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From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 02:13:13 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #825
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Linux-Misc Digest #825, Volume #2 Mon, 26 Sep 94 02:13:13 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Linux AMD Problems---WHICH AMD? (Robert Ashcroft)
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Re: reccomend a CD-ROM? (Jeff Kesselman)
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Re: Novell unveils plan for Corsair (H. Peter Anvin)
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Re: News readers for SL/ip (Mike Castle)
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Re: Scanning with Linux? (Russell Nelson)
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Re: Linux & Netware. (Mark Levy)
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Re: Can't get TERM to work (Kevin Lentin)
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Editors/WordProcessors for Linux ("S. Troughton")
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Damn X-aware xterms!!! (Alex Ramos)
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Re: Does Linux detect parity NMI? (R. Andrew Reynolds)
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sqrt function undefined? (Kenneth R Whittaker)
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Re: Yggdrasil Sum94 CD (jschmidt@renoir.cftnet.com)
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Re: GCC (templates) on Linux (NightHawk)
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[Q] Linux DOOM under xdm... (George Shin)
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Re: Premiere PCI/II BIOS (DTMF)
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Re: 10 Mb/s DMA on Adaptec 1542CF ? G486HVL Mb. (Chris Smith)
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Apple IIgs floppies (Pat St. Jean)
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Re: XFree86 patch for DOOM 320x200 doublescan (Trent Piepho)
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Unix EXPO (Was: Re: New Jersey Linuxers?) (Michael K. Johnson)
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SLIP problems solved and some tips offered (Shan Zhu)
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Which distributors to use (Pascal Cleve)
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From: rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft)
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Subject: Re: Linux AMD Problems---WHICH AMD?
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Date: 25 Sep 1994 22:31:36 GMT
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In article <frank.780526774@suffix.icce.rug.nl>,
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Frank B. Brokken <frank@icce.rug.nl> wrote:
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>rna@leland.Stanford.EDU (Robert Ashcroft) writes:
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>
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>>Could you perhaps be a little more clear by what you mean by AMD?
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>>The subject line seems to imply a problem with AMD chips, but your
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>>post seems to have nothing to do with AMD chips.
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>
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>>So far as I know, AMD chips work fine with Linux (I have one myself
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>>with zero problems). What is this other AMD?
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>Hm,
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> What's an AMD chip ? Any way, I always use AMD to mean Auto Mount Daemon.
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> In that meaning: we have coupled some 5 linux boxes using NFS mounting
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> each other's root directory, with amd managing the mounting process.
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> No problems, whatsoever, and we're doing it for quite some time now.
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You must be joking.
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AMD as in AMD 486 DX2/66, etc. As in competitor to Intel.
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RNA
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From: jeffpk@netcom.com (Jeff Kesselman)
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Subject: Re: reccomend a CD-ROM?
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 21:54:53 GMT
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In article <361rrd$4kn@news.halcyon.com>,
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Joe Pannon <danubius@chinook.halcyon.com> wrote:
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>In article <35vgorINNfsj@afshub.boulder.ibm.com>,
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>Andrew T. Brown <s1a7@music.transy.edu> wrote:
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>>Hello,
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>>
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>>I was wondering if someone could reccomend a CD-ROM drive for use
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>>with Linux. I also want to use this drive under MS-DOS and OS/2.
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>>I'm looking for a 3x or 4x speed w/ a SCSI-2 interface. It will be
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>>used w/ a SoundBlaster 16 w/ SCSI-2 interface.
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>
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>I hope the answers to this request will not be by e-mail 'cause there
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>may be many of us interested in the same question.
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>
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>So let's hear about preferred CD-ROM/Sound card combos with SCSI-2
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>interface.
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>
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>Joe Pannon
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Okay. I am very happy with my SB AWE32 and a sony cd-33a cd-rom drive.
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(The 33a is basicly a cheap OEM version of the 31a. I bought mean in a
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'MEDIA MAGIC' package for $129.00!)
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From: hpa@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Subject: Re: Novell unveils plan for Corsair
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Reply-To: hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 01:17:26 GMT
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Followup to: <35po5a$l4a@dodge.eng.sc.rolm.com>
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By author: amak@clipper.robadome.com
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In newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc
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>
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> Page 5 Communications Week Sept 19, 1994
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>
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> Title: Novell Product Plan Begin Trickling Out
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>
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> "Advance Client Services, the official name for the project also known as
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> Corsair and Ferret, will ship next year, Novell said. It will be
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> demonstrated for the first time at Steward Alsop's Agenda conference this
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> week in Phoenix, said Richard King, executive vice president of the NetWare
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> System Group."
