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From: Digestifier <Linux-Admin-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 94 20:16:03 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #144
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Linux-Admin Digest #144, Volume #2 Tue, 4 Oct 94 20:16:03 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Non-root can't start X (Dan Wold)
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Re: Good dirs to move to sep file systems? (David Fox)
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Re: <Q> Can Linux Mount a Mac Floppy (Myung Cho 40-242E)
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Re: Has anyone gotten ftape to work? (Kevin Cummings)
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Re: /dev/audio: No such file or directory (Kevin Cummings)
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Re: packet size w/ uucp? (Kevin Cummings)
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Re: [Q] Commercial Software on Linux (Mark Johnson)
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Re: Modem Question .. (Super-User)
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Re: Modem Question .. (Super-User)
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Re: XFree86-3.1 - Whoopee! (Patrick J. Volkerding)
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Re: XFree86-3.1 - Whoopee! (Olli Vinberg)
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Re: SCSI Scanner usage within LINUX? (Byron A Jeff)
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Re: Slip autoanswer (Byron A Jeff)
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Modem Question .. (Tony_Teague)
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Re: PPP vs SLIP? (Glen Niebur)
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From: danw@panix.com (Dan Wold)
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Subject: Re: Non-root can't start X
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Date: 3 Oct 1994 01:27:38 -0400
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Thanks to all who replied with the solution to my problem. I just made
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Xconfig accessible to my login and everything works fine.
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-Dan
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danw@panix.com
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Daniel Wold 239 City Island Ave, Bronx, NY, 10464
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finger danw@danw.dialup.access.net
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Sysop: WORLD CITIZEN BBS 718-885-2346 14.4 24 hrs FREE Fidonet BahaiNet
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From: fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu (David Fox)
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Subject: Re: Good dirs to move to sep file systems?
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Date: 03 Oct 1994 10:24:02 GMT
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In article <36nrpa$dsa@aqua.rerf.or.jp> demarest@rerf.or.jp (Timothy Demarest) writes:
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] What do you recommend for splitting across several file systems? I dont
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] want to move anything that I may need on the root partition in an emergency!
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The first and most important thing to move is /home.
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David Fox xoF divaD
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NYU Media Research Lab baL hcraeseR aideM UYN
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From: mcho@ba4_50.sbi.com (Myung Cho 40-242E)
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Subject: Re: <Q> Can Linux Mount a Mac Floppy
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 14:07:56 GMT
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In article <1994Oct2.125653.291@acad.ursinus.edu> STEVO@acad.ursinus.edu (Steve Kneizys) writes:
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.admin
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From: STEVO@acad.ursinus.edu (Steve Kneizys)
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Date: 2 Oct 94 12:56:53 EST
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Organization: Ursinus College
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Tim Bass (Network Systems Engineer) (bass@cais2.cais.com) wrote:
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: Got some ASCII text files on my Powerbook... Would like to write them
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: to the PB floppy and then mount the floppy on my linux box and
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: read the ascii text (and do some other stuff). I haven't seen this
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: in any FAQ or the The Linux Bible. Any clues for the clueless ;-)
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Well, my solution is, instead of making Linux understand the Mac
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format why not make the Mac understand a format Linux does! I have
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to exchange data between Mac, PC, VAX, Unix, and use FTP for most of
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it. But when I do flopppy exchange, I use a DOS formatted floppy...
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the Dayna product DOSMOUNTER for Mac lets me mount Dos floppies on the
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Mac, write ascii files, then mount on Unix, etc.
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I heard a rumor there was a shareware program that mounted DOS disks
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on Macs, but never looked into it. But if you want to go this roundabout
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way then I'd think some Mac folks could help more than I have.
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Good luck!
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Steve...
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Better yet, I use suntar 2.0, a macintosh freeware that reads and writes unix tar format.
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This way you could tar up all the text right to the floppy on the mac and untar it on the
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Linux box. No need to go through an intermediate PC format.
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You can get suntar 2.0 from usual mac archive sites.
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mcho@mhny Salomon Brothers Inc.
