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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 16:13:39 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #829
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Linux-Misc Digest #829, Volume #2 Mon, 26 Sep 94 16:13:39 EDT
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Contents:
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Changes in: PC HARDWARE VENDOR REVIEW: SW Technology (a.k.a. SW Trading Company) (Jonathan I. Kamens)
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Re: AHA1542 Problems (Stephan Duhl)
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Re: Scanning with Linux? (Byron A Jeff)
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Re: Don't use Linux or it's to academic! (Lutz Behnke HiWi)
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Re: Don't use Linux; it's too academic! (Matt Welsh)
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Re: [Q] Linux DOOM under xdm... (H. Peter Anvin)
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Re: Contrib. $s for Linux Dev (Steven Buytaert)
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Re: Contrib. $s for Linux Dev (Steven Buytaert)
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running linux from cdrom (Ludo Daemen)
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ISDN and Linux (Ralph Sims)
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Need MOTIF Library Clone (C.W. Southern)
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Re: Motherboard recommendations? (Ogden, Aaron A)
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Re: Q: Reading from a ext2fs partition from DOS? (Bengt-Erik Norum)
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Linux software for voice/fax/data (The Mighty Thor)
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Re: 486 Math Not Detected on 486SLC (NAME "Cleetus Overbey Johnson")
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Re: Linux/FreeBSD ISDN support (Bill Wiest)
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Orchid Kelvin 64 Xfree86 Driver Availability ??? (nilsen)
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From: jik@cam.ov.com (Jonathan I. Kamens)
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone
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Subject: Changes in: PC HARDWARE VENDOR REVIEW: SW Technology (a.k.a. SW Trading Company)
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Date: 26 Sep 1994 12:39:19 -0400
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Archive-name: pc-hardware-faq/vendor-reviews/swt-diff
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Posting-Frequency: quarterly
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This article shows changes from the last posted version of "PC
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HARDWARE VENDOR REVIEW: SW Technology (a.k.a. SW Trading Company)".
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The current version of that article has the Message ID
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<pc-hardware-faq/vendor-reviews/swt_780596597@cam.ov.com>.
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Lines that were deleted are prefixed by '-'; lines that were added are
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prefixed by '+'.
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--- swt-review 1994/07/27 21:08:44 1.9
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+++ swt-review 1994/09/26 16:22:20
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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
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Archive-name: pc-hardware-faq/vendor-reviews/swt
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Posting-Frequency: quarterly
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-Version: $Id: swt-review,v 1.9 1994/07/27 21:08:44 jik Exp $
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+Version: $Id: swt-review,v 1.12 1994/09/26 16:22:19 jik Exp $
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INTRODUCTION
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@@ -302,22 +302,102 @@
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with a fully working machine.
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- IN CLOSING
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+ RESPONSE FROM SWT TO MY COMPLAINTS
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+
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+I E-mailed to SWT a preliminary revision of this review on July 17,
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+1994 and offered them a chance to respond to the claims made in it.
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+They never responded.
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+
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+Others who were interested in purchasing hardware from SWT and who
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+have seen this review asked SWT to respond to the complaints raised in
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+it. One such response from Marvin Wu, which was forwarded to me by
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+its recipient, contained what I consider to be lies. Here's what he
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+wrote, with my comments interspersed in it:
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+
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+> We have two unsatisfied customers so far, Jonathan Kamens being
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+> one. He had the machine for three months, without paying anything
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+> except part of the shipping.
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+
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+That's sort of true, with the exceptions that (a) "part of the
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+shipping" came to over $100, (b) he mentioned nothing about the
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+bounced refund check, (c) he mentioned nothing about the $4
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+check-bouncing charge which SWT never paid me back for (they never
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+even acknowledged my mail about it), and (d) the system didn't work
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+properly, and I spent much time trying to get it to work properly, for
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+the entire time I had it.
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+
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+> The probelm of the machine was
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+> mostly due to the Seagate scsi driver, as we've sold many
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+> identical systems with other SCSI adaptors doesn't have any
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+> problem at all. This is solved now by the NCR53C810 driver.
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+
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+I think that's a lie.
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+
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+Many people are using the Seagate SCSI driver. I simply don't believe
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+that it caused significant problems with my system. None of the
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+problems I experienced seem to me to be directly or indirectly
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+attributable to problems with a SCSI driver.
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+
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+If the problem with my machine was "mostly due to the Seagate scsi
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+driver," then why did SWT send me replacements for the CPU cooling fan
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+and power supply on my system, and why did most of the problems I was
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+experiencing go away after making those replacements?
