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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: Sat, 15 Oct 94 06:13:14 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #942
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Linux-Misc Digest #942, Volume #2 Sat, 15 Oct 94 06:13:14 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! - AND UNFREEZE KLUDGE (Steve Davies)
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Re: Next InfoMagic Linux CD's? (Mark Bolzern)
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Re: Weakest Linux Box (Eric Youngdale)
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Cmix,RT -> Linux,DOS (David J Topper)
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Re: Mystery Chip...AMD (Spire Technologies)
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Re: Linux doesn't like my cache (David Flood)
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xview (TheDoctor)
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Re: What is Linux good for? (Michael Rogero Brown (Sys Admin))
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Re: help computerize a library (Richard L. Goerwitz)
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Re: Beautifying Linux/Xfree (Bill McCarthy)
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Re: Probl. w. Workman1.0 and Mitsumi CD-ROM (Heiko Schlittermann)
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Re: set_time V1.02 - System Time Utility (Harald Milz)
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Re: Need MOTIF Library Clone (Harald Milz)
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Re: Commercial X servers: here's one (Harald Milz)
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spea video7 vega+, LINUX driver (Alexander Grefrath)
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Re: Commercial X servers: here's one (Harald Milz)
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Re: c2ps 1.10 uploaded (Ho-chi Chen)
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Re: A badly missed feature in gcc (J. M. O'Donnell)
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Frame Maker for Linux! (Edmund Humenberger)
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Re: Mystery Chip...AMD (Alexandra Griffin)
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Help !! Kernel compile problems (wayne e. smith)
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Re: Curious: Why is Linux DOOM so much slower than DOS doom (RON BARDARSON)
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Re: Is linux a multithreaded operating system? (Bouwmeester L.)
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Re: What is Linux good for? (DeJean)
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From: steve@iaccess.za (Steve Davies)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.development
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Subject: Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! - AND UNFREEZE KLUDGE
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 23:52:03 +0200
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We experience a problem on out Linux 1.1.19 systems where
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the inetd goes deaf and won't handle any more incoming connections.
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If you run inetd in debugging mode then as I recall you see that
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select() starts to return -1 [Dimly remembered]
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The fix is to kill inetd and start a new one.
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The cause? I have found that the problem is caused by people connecting
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with SLIP and using the *wrong IP address* on their end. In other words
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they have configured their IP stack with an address different from that
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in the diphosts file.
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Perhaps that will help someone,
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Steve
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From: mark@gcs.com (Mark Bolzern)
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Subject: Re: Next InfoMagic Linux CD's?
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 20:49:30 GMT
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In article <Cx7KC6.55@eskimo.com>, Phil Hughes <fyl@eskimo.com> wrote:
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>JL Gomez (kitana!sysop@caprica.com) wrote:
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>: When will the next release of Linux InfoMagic CD set come out?
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>
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>There were a few rumors posted. Facts behind the rumor is that they will
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>be shipping more like on October 14. They held up the pressing for
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>X11R6.1. For any of you who already have it on order from SSC/Linux
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>Journal a apologize for the delay but we expect it will be worth the
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>wait.
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Not to mention getting the T1 installed at their new location!!!!
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>The price remains at $20 for this distribution. I mention this because
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>there were rumors of a price increase. E-mail sales@ssc.com if you need
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>more information.
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>--
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>Phil Hughes, Publisher, Linux Journal (206) 527-3385
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>usually phil@ssc.com, sometimes fyl@eskimo.com
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--
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Mark Bolzern : mark@gcs.com USA Tel: (303) 699-7470 Fax: (303) 699-2793
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WorkGroup Solutions, Inc. The FlagShip "CA-Clipper and XBase on Unix" People
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FlagShip is a 4GL Database Development System & XBase Porting Tool for Unix
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No Runtime Fees Info at ftp.wgs.com : /pub2/wgs/Filelist OR mail: info@wgs.com
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From: eric@aib.com (Eric Youngdale)
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Subject: Re: Weakest Linux Box
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 22:01:20 GMT
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In article <37ih56$g1k@nyx10.cs.du.edu>,
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Steven Pritchard <spritcha@nyx10.cs.du.edu> wrote:
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>hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu) writes:
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>>In article <37cj08$7m0@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu>, henslelf@henslelf.student.rose-hulman.edu (Linux Mac Daddy) writes:
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>>|> I was just wondering who has the weakest Linux box? What I mean by this
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>>|> is like anyone running Linux on a 386 with 3 megs of RAM... I've got a
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>>|> 386sx-16 with 5 megs of RAM and it works great (tons faster than DOS).
