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From: Digestifier <Linux-Activists-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 93 07:13:04 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #228
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Linux-Activists Digest #228, Volume #6 Tue, 14 Sep 93 07:13:04 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Mathmatica like package for linux? (Hans Wolfgang Loidl)
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SLIP / PPP (jP@hpacv.com)
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SLIP nameserver working now... (Thomas J Bilan)
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Re: Mathmatica like package for linux? (Michael K. Johnson)
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Re: Mathmatica like package for linux? (DAVID L. JOHNSON)
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Port respawning too fast (levinson@vax.sonoma.edu)
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Re: Mathmatica like package for linux? (jsc@slayer.mit.edu)
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[Help] Bad start-of-data in partition 1. (Kevin Adams)
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End of requ. for install help (ph9991_hall@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu)
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Re: LINUX IN LA (Timothy E. Neto)
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Re: Bootdisk made by SLS install hangs during boot (John Henders)
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MFM, SCSI & Linux. (C.A. Peskin)
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Re: memtest.c (was Re: Specmarks for Linux ?) (Matthew Hannigan)
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Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro VLB 2MB (Kees Metzger)
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Re: S3 Video Chipset/Swapping Problems (Alan Cox)
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Re: BBS package (Datasoft Communications Admin)
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NEW Products for Linux users from JANA Publishing (Info)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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From: hwloidl@risc.uni-linz.ac.at (Hans Wolfgang Loidl)
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Subject: Re: Mathmatica like package for linux?
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 22:01:49 GMT
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Dear Friends!
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In article <26tlh4$8cq@babbage.esu.edu>, kender@esu.edu (Daniel Garcia) writes:
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>
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> Hiya alls. Like the title says, i'm looking for a Mathmatica like package
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> for linux. Right now, i have to log into my system at school to use
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> mathmatica, but since we only have one phone line in the dorm room, i would
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> like to try to avoid tying up a line like that.
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>
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> D
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>
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> --
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> Daniel Garcia------------ooOO Kender@esu.edu OOoo--------------Comp Sci Student
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> Coram Deo
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> These views belong to Daniel Garcia, any flames belong to /dev/null
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> GCS/MU d--() -p+ c++(c+) l++ u+ e+(*) m++(*) s !n h f+ !g w+ t++(--) r+ !y
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Thinking of Computer Algebra Systems that have been ported to Linux the
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following come to my mind:
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1) MuPAD from the University of Paderborn
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You can get it from: Host: ftp.uni-paderborn.de
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Dir: /unix/MuPAD/UNIX
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Claims to have a nice graphical user interface (might be interesting for
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Mathematica fans).
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I have never used it, so I can't compare it with Mathematica.
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2) SACLIB from RISC-Linz
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You can get it from: Host: ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at
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Dir: /pub/saclib
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If you want to program computer algebra algorithms instead of just using
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them, this library of C functions is probably the right thing for you.
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I would be interested to hear from other people, who are using Computer Algebra
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systems under Linux, what experiences they have made.
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I hope that helps a bit,
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--
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Hans Wolfgang Loidl
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hwloidl@risc.uni-linz.ac.at
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| RISC-Linz | Phone: +43 7236 3231-66 |
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| Research Institute for Symbolic Computation | FAX: +43 7236 3231-30 |
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| Johannes Kepler University | |
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| A-4040 Linz, Austria, Europe | |
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| Praying is nothing but a strange way of sending mail to God. |
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From: jP@hpacv.com
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Subject: SLIP / PPP
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 21:07:55 GMT
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[ Article crossposted from comp.os.linux.misc ]
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[ Author was jP@hpacv.com ]
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[ Posted on Mon, 13 Sep 1993 21:05:24 GMT ]
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Hello,
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Could someone please tell me if there is any SLIP software
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that can be used with 0.99.pl9 WITHOUT patching the kernel and upping
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to "NET-2."
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Also I've been to tsx and sunsite and see kernel upgrade patches
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from every version to every version EXCEPT from 99.pl9 to 10 or 11.
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I really need this SLIP or PPP up and running but cannot afford
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to reinstall.
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I would really appreciate any input on the best way todo this.
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Thanx!
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jP
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From: bilan@cps.msu.edu (Thomas J Bilan)
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Subject: SLIP nameserver working now...
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Date: 14 Sep 1993 02:13:39 GMT
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I was originally having problems with the nameserver on campus not serving
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me ip addresses. I erased the domain line in resolv.conf and now just have
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the one nameserver line and life is good.
