 ATI Graphics Ultra I 101  23  20  501  53  35  36
386DX-25    8 SVGA  PL  36  8 Hercules Dynamite  I  33   8   5  230  23  19  12

============================= XFree86 2.1   ===================================
486DX2-66  32 S3    NN  77  8 STB Pegasus        V 453  80  66 4318 195 156 131
486DX2-66  32 S3    NN  67  8 STB Pegasus        V 461  79  66 4154 191 141 129
486DX2-66  32 S3    CC 125  8 STB Pegasus        V 440  80  62 4240 193 153 127
Pnt-66     32 S3    NN  85  8 ELSA Winner 2000   V 494  75  57 6275 205 145 123
486DX2-66  16 S3    AA 185  8 #9 GXE Level 16    V 430  73  56 6833 182 139 117
486DX2-66  16 S3    FC  85  8 Spea V7 Mercury    V 472  69  55 4287 171 136 113
486DX2-66  24 S3    CC 135  8 Spea V7 Mercury    V 422  65  55 3404 162 132 109
486DX2-66  20 S3    NN  65  8 #9 GXE Level 11    I 374  65  55 4873 168 129 108
486DX2-66   8 S3    NL  75  8 Emca VGA-928-P     P 370  64  55 3193 150 126 106
486DX-33    8 S3    CC 108  8 Spea V7 Mercury    I 329  65  55  255 146 133 104
486DX2-66  16 S3    II  96  8 ELSA Winner 1000   P 312  62  52 2907 148 128 101
486DX2-66  20 Mch32 HH  80  8 ATI Ultra Pro      I 311  61  53 4336 144 133 100
486DX2-66  16 S3    HH 110  8 ELSA Winner 1000   P 298  60  52 2769 146 128 100
486DX-33    8 Mch32 OO  65  8 ATI Ultra XLR      V 296  62  54 2723 129  83  95
486DX-33   16 S3    NN  45  8 Actix Grph Eng. 32 I 234  55  52 2894 129 111  91
486DX2-66  20 Mch32 NN  75  8 ATI Ultra Pro      V 325  55  47 3437 129  75  88
486DX2-66  20 Mch32 HH  80  8 ATI Ultra Pro      V 323  56  48 3682 118  77  88
486SX-33   16 S3    nN  45  8 VGA805-V from Uppe V 231  53  47  726 131 107  87
486DX-50   16 Mch32 CC 135  8 ATI Ultra Pro      E 269  54  47 3038 123  74  85
486DX2-66   8 S3    NN  72  8 Actix Grph Eng. 32 V 328  48  40 3821 137  95  82
486DX-33   16 Mch8  NN  65  8 ATI Ultra (Mach8)  I 255  47  42 4071 115  98  79
486DX-33   16 Mch32 NB  80  8 ATI Ultra Pro      I 207  51  43 1600 106  61  76
486DX-33   16 S3    HH  62  8 ELSA Winner 1000   E 269  57  51 1720  50 130  69
Pnt-66     32 S3    CC 102  8 #9 GXE Level 12    P 389  72  61 4504  38 146  69
486DX-50   16 SVGA  nN  45  8 STB Horizon VGA    I 128  28  28 1767 224  55  56
486DX2-50  16 SVGA  PH  45  8 ICL ValuePlus CL54 I 102  27  25 1131 145  38  48
486DX2-66  20 VGA   NN  65  8 Cirrus Logic       V  61  28  20 1545 228  45  44
486DX-33    8 SVGA  NN  65  8 Genoa Phantom 8900 V 131  28  12 2167 116  42  36
486DX2-66  32 SVGA  NN  75  8 Generic Cirrus 542 V 110  18  13 1474 229  30  33
486DX2-66   8 SVGA  NN  75  8 Actix ProStar VL   V 107  17  12 1563 205  27  30
486DX2-66  32 SVGA  KK  80  8 Generic Cirrus 542 V 102  16  12 1317 209  28  30
486DX2-50  16 SVGA  HH  80  8 ICL ValuePlus CL54 I  76  14  12  880 140  20  26
486DX2-66   8 SVGA  PN  36  8 Octek AVGA-20H     I  80  11   5  891  54  17  14
486DX2-66  24 SVGA  NN  65  8 Generic ET4000     I  91   8   3 1040  75  12  11
486SX-25   20 SVGA  NL  45  8 STB PowerGraph     I  67   8   4  416  52  14  11
486DX2-66   8 VGA16 QP  26  8 Hedaka HED-622     I  20   3   3  471   7   7   5
386DX-25    8 SVGA  PP  36  8 Trident TVGA 8900B I  18   2   1  156  12   2   3
486DX-33   16 SVGA  PP  40  8 Oak OTI-067        I  36   1   1  458  28   2   3