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+
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+During the entire time I was working with SWT to get the machine
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+working, Mr. Wu never said a word to me about the Seagate SCSI driver
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+causing most of my problems. Once, shortly after the machine arrived,
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+he mentioned in passing that the Seagate card might be causing
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+problems, but he never mentioned it again, and nothing that happened
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+subsequently supported that possibility. He also didn't mention
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+anything about the Seagate driver when I sent him my review of SWT and
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+asked him for comments before posting it.
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+
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+Why did he never say anything about the Seagate SCSI card being a
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+problem before I returned the machine? And if they discovered *after*
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+I returned the machine that it's what was causing the problem, why
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+didn't they tell me so and offer to send back the machine with another
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+controller?
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+
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+Incidentally, I didn't ask for the Seagate SCSI controller; they
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+offered it to me; that particular controller was their choice, not
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+mine. Presumably, if they were going to pick a controller to sell me
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+without any preference on my part, they would have picked one that
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+they sell regularly. And if that's the case, then how come none of
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+their other systems with that controller had any trouble?
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+
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+
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+ BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU COMPLAINT AGAINST SWT
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+
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+On July 25, 1994, I filed a complaint about SWT with the Better
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+Business Bureau for the greater Dallas area, asking for reimbursement
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+for all my shipping costs, reimbursement for my bank's bad-check
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+charge, and an admission of fault from SWT.
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+
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+The BBB forwarded my complaint to SWT on July 29, 1994 and asked for a
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+response. As of August 22, they had received no response, so they
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+sent a followup letter with another copy of the complaint. They again
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+received no response, so on September 8, they closed the complaint
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+without resolution.
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+
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+As of September 26, their automated complaint information system had
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+no information about the company. I spoke to a representative and
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+asked why, and she said that they don't actually tell anyone that
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+there are complaints against a company until "enough" people complain.
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+I asked what "enough" means, and she said that it varies.
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+
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+Therefore, if you've had trouble with SWT, and they did not resolve
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+your complaint to your satisfaction, I encourage you to file a
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+complaint with the Better Business Bureau. You can get a complaint
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+form by calling 214-220-2000 or by writing to Better Business Bureau
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+of Metropolitan Dallas, Inc., 2001 Bryan Street, Suite 850, Dallas, TX
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+75201.
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-I have E-mailed to SWT a preliminary revision of this review and
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-offered them a chance to respond to the claims made in it. I will
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-include any response from them in a later revision. Although it has
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-been more than a week since I sent them the review, I have received no
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-acknowledgement or comments.
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+
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+ IN CLOSING
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I intend to post this review regularly in relevant newsgroups until
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someone gives me reason to believe that SWT has either improved
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-considerably or gone out of business. Furthermore, I have filed a
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-complaint about SWT with the Better Business Bureau for the greater
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-Dallas area, asking for reimbursement for all my shipping costs,
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-reimbursement for my bank's bad-check charge, and an admission of
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-fault from SWT. The BBB claims that they will respond within five
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-weeks, so I expect to hear from them by August 29.
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+considerably or gone out of business.
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I have retained all E-mail correspondence between SWT and me. If
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you'd like to know more about my encounter with them, I'd be glad to
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From: duhl@informatik.uni-kl.de (Stephan Duhl)
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Subject: Re: AHA1542 Problems
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 13:00:24 GMT
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In article <1994Sep19.224556.261@kphunix.han.de>, joerg@kphunix.han.de (joerg) writes:
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|> Stephan Duhl (duhl@informatik.uni-kl.de) wrote:
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|> >--
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|> >i have a adaptec 1542 CF at adress 0x330. Now i have get a soundcard
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|> >(spea media fx), which want that adress too. Any attempt to change the
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|> >adress of aha 1542 to 0x2XX or 0x1XX doesn't work. DOS runs as normal, but
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|> >linux doesn't boot any more!
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|>
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|> Read your kernel before switching any jumpers! In linux/drivers/scsi/aha1542.c
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|> there is a note that only 0x330 and 0x334 are tested (kernel 1.1.33). So try
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|> 0x334. If this is not possible due to another card sitting there, you have
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|> to change aha1242.c and make a new kernel.
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|>
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|> good luck
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|> Joerg
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--
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hi all,
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I have testet the other adresses ... it works fine!
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The Problem is the soundcard. This BS-card catch ever adress between 0x330
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and 0x339, this means ever 0x33x. (too simple control-logic ;-0 )
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So , if i'm using 0x334 for my adaptec, the soundcard and my adaptec fight
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each other, and i'm the looser ;-(
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thanx all for the hints.
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so long Stephan.
