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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: Sun, 16 Oct 94 15:13:32 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #950
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Linux-Misc Digest #950, Volume #2 Sun, 16 Oct 94 15:13:32 EDT
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Contents:
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Yggdrasil Fall 1994: buyers be awar (duncan@bolero.okay.com)
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please repost fix for disk spindown (gellis@vega.oes.amdahl.com)
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*** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING (ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu)
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Re: Copyright Violations Plague the Net (Gina Goff)
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Re: nedit for Linux? (dave delaune)
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Re: Anyone using P90-Plato-INTEL board under LINUX??? (Janne Sinkkonen)
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Re: [WANTED] Moasic 2.4 for XF86-3.1 (Harald Milz)
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Linux v1.1.45, XView v3L5.1 - compile warnings (TheDoctor)
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Re: Copyright Violations Plague the Net (Gina Goff)
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Re: MINICOM Downloading Not Working (David Williams)
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Re: What is Linux good for? (Matthew B Shoemake)
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Re: Stable kernel version opinion? (Andreas Helke)
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Re: Copyright Violations Plague the Net (Binesh Bannerjee)
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NCR 53c9x SCSI Card (Lefteris Giakoumatos)
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Smallest Linux Box (Phillip Burgess)
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Re: [H] missing "Close" item onSWiM motif menu (Jason Van Patten)
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Re: Applets; was: Word (Text) processors f (Marc Fraioli)
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Re: Applets; was: Word (Text) processors for Linux? (Martin Spott)
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Re: Mystery Chip...AMD (Michael Berthold)
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From: duncan@bolero.okay.com
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Date: 15 Oct 94 00:57 GMT+0300
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Subject: Yggdrasil Fall 1994: buyers be awar
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Subject: Yggdrasil Fall 1994: buyers be aware
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In article <crawford-121094134337@stonehenge.think.com>,
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Lee Crawford <crawford@think.com> wrote:
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>In article <YXIAO.94Oct7163816@umabnet.ab.umd.edu>,
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>yxiao@umabnet.ab.umd.edu (Yan Xiao) wrote:
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>
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>> The current yggdrasil CD is our second buy, and I can
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>> see the decline in quality.
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I noticed this also. The file system rearrangement was sloppy. Some
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scripts don't run without complaints about missing files and
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directories. I was never sure whether there was a problem with the
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CD-ROM install, my machine, or me. The Fall '94 is half-baked.
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I used the Fall '94 for a whole day - Columbus Day, which I had off.
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Then, giving up on this possibly bogus product, I blew up the install
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and went back to Summer '94, which, in my opinion, seems to be a better
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quality package. Next time I go to my favorite UNIX reseller, Promox
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Systems in Sunnyvale, I'm going to bitch about it. I have two Linux
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machines which were supposed to be Summer and Fall, respectively; at
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this point, they're now both Summer '94.
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--
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K-FOX| w ["] | WA6MBV
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94.5 |... |___|_____..duncan@bolero.okay.com | Jim Duncan
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KUFX | H | 408.297.5977
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******** \_____I_____/ 37 3 10N/121 59 10W **************
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From: gellis@vega.oes.amdahl.com
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Date: 15 Oct 94 02:50 GMT+0300
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Subject: please repost fix for disk spindown
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Subject: please repost fix for disk spindown problem
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A while back, someone posted fixes for the problem of Linux receiving an
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interrupt and restarting the hard disk immediately after APM spins the
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disk down. Could someopne repost this fix?!
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I'm running kernel level 1.1.45 on a Compaq Concerto.
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Thanks.
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Greg
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===============================================================================
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Gregory U. Ellis gellis@oes.amdahl.com
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Systems Software Engr. Amdahl Corporation
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===============================================================================
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed above are mine, solely, and do not
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necessarily reflect the opinions or policies of Amdahl Corporation.
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===============================================================================
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From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu
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Date: 15 Oct 94 13:03 GMT+0300
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Subject: *** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING
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Subject: *** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (misc-2.09)
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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: GINA@ricevm1.rice.edu (Gina Goff)
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Crossposted-To: rec.arts.startrek.misc,misc.legal,gnu.misc.discuss
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Subject: Re: Copyright Violations Plague the Net
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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 94 11:04:18 CDT
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In article <37pjt2$9bc@panix.com>
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binesh@panix.com (Binesh Bannerjee) writes:
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>Thanks for deleting the POINT of this second argument.
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My apologies. I missed the fact that you were discussing the broadcast
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of something stolen. Could you make your paragraphs briefer, to improve
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readability?
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>The broadcast that I mentioned was one where someone
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>STOLE a copy of a soon to be released movie, took over
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>a TV station and aired the movie in it's entirety...
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>And, ...