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Crossposted-To: utah.linux
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From: cummings@hammer.westboro-ma.peritus.com (Kevin Cummings)
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Subject: Re: Has anyone gotten ftape to work?
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 15:22:08 GMT
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In article <369rhc$fo6@hamilton.maths.tcd.ie>, tim@maths.tcd.ie (Timothy Murphy) writes:
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> cummings@hammer.westboro-ma.peritus.com (Kevin Cummings) writes:
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>
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> >Yes, FTAPE works, when it is configured and installed correctly.
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>
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> This is definitely NOT true, in my experience.
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> Most if not all earlier versions of ftape did not work,
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> however you configured them.
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I've been running an FTAPE since Bas took over maintaining it.
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It's worked for me since then (386DX-25, Linux 0.99p12 or so).
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> To get ftape to work, you must upgrade to Linux 1.1.50.
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> You must then get the latest version of ftape, ftape-1.13b,
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> and apply ftape-irq-dma.patch to it,
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> available from sunsite.unc.edu
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> (I think in pub/Linux/kernel/tapes).
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>
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> > I seem to
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> >remember that if you upgrade your kernel, you need to rebuild FTAPE.
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>
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> If you haven't done it, how can you tell people it works?
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I did it between 0.99p12, 0.99p15, and 1.0.0 (which I've been running
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for the better part of the last year). If you can remeber EVERYTHING
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you've done in the last year, you have a better memory than me!
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--
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Kevin J. Cummings Peritus Software Services, Inc.
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cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us cummings@peritus.com
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From: cummings@hammer.westboro-ma.peritus.com (Kevin Cummings)
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Subject: Re: /dev/audio: No such file or directory
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 15:28:46 GMT
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In article <94270.222237U37956@uicvm.uic.edu>, <U37956@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
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> Could you tell what version of kernel and detailed steps to
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> install the driver? I tried once, but when compiling the driver
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> programs, it complained one variable undefined. I assigned it a
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> "reasonable" number and it compiled, but i only hear some noise
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> when i do "cat somefile.au > /dev/audio".
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The perhaps you should have assigned it an "unreasonable" number? B^)
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I seem to remember that early version of the audio driver had some context
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switching problems. If I tried that under X-windows, output came out in
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"chunks" with spaces between them. If I left X and tried it again under
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straight Linux, it came out better (but on my PC speaker, the quality
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was terrible, but recognizable). Since the documentation said the quality would
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be terrible on my PC speaker, I didn't worry about it. I've never had the time
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(or disk space to go back for a more up-to-date version, sorry. So I can't tell
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you when (or if) they've fixed that problem. One of these days I'll be buying a
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SoundBlaster-16-ASP. I'll probably retry it again then.
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--
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Kevin J. Cummings Peritus Software Services, Inc.
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cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us cummings@peritus.com
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From: cummings@hammer.westboro-ma.peritus.com (Kevin Cummings)
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Subject: Re: packet size w/ uucp?
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 15:35:16 GMT
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In article <1994Sep28.095353.2313@ohbabe.stat.com>, jd@ohbabe.stat.com (John Dee) writes:
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> Is there a way to increase packet size with UUCP to get a better transfer
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> rate?
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Yes, change the protocol you are using. "G" protocol is limited to 64 byte
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packets, but someone wrote up a "g" protocol which supports larger packet
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sizes (or do I have them backwards?). BOTH ends of your UUCP connection must
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support it. Login to your UUCP host by hand and check out the protocols it allows.
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Or increase your debugging output for one call and look in the log files for it.
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Then get some documentation on UUCP that describes the various protocols, and see
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what your options are. (You could always get a faster modem, but that is probably
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not a useful answer B^).
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--
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Kevin J. Cummings Peritus Software Services, Inc.
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cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us cummings@peritus.com
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From: mjohnson@sparc.uccb.ns.ca (Mark Johnson)
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Subject: Re: [Q] Commercial Software on Linux
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Date: 4 Oct 1994 13:06:47 -0300
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In article <36ppta$a0j@news.q8petroleum.com.kw>,
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Ahmad Al-rasheedan <asr@q8petroleum.com.kw> wrote:
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>Jan Mario Stankovsky (jan@ifs.univie.ac.at) wrote:
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>: Is there a list of commercial software(i.e. FrameMaker, Smalltalk, a.s.o.)