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I don't know why it works but it works?@#
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Just thought this might be of use to others...
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Tom Bilan
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--
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/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
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$ Department of Death by Engineering ^ Surgeon General's Warning: $
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$ Michigan State University ^ Graduate School may cause brain $
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$ bilan@cps.msu.edu ^ damage and sporadic loss of hair $
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From: johnsonm@calypso.oit.unc.edu (Michael K. Johnson)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: Mathmatica like package for linux?
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Date: 14 Sep 1993 02:14:40 GMT
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In article <CDBBv3.JE8@risc.uni-linz.ac.at> hwloidl@risc.uni-linz.ac.at (Hans Wolfgang Loidl) writes:
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Thinking of Computer Algebra Systems that have been ported to Linux the
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following come to my mind:
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[...]
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I would be interested to hear from other people, who are using Computer Algebra
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systems under Linux, what experiences they have made.
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Although it certainly isn't mathmatica, GAP (group theory package)
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compiles and runs just fine. It has a nearly 1000 page manual, which
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is both available on-line and in LaTeX form (the on-line manual pages
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use the LaTeX source).
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Unfortunately, I don't remember the exact name of the site where you
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can get it; archie will tell you. The main distribution site is in
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Germany.
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michaelkjohnson
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From: dlj0@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (DAVID L. JOHNSON)
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Subject: Re: Mathmatica like package for linux?
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Date: 14 Sep 93 00:53:30 GMT
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In article <271cl5$10j@winx03.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de>, ibel@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Maximilian Ibel) writes:
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>Daniel Garcia (kender@esu.edu) wrote:
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>(deleted)
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>Hi There!
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>There's a Program called muPAD from the university of Paderborn
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>in Germany which does not only behave (roughly) as a MAPLE clone,
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>but is intended to be used either on parallel machines (sequent, I think),
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>or to simulate parallel network topologies on sequential machines.
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>It is available for SunOS/OW, for Linux and for Macintoshes.
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>It is distributed *for free* to educational institutions.
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>As far as I know, you can ask for a registration form from:
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>MuPAD-distribution@uni-paderborn.de.
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Who has experience using this thing? I have not been able to get it to do
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much. However, my interests are more analytical than algebraic, and I gather
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that it is primarily based on Pari-gp, which is algebraically-oriented.
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Any reports of things you can do with it are appreciated.
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--
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David L. Johnson ID: dlj0@lehigh.edu
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Department of Mathematics
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Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 Telephone: 215-758-3759 (office)
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215-282-3708 (home)
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#include <std/disclaimer.h>
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Subject: Port respawning too fast
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From: levinson@vax.sonoma.edu
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Date: 13 Sep 93 18:53:51 -0800
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I have created an entry in my inittab for my com1 port on which I have another
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terminal with a null modem cable.
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I can log on, work, then log off, however on my consople I get the message:
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Respawning too fast. Port disabled for 5 minutes
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And then 5 minutes later it says the same thine.
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Anyone know how I can fix this? I am using .99pl12.
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--
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Eric Levinson
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rcisnet2!root@moon.nbn.com | Home computer (UUCP)
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levinson@vax.sonoma.edu | Vax
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I can also be reached on my BBS system, Color Galaxy Milky Way (415) 883-0696
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From: jsc@slayer.mit.edu
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: Mathmatica like package for linux?
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Date: 13 Sep 1993 22:54:45 GMT
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>>>>> On 11 Sep 93 23:04:04 GMT, kender@esu.edu (Daniel Garcia) said:
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Daniel> NNTP-Posting-Host: babbage.esu.edu
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Daniel> Hiya alls. Like the title says, i'm looking for a Mathmatica
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Daniel> like package for linux. Right now, i have to log into my
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Daniel> system at school to use mathmatica, but since we only have
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Daniel> one phone line in the dorm room, i would like to try to avoid
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Daniel> tying up a line like that.
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While Mathematica might not be available, you can always try calc, the
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gnu emacs calculator. No, I'm serious! It's sometimes described as "The
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Poor Man's Mathematica", and that isn't far off. It can do a surprising
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number of things, including symbolic algebra and calculus, linear
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algebra, graphing (with gnuplot), statistics, and more.
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It does have its drawbacks. It's in elisp, so it's not a speed wonder.
