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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: Thu, 6 Oct 94 03:13:22 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #885
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Linux-Misc Digest #885, Volume #2 Thu, 6 Oct 94 03:13:22 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Curious: Why is Linux DOOM so much slower than DOS doom (root)
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Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! (Steve Kneizys)
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Re: How to pronounce Linux?? (S. Joel Katz)
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Re: Help for NCR 53C810 SCSI disk & Video ATI-68800 chip set (H. Peter Anvin)
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malloc() error, won't use swap space. (Steve Rojem)
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Re: diamond stealth status? (Jinwoo Shin)
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Re: Bash Arrays[?] (Pete Chown)
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BusLogic 747S vs newer 757S (???????) (MTSU ISDNLIN SysAdmin)
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Framemaker on Linux? (was: SCO WordPerfect: does it run on Linux?) (Charlie Krasic)
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Need boot disk for disk with 32 heads (1.1.49?) (Bob Oesterlin)
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[ppp] One works, the other almost works. (pp000547@interramp.com)
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Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux? (Spencer PriceNash)
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Re: Split this group! (.help) (Art Walker)
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Idek 8617 + ???? @ 1280x1024x(76-80)Hz (Bryon G. Rigg)
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Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux? (MacGyver)
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Re: Linux on a 386 (Richard Stone)
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Re: New book for Linux! (Jeff Kesselman)
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From: root@mit.edu (root)
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Subject: Re: Curious: Why is Linux DOOM so much slower than DOS doom
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Date: 6 Oct 1994 03:18:55 GMT
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Reply-To: jered@mit.edu
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On high end machines, the performance of Linux-DOOM really isn't that bad.
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In 640x480 on a 100 Mhz Pentium, DOOM scores 34.9 frames per second...and
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it has maximum 35 fps!
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Jered
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jered@mit.edu
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: Telnet & ftp freeze!
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From: STEVO@acad.ursinus.edu (Steve Kneizys)
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Date: 3 Oct 94 00:26:45 EST
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Matti Aarnio (mea@utu.fi) wrote:
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: STEVO@acad.ursinus.edu (Steve Kneizys) writes:
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: >Trevor Lampre (trevor@xanax.apana.org.au) wrote:
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: >: Many have. I have posted twice myself about it and seen at least 5 other
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: >: posts not including this thread. I have never seen a response and my emails
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: >: to other posters has never been answered. It's pissing me off that nobody
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: >: seems to know the answer or have a fix. I've been patching my kernel up
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: >: to 1.1.51 (I think it got worse at .51) as well as rebuilding my daemons.
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: ...
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: >: Trevor Lampre.
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: >I have started a couple such threads...nobody posted a solution. It
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: >does not bother me that there is a problem, especially with development
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: >versions, but that so many people have posted and never an acknowledgement.
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: >I would feel better about things, especially in the era of a code freeze
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: >where release 1.2.0 is imminent, that somebody is working to try and patch
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: >this before that version is out :) What post was it that you saw this
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: >possible fix with the newest networking code?
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: Compile with "PC/TCP compability ON", and it apparently works
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: a lot better...
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: The real problem is being investigated!
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: >Thanks!
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: >
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: >Steve...
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: /Matti Aarnio <mea@utu.fi>
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Thanks for the tip!
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Steve...
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From: stimpson@panix.com (S. Joel Katz)
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Subject: Re: How to pronounce Linux??
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Date: 5 Oct 1994 18:57:25 -0400
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In <DHOLLAND.94Oct1140330@husc7.harvard.edu> dholland@husc7.harvard.edu (David Holland) writes:
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>stimpson@panix.com's message of 28 Sep 1994 11:57:51 -0400 said:
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> > There is a correct pronunciation and an incorrect pronunciation.
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> > The 'I' is short. Linux almost rhymes with 'shucks'. Or, if you prefer
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> > 'Lih-nuhks'.
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>Wrong. The correct pronunciation can be gotten in .au form from
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>Linus's ftp site.
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>What you cite is not it.
