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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: Thu, 11 Nov 93 20:13:29 EST
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Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #369
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Linux-Activists Digest #369, Volume #6 Thu, 11 Nov 93 20:13:29 EST
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Contents:
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HELP!! NETWORK Problems with Slackware distribution (Giuseppe Martoni)
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Re: Linux on a vax station ? (Matthias Rabe)
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SCSI woes again (Stewart Allen)
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Fixkbd (SAINTJOANIS Emmanuel)
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Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!! (SAINTJOANIS Emmanuel)
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Re: Linux performance?? (Steve DuChene)
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Re: DIP: Can't SEND spaces (Kevin Cummings)
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Re: help with xconsole (Kevin Cummings)
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Where to find sources for compressing programs? (Dimitrov T Mitev)
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XFree86 / 0.99pl13 / SVGA (Joseph W. Vigneau)
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Re: Linux on a vax station ? (Charles T Wilson -- Personal Account)
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needed: my hard drive back! (jdoliver@TrentU.CA)
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uugetty [Q] (Richard Lindner)
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Re: Linux and i486 (Matthew Hannigan)
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Re: Linux performance??
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Re: Linux under Boot Manager (Stefan Merkl)
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Re: linux on AMD 486 DX 40 [Q] (Byron A Jeff)
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From: beppe@csr.unibo.it (Giuseppe Martoni)
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Subject: HELP!! NETWORK Problems with Slackware distribution
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 17:49:05 GMT
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Hi !
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We have a PC 486-50 with linux Slackware distribution
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so that we have a 3c503 ethernet card.
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Our network is the 137.204.72.0 the card configuration is that
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ifconfig eth0 137.204.72.49
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ifconfig broadcast 137.204.72.255
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ifconfig netmask 255.255.255.0
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when we try to connect to another machine the error is:
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The network is Unreachable write return = -1
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Thanks in advance .
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Beppe
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From: rabe@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de (Matthias Rabe)
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Subject: Re: Linux on a vax station ?
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 19:34:32 GMT
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In article <2bhikq$m7a@inxs.concert.net>,
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Charles T Wilson -- Personal Account <ctwilson@rock.concert.net> wrote:
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>In article <CG32EH.JMp@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>,
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>Matthias Rabe <rabe@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
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>>In article <FTLOFARO.93Nov4204535@lil-ed.cs.unlv.edu>,
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>>Frank Lofaro <ftlofaro@lil-ed.CS.UNLV.EDU> wrote:
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>>> I'd suggest either getting Ultrix or retiring the machines.
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>>> ^^^^^^
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>>>Arrrghhh! Ultrix! I think I'm going to be ill.....
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>>I don't think its a bad choise when the only other is VMS :-).
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>
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>Actually, DEC would probably want you to use their new Open VMS....now,
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>*there's* an oxymoron for you ;-)
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OpenVMS is for Alphas, not for VAXen.
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rabe@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de Matthias Rabe
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Universit"at Bielefeld Privat: Avenwedder Str. 494
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U5-133 D 33335 G"utersloh
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Tel.: (0521) 106-3871 Tel.: (05209) 6673
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From: stewart@milhouse.oec.com (Stewart Allen)
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Subject: SCSI woes again
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Date: 10 Nov 1993 15:16:15 -0500
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This was posted earlier, but our mail connection died shortly afterwards, so
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I not sure it went out... And I didn't get any responses.
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I am attempting to install Linux on my 486-66 Unisys that has an Adaptec SCSI
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controller built onto the motherboard. Unfortunately, the boot disk does not
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recognize this controller. I would like to get hold of code, if possible, to
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recompile the scsi drivers to recognize my controller. But it seems a bit of a
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catch-22 that I must have Linux installed in order to do this. Perhaps I am
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wrong, but I had not been able to find appropriate code. Also, I wouldn't have
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the first clue about how to create a bootable disk.
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Secondly, I cannot reach "sunsite" to send e-mail! Wrong backbone, apparently
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we're restricted.