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=======================================================================
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Stephan Duhl email: duhl@informatik.uni-kl.de
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University of Kaiserslautern
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From: byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
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Subject: Re: Scanning with Linux?
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Date: 26 Sep 1994 15:20:13 GMT
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In article <NELSON.94Sep21212413@crynwr.crynwr.com>,
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Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.crynwr.com> wrote:
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>In article <35k0c6$qib@virgo.cc.gatech.edu> byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff) writes:
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>
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> 1.1 The misconception of TWAIN compliancy
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> -----------------------------------------
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>
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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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Because in my personal opinion manufacturers aren't the least bit interested
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in writing scanner drivers for Linux. I've talked to representatives for
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both HP (at Comdex) and Canon (over the phone). I had the hardest time
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getting them to understand that I wasn't running DOS/Windows. Once I succeeded
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in doing that the HP folks tried to get me to buy one of developers kits
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(which allows one to write custom DOS/Windows applications using HP's current
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TWAIN driver) while the Canon person said he needed to talk to his "exclusive"
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developer (oh about 6 months ago - haven't heard from him since.). So I'm
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admittedly discouraged. The manufacturers seem to think that anything other
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than Windows is a waste of time.
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In all honesty all we really need is the interface specifications for the
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interface card and the scanner. But getting the representatives I've talked
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with to understand the concept is like pulling teeth. Then when the light
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finally clicks on the standard response is "I have no idea how to get that
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information.". Maybe I'm just asking the wrong folks the wrong questions.
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My plan (which is stated in the Info-Sheet) is to check out EPSON because
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as far as I know they are the only flatbed scanner manufacturer that actually
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releases the hardware/interface specs for their interface boards.
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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!
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Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu
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From: behnke@tu-harburg.d400.de (Lutz Behnke HiWi)
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Subject: Re: Don't use Linux or it's to academic!
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Date: 26 Sep 1994 17:01:24 GMT
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In article <35v60l$oh8@agate.berkeley.edu>, josefd@albert.ssl.berkeley.edu (Josef Dalcolmo) writes:
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|> >: Now, I would never (or at least not for some years) recommend Linux to
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|> >: my customers as an alternative to MS-DOS or OS/2, especially not when
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|>
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|>
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|> Just my 2 cents worth:
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|>
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|> 1. I love Linux. I hate DOS. I'm ambivalent about MS Windows.
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|> 2. I spent most of my spare time all summer to set Linux it up.
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|> 3. I spent much less time to set up DOS and Windows.
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Did you include the WHOLE time for installing the numerous tools that you would
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need to have an equivalent system, all the apps that are basic in Linux.
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Besides: I don't know what you guys are 'installing' so much.
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It took me one afternoon to install almost all of slackware, one german
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LaTeX addon, an extra GUI-Lib and some further stuff, like my old WinWord 2.0
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Texts. I even have a diamond card (And had to find out that this and
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only this one is suported)
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I wouldn't consider this a summer worth of free time.
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mfg. Lutz
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From: mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh)
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Subject: Re: Don't use Linux; it's too academic!
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 15:17:51 GMT
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In article <1994Sep22.172251.18643@midway.uchicago.edu> goer@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
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>mdw@cs.cornell.edu (Matt Welsh) writes:
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>>>2. There are no programs available that does Word-processing, spreadsheets,
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>>> databases, presentation graphics and so on, as we have under MS-DOS
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>>> and Windows.
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>>
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>>False.
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>
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>Matt, don't be baited. The poster is clearly clueless.
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Mea culpa.
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>It is true that Unix
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>software tends to be hard to support, hard to find, and more expensive than
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>Windows or DOS-based counterparts. But this isn't the decisive factor for a
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>lot of folks.
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I didn't say anything about this. My objection was the flat-out
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observation that no such software even _exists_ for Linux, which
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is obviously false.
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M. Welsh
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Crossposted-To: alt.games.doom,comp.os.linux.help
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From: hpa@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Subject: Re: [Q] Linux DOOM under xdm...
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Reply-To: hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 17:49:24 GMT
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Followup to: <gshinCwpyAH.9B0@netcom.com>
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By author: gshin@netcom.com (George Shin)
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In newsgroup: comp.os.linux.misc
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>
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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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>
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> Any clues??? I'll have to do some debugging...
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>
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#1: DOOM! doesn't use the PATH while looking for the sound driver.
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Get my script from eecs.nwu.edu in /pub/linux/doom/doom.tgz to fix it.
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#2: It has to do with the color map. Nothing to do about.
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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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Help! I'm stuck on this planet!
