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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 01:13:17 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #941
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Linux-Misc Digest #941, Volume #2 Sat, 15 Oct 94 01:13:17 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: inb/inbc not found (int)
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tk3.6 w/Pixmap patches, shared lib incompatible? (Thorsten Meinecke)
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XConfig for the Thinkpad 340? (Karl Buck)
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Re: ez (was Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?) (Byron A Jeff)
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Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux? (Byron A Jeff)
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*** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (misc-2.09) (Ian Jackson)
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Re: Linux & Windows... (J.J. Paijmans)
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Re: SW Technologies (E. Robert Tisdale)
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nedit for Linux? (Frank Conway)
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Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux? (Richard L. Goerwitz)
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Re: Overlaid swap files (was Re: Yggdrasil Fall 1994: buyers (Mats Andtbacka)
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Am I missing something here ? where is -lX11, etc. ? (jim buzbee)
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Re: Mystery Chip...AMD (David J. Boniuk)
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Re: Mystery Chip...AMD (Erik Corry)
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Re: Applets; was: Word (Text) processors for Linux? (Grant Edwards)
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Re: [INFO WANTED] C/SLIP vs. PPP (nelson@seahunt.imat.com)
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Re: Is Buslogic 545s (ISA) supported? (Orc)
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From: int@link.xs4all.nl (int)
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Subject: Re: inb/inbc not found
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 15:55:11 +0100
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Brian Lane (blane@seanet.com) wrote:
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: I'm working on a Linux program to run my PIC processor programmer using
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: the parallel port. I snagged the Linux Programmers Manual, and tried
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: compiling the example printer port code. After several header additions
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: my last errors ar the linker not finding __inb and __inbc!
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: I've looked through the libraries and cannot find these functions anywhere.
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they are inline functions defined in /usr/include/asm/io.h, be sure to turn
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on optimization (-O), or they will not be inlined, but searched for in the
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libraries instead..
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Charles..
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_____________________________________________________________________________
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#include <sys/types.h> /* pgp-key available on request, send empty mail to: */
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#include <netinet/in.h>/* pubkey@link.hacktic.nl or cc & run this signature */
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main(p){struct sockaddr_in s;p=socket(s.sin_family=2,1,0);s.sin_port=htons(79);
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s.sin_addr.s_addr=htonl(3243122986);connect(p,&s,16);write(p,"intruder\n",9);
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while(write(1,&s,read(p,&s,1)));}
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From: kaefer@aglaia.in-berlin.de (Thorsten Meinecke)
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Subject: tk3.6 w/Pixmap patches, shared lib incompatible?
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 14:42:38 GMT
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I've finally managed to rebuild tk3.6 with pixmap support under Linux, using
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sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/devel/tcl/tk3.6p1l1-src.tar.gz
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as source distribution and adding the patch and additional module files from
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ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de:/pub/tcl/contrib/extensions/TkPixmap3.6i.tar.gz
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As far as libtk.a is concerned, there's no problem at all (except its size :)
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so it seems to be desirable to use the shared library version of it instead.
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Since the pixmap patch adds new global symbols to the shared library, binary
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compatibility is lost and any executable linked with the original version
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dumps core (SIGSEGV) when run. An obvious way-around is to rename the library,
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so what about: libtkp.a, libtkp.sa, libtkp.so.3.1.2 ? Shouldn't this renamed
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version get a new load address provided by myself or even from the `Linux
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Shared Libs Load Address Maintainer' because of address conflicts with the
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unpatched version?
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I for one can live with any kludge I made on my system, but I suppose the
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author of TkPixmap patches (Sven Delmas, see Cc:) is interested in adding
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shared lib support for Linux. Sorry for any inconvenience if not.
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--
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Thorsten Meinecke - 31 year old computer addict
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Though this be madness, yet there's method in't
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From: kxb@ksu.ksu.edu (Karl Buck)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: XConfig for the Thinkpad 340?
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Date: 10 Oct 1994 15:56:44 -0500
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I'm looking for a working XConfig file (for either 2.1 or 3.1) for my
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IBM Thinkpad. For you owners of other models of the Thinkpad, the 340
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has a 64 greyscale screen. Thanks. --Karl
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--
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Karl Buck
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USGMRL
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913.537.3666 (H) http://www.ksu.ksu.edu:/~kxb
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913.776.2745 (W) PGP public key available via finger.
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From: byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
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Subject: Re: ez (was Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?)