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>>|> If anyone has a "weaker" machine that runs Linux (and you actually use
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>>|> it) let's hear it....
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>
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>>386sx/16 with 4 MB RAM. I am trying to upgrade and waiting for the price
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>>to drop :-(.
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>
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>Well, I didn't actually *use* it, but I booted SLS on my 386SX/16 when it
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>only had 2 meg. I waited for 2 more meg before installing it.
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My laptop has 3Mb of ram, a 60Mb hard drive, and a 386/20.
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Nonetheless, I have a current kernel on there, plus I set up plip so that
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I could mount the disk on my "big" system via NFS. I put microEmacs on there,
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and I have GCC (it tends to swap a lot if I use it for more than a small test
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file. I have a separate kernel that I can select w/o TCP/IP if I do not intend
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to use networking.
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I picked it up real cheap, but for misc word processing applications
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and reading mail it does the job. I brought my main machine in to work, so all
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I have at home is this laptop.
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-Eric
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From: djt1@konichiwa.cc.columbia.edu (David J Topper)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.development,comp.music
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Subject: Cmix,RT -> Linux,DOS
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 21:16:35 GMT
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Does anyone know any one or more of the following:
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- cmix for DOS?
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- where might I find it, I've only seen for Linux.
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- Linux / Xfree86 based graphical sound editor to view sound files, etc...
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- Linux / Xfree86 based sound file converter
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- .snd files to .au (whatever format Linux uses) files?
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- RT for DOS/Windows or Linux/Xfree86?
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Thanks,
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From: spire@teleport.com (Spire Technologies)
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.admin
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Subject: Re: Mystery Chip...AMD
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 11:52:19 -0700
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Some motherboards have the CPU mounted on the MB(non removable). Those
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boards usually have another socket to allow you to disable the current
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CPU and upgrade your computer. This is usually expensive.
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--
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Spire Technologies Ave.
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Portland Or
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Phone (503)222-3086
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From: dcflood@u.washington.edu (David Flood)
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Subject: Re: Linux doesn't like my cache
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Date: 13 Oct 1994 01:43:39 GMT
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Well, finally after 2 boards and a new cache, figured out what was happening.
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I was running 5M in the following config: Lower 1M in 256K SIMMS and upper
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4M in 1M SIMMS. Unfortunitly, the 256Kers were 100ms which is waaaayyyy
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too slow for a cached 386DX40. So after pulling them and just using the
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4M SIMMS, everything seems to work. But I did get a bonus in the deal.
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The first board had a soldered on cpu where the current one is socketed
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so I can later load a SLC in there.
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--
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=============================================================================
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dcflood@u.washington.edu
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The above opinions are mine alone and do not reflect anyone elses.
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Besides, who wants my opinion anyway?
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From: mrash@xmission.com (TheDoctor)
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Subject: xview
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Date: 12 Oct 1994 19:46:04 -0600
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Reply-To: mrash@xmission.com
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What is xview. Is it a replacement for XFree86? Is it an enhancement?
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Can I have them both installed on my system at the same time? What are
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some of the advantages of one over the other?
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thanks,
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...Mark Ash (mrash@xmission.com)
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From: michaelb@hobbie.bocaraton.ibm.com (Michael Rogero Brown (Sys Admin))
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Subject: Re: What is Linux good for?
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 22:58:25 GMT
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Daniel Woodard (SA073@getty.onu.edu) wrote:
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: >FAQ??? They even don't check the name of the group on which they are
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: That's an outright lie. I looked for a faq. Not finding one, I posted
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: this message.