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From: buytaert@imec.be (Steven Buytaert)
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Subject: Re: Contrib. $s for Linux Dev
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 15:27:25 GMT
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J.J. Paijmans (paai@kub.nl) wrote:
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: As for the Great Linus himself: we have to decide yet what to do and how,
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: but I think dutch or belgian beer will be involved somewhere.
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Go for the Belgian beer. I can give you a few tips there. But beware,
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3 pints of 'Duvel' and the next kernel release will take 3 days extra :-)
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Stef
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--
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Steven Buytaert
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WORK buytaert@imec.be
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HOME buytaert@innet.be
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'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'
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(A. Einstein)
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From: buytaert@imec.be (Steven Buytaert)
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Subject: Re: Contrib. $s for Linux Dev
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 15:29:41 GMT
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Russell Nelson (nelson@crynwr.crynwr.com) wrote:
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: Buy printed manuals from the Free Software Foundation. I don't
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: remember their address, etc, but you can ask gnu@prep.ai.mit.edu for
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: more information.
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As a side question, when does that mailbox get emptied ? I tried 3
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weeks ago to get info from them about whom I should fax my credit card
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number for a donation. I still haven't recieved any acknowledgement...
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--
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Steven Buytaert
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WORK buytaert@imec.be
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HOME buytaert@innet.be
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'Imagination is more important than knowledge.'
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(A. Einstein)
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From: daemenl@Belgium.EU.net (Ludo Daemen)
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Subject: running linux from cdrom
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 17:24:07 GMT
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I'm new to the unix/linux world. I would like to give linux a try on my
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machine. Only : I don't have 80 meg readily available on my drive to do a
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full installation.
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So : is it possible to keep part of the software on the distribution
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CD-rom ??
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From: ralphs@halcyon.halcyon.com (Ralph Sims)
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Subject: ISDN and Linux
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Date: 26 Sep 1994 14:06:50 GMT
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I'm going to need to set up my Linux box to access an external ISDN
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TA, and wonder if there's anything 'interesting' I should know? If
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there's anyone using ISDN along with Linux, I'd appreciate your
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input. Email's fine--I'll attempt to summarize.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.development
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From: cws9669@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.W. Southern)
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Subject: Need MOTIF Library Clone
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Reply-To: cws9669@ultb.rit.edu ()
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 17:44:00 GMT
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I am looking for MOTIF libraries. I don't need MOTIF, just the libraries.
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I once saw that someone metion that there where some MOTIF Library clones
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out there. Does anyone know about this? Can anyone help.
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thanks
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--
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Chris Southern RIT Computer Science
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E-mail: cws9669@ultb.rit.edu WWW: http://ultb.rit.edu/~cws9669
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From: aao10000@jane.uh.edu (Ogden, Aaron A)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc
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Subject: Re: Motherboard recommendations?
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Date: 24 Sep 1994 00:04 CDT
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In article <36083t$rgg@nic.umass.edu>, quilty@twain.ucs.umass.edu (Lulu of the lotus-eaters) writes...
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>John Wallace (csjohn@perot.mtsu.edu) wrote:
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>: What is a good price/performance VLB motherboard which is
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>: both OS/2 & Linux compatible? I have 4 60ns 1x9 SIMMs
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>: (30-pin) and 1 60ns 4x36 SIMMs (72 pin) to put into the
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>: board, although I could do without the 4 1x9s if I had to.
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>: Any help would be appreciated.
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Well, here in Houston you can get a fully loaded 486 board with 3 VLB slots,
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256k L2 cache, and AMI or Award BIOS for about $100. No CPU.
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A 486dx33 with the above stats is about $230, a 486dx2/66 is about $320.
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These prices are for CPU and motherboard.
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I don't know what the prices are like in Mass., but this might give you
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some idea of pricing. (In the US, anyway)
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From: beng9393@cs.uidaho.edu (Bengt-Erik Norum)
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Subject: Re: Q: Reading from a ext2fs partition from DOS?
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Date: 24 Sep 1994 04:53:30 GMT
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Jeff Epler (jepler@herbie.unl.edu) wrote:
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> >Well, you could boot a dos floopy and use the program to clear the
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> >password field for root's entry in /etc/passwd. Now you have root
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> >access, which makes it a lot easier for malignant hackers to attack
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> >other systems :-(
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You can accomplish this by rebooting with the "Boot" and "Root" disks
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provided in the Slackware Distribution and mounting the drive with RW
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access.
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> dingbat@diku.dk (Niels Skov Olsen) writes:
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> The deleted ancestor message implied that an hypothetical ext2fs DOS
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> program would allow a public workstation to allow the corruption of a
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> Linux machine running elsewhere on the net.