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For the last time: Linus pronounces Linux as 'Lee-nooks', but he
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suggests that it be pronounced in other languages in the way that sounds
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the most natural. "Lih-nus" is the closes English equivalent. If you want
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to pronounce it as Linus does (Lee-nooks) go ahead, but you will sound
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really weird.
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--
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S. Joel Katz Information on Objectivism, Linux, 8031s, and more
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Stimpson@Panix.COM is available at http://www.panix.com/stimpson/
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Time flies like an arrow -- fruit flies like a banana.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
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From: hpa@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Subject: Re: Help for NCR 53C810 SCSI disk & Video ATI-68800 chip set
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Reply-To: hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin)
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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 03:31:44 GMT
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Followup to: <CHETAL.94Oct5165706@gedny29.gedny.ml.com>
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By author: chetal@gedny.ml.com (Pradeep Chetal)
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In newsgroup: comp.os.linux
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>
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> BUT when I create the boot disk from setup, the kernel there is
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> NOT capable of NCR SCSI. How can I update the system kernel & boot
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> disk kernel to be same as the root disk 'ncr' kernel.
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>
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You will have to grab the latest version of the Linux kernel from a
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suitable FTP site first. Then,
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cd /usr/src
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umask 022
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rm -rf linux
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tar xvvfz linux-1.1.xx.tar.gz
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cd linux
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make config <- Select suitable options
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make dep
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make clean
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make zlilo
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cat /vmlinuz > /dev/fd0 <- Makes boot disk
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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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Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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From: srosem@uoft02.utoledo.edu (Steve Rojem)
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Subject: malloc() error, won't use swap space.
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Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 16:03:20 GMT
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I've been developing a MUD for about a year now, and while it runs on an SGI,
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I (of course) prefer to do my development at home on my Linux box mainly
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because its more convienient and much faster. I do my work at home and upload
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the changes to the SGI. Every 2 or 3 weeks I download a new set of source from
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the SGI to my linux box as there are 3 other coders working on the project as
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well. Its always ran great under Linux up until my last source update, and
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now I'm getting a funny error, which I'll just quote right off:
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malloc failure: Out of memory
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IOT trap
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The application takes about 14 megs to run once the databases are all loaded.
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Watching from another VT with top I notice that the app is dying right at the
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point where physical ram is depleted. It is not dipping into swap space at
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all. (I've got 16 megs physical and 16 swap) Neither is it using any of the
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ram set aside for 'buffer' which is usualy quite a bit. In fact I've got
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enough physical ram to run the app if it would use it. The odd thing to me
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is that This program has always run up until that last update, however I've
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been unable to find anything different in the code to do with memory
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allocation. And we use RCS so it would have been easy to find.
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I'm runnin Kernel 1.1.38 and gcc 2.5.8.
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Any ideas what would keep malloc() from using swap space or even stealing
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some space away from the buffer area?
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Thanks for any input!
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-Steve Rojem
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From: jwshin@nitride.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Jinwoo Shin)
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Subject: Re: diamond stealth status?
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Date: 5 Oct 94 01:20:00 GMT
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danpop@cernapo.cern.ch (Dan Pop) writes:
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>In <31381166@MVB.SAIC.COM> Karl Rudnick <khr@trg.saic.com> writes:
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> 4. Wait. From the recent announcement of XFree86 3.1:
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Once again , contrary to popular belief, there are ways to make these Diamond
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cards work. The main problme is that Diamond uses proprietary clock chip and
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they don't like to make public about its workings. For instance, I have Diamond
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Stealth Pro which is S3928 with Diamond Clockchip and SS2410 RAMDAC. I have it
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working currently under XFree86 3.1 and have since 2.0. Diamond's clockchip
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seems to be compatible with one that's used by #9 928 card. (Forget the name
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icu*****) and for 3.1 "s3gendac" works for its ramdac. The best thing you could
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do is read all the docs, pull out your card, look at all the little numbers on
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significant chips, then play around with it.