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Stewart Allen
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Open Environment Corporation
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stewart@oec.com
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From: saintjoa@platon.emi.u-bordeaux.fr (SAINTJOANIS Emmanuel)
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Subject: Fixkbd
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 20:04:41 GMT
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Fixkbd doesn't work on my 99pl9
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Normal ?
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or not normal ?
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| saintjoa@esope.emi.u-bordeaux |
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| "Ich bin ein Linuxer" J.F. Kennedy |
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From: saintjoa@platon.emi.u-bordeaux.fr (SAINTJOANIS Emmanuel)
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Subject: Re: HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 20:06:47 GMT
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KraZi KarMa (krazik@cats.ucsc.edu) wrote:
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: what are the files Linux uses when it root logs in (ie .cshrc)
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: what are the names
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the /etc/profile surelly and some others certainly.
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--
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| saintjoa@esope.emi.u-bordeaux |
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| "Ich bin ein Linuxer" J.F. Kennedy |
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From: s0017210@cc.ysu.edu (Steve DuChene)
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Subject: Re: Linux performance??
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Date: 11 Nov 1993 02:07:10 GMT
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There has been some posting reciently about a vendor being inter-
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rested in doing a port of a well known spreadsheet package to linux
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and was requesting a responce to guage the marketability of this.
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If you have an interest in this you should respond to the survey.
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The only problem is that I am not sure which of the linux newsgroups
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I seen this survey in. Maybe some kind sole could repost this or
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point out the location of the original.
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--
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Steve DuChene s0017210@cc.ysu.edu or sduchene@cis.ysu.edu
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Computer Science Youngstown State University
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A pre-determined amount of chaos is a natural occurance.
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From: cummings@hammer.prime.com (Kevin Cummings)
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Subject: Re: DIP: Can't SEND spaces
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 21:35:41 GMT
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In article <2b76pe$n4n@s.ms.uky.edu>, johnr@ms.uky.edu (John S. Roberts Jr.) writes:
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> I can not do the following:
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> DIP> send set port internet slip enabled
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> This is the command to start slip on our server. DIP responds
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> with:
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> usage: send text
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> The problem is that it cannot send a space. I don't know what to do.
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Oops, I thoughyt I had the answer. I don't. Please ignore this.
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--
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Kevin J. Cummings ComputerVision Services
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cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us cummings@primerd.cv.com
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From: cummings@hammer.prime.com (Kevin Cummings)
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Subject: Re: help with xconsole
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1993 21:58:24 GMT
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In article <2b6fig$c8o@louie.udel.edu>, chavey@bambam.cis.udel.edu (Laurent Chavey) writes:
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> I am having problem with xconsole. When starting it as root
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> every thing is ok, but as a regular user, I keep on getting
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> COULDN't OPEN CONSOLE.
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> any body has an idea.
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I just looked at my XFree86-1.3 installation from SLS 1.03. xterm is suid root.
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xconsole is not. Should it be?
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--
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Kevin J. Cummings ComputerVision Services
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cummings@kjc386.framingham.ma.us cummings@primerd.cv.com
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From: MITEV@UCSVAX.UCS.UMASS.EDU (Dimitrov T Mitev)
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Subject: Where to find sources for compressing programs?
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Date: 11 Nov 1993 02:17:28 GMT
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Hi,
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A friend of mine who does not have access to Usenet is looking for sources
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in C for compressing and archiving programs, something like arj or zip.
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He would like to use them to write a compressing program in Unix.
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Any suggestions?
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Please reply directly to me since I do not read this group.
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Thanks,
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Todor
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From: joev@hikita.WPI.EDU (Joseph W. Vigneau)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: XFree86 / 0.99pl13 / SVGA
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Date: 11 Nov 1993 03:21:52 GMT
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Yet more XFree86 2.0 fun!
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So I fianlly compiled the pl13 kernel, and hopefully would be able to
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run the SVGA server. No dice.