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>: :and this broadcast came over the air. Then, again it's MY tape
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>: :so, I should be able to make copies of it, so if I make a copy and
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>: :give it to a friend, well, it's MY tape, and I should be able to do so.
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>: :Or are you saying that the cops should break into everyone's house
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>: :and order everyone to blank out any tapes they made?
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The cops are unlikely to know, and even if they did, I doubt anyone would
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be breaking into your house. To answer your original point, distributing
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stolen copyrighted material is a violation even if you aren't the one who
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took the copy in the first place. Distribution is one of the rights covered
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by copyright.
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G.
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From: dave@u.washington.edu (dave delaune)
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Subject: Re: nedit for Linux?
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Date: 16 Oct 1994 05:45:39 GMT
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Reply-To: dave@u.washington.edu
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In article nki@clarknet.clark.net, mjf@clark.net (Marc Fraioli) writes:
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> In article 4ga@kisa.seanet.com, blane@seanet.com (Brian Lane) writes:
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> >Frank Conway (fconway@chs.mb.ca) wrote:
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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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> >
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> >: Has anyone already done this? If so, I won't waste my time.
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> >
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> >
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> > NEdit's home site is ftp.fnal.gov in /pub/nedit/v3_1
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> >
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> > in the contrib directory is a Makefile.linux, so it's already been
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> >done(pretty trivial).
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> >
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> > The catch is that it needs Motif, which isn't free. Anyone want to
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> >tackle a free Motif compatible X library?
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> >
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> Someone is already doing it. It's in the Linux Projects FAQ, and I
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> think it's called the Xu lib and Widget set or something similar. In
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> the interim, how about somebody who has Motif for Linux making a static
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> binary of nedit like was done for Mosaic? Any volunteers?
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>
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Already been done, check sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/X11/xapps/editors/nedit.tar.gz
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Dave Delaune
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From: janne@avocado.pc.helsinki.fi (Janne Sinkkonen)
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Subject: Re: Anyone using P90-Plato-INTEL board under LINUX???
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Date: 16 Oct 1994 01:17:17 +0200
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Timothy Demarest <demarest@rerf.or.jp> wrote:
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>I have Linux running on a system using the Plato Premier PCI II. Everything
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>works great. I am using an old Adaptec 1542C, so if you decide to go with
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>the NCR SCSI board, you may have some tricky things to do to get it to work.
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Basically it's just a couple of addresses in the kernel initialization
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phase, or maybe nothing at all for some versions of Plato.
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E-mail me if you need more help.
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--
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Janne
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From: hm@ix.de (Harald Milz)
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Subject: Re: [WANTED] Moasic 2.4 for XF86-3.1
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Reply-To: hm@ix.de
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 16:57:06 GMT
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In comp.os.linux.misc, Chris Lo (cklo@hkucs92.air.org) wrote:
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> While trying to elminate the X11R5, (and without Motif here), I find
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> Moasic is compiled with X11R5. Can someone re-compile it with R6
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> please??
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Why? Mine works fine with XFree86 3.1. Just make sure to keep the old
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libs in /usr/X386/lib and to keep this dir in /etc/ld.so.conf.
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--
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Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
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--
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Harald Milz (hm@ix.de) WWW: http://www.ix.de/editors/hm.html
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iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazine phone +49 (511) 53 52-377
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Helstorfer Str. 7, D-30625 Hannover fax +49 (511) 53 52-378
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Opinions stated herein are my own, not necessarily my employer's.
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From: mrash@xmission.com (TheDoctor)
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Subject: Linux v1.1.45, XView v3L5.1 - compile warnings
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Date: 13 Oct 1994 19:57:42 -0600
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Reply-To: mrash@xmission.com
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Here's my problem. During installation of XView (version info in subject
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line), I keep getting warnings to the effect:
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seln.c:32: warning: passing arg 1 of `xv_create` makes integer from
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pointer without a cast.
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I also get some that say (this one is not a direct quote):
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warning: comparison of integer and pointer.
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I'm doing the installation of XView right now and don't know whether
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it'll work or not. Over the last few days, I've been
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gathering/building/installing quite a bit of software from the
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comp.os.announce newsgroup messages. I also see messages from people who
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appear to be successfully running them. I get these same two messages in
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almost everything I try to build (xrn, xvnews, xgopher, xarchie). Some
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actually build and run (although some funtions they provide kill the
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whole program or just don't work), while others die and won't build at all.
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My question (Finally!) is:
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What is wrong here.
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here are the versions of some of my stuff:
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gcc = v2.5.8
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XFree86 = v2.1.1
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libc = 4.5.26
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linux = Slackware 2.0
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kernel = 1.1.45
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XView = 3L5.1 (Today is first install of XView, it has not been on my
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system before now.)
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I do have the olwm though and it runs fine. Won't know about after XView
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installation 'til it finishes. It's been building stuff for an hour or
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more now... hmm. It's in ../src/sspkg/drawarea now.