============================= XFree86 2.0   ===================================
486DX2-66  16 S3    NN  74  8 Diamond Stealth Pr V 451  92  78 3234 198 150 145
486DX2-66  16 S3    HH  85  8 #9 GXE Level 12    V 412  81  65 2872 196 157 130
486DX2-66  16 S3    NN  75  8 #9 GXE Level 12    V 468  80  64 4070 190 153 128
486DX-33   16 S3    NN  74  8 Diamond Stealth Pr V 278  83  75 2015 155 142 123
486DX-33   16 S3    NN  75  8 Diamond Stealth Pr V 348  76  66 2733 166 155 121
486DX-50    8 S3    NN  72  8 #9 GXE Level 11    V 395  71  62 3363 164 141 117
486SX-33   16 S3    CC 110  8 Actix Ultra+       I 293  73  62 3776 158 137 114
486DX-50   16 S3    NN  75  8 ELSA Winner 1000   E 316  64  55 2760 160 128 105
486SLC2-66 16 S3    NN  45  8 STB PowerGraph VL- V 282  60  50 1310 153 118  98
486DX-33   16 S3    NN  75  8 Orchid Fahrnht. VA V 266  48  40 2380 121  95  79
Pnt-60     16 Mch32 NN  75  8 ATI AX0            P 207  45  38 3438 126  68  73
486DX2-66   8 Mch32 GG  80  8 ATI AX0            P 183  39  34 3393 110  65  65
386DX-40    8 S3    NN  75  8 Generic S3-801     I 153  36  31 1153  84  72  57
486DX-50   16 SVGA  QL  25  8 ColorDesigner A3   V 126  23  12 1575 111  44  34
486DX-50   16 SVGA  nN  45  8 STB Horizon VGA    I 131  20  12 1551 130  47  33
386DX-40    8 S3    JJ  95  8 Generic S3-801     I 122  23  20 1096  25  47  31
486DX-50   16 SVGA  nL  45  8 ColorDesigner A3   V 115  18  10 1559 110  38  29
386DX-40    4 SVGA  nG  45  8 Tseng ET4000/W32   V  65  16  11  989  38  30  26
386DX-40    4 SVGA  NG  72  8 Tseng ET4000/W32   V  63  15  10  952  35  25  21
486DX2-50  16 SVGA  PN  50  8 Diamond Speedstar  I  76  16   7  927  61  39  21
486DX2-50  20 SVGA  NN  85  8 Cirrus Logic 5428  I  86  13   6 1203  68  33  18
486DX-33    8 SVGA  NN  65  8 Diamond Speedstar+ I  87   9   4 1325  84  14  13
486DX2-66   8 SVGA  PL  75  8 Octek AVGA-20H     I  79   3   2  917  60   5   6
486SX-25    4 SVGA? QQ  75  8 Sager NP840 notebo V  53   3   2  327  30   4   5

Key to Physical and Virtual resolutions (lower case=interlaced mode)

A = 1600x1200
B = 1536x1024
C = 1280x1024
D = 1200x910
E = 1200x900
F = 1192x900
G = 1152x910
H = 1152x900
I = 1152x816
J = 1152x800
K = 1056x832
L = 1024x1024
M = 1024x900
N = 1024x768
O = 1024x767
P = 800x600
Q = 640x480

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From: sandell@epunix.susx.ac.uk (Greg Sandell)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one?
Date: 3 Oct 1994 12:25:22 GMT

Jesus Monroy Jr (jmonroy@netcom.com) wrote:
> :
>       I'm running the FreeBSD and 386BSD versions in house.
>       I run both, because I'm still waiting for 386bsd release 1.0
>       Since I need to do X-windows development and TCP/IP  testing
>       at this time FreeBSD is of choice.

Where can I find out about FreeBSD?  I'd just like to know who makes it
and how you get it.

Thanks,
Greg

--
Gregory J. Sandell  (sandell@epunix.sussex.ac.uk)
Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QG England  +44-273-678058  (FAX:+44-273-678611)
http://ep56c.ep.susx.ac.uk/Greg.Sandell.html

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From: sandell@epunix.susx.ac.uk (Greg Sandell)
Subject: Flexibility of process priority for realtime tasks
Date: 3 Oct 1994 12:34:33 GMT

I'm considering using a Linux based platform for MIDI sequencing and
other musical tasks where things must occur at specific moments in time,
which you don't want to be interrupted, even by a few msec (because the
music will have a hiccup in it).  The question is not one of having the
majority of the CPU power, it's a question of relying on the processing
getting done in time for a scheduled event.

I've heard from people who have experienced real grief under Unix
systems with such objectives.  It seems that you can only go so far in
giving the process an extremely high priority; the OpSys will still
interrupt it to perform one task or another, and you get the hiccups, or
worse.

Some Unix implementations offer more freedom than others.  I understand
that on SGI machines, there is quite a lot of flexibility.  Does Linux
offer any special features for precise event scheduling, or can someone
tell me if it is particularly flexible in this area?

Thanks,
Greg
--
Gregory J. Sandell  (sandell@epunix.sussex.ac.uk)
Experimental Psychology, University of Sussex
Brighton BN1 9QG England  +44-273-678058  (FAX:+44-273-678611)
http://ep56c.ep.susx.ac.uk/Greg.Sandell.html

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