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The Mono server works great, and would destroy this DEDCstation 3100 I'm
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writing this on now, but I feel the need for color!
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I have a Gateway2000 486DX33v, a Rocket (Western Digital) card, 8 megs RAM,
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8 more swap partition, plenty of disk space, etc...
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When I startx, (after I link the correct server, and reconfig appropriately),
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I get thin vertical lines on my screen, then they get closer together, and
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then the screen turns green (This may be from my .twmrc, as I use the same
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one I use on a DECsattion, where all my stuff is green (by choice!)), and
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sits there. When I move my mouse, the screen sometimes changes to a brighter
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green. I think this is from my active border color in .twmrc, because I can
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type ^D to exit my unseeable login xterm window, and I can't when the screen
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is not that color...
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Anyone have suggestions?
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joev@wpi.edu -- Joseph W. Vigneau
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute -- Computer Science
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Today's random number is 1042976075.
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From: ctwilson@rock.concert.net (Charles T Wilson -- Personal Account)
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Subject: Re: Linux on a vax station ?
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Date: 11 Nov 1993 03:47:20 GMT
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In article <CGAJpK.Mx6@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>,
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Matthias Rabe <rabe@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
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>In article <2bhikq$m7a@inxs.concert.net>,
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>Charles T Wilson -- Personal Account <ctwilson@rock.concert.net> wrote:
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>>In article <CG32EH.JMp@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>,
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>>Matthias Rabe <rabe@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:
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>>>In article <FTLOFARO.93Nov4204535@lil-ed.cs.unlv.edu>,
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>>>Frank Lofaro <ftlofaro@lil-ed.CS.UNLV.EDU> wrote:
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>>>> I'd suggest either getting Ultrix or retiring the machines.
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>>>> ^^^^^^
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>>>>Arrrghhh! Ultrix! I think I'm going to be ill.....
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>>>
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>>>I don't think its a bad choise when the only other is VMS :-).
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>>
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>>Actually, DEC would probably want you to use their new Open VMS....now,
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>>*there's* an oxymoron for you ;-)
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>OpenVMS is for Alphas, not for VAXen.
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I believe that this was the machine being discussed..
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>--
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>rabe@mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de Matthias Rabe
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>Universit"at Bielefeld Privat: Avenwedder Str. 494
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>U5-133 D 33335 G"utersloh
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>Tel.: (0521) 106-3871 Tel.: (05209) 6673
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--
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/-----------------------------------------------------------------------\
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| Tom Wilson | "I can't complain, but sometimes |
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| ctwilson@rock.concert.net | I still do." |
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From: jdoliver@TrentU.CA
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Subject: needed: my hard drive back!
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Reply-To: jdoliver@TrentU.CA
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 07:17:42 GMT
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Hi all...
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I tried out Linux, i.e. installed it etc. but now I want to get my hard drive
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back and I don't know how to reclaim it - I set up Linux on my second
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HDD, and my first is a stacked (w. stacker 3.1) 251 MB HDD
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How do I get it back???
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HELP!!
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Jeff Oliver
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jdoliver@trentu.ca
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From: rjl@spectre.apana.org.au (Richard Lindner)
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Subject: uugetty [Q]
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 93 08:48:21 +1100
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i trust this isn't a FAQ, but i can't seem to find an answer to this ...
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my inittab contains the line:
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c9:56:respawn:/etc/uugetty 38400 ttyS1
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when init reads inittab and runs the commands contained there, it invokes
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_2_ copies if uugetty - or more to the point, it looks as tho' the first
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uugetty spawns another version of itself. why whould this be, and how do
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i correct it?
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thanks.
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--
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Richard Lindner (ACUG Convenor) Australian Coherent User's Group
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rjl@spectre.apana.org.au PO Box 1555, Wodonga, Vic. 3689, Oz
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Data: 060 208773 Fax: 060 562105 Voice: 060 562072 (bh) 060 208813 (ah)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,aus.computers.linux.help
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From: matth@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Matthew Hannigan)
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Subject: Re: Linux and i486
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 07:41:19 GMT
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tomazi@kralizec.zeta.org.au (Georges Tomazi) writes:
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> What's the best architecture (performance/reliability) for Linux
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>between i486DX-50 and i486DX2-66. Let me know your experience please.