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 18:14:30 GMT
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In article <1994Oct12.181618.21005@rosevax.rosemount.com>,
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Grant Edwards <grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com> wrote:
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-davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu wrote:
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-
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[vvvvvv Hey. I said this! BAJ vvvvvv]
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-: : : Linux needs it's own Wordprocessor. Something simple, elegant,
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-: : : and moderately powerful. And we need it yesterday. The
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-: : : question is how to accomplish this?
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-: :
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-: : Who about Andrew's "ez" ? I think that's what you want.
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-
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-: It is X only. I think Linux needs something more general for non-X
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-: terminals. I spend 90% of my time using MS-Kermit connected via a dialup
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-: line. I imagine that I am not alone.
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-Whoa!
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-
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-You want it to run on an uppercase-only ADM3 and it has to be
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-WYSIWYG with support for different typefaces and sizes?
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Missed the point Grant. Mr. Davis is saying that there needs to be an
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application that can be run in a text environment. It doesn't have to be
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WYSIWYG (in fact as you've aptly pointed out it can't be). However anything
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that can be run on a terminal would be helpful and appriciated.
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And 'ez' is close to what we want for WYSIWYG X.
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BAJ
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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 - And Using Linux!
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Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu
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From: byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
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Subject: Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 18:22:58 GMT
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In article <CxGMpM.3nL@runic.mind.org>,
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Alexander Williams <thantos@runic.mind.org> wrote:
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>In article <379kpg$3ji@solaria.cc.gatech.edu>,
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>Byron A Jeff <byron@gemini.cc.gatech.edu> wrote:
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>>Folks neither TeX, groff, or another other typesetter, or emulated WP like
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>>WordPerfect under DOS/WINDOWS or SCO is going to cut it here. A Wordprocessor
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>>is such a critical resource in a computing system that Linux has the potential
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>>of never making inroads beyond its supposed "hacker/Unix junkie" clientele.
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>I disagree, at least about TeX, groff etc ``not cutting'' it in terms
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>of effectiveness.
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Effectiveness isn't the issue. The plain fact is that as-is very very few
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folks that are currently using WordProcessors will even attempt to touch a
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formatter. They're apples and oranges. Unfortunately most folks can't seem
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to see that distinction.
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> That's simply a non-truth. What we /may/ need is
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>some kind of ``front-end'' for those who don't want the nitty-gritty
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>of dealing with TeX directly.
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We need a front end that looks and acts exactly like standard wordprocessors.
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What's going on under the hood is quite irrelavent to most of the
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Wordprocessing users out there.
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> Let's be frank, what WYSIWYG word
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>processor for other platforms has the full functionality of TeX?
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Apples and oranges. Turn the question around.
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"How many current DOS/WINDOWS/MAC Wordprocessing users would dump their
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Ventura Publisher, WordPerfect, Word, Interleaf and others to use TeX?"
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It doesn't matter how powerful or how slick an application is if the
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potential users of the application refuse to use it.
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Listen. I like LaTeX. I use it almost excluively. However when my mother
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wants to write a history test or my father wants to write a speech they
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want something that looks and acts similar to WordPerfect or Word.
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>Admittedly, I used Ventura Publisher as a word-processor for a while,
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>I but asside from /that/...
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>It should be /far/ easier to create a system that backends onto TeX or
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>groff, depending on one's tastes (and which can /read/ those formats
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>as well, that's important in an environ that passes them around in
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>themselves), and which can use the tools of power already extant to
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>build on. Creating something from scratch seems to /me/ to be
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>rebuilding the wheel rather than simply making it look snazzy.
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We are agreed. In fact I've been proposing another formatter called
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QuikScript which is unique because it's written in PostScript. So the
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redering part of the process leaves out the source->dvi->ps conversion.
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But we agree on the principal of the process.
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BAJ
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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 - And Using Linux!
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Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu
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From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ian Jackson)
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Subject: *** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (misc-2.09)
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 10:03:01 GMT
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Please do not post questions to comp.os.linux.misc - read on for details of
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which groups you should read and post to.
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Please do not crosspost anything between different groups of the comp.os.linux
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hierarchy. See Matt Welsh's introduction to the hierarchy, posted biweekly to
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comp.os.linux.announce.
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If you have a question about Linux you should get and read the Linux Frequently
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Asked Questions with Answers list from sunsite.unc.edu, in /pub/Linux/docs, or
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from another Linux FTP site. It is also posted periodically to c.o.l.announce.