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--
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Jinwoo Shin jwshin@eecs.berkeley.edu
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System Administrator
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Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center
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From: pc@dale.dircon.co.uk (Pete Chown)
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Subject: Re: Bash Arrays[?]
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 10:51:53 GMT
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In article <LEWIKK.94Oct4125407@grasshopper.aud.alcatel.com> lewikk@grasshopper.aud.alcatel.com (Kevin K. Lewis) writes:
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> Bash does not have arrays. I've heard rumors of Bash supporting
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> arrays in the future, though.
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Lots of other people will probably say this as well, but Perl does
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have arrays. And quite a lot more--it is a much better language for
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writing scripts in than any of the shells I have tried. It is faster
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as well.
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I think splitting the script language off from the command interpreter
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is a good idea. Shells need to be quick and easy to use
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interactively, whereas script languages need to be efficient and well
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structured.
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From: root@isdnlin.mtsu.edu (MTSU ISDNLIN SysAdmin)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: BusLogic 747S vs newer 757S (???????)
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Date: 4 Oct 1994 21:05:53 -0500
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Hello,
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I have heard that for EISA SCSI on linux, the BusLogic 747S is a safe
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bet! I have read this also in the SCSI-HOTWO. But now, there is a new
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card out called the BusLogic 757S! Is the 757S fully compatible with the
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747S???? Will the 757S work (RELIABLY!) with Linux 1.1.49???
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Many thanks!
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Mark
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From: buck@wic.waterloo.shl.com (Charlie Krasic)
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Subject: Framemaker on Linux? (was: SCO WordPerfect: does it run on Linux?)
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 02:00:30 GMT
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In article <1994Sep29.030543.4500@taylor.infi.net> mark@taylor.infi.net (Mark A. Davis) writes:
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> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
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> From: mark@taylor.infi.net (Mark A. Davis)
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> Organization: Lake Taylor Hospital Computer Services
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> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 03:05:43 GMT
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>
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> Time to change OS's? Maybe you could run the newer version remotely....
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> or, if for some reason you hate WP, not just the DEC 5.0 version, then
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> use something else.... $$$$ Framemaker, Island Write, On-Go, Applixware...
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>
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> And all the above have SCO versions which should also run under Linux IBCS!!!
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Does anyone have more details about running SCO Framemaker under
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Linux? Does it work well? How would it compare to running the
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current DOS/Windows version?
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-- Buck
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From: oester@vnet.ibm.com (Bob Oesterlin)
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Subject: Need boot disk for disk with 32 heads (1.1.49?)
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Date: 5 Oct 1994 02:07:37 GMT
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Reply-To: oester@vnet.ibm.com
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Hmpf - it would seem all the bootimages I can find do NOT support
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more that 16 heads. I seem to recall that the 1.1.49 kernel fixes
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this - does anyone have a boot image of that kernel?
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I am trying to do an initial install on my 540 meg disk with
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heads=32,sec=63,cyl=512 (540 meg drive)
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Can anyone help me? Just point me to an ftp location...
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Thanks, Bob
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Bob Oesterlin, IBM AS/400 Division Dept 54T, Rochester MN 55901
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IBM IPNET: oester@rchland.ibm.com Internet:oester@vnet.ibm.com
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Phone: (507)-253-4528 (tie) 553-4528 ICBMNet: 44N 92.5W
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From: pp000547@interramp.com
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Subject: [ppp] One works, the other almost works.
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Date: 02 Oct 1994 06:18:03 GMT
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Reply-To: pp000547@interramp.com (Bill Hogan)
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Made some progress, but not there yet.
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Let me try to isolate the difference.
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1. Here is where snarf.com craps out:
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[...]
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: ipcp: received COMPRESSTYPE
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: (45)
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Oct 1 21:15:34 bedlam Oct 1 2
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: ipcp: received ADDR
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: (0.0.0.0)
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: (ACK)
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 0.0.0.0>]
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: fsm_sdata(IPCP): Sent code 2, id 2.
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: Untimeout 2194:114e0.
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: Setting itimer for 0 seconds in untimeout.