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One comment is that 50 MHz is too fast for VLB, if you care about
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such things. Anyway it seems as though the DX2-66 is the better
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bet. Here is an old item off the bsdi-users mailing list.
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Enjoy.
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> Message-Id: <9303180737.AA16932@gw.home.vix.com>
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> X-Btw: vix.com is also gw.home.vix.com and vixie.sf.ca.us
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> To: bsdi-users@bsdi.com
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> Subject: bizarre - i had no idea gcc was inlining and localizing code that well
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> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 23:37:18 -0800
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> From: Paul A Vixie <vixie@vix.com>
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> X-Mts: smtp
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> Resent-From: bsdi-users@bsdi.com
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> X-Mailing-List: <bsdi-users@bsdi.com> archive/latest/141
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> X-Loop: bsdi-users@bsdi.com
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> Precedence: list
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> Resent-Sender: bsdi-users-request@bsdi.com
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> Gray Watson was kind enough to forward some actual facts to me,
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> in response to my thumbnail theoretical loose cannonshot...
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>
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> ------- Forwarded Message
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>
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> Date: Thu, 3 Dec 92 11:18:52 PST
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> From: phr@napa.Telebit.COM (Paul Rubin)
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> To: beta@BSDI.COM
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> Subject: 486 benchmarks
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> Here are some benchmark postings that appeared on comp.bencharks
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> and other places over the past year or so:
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> DX/33 DX2/50 DX/50 DX2/66
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> SPEC1.2b
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> SPECmark89 14.5 19.2 21.9 25.6
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> SPECint89 19.0 25.4 28.5 34.0
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> SPECfp89 12.2 15.9 18.3 21.2
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> times (seconds) [*]
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> 001.gcc 78.00 65.30 51.90 48.50
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> 008.espresso 135.90 96.30 90.70 71.90
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> 013.spice2g6 1737.80 1417.60 1151.30 1059.30
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> 015.doduc 230.20 161.90 153.20 120.70
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> 020.nasa7 1433.40 1177.00 952.20 882.60
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> 022.li 234.80 173.30 156.00 128.30
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> 023.eqntott 70.70 50.70 47.10 38.20
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> 030.matrix300 235.30 180.40 155.70 134.20
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> 042.fppp 311.20 231.00 206.80 173.40
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> 047.tomcatv 241.60 181.10 160.60 135.80
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> Also:
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> UNIX performance of Intel processors as given in Intel's literature
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> Processor SPECmark SPECint SPECfp Whetstone Dhrystone Linpack Ref Rm
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> double p. 2.1 dp MFLOPS
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> 1) Intel 386/387-33 4.3 6.4 3.3 3290 15888 N/A 1 *+
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> 2) Intel 386/387-33 4.1 6.0 N/A 3200 18900 0.4 2 #
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> 3) RapidCAD-33 6.6 7.3 6.1 5300 18275 N/A 1 *+
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> 4) 486DX-25 8.7 13.3 6.6 5640 32000 1.0 2
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> 5) 486DX-33 11.1 17.5 8.2 7200 43000 1.5 3
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> 6) 486DX-33 12.1 18.3 9.2 N/A N/A N/A 4
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> 7) 486DX-33 14.5 19.0 12.2 12300 43500 1.6 5 &
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> 8) 486DX-50 18.2 27.9 13.6 10710 64400 2.5 3
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> 9) 486DX2-50 19.2 25.4 15.9 18500 63966 2.3 5 &
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> 10)486DX-50 21.9 28.5 18.3 18500 65400 2.4 5 &
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> 11)486DX2-66 25.6 34.0 21.2 24700 85470 3.1 5 &
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>
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> Remarks:
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>
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> * Whetstone/Dhrystone are 32-bit DOS results
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> + SPEC ratios recomputed from SPEC timings (computed wrong in report)
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> & note huge increase in SPEC floating point performance over previous results
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> due to new experimental FORTRAN compiler
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> # machine with AMD 386-40/Cyrix 83D87-40/128 kB cache is estimated by me at:
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> 7.7 SPECint, 5.0 SPECfp, 6.1 SPECmark,
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> 5600 double prec. Whetstones, 23000 Dhrystones,
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> 0.6 Linpack double prec. MFlops
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> These estimates based on my own measurements and data from:
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> FasMath 83D87 Benchmark Report, Cyrix 1990
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> World's Fastest 386 40 MHz Am386(tm)DX Microprocessor Performance Summary,
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> AMD 1991
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>
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> References:
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> 1) Intel RapidCAD(tm) Engineering CoProcessor Performance Brief. 1992
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> 2) i486(tm) Microprocessor Performance Report. 1990.