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>
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Hot damn. Thought they'd killed that project.
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/hpa
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--
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INTERNET: hpa@nwu.edu --- Allah'u'abha ---
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IBM MAIL: I0050052 at IBMMAIL HAM RADIO: N9ITP or SM4TKN
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FIDONET: 1:115/511 or 1:115/512 STORMNET: 181:294/1 or 181:294/101
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Id imperfectum manet dum confectum erit.
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From: mcastle@umr.edu (Mike Castle)
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Subject: Re: News readers for SL/ip
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 22:31:58 GMT
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In article <362pu8$t7t@ionews.io.org>, Ian Colquhoun <ianc@bonk.io.org> wrote:
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>Are there any news readers for Linux (or any other UNIX) that reads news
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>more like Trumpet for Windows does? Having to wait while TIN or TRN reads
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>the entire newsgroups file via NNTP over a 14.4K link is a bit ridiculous!
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At present, no. Evidently trumpet cheats a little, and either
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doesn't get all the information it needs or stores it between
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runs and updates it when you're busy doing something else (such
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as reading an article). This data includes information such as
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moderation status of a group, and can only be obtained by getting
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a copy of the active file. Wayne Davison, author of trn, is
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working on extending to NNTP protocol to make it SLIP friendly;
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mail him if you'd like to beta test trn 3.6. It will require
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changes to the NNTP server, though, so you'll need cooperation at
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that end.
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mrc
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--
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Mike Castle .-=NEXUS=-. Life is like a clock: You can work constantly
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mcastle@cs.umr.edu and be right all the time, or not work at all
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mcastle@umr.edu and be right at least twice a day. -- mrc
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We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen
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From: nelson@crynwr.crynwr.com (Russell Nelson)
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Subject: Re: Scanning with Linux?
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 01:24:13 GMT
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In article <35k0c6$qib@virgo.cc.gatech.edu> byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) writes:
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1.1 The misconception of TWAIN compliancy
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-----------------------------------------
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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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Okay, so why can't we design a similar interface, so that
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manufacturers can port their TWAIN driver?
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--
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-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/crynwr/nelson.html
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Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | ask4 PGP key
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11 Grant St. | +1 315 268 1925 (9201 FAX) | What is thee doing about it?
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Potsdam, NY 13676 | LPF member - ask me about the harm software patents do.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
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From: mhlevy@tyrell.net (Mark Levy)
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Subject: Re: Linux & Netware.
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Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 01:13:59 GMT
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In article <CwDq67.yv@nywork1.undp.org>,
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Joao de Souza <jdsouza@nywork2.undp.org> wrote:
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>Hi all.
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>
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> I am running on a Novell Netware / IBM Token Ring network,
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>and I was hoping (sp?) to start running Linux on at least one of
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>our machines as a test. So the question is: Does Linux support
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>Netware and Token Rings?
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I can't speak for the Linux being able to support token ring (I
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haven't been using it for very long) but there is no problem in
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using Netware & IP on the same network, provided that you are using
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Netware v3x or v4x (no IP support on Netware v2x).
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If Linux doesn't support TR, you're still OK, because your Netware
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server will act as an IP router (see above). Just put a supported
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ethernet board in the Linux box, put on in the Netware server, and
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enable IP (load the TCPIP.NLM, with the option forward=yes). You
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will need some extra memory in the server (TCPIP.NLM also loads
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SNMP.NLM, STREAMS, CLIB, TLI, IPXS, AFTER311) so be sure that you
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have enough memory to support it (about an additional 2MB).
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You will also (probably) want to increase the minimum an maximum packet
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receive buffers if you are using v3.11. If you are on 3.12 or 4.x,
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you should be OK.
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You should be aware that your Netware server will act as an IP router
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out of the box, but that's it. If you want to do files sharing or
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printing you will need to buy extra stuff.
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If you have any other questions, feel free to email me.
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Mark
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Mark Levy CN[EI] - mhlevy@tyrell.net CI$ 72450,3217
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SYSOP of KLUDGE - A Novell-DOS-UNIX Support BBS (816)246-4375
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From: kevinl@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au (Kevin Lentin)
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Subject: Re: Can't get TERM to work
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 01:39:43 GMT
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Lars L. Madsen (madsen@polymer.ucsb.edu) wrote:
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> Do any of you know what this means ? I have started term with the
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> -l $HOME/tlog but the tlog file is empty. I have also tried to run
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> linecheck and it completes without any problems, ie. no ignore/escape
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> characters.