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But hey, it's free, it's programmable, and if you get desperate you can
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hack the source.
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Available from the elisp archive somewhere under
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archive.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive.
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--
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Jin Choi |NeXTmail, MIME accepted, RIPEM and PGP public keys available
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jsc@mit.edu |by finger to monolith.mit.edu and key servers
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MD5 of RIPEM Public Key: D262D5F296E23901E064103AB4359F75
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PGP fingerprint: A2 AB 40 DD E9 28 89 34 B0 BE 4E 09 2A 05 E0 2F
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From: af322@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kevin Adams)
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Subject: [Help] Bad start-of-data in partition 1.
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Date: 14 Sep 1993 04:28:29 GMT
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Reply-To: af322@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kevin Adams)
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I get the following warning when I do an fdisk verify.
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Warning: Bad start-of-data in partition 1
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Can anyone tell me how to fix it and also what causes it?
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Thanx MUCHLY!!!
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-K-
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From: ph9991_hall@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu
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Subject: End of requ. for install help
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Date: 14 Sep 93 00:11:51 -0600
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Just wanted to send a "thankyou" to all who helped with my first-time install
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of Linux. So that others can benefit from my mistakes, I thought I'd outline
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a few pointers. (You may want to save this as a mail file, so that you can
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readily send it to other newbies.)
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--
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1.
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When installing Linux first-time, be sure to back up your data. Even I was
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not foolhardy enough to ditch my old DOS data w/o making a few backups (now I
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can use them on other DOS boxes.)
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2.
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The SLS disks are the best way to install Linux, although it may not appear so
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for the first time user. Rather than get all bent out of shape over a few
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misunderstood steps, go and find the HOWTO.INSTALL doc somewhere (I found it
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in comp.answers). It's the best time investment you can make!
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3.
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Be prepared in advance of other people's errors when THEY tried to first
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install Linux. Don't ask the same question that some other guy asked (and had
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answered) two weeks ago. I tried my best, but I'll bet I repeated a few..
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:-)
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4.
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Be patient. You'll probably screw something up somewhere along the line. Be
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calm. All you've lost (probably) is some time. Just cool down, and start
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over.
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5.
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Know in advance if you need/want to partition a swap partition, or any other
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part's. This saves hassle (trust me!)
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Aside from that, the only other comment I feel I should make is that you
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should find out in advance what software to install. It doesn't really affect
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the hard stuff (above) but it does save time when you have to install
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everything. For myself, I didn't install everything (chose to have control
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over what gets installed) and I may have to reinstall the whole thing again
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this wkend. But that's okay. I took detailed notes on how I installed Linux.
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I'll be okay (hope).
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** IF you are a first-time Linux installee, feel free to email me for my
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installation notes. You may find it interesting and helpful. :-)
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James.F.Hall@uwrf.edu
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And thanks again for all your help!
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From: ten0772@halcyon.com (Timothy E. Neto)
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Subject: Re: LINUX IN LA
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Date: 13 Sep 1993 22:30:33 -0700
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zawarski@girtab.usc.edu (Robert A. Zawarski) writes:
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>Have I reached the end? Am I desperate? I guess so.. I really tried
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>to get LINUX working but I could only get as far as a-b installtion.
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>GCC would never work no matter how I played with the links and the
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>libraries and X has been completely out of the question. Is there some
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>generous soul in Los Angeles who actually has all of LINUX working that
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>would not mind getting together and sharing this holy grail accomplishment?
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>My system is a 486-33 Local w/CIRRUS video. Sorry if I sound like I
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>don't want to do things for myself, but I have spent many hours downloading
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>and installing and have been met with only marginal success.. any help
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>would be greatly appreciated. Robert Zawarski
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Hi Robert,
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Unless you are a die hard hacker, want a real big challenge, or
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are hungering for a serious c/Unix/PC learning experience, I
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don't recommend compiling Linux for your system. Rather, I
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recommend getting either the SLS or Slackware package. Check
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the appropriate Linux directories in the /pub directory at
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sunsite.unc.edu.
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I recommend them, because your post gives me the indication that
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you are learning Unix, C, and/or PC's. No offense intended just
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a perception. Please try one of the afore mentioned packages, I
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believe you'll receive a more enjoyable experience using one of
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them.
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Later...