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: ipcp: up
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Oct 1 21:15:30 bedlam pppd[74]: Could not determine remote IP address
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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[...]
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Oct 1 21:17:08 bedlam pppd[74]: fsm_rtermack(LCP).
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Oct 1 21:17:08 bedlam pppd[74]: Connection terminated.
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Oct 1 21:17:08 bedlam pppd[74]: set kernel debugging level to 2
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Oct 1 21:17:08 bedlam pppd[74]: Exit.
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2. Here is what interramp.com does:
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============================================================
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[...]
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: ipcp: received COMPRESSTYPE
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: (45)
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: (ACK)
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: ipcp: received ADDR
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: (38.145.180.110)
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: (ACK)
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: ipcp: returning Configure-ACK
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: sent [IPCP ConfAck id=0x4a <compress VJ 0f 00> <addr 38.145.180.110>]
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: fsm_sdata(IPCP): Sent code 2, id 74.
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: IO signal received
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: IO signal received
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: rcvd [IPCP ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 38.10.180.76> <compress VJ 0f 00>] e0 f7
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Oct 1 21:19:04 bedlam pppd[116]: fsm_rconfnakrej(IPCP): Rcvd id 1.
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[...]
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Oct 1 21:19:05 bedlam pppd[116]: local IP address 38.10.180.76
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Oct 1 21:19:05 bedlam pppd[116]: remote IP address 38.145.180.110
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Oct 1 21:19:05 bedlam pppd[116]: Script /etc/ppp/ip-up started; pid = 121
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Oct 1 21:19:07 bedlam pppd[116]: Alarm
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=========================================== and done!
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How come interramp.com gives me its IP address but snarf.com won't?
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Or, what do I have to do (differently) to make snarf.com give me its
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IP address?
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interramp.com assigns me a "random" (dynamic) IP address each time I
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dial up, but snarf.com (supposedly) assigns me a fixed IP address.
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Is snarf.com maybe saying "I'll tell you my IP address if you tell
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me your IP address"?
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Bill
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--
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Bill Hogan <pp000547@interramp.com>
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"Show me a wisdom that is greater than kindness." [J-J.Rousseau]
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From: spencer@montego.umcc.umich.edu (Spencer PriceNash)
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Subject: Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?
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Date: 5 Oct 1994 02:33:52 -0400
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In article <36rk82$chd@myrddin.imat.com>,
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Michael_Nelson <nelson@seahunt.imat.com> wrote:
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>Spencer PriceNash (spencer@montego.umcc.umich.edu) wrote:
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>
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>-> In the case of becoming very clever, you could use TeX, but I don't
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>-> think you wanna hear that.
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>
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> Well, there _is_ an intermediate step: LaTeX. It seems to me to be
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>fairly easy to use, compared to TeX.
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This is a fun thread. I'm accustomed to nroff/troff/groff, having
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used them for years, and there are those I know who work the same
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way I do; there are those who like TeX over LaTeX, and here's a
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post for LaTeX. Nice.
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--
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Spencer PriceNash spencer@spencer.ann-arbor.mi.us spencer@umcc.umich.edu
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Dan Quayle via anon ftp: Quotes at umcc.umich.edu in pub/users/quayle, GIFs
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and sound files at vaxa.crc.mssm.edu in quayle/gif and quayle/sound.
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From: walker@beeble.synergy.net (Art Walker)
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Subject: Re: Split this group! (.help)
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Date: 6 Oct 1994 06:14:46 GMT
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Byron A Jeff (byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu) wrote:
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> The bottom line is that we're being overwhelmed by loads of information:
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> mostly FAQs, dozens of responses to the same question, and posts in
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> inappropriate places. New groups will not solve the problem because they'll
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> simply provide "new clean cultures for bacteria to grow".
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> The solution in my opinion is three-fold:
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> 1) Don't create a whole bunch of new groups.
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> 2) Make all new groups moderated.
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> 3) Collapse admin into misc because they're not very much different anyway.
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I strongly encourage item #2...