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Although I doubt this is your problem, try escape/ignore 17 and 19 anyway.
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I ran linecheck and nothing out of the ordinary was printed. But term just
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wouldn't work. Seemed that the XON/XOFF between the modems was kicking in
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with large packets only and linecheck doesn't seem to use large packets so
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it only died when it was working hard.
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--
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[==================================================================]
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[ Kevin Lentin |___/~\__/~\___/~~~~\__/~\__/~\_| ]
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[ kevinl@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au |___/~\/~\_____/~\______/~\/~\__| ]
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[ Macintrash: 'Just say NO!' |___/~\__/~\___/~~~~\____/~~\___| ]
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[==================================================================]
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From: Stuart@trognet.demon.co.uk ("S. Troughton")
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Subject: Editors/WordProcessors for Linux
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Reply-To: Stuart@trognet.demon.co.uk
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 22:53:43 +0000
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Hi all,
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I am new to using Linux and I was wondering what editors/wordprocessors
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exists. The ones I know about (came with the Slackware distribution) are
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Emacs (several variants), TeX (lots of different macros), Jove, ed and elvis.
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I have also invested in Crsip (not working yet).
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This is a request for opinions, not arguements, directions on how to get
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something, nor am I asking for a guide to the use of a particular piece of
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software. All I really want is a list of all the packages that run under
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Linux so I can make a choice.
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TIA
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--
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Wot! No sig? Na, I ain't interested in nufing.
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BFB
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From: ramos@engr.latech.edu (Alex Ramos)
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Subject: Damn X-aware xterms!!!
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Date: 20 Sep 1994 01:22:41 GMT
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Yeah I know an xterm is "X-aware" by definition... but maybe someone
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knows what I'm talking about: On slackware2.0 Linux, it's impossible
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to paste between xterms, because whenever you click on one, it emulates
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arrow keys instead of highlighting for pasting. How do I disable such
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an annoying (argghh) "feature"?
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Thanks.
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--
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Alex Ramos (ramos@engr.latech.edu) * http://info.latech.edu/~ramos/
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Louisiana Tech University, BSEE/Sr * These opinions are probably mine
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From: reynolds@ug.cs.dal.ca (R. Andrew Reynolds)
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Subject: Re: Does Linux detect parity NMI?
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 23:33:48 GMT
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Alex Ramos (ramos@engr.latech.edu) wrote:
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: Does Linux detect and handle a memory parity error NMI?
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: Given empirical evidence that I have, I think the answer
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: is "NO, Linux just ignores them", but I would like to know
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: for sure.
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: Thanks
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: --
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: Alex Ramos (ramos@engr.latech.edu) * http://info.latech.edu/~ramos/
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: Louisiana Tech University, BSEE/Sr * These opinions are probably mine
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Well, for a while, I was running non parity simms in a 386 that can't disable
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parity checking. When Linux received the NMI's, it gave me a minor error
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blurb, and kept on going without a whimper.
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--
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Andrew Reynolds | Reynolds@ug.cs.dal.ca 01rynlds@ac.dal.ca | "400=400"
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Dalhousie CS | "I'm just a guppy in a sea of sharks." | -L. Rolston, 1992
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From: krw@sprint.uccs.edu.uccs.edu (Kenneth R Whittaker)
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Subject: sqrt function undefined?
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Date: 25 Sep 1994 23:42:03 GMT
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I have a problem.
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#include <math.h>
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user sqrt function.
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When I compile I get
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/tmp/cca109321.o: Undefined symbol _sqrt referenced from text segment
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I don't understand it. I included it. Are there some config changes I
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need to check?
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I'm using gcc v2.4 under Linux.
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Any help?
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Thanks in advance!
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Ken.
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--
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****************************************************************
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* Kenneth R. Whittaker INTERNET: krw@sprint.uccs.edu *
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****************************************************************
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: Yggdrasil Sum94 CD
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From: jschmidt@renoir.cftnet.com
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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 13:28:58 PDT
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In article <CvvFvz.Bo4@rahul.net>, <alte@rahul.net> writes:
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>
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> In article <1994Sep6.112126.3309@rdr.com>, <eruck@rdr.com> wrote:
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> >
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> >I recently purchase a new hard drive and went to re-install Linux from the
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Ygg
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> >Sum94 CD-ROM and about halfway thru I start getting I/O and time out errors
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>
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> ...... deleted ....