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Indecision is the key | Timothy E. Neto 1 000
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to flexibility. | Neat'o Gadget & Widget Works 1 0. .0
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You can't E-Mail God. | Unix & X Applications Development 1 0 _ 0
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Opinions are all mine. | Seattle, WA ten0772@halcyon.com 1 000
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From: jhenders@jonh.wimsey.bc.ca (John Henders)
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Subject: Re: Bootdisk made by SLS install hangs during boot
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1993 02:56:19 GMT
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bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery) writes:
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>And it's hard to recompile 0.99.12 from an 0.99.9 system (needs new gcc, which
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>needs new libs, which need new kernel...), and even harder to recompile from a
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>DOS system.
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I did it. It's not that hard because the gcc docs are wrong. If
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you install new shared libs, then the compiler and include files, it
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works fine.
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John Henders GO/MU/E d* -p+ c+++ l++ t- m--- s/++ g+ w+++ -x+
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From: cap2624@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.A. Peskin)
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Subject: MFM, SCSI & Linux.
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1993 05:01:05 GMT
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I intened to construct a system using a WD1003 MFM controler, which
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will drive a Seagate ST-251-1 40mb MFM, and a Maxtor Xt2190 160mb MFM
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disk drive. I would also like to use an UltraStor 34F w/ a 340mb Maxtor
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SCSI hard disk.
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My questions are:
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1. Will this work at all on the same system?
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2. Which drive must be my C: drive?
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3. Which controler should I connect a QIC-80 tape backup and floppy
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drives to?
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4. ** In MS-DOS, the Xt2190 is Not supported to be used at a
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maximum capacity. This is because MS-DOS (or the BIOS) does not support
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disk drives with cylinders greater than 1024. The Maxtor Xt2190 has
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1224 Cyls. Under MS-DOS, I ran a device driver to use the extra space.
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Will I need a driver under Linux? Shall I partition it using the device
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driver (speedstor) under MS-DOS, so I can atleast use the extra space
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under MS-DOS?
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5. How should I set up the AMI Bios?
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6. What is your recomendation concerning how I partition the drives
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if I plan to run MS-DOS also.
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Thanks to all who can help!!!
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| Rochester Institute of Technology Chris A. Peskin |
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| Electrical Engineering |
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From: matth@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Matthew Hannigan)
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Subject: Re: memtest.c (was Re: Specmarks for Linux ?)
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1993 07:58:42 GMT
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root@umibox.hanse.de (Bernd Meyer) writes:
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>matth@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Matthew Hannigan) writes:
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>>I wrote a little program to test memory copies, which copies
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>>a 4Mb chunk 64 times. It takes 54s on a mildly loaded sparc2
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>>and about 10s on a very lightly loaded linux dx2/66.
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>Linux seems to be cheating somehow - this took only 14 seconds on my
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>machine, without accessing swap. And my machine only has 8MB of Ram, so
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>there is no way to have both arrays in at the same time. Maybe linux just
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>shares the pages with "copy on write"?
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I think if this was the case, it would be even faster.
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Maybe the performance comes from the large cache on many
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PCs. (256k on mine).
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I haven't tried it with the cache turned off.
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-Matt
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From: metzger@cnplss5.cnps.philips.nl (Kees Metzger)
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Subject: Re: ATI Graphics Ultra Pro VLB 2MB
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1993 09:09:49 GMT
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cap2624@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.A. Peskin) writes:
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>How compatable is ATI's Graphics Ultra Pro VLB
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>w/2MB of ram with Linux?
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Works OK. I have only 1MB running 1152x900 but that's the maximum my
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monitor (1572FS) can handle anyway.
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Kees Metzger
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Corporate Automation
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Philips International
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From: iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox)
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Subject: Re: S3 Video Chipset/Swapping Problems
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1993 09:36:52 GMT
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In article <CDAuEs.o43@fishmonger.nouucp> sdh@po.cwru.edu writes:
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> 1) You're out of pty's -- I think there are only 16 for Linux
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> and no one ever answers questions on how to increase them.
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Linux has loads of pty's dynamically allocated as needed. If you want
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more use mknod to create some extra entries in /dev.
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Alan
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From: root@datasoft.north.net (Datasoft Communications Admin)
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Subject: Re: BBS package
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 11:02:13 GMT
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DEATH TO THE CLIPPER PROJECT (accsah@vaxa.hofstra.edu) wrote:
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: In article <1993Sep7.062330.10506@black.toppoint.de>, kris@black.toppoint.de (Kristian Koehntopp) writes:
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: > IMHO a BBS setup for UNIX should consist mainly of two parts.