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Did you go to rtfm.mit.edu?? That's where I go to look for a FAQ. There's
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always the chance that the posted FAQ has diappeared from my site.
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--
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==========All Opinions Expressed are MINE, not IBM's==============
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Michael Rogero Brown (uK Development System Administrator)
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IBM (uK Development) TEL/TIE (407) 443-6400
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Boca Raton, FL Internet: mikal@bocaraton.ibm.com
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If you think I speak for IBM, then I've got some swamp land^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H
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real estate to sell you.
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From: goer@quads.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz)
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Subject: Re: help computerize a library
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Reply-To: goer@midway.uchicago.edu
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Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 20:54:09 GMT
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bob@cocoa-puffs (Robert J. Chassell) writes:
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>
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>The public library in Lenox, Massachusetts, has received a grant from
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>the National Endowment for the Humanities to computerize. The library
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>hopes to become a "Model Library of the Future" that other,
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>not-so-large, public libraries will emulate.
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>
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>I have talked to the library's director, Dennis Lesieur. He has
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>nothing against freely redistributable software; but he knows nothing
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>about it (nor much about computerization).
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>
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>I am looking for advice to give, for volunteers to help remotely via
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>email, and, if possible, for a local volunteer to install and maintain
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>systems.
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Let me get this straight: The pub library in Lenox has just received
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a grant to do something the director hasn't the faintest idea how to
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do, and they're not using the money to hire competent systems analysts
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to do the implementation, but rather trying to solicit volunteers to
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do the work (and afterwards maintain the software)?
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I suspect this isn't what you mean. As it comes off at first glance,
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this seems a recipe for disaster. I can put in touch with some very
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competent people who could do the work. They aren't independently
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wealthy, though, and to get them and their time a few dollars would
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need to fall their way....
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I guess what I don't understand is this: Isn't the point of the grant
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to get $$ for staff and equipment??
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Maybe I'm just having a foggy day....
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--
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-Richard L. Goerwitz goer%midway@uchicago.bitnet
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goer@midway.uchicago.edu rutgers!oddjob!ellis!goer
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From: bmccarth@gulfaero.com (Bill McCarthy)
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Subject: Re: Beautifying Linux/Xfree
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 19:59:47 -0400
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In article <MCC.94Oct14151143@oat.ncc.up.pt> mcc@oat.ncc.up.pt (Manuel Eduardo Correia) writes:
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>In article <37f7hvINNfan@gulfaero.com> bmccarth@gulfaero.com (Bill McCarthy) writes:
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>
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>>> Fer example, I idin't know that there is a FVWM homepage on the Web
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>>> til one fella mentioned it in a post to me. Good stuff there for beginners and
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>>> advancers alike.
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>
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> Could you please tell us poor ignorant souls the location of such a
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> wonder ;-) ?
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>--
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(snip)
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Manuel:
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No problem. The url is http:/neutrino.nuc.berkeley.edu/neutronics/todd/
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fvwm.html. It's got a lot of good info for fvwm. I for one wish I had known
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about the page when I was first starting out in X. The dist I have had a
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sample system.fvwmrc, but the docs said nothing about GoodStuff, for example.
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Check it out and have fun! buenas suerte
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Bill McCarthy
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bmccarth@gulfaero.com
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"Isn't it pretty to think so."
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TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT\__Jake Barnes___________________________
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LinuX + i486dx2/66
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usual disclaimer
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From: heiko@lotte.sax.de (Heiko Schlittermann)
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Subject: Re: Probl. w. Workman1.0 and Mitsumi CD-ROM
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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 23:00:10 GMT
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In article <3715bg$b5b@irz204.inf.tu-dresden.de>,
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Christian Urban <cu1@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de> wrote:
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Hello to Dresden .... and all other nice places ....
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>I have problems with my Mitsumi FX CD-ROM and the volume control
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>panel of workman. Workman is written especially for the Sony CDU
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>drive. You can here Audio-CD with it but not change the volume.