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>: available for Linux? Does anybody knows any details if commercial SW will be
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>: available for Linux someday ?
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Try:
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http://www.linux.org.uk/LxCommercial.html Fri Sep 30 12:58:29 1994
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Linux Commercial Software Index
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Mark Johnson
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johnson@vrlab.uccb.ns.ca
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From: root@andante (Super-User)
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Subject: Re: Modem Question ..
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:28:41 GMT
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In article <Cx5KLs.4ux@dorsai.org>, Tony_Teague <teague@dorsai.org> wrote:
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>hi,
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> I want to set up my modem than is connected to my linux box to receive
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>incoming calls .. Can anyone tell me how to set it up or where I can get the
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>information from ..
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> tony
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From: root@andante (Super-User)
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Subject: Re: Modem Question ..
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:28:53 GMT
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In article <Cx5KLs.4ux@dorsai.org>, Tony_Teague <teague@dorsai.org> wrote:
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>hi,
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> I want to set up my modem than is connected to my linux box to receive
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>incoming calls .. Can anyone tell me how to set it up or where I can get the
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>information from ..
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> tony
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>
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From: gonzo@magnet.mednet.net (Patrick J. Volkerding)
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Subject: Re: XFree86-3.1 - Whoopee!
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Date: 3 Oct 1994 20:00:30 GMT
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In article <36pjrk$as1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
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Byron Faber <btf57346@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> wrote:
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>carlos@interport.net (Carlos Dominguez) writes:
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>
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>>Will fvwm and its modules work in Xfree3.11?
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>yes, if you recompile it. (make sure you recompile libXpm-3.4c as well.)
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>The reson being they bumped up the major version #'s on the X libraries
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libXpm-3.4c _seemed_ to compile fine under XFree86 3.1, but any apps
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linked with the resulting shared library seg fault when executed. The
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static version of libXpm works, though. (Mitch - are you planning to
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look at this?)
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Pat
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... and after that, we can try to figure out XView. 8^O
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From: vinberg@cc.Helsinki.FI (Olli Vinberg)
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Subject: Re: XFree86-3.1 - Whoopee!
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Date: 4 Oct 1994 19:25:11 +0200
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Reply-To: Olli Vinberg <vinberg@cc.helsinki.fi>
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In article <36qbmd$7ra@interport.net>,
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Carlos Dominguez <carlos@interport.net> wrote:
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>Michael_Nelson (nelson@seahunt.imat.com) wrote:
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>: I think I'll wait awhile before attempting 3.1 again... :-(
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>I think I'll await for it to become part of a future slackware
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>distribution .
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>I've worked too hard to get X up and running, and to futz with fvwm and
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>its neat-o window sound event manager, to start from scratch all over again.
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If you have a card that is supported for 16bpp oar 32bpp and enough
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video-memory, then go for it! (I have a cheap cirrus 5428-card and 1M of
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memory on it, so I can only have 800x600 resolution with 16bit colour,
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but I use it anyway)
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And the doom-mode is good too :)
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But if your card is not one of the supported cards or if you are not
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interested in TruoColor, etc. and use X mainly for xterms, stick with
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2.11.
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Olli Vinberg \ Our OS who art in CPU, UNIX be thy name.
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vinberg@cc.helsinki.fi \ Thy programs run, thy syscalls done,
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http://www.helsinki.fi/~vinberg \ in kernel as it is in user!
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From: byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
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Subject: Re: SCSI Scanner usage within LINUX?
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Date: 1 Oct 1994 13:01:56 GMT
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In article <zOIvv*ZFe@bjshome.oche.de>, Bernd Lehahn <bernd@ego.oche.de> wrote:
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>Hi,
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>what does it need to use a HP II cx SCSI scanner from Linux?
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>If I would be able to use this thingy from Linux, I wont had to switch to
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>Windows all the time.