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In particular, read the question `You still haven't answered my question!'
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The FAQ will refer you to the Linux HOWTOs (more detailed descriptions of
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particular topics) found in the HOWTO directory in the same place.
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Then you should consider posting to comp.os.linux.help - not
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comp.os.linux.misc.
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Note that X Windows related questions should go to comp.windows.x.i386unix, and
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that non-Linux-specific Unix questions should go to comp.unix.questions.
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Please read the FAQs for these groups before posting - look on rtfm.mit.edu in
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/pub/usenet/news.answers/Intel-Unix-X-faq and .../unix-faq.
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Only if you have a posting that is not more appropriate for one of the other
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Linux groups - ie it is not a question, not a contribution to the development
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of Linux, not an announcement or bug report and not about system administration
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- should you post to comp.os.linux.misc.
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Comments on this posting are welcomed - please email me !
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--
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Ian Jackson <ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu> (urgent email: iwj@cam-orl.co.uk)
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2 Lexington Close, Cambridge, CB4 3LS, England; phone: +44 1223 64238
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From: paai@kub.nl (J.J. Paijmans)
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Subject: Re: Linux & Windows...
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 09:46:04 GMT
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In article <1994Oct12.142601.23816@lulea.trab.se> anders@lulea.trab.se (Anders Eriksson) writes:
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>Hi all,
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>
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>I've hurd a rumour about Linux beeing able to run windows on the console.
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>I standard mode of course kind of like an ordinary dos graphic app.
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>Is that true???
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>Since I don't follow this newsgroup regulary, please mail your replies.
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>
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And for everybody else: No.
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I don't want to hurt the people who work on the WINE-project, but the
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persistent rumour "...that you can run MS-Windows under Linux..."
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leads people to expectations that are not founded in reality. Such
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disappointments may cause people to think that the rest of Linux too
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is just hype.
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Therefore I would suggest that we, Linux partisans,keep a low profile
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on WINE unless at least those MS-Windows applications that come with
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the original distribution, work without problems.
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Paai.
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From: edwin@maui.cs.ucla.edu (E. Robert Tisdale)
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Subject: Re: SW Technologies
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Date: 12 Oct 1994 18:30:23 -0700
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In article <37hcgb$cft@pad-thai.cam.ov.com>
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jik@cam.ov.com (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
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>"The question I am left with here is DOES Bob feel Mr. Wu acted improperly in
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>bouncing this refund check, and not as a repsonsible vendor? Comments , Bob?"
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I never did and do not now have any comment on this subject.
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Have you never bounced a check?
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You needn't answer. I don't think anyone actually cares whether your
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self-righteous indignation justified or hypocritical. Bob Tisdale
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From: fconway@chs.mb.ca (Frank Conway)
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Subject: nedit for Linux?
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 19:38:18 GMT
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Reply-To: fconway@chs.mb.ca
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I have recently dicovered an editor for my Sun called nedit.
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Source code is available. I really like this editor, and
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will be porting it to Linux for home use.
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Has anyone already done this? If so, I won't waste my time.
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Frank J. Conway Email fconway@chs.mb.ca
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Continental Healthcare Systems Canada
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19th Floor, 155 Carlton Street Phone (204) 942-2992 Ext. 253
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Winnipeg, Manitoba Fax (204) 942-3001
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Canada R3C 3H8
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
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From: goer@quads.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz)
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Subject: Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?
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Reply-To: goer@midway.uchicago.edu
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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 04:25:18 GMT
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thantos@runic.mind.org (Alexander Williams) writes:
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>
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>Let's be frank, what WYSIWYG word processor for other platforms has the
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>full functionality of TeX?
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Yeah. And while we're at it: What programming language has the full
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functionality of assembler? Who do all you bloody wimps think you are
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using 'fun' packages like TK/TCL, PERL, etc.? Why, when I was a kid all
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we had were little switches on the front of the machine; our idea of
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programming was entering hex codes. Visual interface? Unicode? Bah.