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Any help and/or suggestions will be most appreciated. I'll upgrade
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whatever I need to. Don't know whether I can downgrade anything. We'll see.
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Thanks in advance.
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...Mark Ash (mrash@xmission.com)
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From: GINA@ricevm1.rice.edu (Gina Goff)
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Crossposted-To: rec.arts.startrek.misc,misc.legal,gnu.misc.discuss
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Subject: Re: Copyright Violations Plague the Net
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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 94 11:58:13 CDT
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In article <37riod$44k@panix.com>
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binesh@panix.com (Binesh Bannerjee) writes:
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>I can't see any proof for incremental damage, despite your fervent
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>FAITH that there is such a thing. And, I have no intention of calling
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>the Paramount legal division, so either we can kill this thread, and
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>I'll continue on my merry way distributing the script, and you can
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>continue on your merry way calling me an ass for doing so... Or, you
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>could post a summary of what they tell you, in laymans terms.
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Incremental damage is irrelevant bullshit, Binesh. Distributing copyrighted
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material without the owner's permission is illegal _even if you weren't the
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original violator_. That is a fact, whether you like it or not. Ignoring
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that fact is foolish. Publicly advertising that you're ignoring it is even
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more foolish.
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>The NSA wants escrowed keys for the Clipper chip... I'm going to follow
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>the perhaps conservative but undoubtedly safe assumption that they have
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>a perfectly valid reason for wanting it.
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Wow, if you think going along with Clipper is a conservative or safe
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assumption, then you really ARE a fool.
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Gina
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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From: dnw@eskimo.com (David Williams)
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Subject: Re: MINICOM Downloading Not Working
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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 16:35:39 GMT
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Stephen Gourdie (steve@stevegd.equinox.gen.nz) wrote:
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: Eric Silver (silver.e@grin.io.org) wrote:
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: : I tried several times to make the rz and rx part of MINICOM work.
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: : I was trying to download a file from a UNIX BBS and the system
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[del]
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: change program names:
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: /usr/bin/rz -vv and /usr/bin/sz -vv
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: to
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: /usr/bin/rz -vv </dev/modem >/dev/modem
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: and
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: /usr/bin/sz -vv </dev/modem >/dev/modem
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: and all should work well.
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I had the same sort of problem, and I tried the above fix without
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success.
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From: shoemake@cs.tamu.edu (Matthew B Shoemake)
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Subject: Re: What is Linux good for?
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Date: 16 Oct 1994 05:36:22 GMT
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In article <CxoqHD.vyG@bocanews.bocaraton.ibm.com>,
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Michael Rogero Brown (Sys Admin) <michaelb@hobbie.bocaraton.ibm.com> wrote:
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>Daniel Woodard (SA073@getty.onu.edu) wrote:
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>: >FAQ??? They even don't check the name of the group on which they are
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>: That's an outright lie. I looked for a faq. Not finding one, I posted
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>: this message.
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>
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>Did you go to rtfm.mit.edu?? That's where I go to look for a FAQ. There's
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>always the chance that the posted FAQ has diappeared from my site.
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I "found" the linux news groups yesterday also. However, I read the
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FAQ and the HOW-TOs before this, my first posting. I found the FAQ on
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comp.os.linux.announce yesterday. So they are there. No excuses for
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not seeing them. On the other hand, some of you linux advocates may
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want to be a little nicer with potential brethren. Just a thought.
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On with my questions. I am not yet using linux. I have tried OS/2,
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DOS, Windows, and I am not happy with them. I am a UNIX fan and am
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thinking of giving linux a shot. Here are a few things I'd like to
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know before I go through with the deed:
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1) I read that Linux can run some DOS executables using DOSEMU, but I
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also read that there is no support for Windows exectuables yet. But I
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have also seen mention of Windoze. So do we support Windows
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executables or not? (Trying to decide whether to keep a partion with
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DOS and Win on it.)
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2) I read that I can use Ghostscript to print non-ASCII files, such as
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PS files to my HP Deskjet 500. Can anyone verify that this works
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well?
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3) I'd like to get a little feed back on the speed of using xterms and
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X windows that are executing on remote machines using a 14.4Kbps modem
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and Xfree86 with linux. I will be doing this a lot so its efficiency
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is a major concern in my decision whether to switch to linux or not.
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Thanks for your time and input.
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Matthew Shoemake
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shoemake@ee.cornell.edu
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*** Go Big Red *** Gig 'em Aggies *** Threepeat Cowboys ***
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From: andreas@orion.mgen.uni-heidelberg.de (Andreas Helke)
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Subject: Re: Stable kernel version opinion?
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Date: 16 Oct 1994 17:19:31 GMT
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Marc Ewing (redhat@netcom.com) wrote:
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: We are putting the finishing touches on our CD-ROM distribution
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: and I was wondering if anyone had any thoughts on the stability
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: of some of the more recent kernels.