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You're out of luck. No one has been successful in getting enough information
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from HP (or really any other flatbed scanner manufacturer except for maybe
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EPSON) to develop a scanner driver. Take a read of the Scanner Info Sheet
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below.
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BAJ
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===============================================================================
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LINUX SCANNER INFO SHEET (Last updated October 1, 1994)
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[This is an editorial comment. I'll have a scattering of these in the document.
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These are my own personal comments - BAJ ]
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1.0 INTRODUCTION
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Scanner drivers for Linux seem to be few and far between. In addition
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documentation for the software is non existant. This document attemps to
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describe the available information about scanners for Linux and propose some
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directions for future development.
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The current editor of this document is Byron A. Jeff. I can be reached at
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byron@cc.gatech.edu.
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1.1 The misconception of TWAIN compliancy
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One of the comments I often see is "If we write a TWAIN driver then all
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scanners will work..." Unfortunately this is an incorrect assertion. TWAIN
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is a standard that the scanner manufacurers came up with to provide a
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common, standard interface between their scanners and the DOS/Windows
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applications that use them. Quick Picture:
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###################-----------------------------------------
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# DOS/WINDOWS APP #
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# PhotoShop or # This is the application. it can function
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# PhotoStylers or # with different manufacturers scanners
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# OCR. # because of the TWAIN interface on the
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#-----------------# bottom edge.
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# TWAIN interface #
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# Application #
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# Side #
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###################-----------------------------------------
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# TWAIN interface # This is the software driver that comes
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# Driver Side # with the scanner. It has a TWAIN interface
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#-----------------# on the top end so that it can mate with
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# Hardware Driver # different applications. Each hardware driver is different.
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###################-----------------------------------------
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# Scanner Card #
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################### This is the scanner hardware.
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# Scanner #
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###################
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The problem for us Linux folks is twofold:
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1) We really don't have any DOS/Windows applications we can run.
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2) For each scanner a different Hardware Driver must be written
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and the hard specifications for that scanner must be available to
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accomplish this task.
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So TWAIN doesn't buy us anything in terms of getting a single driver to
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run all scanners.
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Anyway TWAIN is just a hack that the Unix/Linux driver interface already
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solves. So there's no joy here.
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2.0 CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
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[ Instead of writing about currently available stuff I'll just put the
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post where I've seen it. If anyone has updated information, let me know.]
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2.1 GS4500 Scanner
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>From jem@sunSITE.unc.edu Sun Dec 12 17:33:43 EST 1993
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From: jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid)
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: [Q] Scanner software ?
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Date: 9 Dec 1993 05:34:36 GMT
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Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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There is a driver for scanners built on the GS4500 chip-set.. It can be
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found at:
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<file://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/kernel/misc-patches/scanner-1.0.tar.gz>
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Here is the lsm:
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Begin2
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Title = Scanner driver for GS4500 and lookalikes
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Version = 1.0
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Desc1 = Provides support for using GS4500 class hand
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Desc2 = scanners with Linux.
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Author = Richard Lyons
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AuthorEmail = pclink@qld.npb.telecom.com.au
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Maintainer = Richard Lyons
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MaintEmail = pclink@qld.npb.telecom.com.au
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Site1 =
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Path1 =
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File1 = scanner-1.0.tar.gz
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FileSize1 = 4426
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Required1 = GS4500 B&W hand scanner or workalike.
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CopyPolicy1 = Freely distributable with acknowledgement of author.
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Keywords = scanner GS4500
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Comment1 = Suggestions welcome. Support for other scanners
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Comment2 = particularly welcome.
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Entered = 25OCT93
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EnteredBy = Richard Lyons
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CheckedEmail = pclink@qld.npb.telecom.com.au
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End
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[ I need to know exactly the brand names of scanners that work with this
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driver. Also I need to know the type (flattop/handheld), resolution, speed,
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and #of colors for each. One section of this will have a list of available
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scanners. Prices and places selling them might also be useful. ]
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2.2 Mustek Scanners
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: scan-driver-0.1.4 available!