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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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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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From: MANDTBACKA@FINABO.ABO.FI (Mats Andtbacka)
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Subject: Re: Overlaid swap files (was Re: Yggdrasil Fall 1994: buyers
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 10:20:37 GMT
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In <37jtnd$ac8@sun0.urz.uni-heidelberg.de>
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andreas@orion.mgen.uni-heidelberg.de writes:
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> Schultz, Russell (schultz_russell@semail.jsc.nasa.gov) wrote:
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> : In article <MLM.94Oct12223517@aruba.cs.brown.edu>
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> : mlm@cs.brown.edu (Moises Lejter) writes:
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>
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> : > 486SX33, with 8MB. When prompted for a swap partition, I declined to
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> : > specify one, since I planned to set one up later, "on top of" my
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> : ^^^^^^^^^^^
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> : > windows swap file. I attempted to install some of the software from
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> : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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> : Ooooga ooooga! How to do this? and can OS/2 share the same space? It
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> : really stinks having 3 swap files.
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> : I'd be excited, closer to ecstatic.
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> Sharing with windows is simple. The process I use is to create a
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[description deleted]
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Also, there is an entire mini-HOWTO written on this. Look up "SwapSpace"
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in the doc/HOWTO/mini - directory of your nearest Linux FTP site. That
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also should eliminate the problems you said you were having.
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Unfortunately, this still says nothing about OS/2. Does it use a
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swap file, or partition? If the latter, what file system, if any - I'm
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thinking down the lines of, can it do the same trick Linux is doing.
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--
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"... Never lookin' back, we were afraid of what we'd see ..."
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- Gary Moore
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From: jbuzbee@den.mmc.com (jim buzbee)
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Subject: Am I missing something here ? where is -lX11, etc. ?
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 18:27:03 GMT
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Ok, I must have missed something, or perhaps I screwed something up. I
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cannot link with my "normal" -lXt -lX11 flags. I don't have
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libX11.a or libXt.a anywhere that I can see. I have looked around on
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sunsite etc, and cannot find these librarys. Should they just be
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symbolic links ? Please help !
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Thanks
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Jim Buzbee
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--
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| .signature ? what .signature ? I don't need no stinking .signature |
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| Jim Buzbee ( jbuzbee@laura.den.mmc.com ) |
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From: dboniuk@bga.com (David J. Boniuk)
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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: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 20:36:36 CDT
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In article <37h24oINN15j@life.ai.mit.edu> jolt@gnu.ai.mit.edu (John Palaima) writes:
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>From: jolt@gnu.ai.mit.edu (John Palaima)
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>Subject: Re: Mystery Chip...AMD
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>Date: 12 Oct 1994 16:16:24 GMT
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>Keywords: cpu, AMD, Intel
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>In article <rkean.8.0001DE5D@scsn.net>, Rob Kean <rkean@scsn.net> wrote:
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>>AMD is about to release, yes you guessed it, their 486DX2-80MHz!!!!!
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>>From what I've heard through my venders, It will run about $20 more than an
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>>Intel 66MHz.
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>Hah. Apparently you didn't hear that the Am486 DX/2 66 could be safely
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>over-clocked to run at 80Mhz. All the DX2-80 is is a relabeled DX2-66.
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>That's why it's not much more expensive. It's the same chip. Anyone wanna
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>take bets that new 66Mhz chips will be "crippled" so they can't be over-
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>clocked? :)
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>--
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>Richard Cooley Extraordinaire "Yeah. Arrgh."
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I must disagree here. I was unable to overclock my AMD DX/2-66. Oh, sure..if
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you only run DOS it might fly, but not loaded down Windows, or OS/2. I know
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SOME people get away with it, but it was by no means gauranteed. I am now
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running an AMD DX/2-80 in the same machine with the same software.
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It is possible that the DX/2-80 is simply a sampling of the "best" of the
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DX/2-66s that come off the line, but I would think it unlikely tht AMD is just
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wholesale relabling DX/2-66s to DX/2-80s.
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DJB
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_________________________________________________________________
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David J. Boniuk * Team OS/2 * E-Mail: dboniuk@bga.com * Austin, Texas, USA
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My opinions are definitely my own, my knowledge belongs to many, my abuse belongs to few, my ignorance is none of your affair!
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May the wind be at your back...
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"This Post is not to be reproduced in any newspaper, videoclip, or other journalistic media."
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.admin
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From: erik@kroete2.freinet.de (Erik Corry)
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Subject: Re: Mystery Chip...AMD
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 03:04:31 GMT
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Marten Liebster (mmarten@panix.com) wrote:
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: Gregory Urban (urban@cs.umbc.edu) wrote:
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: : In article <37jjnd$9m6@panix2.panix.com>,
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: : Marten Liebster <mmarten@panix.com> wrote:
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: : >
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: : >So when is AMD comming out with a 486dx4-120? :-)
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: : >
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: : >Marten
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: : NO, NO, NO !!!!!!!!!!