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Only if the DOS session is not secure.
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> I understand what could be done if an intruder gained physical access
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> to a Linux machine with such a program...
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Um. I agree with what I THINK you are trying to say.
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__ /\_\ Bengt-Erik Norum, Student
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_ /\/\_\ Department of Computer Science
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__ \/\/_/ University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
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___ \/_/ http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~beng9393
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From: sbutterw@sol.UVic.CA (The Mighty Thor)
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Subject: Linux software for voice/fax/data
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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 94 17:27:32 GMT
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I was interested if there was any such software for people like me with a
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plain ole USR 14.4 fax/modem? I was hoping it could answer the phone and
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determine the nature of the call and launch the appropiate software, etc.
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I would appreciate any suggestions at all. Thanks in advance.
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Sean Butterworth
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sbutterw@sol.uvic.ca
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: 486 Math Not Detected on 486SLC
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From: bailey9@muvms6.wvnet.edu (NAME "Cleetus Overbey Johnson")
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Date: 26 Sep 94 02:09:39 EDT
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In article <780499639snz@hapsi.demon.co.uk>, daniel@hapsi.demon.co.uk (Daniel Andor) writes:
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> In article <CwI67u.AG7@mcdgs01.cr.usgs.gov>
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> rfugina@mcdgs01.cr.usgs.GOV "Rob Fugina" writes:
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>
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>> >Symptoms:
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>> >When installing a fresh 1.1.51 kernel (gcc 2.5.8), and booting things
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>> >go ok until it gets to the math coprocessor test where it says
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>> >something to the effect:
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>> >
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>> >Math coprocessor or emulator not found
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>> >Giving up
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>> >
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>> >Anyone know how to fix this or why it is happening? --Karl
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>>
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>> I know exactly why it's happening. The 486SLC doesn't have a math coprocessor.
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>> If the salesman said it did, then you got ripped off.
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>>
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>> Rob
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>
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> Of course you can buy one... (487, that is - next to the proc usually)
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> --
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> Daniel Andor ----- daniel@hapsi.demon.co.uk -----
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SLC motherboards use 387 fpus, not 487s. I have a Cyrix in mine
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From: bwiest@suspects.com (Bill Wiest)
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Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.isdn,mn.general
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Subject: Re: Linux/FreeBSD ISDN support
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 94 00:46:41 EDT
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Reply-To: bwiest@suspects.com (Bill Wiest)
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pmt@cyberspace.net (philip m. thompson) writes:
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> Neal Dalton (nrd@scrapie.med.umn.edu) wrote:
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> : I called Digiboard about there ISDN board and asked if they supported
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> : Linux or FreeBSD. They told that they didn't support either, so I them
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> : why did not support and they told me they had seen the demand for it.
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> : They where planning on a SCO driver.
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>
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> : So, I think everyone should, on principle, call Digiboard and tell them
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> : that they want this support.
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>
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> : DigiBoard * 6400 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344 * (612) 943-902
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> : * E-Mail: info@digibd.com * Faxback Service: 612-943-0573 * WWW: http://www
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> : European Office * DigiBoard GmbH * Domkloster 1, 50667 Koln Germany * +49 (
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> : * E-Mail: same as above
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> : DigiBoard-Asia Pte. Ltd. * Blk 19, Kallang Avenue #07-163, Singapore, 1233
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>
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> Good idea. Incidentally, at Comdex/Spring, a rep at the DigiBoard booth
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> told me that, while they weren't working on a driver internally, there
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> were some guys at (I think) Rutgers U that were writing DigiBoard drivers for
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> Linux.
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Holy catfish, Batman! We plan to install Linux, and were going to get a
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Digiboard for dialin lines. What are people using for this, if not
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Digiboards? Please email me for a response, in addition to any post
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here:
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bwiest@suspects.com
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Thanks!!
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From: nilsen@comlab.gtri.gatech.edu (nilsen)
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Crossposted-To: git.unix.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin
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Subject: Orchid Kelvin 64 Xfree86 Driver Availability ???
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Date: 24 Sep 1994 05:41:47 GMT
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Does anyone know if drivers have been written for this card yet??
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I think it uses a cirrus logic 5434 chipset
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I would obviously prefer the driver to be public domain
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I know that it is supposed to be coming in xfree86 3.1, when is this due
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out???
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Is there any way i can get an advance copy of the driver??
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And what does accelerated vs. unaccelerated support mean on the linux
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hardware compatability sheet??
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thanx,
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Robert Windsor Nilsen III | We make holes in teeth!
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