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Hi Linuxers!
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The subject says it all:
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scan-driver-0.1.4.tar.gz is available!
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[ I just checked sunsite (6/25/94) and it's up to 0.1.8.
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All drivers can be found in /pub/Linux/kernel/patches/scanner ]
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It's a Linux device driver for Mustek M-105 handheld halftone scanners
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and lookalikes. Included in the package is a simple (S)VGAlib-based demo
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and a 5-line-script to create a portable bitmap file from the scanned
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image. I hope you enjoy it!
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Here is the LSM entry:
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Begin2
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Title = M105 handheld scanner driver
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Version = 0.1.4
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Desc1 = Character device driver for M105 handheld scanner
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Desc2 = and lookalikes.
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Author = Thomas Faehnle
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AuthorEmail = s_faehnle@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de
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Maintainer = Thomas Faehnle
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MaintEmail = s_faehnle@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de
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Site1 = oracle.rz.uni-ulm.de
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Path1 = /pub/linux/ulm
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File1 = scan-driver-0.1.4.tar.gz
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FileSize1 = 10378
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Site2 = sunsite.unc.edu
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Path2 = /pub/Linux/Incoming
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File2 = scan-driver-0.1.4.tar.gz
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FileSize2 = 10378
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Site3 = tsx-11.mit.edu
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Path3 = /pub/linux/ALPHA/scanner
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File3 = scan-driver-0.1.4.tar.gz
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FileSize3 = 10378
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Required1 = M105 scanner or clone with GI1904 interface
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CopyPolicy1 = GPL
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Keywords = M105 scanner device driver GI1904 interface
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RelFiles2 = scandemo -- a (S)VGAlib-based demo
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RelFiles3 = scan.sh -- script to scan into a pbm file
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Entered = 11.03.1994
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EnteredBy = Thomas Faehnle
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CheckedEmail = s_faehnle@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de
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2.3 AC4096 0.1 - a scanner driver for the A4 Tech AC4096 color scanner
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>From beck@informatik.hu-berlin.de Thu Aug 4 20:22:35 EDT 1994
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Article: 2608 of comp.os.linux.announce
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From: Michael Beck <beck@informatik.hu-berlin.de>
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce
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Subject: scanner driver for the A4 Tech AC 4096
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Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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Date: 30 Jul 1994 02:07:19 +0300
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Organization: ?
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Lines: 44
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Sender: wirzeniu@cc.Helsinki.FI
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Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Lars Wirzenius)
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Message-ID: <31c237$nh7@kruuna.Helsinki.FI>
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NNTP-Posting-Host: kruuna.helsinki.fi
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Mime-Version: 1.0
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
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Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
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Keywords: scanner, driver
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AC4096 0.1 - a scanner driver for the A4 Tech AC4096 color scanner
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This is the 1st release of a scanner driver for the A4 Tech AC4096
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scanner. It's now avaible at
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ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de pub/os/linux/hu-contrib/ac4096.tgz
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This driver is compatible with the logi32 and m105 scanner drivers,
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ie it uses the same ioctl interface.
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It is accompanied by a small demo program called gifscan which will
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enable you to save your scannings in the popular gif-format.
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If you find any bugs in there, please report them to me.
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Here is the lsm file
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Begin2
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Title =Driver for the A4 Tech handheld color scanner AC4096
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Version =0.1
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Desc1 =DMA driven scanner driver, supports true color and
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Desc2 =emulated grey and mono modes
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Author =Michael Beck
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AuthorEmail =beck@informatik.hu-berlin.de
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Maintainer =Michael Beck
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MaintEmail =beck@informatik.hu-berlin.de
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Site1 =ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de
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Path1 =pub/os/linux/hu-contrib/
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File1 =ac4096.tgz
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FileSize1 =26653
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Required1 =modutils, A4 Tech AC4096 scanner
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CopyPolicy1 =GNU copyleft
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Keywords =scanner AC4096
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Comment1 =compatible with the logi32 and m105 scanner drivers
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Comment2 =
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EnteredBy =Michael Beck
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End
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--
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Michael Beck beck@informatik.hu-berlin.de
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3.0 CURRENT DEVELOPMENT
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===================
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[Again for now I'll just copy the posts I've seen. This is primarily Dr.