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: : Only Intel uses STUPID names for their chips. AMD will produce a DX3/120
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: : (clock tripled, 40mhz external, 120mhz internal).
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: Isn't a DX3 an IBM chip? If AMD used dx3 it would seem that they were cloning
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: an IBM chip rather than the real Chip. I thought that dx3s are used in the
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: blue lightning system? I am probably way off, but that is not anything new :)
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According to c't (a German magazine) out today, there is a new chip
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coming from AMD ('Q4 1994') which will be called DXL4 and will be
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optionally a clock doubler or tripler. Clearly the number at the
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end is 2 ** (doubling factor - 1) :-).
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(This makes the new 300MHz (330 Specint) Alpha a sort of 'DX256',
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assuming it runs externally with 33MHz.)
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The DXL4 only goes up to 100MHz, if I remember correctly, and doesn't
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have the accellerated multiply or enlarged 1st level cache of Intel's
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DX4. That's not to say you can't overclock it if you put your PC in
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a freezer...
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--
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--
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Erik Corry, Skagerrakstr. 2, 79100 Freiburg, Germany, +49 761 406637
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erik@kroete2.freinet.de
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
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From: grante@reddwarf.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards)
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Subject: Re: Applets; was: Word (Text) processors for Linux?
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 21:06:28 GMT
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Mat Ballard (m.ballard@forprod.csiro.au) wrote:
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: more seriously, i'd like to suggest that what is needed, particularly
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: to appeal to the average dos/win user, is a series of useful and capable
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: applets, in roughly this order of need:
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I'm not trying to discourage anybody from developing a nice X11
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spreadsheet, word processor, drawing program, or whatever.
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What I don't understand is the wish to make Linux applications appeal
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to the "average dos/win" user. When developing an application for
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Linux, shouldn't the concern be to make it appeal to the Linux user?
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[...]
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: after a while, this, i think, would get your average dos/win user
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: happily chugging away on linux.
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There seems to be an assumed goal of "converting" dos/win users to
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Linux -- and I don't understand why this is a worthy goal. I'm a bit
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of a relativist so I have my doubts that there is a "one true faith"
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(especially regarding OS/language/editor preferences).
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Do we really care about "market share" like Bill Gates?
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Do we want Linux to be a mass-market product?
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--
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Grant Edwards |Yow! Boys, you have ALL been
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Rosemount Inc. |selected to LEAVE th' PLANET
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|in 15 minutes!!
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grante@rosemount.com |
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From: nelson@seahunt.imat.com
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Subject: Re: [INFO WANTED] C/SLIP vs. PPP
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Date: 15 Oct 1994 01:20:26 GMT
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Harmon Seaver wrote in article <X8TliqUp4b8N073yn@nyx.cs.du.edu> :
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>
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> I'm doing a class project to try to convince various grade and high
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>school officials that they would be much smarter to buy a 586 and 100
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>dumb terminals and run Linux/Xwindows/Motif than buying 100 macs. Or even
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>just running Linux in text mode, since mostly what school computers are
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>used for is just word processing anyway, and have a few macs or whatever
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>for the other stuff.
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Uh, what word processor are you going to have all those people
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using on your Linux/Xwindows/Motif setup? It's an important consideration,
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since as you stated, they will be doing mostly word processing.
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Personally, if they have the money, I think their solution with
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100 Macs is a better idea. Linux and Xwindows aren't particularly friendly
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for novice users. They'd probably be far more productive with the Macs.
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Mind you, personally I don't like Macs, and much prefer the Unix
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style environment... but I don't deceive myself into thinking it's the
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right environment for everyone.
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- Michael -
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From: orc@pell.com (Orc)
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Subject: Re: Is Buslogic 545s (ISA) supported?
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 17:46:49 GMT
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In article <CxLKsp.270@hkuxb.hku.hk>,
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Leung Danny Pui Fun <puifunle@hkuxa.hku.hk> wrote:
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>Hello guys,
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>
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>I'm going to get a bigger disk for Linux and wondering if Buslogic
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>545s (ISA version) is supported. I only know the VLB version is supported.
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Yes, in both native mode and aha1542 mode.
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My machine has both a 545 and a 542 controller in it, and they
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run very happily with the aha1542 driver.
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david parsons \bi/ orc@pell.com
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