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>Is there a patch for the Mitsumi drive or is there a option that
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>a don't know?
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As far as I know, none of the known Mitsumi drivers supports sound
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control. I hope, that I'll be able to put it in my growing driver
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baby. The control codes are known, but it doesn't seem to work.
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Don't panic and be patient.
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-- heiko
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From: hm@ix.de (Harald Milz)
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Subject: Re: set_time V1.02 - System Time Utility
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Reply-To: hm@ix.de
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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 17:43:53 GMT
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In comp.os.linux.announce, Todd R. Lawrence (mutrl@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu) wrote:
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> set_time V1.02-00:
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> System time utility intended to be called from a crontab entry, that allows
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> one to set their system clock via a tcp/ip query to a host on the internet
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> with a known good clock (ie. those who update their own clocks from the
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> atomic clocks) This saves you the cost of a phone call there yourself.
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> an account on the system you are querying is not required.
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That's approximately what the BSD'ish rdate does. IMHO, ntpdate from
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the xntp3.3 package does a better job.
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hm
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.development
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From: hm@ix.de (Harald Milz)
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Subject: Re: Need MOTIF Library Clone
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Reply-To: hm@ix.de
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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 18:04:12 GMT
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In comp.os.linux.development, Alexandre Naaman (naaman@info.polymtl.ca) wrote:
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> C.W. Southern (cws9669@ultb.isc.rit.edu) wrote:
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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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> There is a MOTIF clone being worked on as we speak. Check out the Projects-Map
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No, it's the "Xu-lib & Widget Set" by Udo Baumgart (U.BAUMGART@ldb.han.de).
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> file for details (on sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/Linux/Incoming or /pub/Linux/docs (I
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> think)).
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I hope so ;^) ftp.ix.de:/pub/Linux/docs keeps it too.
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--
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Every absurdity has a champion who will defend it.
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--
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Harald Milz (hm@ix.de) WWW: http://www.ix.de/editors/hm.html
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iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazine phone +49 (511) 53 52-377
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Helstorfer Str. 7, D-30625 Hannover fax +49 (511) 53 52-378
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Opinions stated herein are my own, not necessarily my employer's.
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From: hm@ix.de (Harald Milz)
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Subject: Re: Commercial X servers: here's one
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Reply-To: hm@ix.de
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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 18:38:01 GMT
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In comp.os.linux.misc, Andrew R. Tefft (teffta@erie.ge.com) wrote:
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> No numbers or useful details except price is $199 (which seems steep).
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> Email sales@xinside.com. Maybe I'll see if they will send me a review
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> copy for a Linux Journal review :-)
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Hurry up, then ;^) ;^)
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--
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Keep grandma off the streets -- legalize bingo.
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--
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Harald Milz (hm@ix.de) WWW: http://www.ix.de/editors/hm.html
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iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazine phone +49 (511) 53 52-377
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Helstorfer Str. 7, D-30625 Hannover fax +49 (511) 53 52-378
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Opinions stated herein are my own, not necessarily my employer's.
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From: grefrath@wrcs1.urz.uni-wuppertal.DE (Alexander Grefrath)
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Subject: spea video7 vega+, LINUX driver
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 09:55:44 GMT
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Hey, can anybody help me with the installation of my VEGA+ V7, 1MB Card under
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Unix. I do not have a driver. Where can I get it?
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Thanks.
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grefrath@wpos3.physik.uni-wuppertal.de
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From: hm@ix.de (Harald Milz)
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Subject: Re: Commercial X servers: here's one
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Reply-To: hm@ix.de
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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 18:43:01 GMT
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In comp.os.linux.misc, Shawn M Carey (smcarey@gamera.syr.edu) wrote:
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> I can confirm this to a degree. I was a beta tester of this server
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> (for FreeBSD), and it's undoubtedly faster than the XFree S3 server:
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^^^^^^^
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Oh, how come? The latest prodinfo.txt (as of Sep 09) on their FTP server says,
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OS Non-Support: QNX
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Coherent
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FreeBSD 1.x, NetBSD.