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G.W. Wettstein's work. He posted something recently about continuing
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development on SCSI scanners. Hope to see something concrete soon.
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(Sept 19, 1994)]
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Article: 2674 of comp.os.linux.development
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Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computer Network
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 09:25:07 CST
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From: Greg Wettstein
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.development
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Subject: Re: Scaner ?
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I am embroiled in the middle of such a project right now. My current
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work is to develop an image processing/storage system for our corporate
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Linux network. I vended a Fujitsu scanner for this project and it is
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sitting at home right now, connected to my Linux box there.
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The Fujitsu scanner conforms to the SCSI-2 standard for scanners. I
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bought the technical documentation for it and it too is sitting at
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home. I currently have the basics of a driver for it built on top
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of 0.99.13. The driver currently only implements some selected ioctl's
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and the basic framework for read etc. It is not currently capable
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of really scanning a document. Finishing this is on an absolutely
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high priority so the next month or so should bring this to fruition.
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I would like to donate the driver back to the Linus for inclusion into
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the official kernel sources. I do not know how much appetite there is
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for this type of thing but rumor has it that scanners are not well
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supported (at least SCSI-2) in the desktop UNIX market. Perhaps Linux
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can be a leader there as well.
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I am not sure what type of interface that the HP machine uses. We
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considered vending one of their scanners but the technical support people
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were a little bit baucky about giving out interface and programming
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details. We chose the Fujitsu because it was one of the few that
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seemed to support SCSI-2.
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I will let everyone know when the driver is capable of doing things more
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intelligent that it does now. I would be interested in hearing from
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other's who have similar interests or projects in progress. E-mail
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to the address in my .sig is probably preferable to referring to the
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e-mail address in the newspost. This machine is only used for reading
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news.
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As always,
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Dr. G.W. Wettstein Oncology Research Div. Computing Facility
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Roger Maris Cancer Center UUCP: uunet!plains!wind!greg
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Fargo, ND 58122 INTERNET: greg%wind.UUCP@plains.nodak.edu
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Phone: 701-234-2833
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============================================
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4.0 POSSIBLE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
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4.1 Epson Scanners
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[ OK this is my own personal baby. I don't have time to work on it now.
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with the permission of the author and a hookup with me maybe someone
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else can pick up the ball. ]
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Terry Gliedt has written a scanner driver for the Epson series of scanners.
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While the code is specifically targeted for the 300C it'll likely work
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with the other models (600C and 800C). But more importantly Epson has the
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programming specs for the devices available. Here is the info:
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References:
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"Epson Color-Monochrome Image Scanners ES-300C Programmers Guide"
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(X-ES300C-P) available from Epson at 1-800-922-8911 for $7.50.
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I have the code. It was written for the NeXT. I'm not sure about distribution
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and one of the copyrights specifically states that it can't be modified
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without the consent of the author.
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However if it can be ported then we'll have another class of pretty good
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scanners to work with.
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[Update: One day I finally got around to playing with it. The code compiled
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with a little massaging. But of course it's looking for the
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underlaying driver. I still have plans to purchase a 600C and write
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the driver but it'll be fall at the earilest. ]
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4.2 Desperate? Internetworking with DOS machines.
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=======================================
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Another faster way of getting a scanner working is to use the scanner software
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in the native DOS environment and then transfer images to the Linux box.
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For example I have access to a BJ10 color scanner/printer that I can't
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even explain what I want to do to their tech folks much less get technical
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specs. However they do have a test program than scans in an image. It is
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involked from the DOS command line. So a possible scenario might be:
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1) Drop the scanner and ethernet card in a second machine running DOS.
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2) Get a copy of Wattcp and NFS along with a packet driver and PKTMUX.
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These are all freeware/shareware products available via ftp.
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3) Set up the DOS box with the software so that you can mount Linux directories
|
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and so that the Linux box can telnet to the Linux box (using telnetd, a
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program in the Wattcp package on the DOS box.)