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>
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> >Is there any way to recover from this or should I just write it off and buy
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a
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> >new one? I heard rumors that Yggdrasil has a Fall94 release out but have
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not
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> >been able to find out any info on it.
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> >
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>
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> The Fall94 is available from Universal CD-ROM (tm) for store pickup or
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> mail order worldwide. Cost $34.95 + $3 US Prioirty Shipping or $6
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> oversea air mail.
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>
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> Universal CD-ROM
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> 1645 S. Bascom Ave., #7
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> Campbell, CA 95008
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> Phone/Fax: 408-369-9818
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> alte@rahul.net
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>
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> Charles
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> >Eric
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>
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>
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> --
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> End of Note
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I had similar problems with my CD-ROM drive. I solved it by using my Yggdrasil
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CD as a coaster and bought a the SLS distribution CD from TransAmeritech. I
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have not had a SINGLE PROBLEM with it. It installed right out of the box and
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all I had to do was follow the directions (however minimal)
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I would suggest also the "Linux Bible; The GNU testament" from Yggdrasil
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though.
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Cheers.
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John S
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From: fsosi@j51.com (NightHawk)
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Subject: Re: GCC (templates) on Linux
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Date: 26 Sep 1994 00:06:03 -0400
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David Fox (fox@graphics.cs.nyu.edu) wrote:
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: In article <360drt$nsl@hydra.cs.unc.edu> rhoades@cs.unc.edu (John Rhoades) writes:
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: ] Templates sort of work in gcc 2.5.8. I've been using them successfully, but
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: ] I've had one problem. I have to include the implementation part along with
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: ] the interface part in every source file. If I don't, I get undefined
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: ] externals. This slows down compilations quite a bit. Anybody know a way
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: ] around this?
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: I believe that this is that standard way of doing things with G++
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: templates. I haven't found it inordinantly slow. Are there other
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: compilers that don't need the implementation in the header file?
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g++ 2.6.x seems to have -fexternal-templates, which I couldn't get it
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to work :-(.
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NH
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: --
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: David Fox xoF divaD
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: NYU Media Research Lab baL hcraeseR aideM UYN
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Crossposted-To: alt.games.doom,comp.os.linux.help
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From: gshin@netcom.com (George Shin)
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Subject: [Q] Linux DOOM under xdm...
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 04:11:04 GMT
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Has anyone got the Linux DOOM to work under xdm management? I can get DOOM
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run just PERFECT under X when started with "startx" but if the X starts
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with xdm and when i try to start DOOM, two things differ:
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1. DOOM cannot start sound driver (it's in path)
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2. once started, obviously i get no sound and playable however the
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background windows all get blacked out whereas under normal
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"startx" startup X, background windows would sort of get darkened
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but still readable...
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Any clues??? I'll have to do some debugging...
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- george
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From: dtmf@indirect.com (DTMF)
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
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Subject: Re: Premiere PCI/II BIOS
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Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 22:04:22
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In article <steeg.780215801@corallus> steeg@prl.philips.nl (Patrick vd Steeg) writes:
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>From: steeg@prl.philips.nl (Patrick vd Steeg)
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>Subject: Re: Premiere PCI/II BIOS
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>Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 06:36:41 GMT
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>My computer refused to work with my Conner tape streamer (QIC80)
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>until I upgraded to Bios rev. 10. After the upgrade everything worked
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>perfectly!! For me this was the most important reason to upgrade, I
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>didn't notice any speed difference (I didn't run any benchmarks).
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>Hope this helps,
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>Patrick van de Steeg
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>e-mail: steeg@prl.philips.nl
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>--
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>
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> Philips Research Laboratories
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> Building , Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656 AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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I had the same problem with my Iomega and Colorado 250 QIC-80. Turned out to
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be software. PC Tools has a Pentium FIX for their software.
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dtmf
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From: csmith@convex.com (Chris Smith)
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.cd-rom,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: 10 Mb/s DMA on Adaptec 1542CF ? G486HVL Mb.
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Date: 25 Sep 1994 23:41:23 -0500
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From: Prabhat Keni <pkeni@rahul.net>
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 21:12:36 GMT
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I have Adaptec 1542CF and only a Toshiba 3401b on it. I have enabled
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sync negotiation and fast scsi options on this one.
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1) Has anyone gotten transfer rates of 10 Mb/s on similar hardware ?