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--
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Art Walker, Somewhere In Iowa | walker@beeble.synergy.net
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alt.sex/alt.binaries.pictures.erotica/alt.sex.bestiality, etc.
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At best, the regulars of these groups are failed phone sex customers...
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- SPY, Jul/Aug 94, Page 85
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.os.linux.help
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From: bgrigg@unicoi.uucp (Bryon G. Rigg)
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Subject: Idek 8617 + ???? @ 1280x1024x(76-80)Hz
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 18:23:00 GMT
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I am purchasing an Idek 8617 monitor and want reccommendations for a video
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accellerator. The Idek reports to have refresh rates up 80Hz for 1280x1024.
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I am looking for a card that can support this.
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I will use this for Windoze and Linux/XFree86 so windows performance is more
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important than dos performance. I have around $275(US) to spend and want the
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best performance at the highest refresh rate.
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I have looking at prices and foound the ATI Ultra Pro 2Mb (Mach 32) fits
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within my operational and monetary constraints. Can this board give me
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the refresh rates that I am looking for?
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Bryon Rigg
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bgrigg@mindspring.com
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#include <stdclmr.h>
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--
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+------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| Bryon G. Rigg bgrigg@attmail.com |
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| #include <stdsclmr.h> |
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From: macgyver@MCS.COM (MacGyver)
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
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Subject: Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?
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Date: 5 Oct 1994 13:48:58 -0500
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Piet Ruyssinck (pruyss@nessy.rug.ac.be) wrote:
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: Nick Kralevich (nickkral@po.EECS.Berkeley.EDU) wrote:
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: : Greetings.
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: : I'm attempting to find a word processor for Linux.
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: stop attempting, install TeX/LaTeX
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: : One that will allow me to create reports
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: LaTeX does that
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: : and type up documents.
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: LaTeX does that
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Ok...LaTeX has all this stuff....however, is it at least WYSIWYG? ie:
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Is there an editor for X designed that I can use and have it generate
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the appropriate LaTex or dvi output? Ok, so it sounds like what I'm
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asking for is similar to MS Word or something...and it is. I LIKE not
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having to worry about settings or something, and just type up a
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document, view how it looks, and THEN play with the formatting if I
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don't like it. If LaTex can do some/most/all of these things, I'll be
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on that bandwagon as fast as I can be. So...can it? If so where can
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I get it for Linux?
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HJD.
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From: rstone@infi.net (Richard Stone)
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Subject: Re: Linux on a 386
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Date: 6 Oct 1994 03:58:55 GMT
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Ian McCloghrie (ianm@qualcomm.com) wrote:
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: When you get right down to it, an Intel 486 is really nothing more
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: than an improved 386 with a 387 thrown in for good measure. The
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: architectural differences between a 386 and a 486 are far smaller
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: than those between the 286 and 386 or those between the 486 and
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: 586/pentium.
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Agreed, but those improvements yield a 2x to 3x speed increase at the same
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clock speed for a 486 vs. 386. Esp the onboard FPU (5x the speed of an
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external 387 class chip) and single-clock cycle instruction execution. And
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the improvements in chip fabrication (.5 micron and smaller traces) allow the
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chip to run at higher clock rates and pack more on-chip features with their
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lower latency into the package.
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--
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Richard S. Stone Network Engineer
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The Engineering Design Group
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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it!" "If it *is* broke, pay us to fix it!"
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2-FOR-1 DEAL: "We'll break it for you and then fix it; for one low price!"
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rstone@edgp.com rstone@infi.net
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From: jeffpk@netcom.com (Jeff Kesselman)
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Subject: Re: New book for Linux!
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 02:57:31 GMT
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Why is it that every publisher/author seems to need to claim that their
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book is 'the definitive reference' to thus-and-such.
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Using my basic etemological skills, it seems that definitive would mean
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'defining'. I think its a little presumptous of this publisher to claim
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that their book (and only their book, as indicated by the definate
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artical 'the') defines what Linux is or isn't.
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This is not a big point, or perhapse even very imporant, but its a little
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annoying....
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