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4) Ok. Now the linux box can send commands to the dos box using telnet.
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The linux box tells the dos box to do a scan. The destination for
|
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the scan file will be a file on the NFS drive. So once the scan is complete
|
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the scanned image is sitting on the Linux box ready to be processed.
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This can work for any scanner that has a DOS scanner command. It may be
|
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possible to write an app for windows - but I don't know Windows.
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[ Send me your suggestions and information. Send commentary. Send
|
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error corrections. Send anything about scanners. Later, BAJ]
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|
--
|
|
Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of...
|
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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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|
------------------------------
|
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|
|
From: byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
|
|
Subject: Re: Slip autoanswer
|
|
Date: 1 Oct 1994 13:14:04 GMT
|
|
|
|
In article <36jcmt$dvh@sndsu1.sinet.slb.com>, <bob4@slb.com> wrote:
|
|
-
|
|
-> How do I get my modem to autoanswer the phone when it detects a ring ??
|
|
-
|
|
-At the risk of getting more abuse, I answered a similar question
|
|
-the other day. My way is simply to turn on Auto Answer on the modem.
|
|
-(Usually DIP switch 5)
|
|
-
|
|
-When I posted this the other day, I got a followup from someone saying
|
|
-that was no good, because he didn't want the modem to answer the phone
|
|
-when Linux was crashed. I don't understand. I have a dialup system
|
|
-here in the office which I have set up as a Slip server. The modem
|
|
-is set to Auto Answer, and I don't have any problems.
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
-Perhaps the person who replied before would care to expand his comments...
|
|
|
|
I thought he was clear the first time. When the modem is set to autoanswer
|
|
it will answer the phone even if the system connected to the modem is
|
|
down.
|
|
|
|
The alternative is to leave the modem as is and run a getty that will
|
|
tell the modem to answer when the getty sees the 'RING' string that the
|
|
modem sends whenever the phone rings. That way if the system (and obviously
|
|
the getty) is down then the phone will just ring off the hook instead of
|
|
the modem picking up the phone, negotiating the link with the other modem
|
|
and then - nothing - because the machine the modem is connected to is down.
|
|
|
|
It's really just a matter of taste. I prefer the system answering the phone
|
|
because the modem connecting implies to me that I'm going to get a connection.
|
|
With the system controlling the answer process the modems will never connect
|
|
if the system is down.
|
|
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|
Clear?
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|
|
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
|
|
|
|
------------------------------
|
|
|
|
From: teague@dorsai.org (Tony_Teague)
|
|
Subject: Modem Question ..
|
|
Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 14:37:03 GMT
|
|
|
|
hi,
|
|
I want to set up my modem than is connected to my linux box to receive
|
|
incoming calls .. Can anyone tell me how to set it up or where I can get the
|
|
information from ..
|
|
|
|
tony
|
|
|
|
|
|
------------------------------
|
|
|
|
From: gln@hercules.mayo.edu (Glen Niebur)
|
|
Subject: Re: PPP vs SLIP?
|
|
Date: 3 Oct 1994 15:15:43 GMT
|
|
|
|
In <36g44i$rk@starbug.apana.org.au> mike@starbug.apana.org.au (Mike Battersby) writes:
|
|
|
|
>PPP: Because you can. Because you need to send something other than
|
|
> IP over the link. Because it's more convenient.
|
|
|
|
Another reason for using PPP is because you CAN set an asyncmap to escape
|
|
control characters. If you have to go through a terminal server on the
|
|
way to your PPP server, you will want to escape some extra control characters
|
|
like escape if you go through a telnet. I don't _think_ this can be done
|
|
with SLIP, but if it can, i would be happy if someone would correct me (and
|
|
tell me how).
|
|
|
|
Glen
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|
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|
|
--
|
|
Glen Niebur | A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
|
|
Mayo Clinic | Painted wings and Giants rings make way for other toys.
|
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Biomechanics Lab |
|
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gln@hercules.mayo.edu | ~from Puff the Magic Dragon
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