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Minix
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MS-DOS
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MS-Windows
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OS/2
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(of which I clearly understand the last three ;^). Anyway, FreeBSD seems
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not to be supported...
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--
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A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices
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that the system works.
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--
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Harald Milz (hm@ix.de) WWW: http://www.ix.de/editors/hm.html
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iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazine phone +49 (511) 53 52-377
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Helstorfer Str. 7, D-30625 Hannover fax +49 (511) 53 52-378
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Opinions stated herein are my own, not necessarily my employer's.
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From: hochen@paul.rutgers.edu (Ho-chi Chen)
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Subject: Re: c2ps 1.10 uploaded
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Date: 15 Oct 1994 03:44:29 -0400
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p ifcss.org
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--
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From: odonnell@mpx2.lampf.lanl.gov (J. M. O'Donnell)
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Subject: Re: A badly missed feature in gcc
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 13:14 MST
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In article <CxLD8x.5vn@pell.com>, orc@pell.com (Orc) writes...
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>
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> I prefer to use them when writing C++ code. // makes my code
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>look like assembly language.
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More like IBM JCL.
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John
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From: ed@PROBLEM_WITH_INEWS_DOMAIN_FILE (Edmund Humenberger)
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Subject: Frame Maker for Linux!
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 13:07:15 GMT
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I was at UNIX open in Vienna and the general distributor for Austria
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told me that Frame will bring with the new version of Frame Maker
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in March also a Linux Version of Frame Maker.
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Go on.
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From: acg@kzin.cen.ufl.edu (Alexandra Griffin)
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
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Subject: Re: Mystery Chip...AMD
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Date: 15 Oct 1994 09:00:09 GMT
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In article <37k02mINNmt2@life.ai.mit.edu>,
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John Palaima <jolt@gnu.ai.mit.edu> wrote:
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> [re: heat problems when overclocking...]
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>Not necessecarily. Try putting the system unit sans case in a freezer. I
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>read someone's post in another sub-tree of this thread and he said he used to
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>do that with minis. :)
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OK, but how does one deal with the problem of frost/moisture buildup
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on the PCBs??
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-- alex
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From: smithwe@netcom.com (wayne e. smith)
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Subject: Help !! Kernel compile problems
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 08:46:24 GMT
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I am having a problem trying to upgrade my kernel to the latest and gr8st
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but am having problems when I boot my newly compiled kernel. The error
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message that I am recieving is "Modules kernel_version doesn't match the
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current kernel. Check the module is correct for the current kernel ,, then
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recompile the module with the correct kernel_version. I have recompiled
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several times, tried numerous make configs, re-intalled from scratch,
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removed and redid the symbolic links and read all of the docs I could get
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my hands on. Everything but that message seems to be working properly. I
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have a 486dx-2 66 AMD with 16mb ram 1 gig hd running v1.0.9. Any help
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would be appreciated...
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-=Smitty=-
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From: ronb@antlabw1.esl.com (RON BARDARSON)
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Subject: Re: Curious: Why is Linux DOOM so much slower than DOS doom
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 18:36:19 GMT
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To Kar Keung Isaac (kkto@ipc14.csd.hku.hk) wrote:
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: In article <jeffpkCxAGHz.M9G@netcom.com> jeffpk@netcom.com (Jeff Kesselman) writes:
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: >>
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: >>Well, first off, I've heard that the code for Linux DOOM is pure C, whereas
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: >>the DOS version has some optimized assembly in it for speed. So you should
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: >>expect less performance.
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: The following is just my guess, and I don't know whether there is workaround...
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: First, DOOM in DOS have the permission to do anything on the machine, but Linux
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: one can't. The DOS one actually use DMA to transfer data from memory to DMA,
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: while the Linux one call X to display an image. What it means, with shared
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: memory, is to copy the data to an area provided by X, then wait X to find
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: whether any clipping is necessary (e.g. if another window obscure the DOOM
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: window that shouldn't be displayed), and finally the X server will copy that to
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: the video memory after a color mapping. That long process should be the
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: bottleneck of linxdoom.