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2) Is it normal for ASPI4DOS to take more time for 10 Mb/s while loading.
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i.e. should I wait a little longer, at the risk of hard disk corruption ?
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3) Is there any benchmarking stuff for cd-rom performance in
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public domain/shareware/copy lefted s/w.
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4) Am I missing something ?
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I have a Tosh 3401 on an Adaptec 1742 along with some other devices, and
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formerly used it on this same MB. (Dallas summertime + bad air conditioning
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cooked it, alas.) Anyway, I initially set it to 10 mb/s. This was too
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greedy. I experienced occasional flakiness -- no error messages, but bad
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data read from the disk once a week or so.
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I cut it back to 6.67 mb/sec and have had no more problems. I have since
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read that the passive termination provided free on the devices is not good
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enough for reliable operation at 10 mb/s -- this was the problem in
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my case. The 1742 (and I believe also the 1542) have active termination,
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but you need it on both ends.
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A CDROM puts out about 300k/sec, though it bursts faster than that.
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You're losing absolutely nothing by running the scsi bus at 5.
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There are CDROM benchmarks for DOS on simtel somewhere (big help, I know).
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DOS is probably best, you get the raw number, unmodified by OS speedups or
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slowdowns.
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I have no idea why ASPI4DOS would hang, but if you really want to work
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on it, I'd start with the termination and cabling. If there are no
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disks on the SCSI bus, it's most unlikely that you could get disk
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corruption. The MB does work at 10 meg/sec, if the scsi bus itself can.
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I think I used to get something in the 8000's of k/sec from CORETEST,
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which basically measures the transfer rate from the buffer on the disk.
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From: stjeanp@enmu.edu (Pat St. Jean)
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Subject: Apple IIgs floppies
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 03:56:33 GMT
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I was wondering if anyone has tried to read a IIgs prodos floppy from a
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Linux system. I am not even sure if it is possible to do what with the
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variable speed drive that wrote it (these are 800k floppies). I have some
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data on a few of these floppies and have no easy access to a IIgs to take
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it off. Plus, I kinda thought that it would be fun to write a prodos
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filesystem for my Linux box (just for the heck of it!). But it will be
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pretty hard if I cannot read the floppy...
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Thanks in advance!
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--Pat
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===========================================================================
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Pat St. Jean stjeanp@math.enmu.edu
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Eastern New Mexico University Systems Administrator
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www home page --> http://chestnut.enmu.edu/~stjeanp/home.html
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===========================================================================
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From: xyzzy@u.washington.edu (Trent Piepho)
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Subject: Re: XFree86 patch for DOOM 320x200 doublescan
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Date: 22 Sep 1994 03:16:55 GMT
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In article <35pjo1$9uh@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>,
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Jerod Tufte <jet@b62528.student.cwru.edu> wrote:
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>Dick Streefland (dicks@tasking.nl) wrote:
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>: Peter Bollerman (bollerma@math.ruu.nl) wrote:
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>: --> In article Jow@tasking.nl, dicks@tasking.nl (Dick Streefland) writes:
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>: --> [%]I have made a small patch to the XFree86-2.1.1 release which
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>: --> [%]implements a "doublescan" flag that may be added to a mode line
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>: --> [%]in Xconfig, just like the "interlace" flag.
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>
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>would you be willing to upload this patched server to sunsite or
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>some such so those of us who also have the card but don't have the
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>disk space to compile X can try it out? thanks,
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I would be willing to patch the SVGA server, but I only have 10 megs of disk
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space left. If I make a patch (can I fit the source in 10 megs) will somebody
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else compile it for me?
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From: johnsonm@nigel.vnet.net (Michael K. Johnson)
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Subject: Unix EXPO (Was: Re: New Jersey Linuxers?)
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Date: 21 Sep 1994 20:14:17 GMT
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info@acc-corp.com (ACC Corp.) writes:
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The New York City Linux Users group is meeting on Tuesday the 4th of October
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at Unix Expo at 5.30pm. Unix Expo is one of the two biggest Unix shows in
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the US, and is being held at the Javits Center at approx 36 St and 11 Ave.
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Some of you might be interested to know that SSC, the publishers of
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Linux Journal, has a booth at Unix Expo. Barring disaster, I'll be
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at Unix EXPO, sometimes talking Linux at the SSC booth, and sometimes
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wandering around being "press"... :-)
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Feel free to stop by and chat!