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> Order No. 240734-001
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> 3) 50MHz Intel486(tm) DX Microprocessor Performance Brief. 1991.
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> Order No. 241120-001
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> 4) i486(tm) Microprocessor Business Performance Brief. 1990.
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> Order No. 281352-002
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> 5) Intel486(tm) DX2 Microprocessor Performance Brief. 1992
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> Order No. 241254-001
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>
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> Configurations:
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> 1) COMPAQ SystemPro 386/33 MHz, 8 MB memory, AT&T UNIX System V/386 Release 4.0
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> Version 2.0
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> 2) 64 kB write back cache,
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> AT&T UNIX System V Release 3.2CC, MetaWare High C R2.2c,
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> SVS FORTRAN V2.8
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> 3) COMPAQ SystemPro 386/33 MHz, 8 MB memory, AT&T UNIX System V/386 Release 4.0
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> Version 2.0
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> 4) 128 kB write-back cache, 12 MB RAM,
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> AT&T UNIX System V Release 3.2CC, MetaWare High C R2.2c,
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> SVS FORTRAN V2.8
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> 5) No 2nd level cache, 16 MB RAM,
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> AT&T UNIX System V/386 R3.2, MetaWare High C R2.3p
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> SVS FORTRAN V2.8
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> 6) ALR PowerCache 33/4e, 128 kB cache, 16 MB RAM
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> SCO UNIX System V R3.2.2, MetaWare High C R2.2c/R2.3k,
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> SVS FORTRAN V 2.8
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> 7) Intel Modular Platform, 256 kB write-back cache, 32 MB RAM,
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> AT&T UNIX System V R4.0.4, Metaware High C R2.4b,
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> Intel Scheduling FORTRAN 77 Compiler V0.2
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> 8) 256 kB write-back cache (82495DX/82490DX), 16 MB RAM,
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> AT&T UNIX System V/386 R3.2, MetaWare High C R2.3p
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> SVS FORTRAN V2.8
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> 9) Intel Modular Platform, 256 kB write-back cache, 32 MB RAM,
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> AT&T UNIX System V R4.0.4, Metaware High C R2.4b,
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> Intel Scheduling FORTRAN 77 Compiler V0.2
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> 10)Intel Modular Platform, 256 kB write-back cache, 32 MB RAM,
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> AT&T UNIX System V R4.0.4, Metaware High C R2.4b,
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> Intel Scheduling FORTRAN 77 Compiler V0.2
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> 11)Intel Modular Platform, 256 kB write-back cache, 32 MB RAM,
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> AT&T UNIX System V R4.0.4, Metaware High C R2.4b,
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> Intel Scheduling FORTRAN 77 Compiler V0.2
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>
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> And:
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>
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> From: mslater@mpr.com (Michael Slater)
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> Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
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> Subject: Re: 486-DX2
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> Date: 8 Mar 92 05:45:15 GMT
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> Reply-To: mslater@mpr.com (Michael Slater)
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> Organization: Microprocessor Report
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> X-Mailer: uAccess - Macintosh Release: 1.5v4
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>
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> In article <10499@tamsun.tamu.edu> (comp.sys.intel),
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> mvs7812@tamuts.tamu.edu (Michael Vaclav Stembera) writes:
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> > Does anybody out there know if the 486-DX2 66/33MHz will be
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> > faster than the plain 486-DX 50MHz? I might be buing a
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> > new system soon and would like to know.