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: Second, DOOM in DOS is near to the sole memory user. In Linux, it must compete
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: with all other clients, like the Xserver, the 4 virtual console, the window
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: manager, all system daemons, etc., and must also compete CPU time with them.
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: This is another bottleneck of the linxdoom.
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: That means that DOS is unique in providing such an environment. Even SGI doom
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: can't beat it. (However, the superb computational speed and pipeline of the SGI
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: should be able to compensate the problem completely)
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: Isaac.
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From: leonb@tyr.research.ptt.nl (Bouwmeester L.)
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Subject: Re: Is linux a multithreaded operating system?
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 11:57:00 GMT
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barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:
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>In article <jeffpkCxHt9G.65o@netcom.com>,
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>Jeff Kesselman <jeffpk@netcom.com> wrote:
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>>Pardon? Thats what I said, I believe, if you read the whole post. I
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>>don't see that your read() is relevent, however. As long as your kernel
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>>is not single-tasking and blocking (as opposed to waiting, an example of
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>>such a blocking kernel is OS-9) then you shoudl be able to process eitehr
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>>in another thread OR another process.
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>The UNIX kernel has no clue about "threads". All it sees are
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>processes. The UNIX kernel cannot schedule a thread becuase it
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>it doesn't know what one is*. Therefore in a non-threading kernel,
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>the only way to schedule a thread is to schedule the whole process.
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>It's not just an "implementation detail". The underlying UNIX kernel
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>has to be radically altered in order to do thread scheduling.
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>It's true that the terminology is muddied often, but that's not
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>an excuse to use the wrong terminology. A thread is not really
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>a true thread of execution if its execution depends on another
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>task (a process) getting scheduled. It's like the difference
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>between pre-emptive and co-operative multitasking. Sure,
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>MS-Windows does do multiple tasks mostly simulataneously, but
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>it's not the same as true multitasking.
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May be it is worht mentioning that some work is going in that area for
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the Linux kernel (see Viper-project entry in projects-faq). Currently, we
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have a first kernel up and running understanding the notion of (kernel)
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threads.
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At this very moment work is underway to develop an "lwp-create"-like
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interface-operation to create another thread in the process space. However,
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we are now working on re-directing signals, etc (they should be sent to
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threads now, rather than processes).
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With some luck, we should have an alpha-release at the end of this year,
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which includes a full interface to create threads, destroy them, suspend
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and resume them etc. Also, work is underway to port Chris Provenzano's
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pthreads-package to this platform.
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After this work is finished (very vague term as it always evolves), phase
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2 shall start, which includes full kernel pre-emptibility and bounded
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dispatch latency times, prevention of priority-inversion and hidden
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scheduling problems (a careful reader knows that this means a true real-time
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kernel is underway). Finally, within a few months I hope to purchase a
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motherboard containing two (at least!) pentium processors to start development
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of a linux kernel based on symmetric multi-processing.
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So, all linux-fanatics yelling for real-time support and/or threaded kernels
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and/or SMP-support: have some patience as development has already started.
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BTW: the HURD-project has also some interesting stuff worth looking at!
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Regards,
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Leon.
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From: jqdoumen@vub.ac.be (DeJean)
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Subject: Re: What is Linux good for?
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 14:21:31 GMT
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David Reeve Sward wrote:
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: Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.linux.misc: 12-Oct-94 What is Linux good
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: for? by Daniel Woodard@getty.onu
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: > I found this group today. How well does it do multitasking? Does it run
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: -----------
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: > under Windows or DOS?
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: ^^^^^----------------
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: *chuckle* LOL ROFL! *sigh* What's the point of a FAQ list if NO ONE
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: READS IT?!
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FAQ??? They even don't check the name of the group on which they are
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posting. comp.os.
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^^!!!!!
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--
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DeJean
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jqdoumen@vub.ac.be
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Belgium
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