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: >
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: > The first is the BBS program in form of a users shell with
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: > integrated news and mail users agent. Such a program should
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: > utilize native UNIX news and mail transport agents and not try
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: > to implement a propietary data format.
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: The only problem I see with that is it defeats the purpose of the BBS.
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: If a person chooses to run a BBS for UNIX, it's usually because they don't
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: want the people to get a shell, and also for ease of use. Many people are
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: accustomed to a 'BBS' type interface, and not to a UNIX shell.
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: A BBS allows the SysAdmin to give people an easy interface where they don't
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: have to be bothered with accounts, and other functions.
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You've missed the point. The above does not say SHELL PROMPT. It says
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USER'S SHELL. Two different things. The shell could be a menu program
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where the user never sees the shell prompt.
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Mark
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Mark Buckaway | root@datasoft.north.net | DataSoft Communications
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DataSoft Communications | uunorth!datasoft!root | 62 Rock Fernway
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System Administrator | Voice: +1 416 756 4497 | Willowdale, ON M2J 4N5
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"UNIX and OS/2 are operating systems. Windows is a shell, and
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DOS is a boot virus"
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Subject: NEW Products for Linux users from JANA Publishing
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From: info@jana.com (Info)
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Date: Tue, 14 Sep 93 00:55:00 -0500
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NEW Products And Services from JANA PUBLISHING.
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Dear Linux users,
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Here are some good news. JANA Publishing has moved in
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with a publishing firm and this has bought in new people and
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cash which will help to expand our publishing venture. We are
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happy to introduce new products and services.
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The largest Linux archive : We have set up a BBS with a 3.4 Gig
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hard drive. This BBS will become the largest Linux archive site.
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We will be combing TSX-11 and Sunsite. At present if you want to
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get software from this site then you have to dial in using a
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modem, FTP service will be added soon, but it cost about $1000
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bucks to get a 56K line up here in Canada.
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Linux Book : We would like to print a book on Linux, If you are
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a author who is looking for a publisher for your Linux related
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books please E-Mail Jay (jay@jana.com), We are interested in
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talking to any one who is considering publishing a Linux related
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book. A book that's deal with installing Linux, X, TCP/IP etc.
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is a interesting one.
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CD-ROM Publishing : Every other month we will take software from
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our archive site and put that on a CD-ROM and mail it to you.
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This CD-ROM will also contains comp.os.linux.* articles also. We
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will not compress them so it can be read directly out of the
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CD-ROM using software such as tin.
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The cost of the subscription is $99.00 for one year (6 CD's ),
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or $119 for outside of Canada and USA. If you like you can pay
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by the disk. We will mail you a disk and bill you $19.95 which
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should be easy on your pockets.
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JUL-AUG : JUL-AUG issue was not published since we were in a
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transition and moving to a new location. If you have a
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subscription then don't worry you will get 6 disks.
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SEP-OCT : SEP-OCT disk has been sent to the CD-ROM manufacture,
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it should go on mail in about 1-2 weeks. This disk has every
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thing from TSX-11. This includes 0.99pl12 of linux and SLS 1.02.
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NOV-DEC : This will be the disk from our archive site. This will
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include Slackware, SLS and any other linux software that out
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there. Also you can install Linux directly from this CD-ROM.
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If you have placed a order for a CD-ROM before Sept 10th your
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CD's have been shipped and due to the delay you will get a one
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additional issue free of charge.
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We are looking for distrubuters. There is a increasing demand
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from Europe and Asia. If you would like to distribute our CD's
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please contact jay (jay@jana.com) for volume pricing.
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If you have any questions please E-Mail to info@jana.com and
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your E-Mail will be replied by any of our new support employees
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(Eric, Chris, Milroy and Jay ).
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I will be working behind the scenes to promote linux and
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other affordable software. At this time I would like to thank each
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and every Linux users who are out there who has helped my
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company grow.
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Thank you.
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Jay
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JANA Technologies Group Inc. <- Our new name :-)
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** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
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The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
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to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
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Internet: Linux-Activists-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU
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You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux) via:
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Internet: Linux-Activists@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU
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Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
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nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux
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tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
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tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de pub/msdos/replace
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The current version of Linux is 0.99pl9 released on April 23, 1993
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End of Linux-Activists Digest
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