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> >
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> Here's some performance data (from Intel):
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>
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> 486DX-33 486DX2-50 486DX-50 486DX2-66
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>
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> Norton SI V5.0 72.1 106.1 108.1 144.2
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> Dhrystone 2.1 43.5 64.0 65.4 85.5
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> SPECint89 19.0 25.4 28.5 34.0
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> SPECfp89 12.2 15.9 18.3 21.2
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> Linpack DP MFLOPS 1.6 2.3 2.4 3.1
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>
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> So, the DX2-66 is considerably faster than the DX-50 on these benchmarks.
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> It might not be on applications with poor cache behavior. These figures
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> assume a 256K write-back cache for all systems.
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>
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> Michael Slater, Microprocessor Report mslater@mpr.com
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> P.O. Box 2438, Sebastopol CA 95473 707/823-4004 fax 707/823-0504
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>
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> ------- End of Forwarded Message
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>
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>
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>
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>
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From: kallio@kaarna.cc.jyu.fi ()
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Subject: Re: Linux performance??
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Date: 11 Nov 1993 12:18:36 GMT
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: I would say Linux's strongest point is what it is: a FREE 32-bit multi-user
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: multi-tasking OS WITH SOURCE CODE.
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: _____________________________________________________________________________
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: ( John E. Krokes -- "Mag" -- First Accolade to The One True Dave )
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: ) bbfaus@wam.umd.edu Most useful UNIX command: sleep 240 & (
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We have tested here if one Linux node could serve some e-mail, news + gopher
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users. We did test with 10 users using pine. The PC is 386 20 MHz + 8M ram
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+ 100 M disk. The memory is too small for 10 users.
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It did work quite well! The load was not real I think it was hevier
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than real 10 user load. The "load average" (top) was at 6 at some moments but
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the Linux PC did respond better than I did expect.
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Seppo Kallio
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U of Jyvaskyla
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Finland
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From: merkl@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Stefan Merkl)
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Subject: Re: Linux under Boot Manager
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 14:24:19 GMT
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Hello
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I just installed the OS/2-Bootmanager and added the Linux-Root-Partition to the
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Boot-Menu. Then I ran LILO which I've told to boot from the Root-Partition.
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That's an easy way to boot Linux and OS/2.
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Stefan
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From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
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Subject: Re: linux on AMD 486 DX 40 [Q]
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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 14:39:17 GMT
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In article <nm.752949628@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>,
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Neill Means <nm@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> wrote:
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>williams@vierzk.bates.scarolina.edu (Billy L. Williams Jr.) writes:
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>>>Has somebody run linux on a AMD-486 DX 40 chip ?
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>>>
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>>>I plam to buy such a chip, and I would be glad to know if there are
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>>>some problems, or if all is ok.
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>>>
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>>>Bruno Bogaert
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>>>Universit\'e de Lille (France)
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>
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>>I run Linux on my AMD 386DX-40 an it works wonderfully. Very quick and
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>>no problems whatsoever.
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>
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>I run linux with no hitchs on my AMD 386/40 with AMI Bios
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Hey folks, The original poster was asking about the new 486 part, not 386.
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I've read one report of a person upgrading from a 386-20 to a 486DX-40 and
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having problems, but it hasn't necessarily been pinned down to the MB.
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All other reports I've read indicate that the AMD 486DX40 runs fine with
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Linux. In fact I've seen postings in the ibm hardware newsgroups about
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cranking it up to 50 Mhz with no heat sink with no problem.
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BAJ (a proud AMD 386-40 owner dreaming of an upgrade)
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---
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Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of...
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Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel!
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Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu
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