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michaelkjohnson
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From: shanzhu@eesun1.tamu.edu (Shan Zhu)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: SLIP problems solved and some tips offered
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Date: 26 Sep 1994 00:33:32 GMT
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Hi, there,
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I posted some questions regarding the setup of SLIP (with dynamic IP address
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assignment) using dip a few days
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ago. Thanks to a lot of friends on the network, the
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problems are solved. Since I also got several requests for the same problems,
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I'd like to summarize some important tips for those who are still
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struggling with their SLIP setups. I think for those who use the terminal
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servers with static IP address assignment, the setup is quite simple (just
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get the sample script file and make some modifications). So, here, only the
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case of dynamic IP address assignment is concerned.
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To my knowledge, there are two kinds of
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servers: one automatically (or by some commands) shows the IP address when
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you dial in.
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The other one uses BOOTP to send the IP address to the local systems (I believe
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most servers can also show IP address by some command, such as,
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"show port alt ip char" on Xyplex terminal servers, though). For those who
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use the first kind of servers, you can use the command "get $locip remote"
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(Note: not "get $rmtip remote") to capture the address,
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or if the IP address is not shown automatically, you
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should figure out what is the command to let the server show the address
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(you may need to ask the server managers since sometimes, the command
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is not that straightforward). For those who use the second type of servers
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(I mean the servers not willing to show the address except through BOOTP).
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you may need the package of bootpc.v031.tgz at
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sunsite.unc.edu:pub/Linux/system/Network/admin.
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Since I didn't do this, I don't know the details about using BOOTP.
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For servers which can somehow show the IP address, the following tips
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may be helpful to setup SLIP.
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1. Give a name as the hostname of your local system and
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setup the domain name, such as tamu.edu in my case, for your local system.
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|
2. Put a name server in /etc/resolve.conf. You can take a look at some
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|
existing systems in network for the format.
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|
3. For easier debugging, you can use interactive mode by "dip -t" and "term" to
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|
login to your terminal server and try the commands you want to put in your
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|
dip script.
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|
4. For those who use modems which need atdt as dial prefix, put an extra
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|
"t" before the phone number since current dip uses atd as the prefix (you
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|
need to make sure about your dip, though).
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|
5. According to my experience, using "\r" at the end of command lines you send
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|
to remote server is better than using "\n". I don't know why.
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|
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|
The above procedures are very effective for me. I am not sure they are the
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|
same for you, but at least you can try.
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|
The following is my script used for a Xyplex server.
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main:
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get $local jenny
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|
get $remote 128.194.24.175
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# Set the desired serial port and speed.
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port /dev/cua2
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speed 38400
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reset
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# Prepare for dialing.
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# send ATQ0V1E1X1
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dial t845-1420
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if $errlvl != 0 goto error
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wait CONNECT 60
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|
if $errlvl != 0 goto error
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|
# We are connected. Login to the system.
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login:
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send \r\r
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wait name> 4
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if $errlvl != 0 goto error
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send <your userID>\r
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wait word> 4
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|
if $errlvl != 0 goto error
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|
send <passwd>\r
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|
wait Choice: 4
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|
if $errlvl != 0 goto error
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|
send 1\r
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loggedin:
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|
|
# Set up the SLIP operating parameters.
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|
get $mtu 1006 #you can put something less
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|
# Set Destination net/address as type 'default' (vice an address).
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|
# This is used by the 'route' command to set the kernel routing table.
|
|
# Some machines seem to require this be done for SLIP to work properly.
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|
|
# Say hello and fire up!
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|
done:
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|
wait Xyplex> 4
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|
if $errlvl != 0 goto error
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|
send show port alt ip char\r
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|
wait Address: 10
|
|
get $locip remote 10
|
|
if $errlvl != 0 goto error
|
|
wait Address: 10
|
|
get $locip remote 10
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|
if $errlvl != 0 goto error
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|
default
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|
print CONNECTED to eeslip local at $locip
|
|
send set port internet slip enable\r
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|
mode SLIP
|
|
goto exit
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|
error:
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|
print SLIP to $remote failed.
|
|
err:
|
|
print I am here.
|
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exit:
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=======================================
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|
|
Good luck
|
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|
|
--shan
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------------------------------
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|
|
From: cleve@tiac.net (Pascal Cleve)
|
|
Subject: Which distributors to use
|
|
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 00:34:17 GMT
|
|
|
|
Which distributors would you recommend for Linux. Downloading is not fun.
|
|
Any horror stories? Should I pick one at random?
|
|
-- Pascal Cleve cleve@tiac.net
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