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: Our install procedure allows you to use multiple kernel versions,
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: and right now we have 1.0.9 and 1.1.18. Version 1.1.53 has been
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: a little bit troublesome and may not make the cut. What version
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: do you think is the latest, most stable release?
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Some versios around 1.1.44 kill partition tables on Quantum IDE disks. This
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problem is fixed in 1.1.49. I am using this version on several computers and
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I am happy with it. Orion has now a uptime of 23 days with the 1.1.49
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kernel.
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Andreas
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--
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* Andreas Helke, Institut fuer molekulare Genetik, Universitaet Heidelberg
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** Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69122 Heidelberg, Germany
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*** orion.mgen.uni-heidelberg.de has a ftp server with Unix tools for DOS
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**** and with the HFM V. 4.02 DOS file manager and archive program shell
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From: binesh@panix.com (Binesh Bannerjee)
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Crossposted-To: rec.arts.startrek.misc,misc.legal,gnu.misc.discuss
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Subject: Re: Copyright Violations Plague the Net
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Date: 16 Oct 1994 14:27:56 -0400
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Blanche Cohen (blanche@du.edu) wrote:
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: We need to start defining things much more clearly here. Binesh and others
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: have cited gnu, TeX, shareware, etc as examples of the spirit
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: of the software community. However, most software is NOT written for small
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: personal computers but for larger workstations and mainframes. True there is
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: a great deal of "community" software for unix, but much of that is due to
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: the original distribution philosophy of AT&T (before they realized they
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: had a money-maker!)
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: It's not completely valid to cite these examples. To wit - TeX may be freely
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: distributed but a number of companies are now marketing new and improved
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: versions of TeX for various platforms - and they're NOT free. XWindows is
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: another example - the basic system is freely available here on the net, or
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: pay a small service fee and have the X Consortium send you the tapes. On
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: the other hand, there is an entire industry of X developers of toolkits,
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: add-ons, consultants, etc. that are NOT shareware/freeware/whatever.
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: And I have yet to hear of any shareware/freeware/whatever in the COBOL arena,
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: nor in the US Dept of Defense (talk about proprietary and classified!) and
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: so on. People just don't make shareware/freeware/whatever for high-end
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: mainframes, Crays, etc.
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Huh? I never said ALL software development follows this tradition.
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I just said that it isn't true that nobody would do anything if
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there wasn't a monetary incentive. Although, probably with COBOL
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you might have a point... I doubt anyone would program in COBOL
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unless they were paid...
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Also, I just realized something else that I might not have made
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clear to Gina, since she said that she assumes that Paramount
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has a legal basis to their claims...
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I would not dispute that they may or may not have a legal basis
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to their claim, since, I know nothing about the legality of this
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issue, and further, I don't care about the legality or illegality
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of my actions. What I DO care about is the ethics of the thing.
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Like I keep saying IF I can see that I am hurting Paramount in
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some tangible way by distributing the script, then I would not do
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it... You could trust it or not, but... So, again, please tell me
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how I'm hurting Paramount by distributing the script to people who
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would not have bought the script anyway... (I know that much for
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a fact (That they wouldn't have bought the script had it not been
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for free)) AND, everyone I gave it to, is going to see the movie
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anyway...
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And, again, I'll reiterate my claims.
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I do NOT justify the initial posting of the script, and truthfully
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I find posting the script AGAIN at this point is kind of silly,
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All I'm asking is how exactly Paramount gets hurt by continued
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distribution of the script. And noone has yet told me any tangible
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way that Paramount is getting hurt... I've heard "potential loss"
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I've heard "it's not the writers final draft" etc. etc, but no real
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way that Paramounts wallet is hurting... Certainly not per EACH
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copy that is made (cause I've heard about the 1% of the population
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who reads the script and says "I ain't paying to see that", which
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if Paramount counts that, they should bring libel suits against
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every reviewer also... Unless people tell me that reviewers all
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have to be registered with Paramount before they do a review.)
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: If you take a look at the entire software development spectrum, I think you'll
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: find that pc development is a small (altho growing) part of the industry.
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(?)
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Binesh
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: --
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: "It might be interesting to explore useless for a while" [DS9]
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: "Chocolate is a serious business" [TNG]
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: "Worst case of testosterone poisoning I've ever seen..." [B5]
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--
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* Will sit by a pool and relax and have fun for money. *
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Hey... it's going to work someday...
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From: lgiakoum@ic.sunysb.edu (Lefteris Giakoumatos)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,alt.os.linux
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Subject: NCR 53c9x SCSI Card
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Date: 14 Oct 1994 17:24:40 GMT
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Hi there,
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I reacently tried to install Linux on my machine but I had some
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frustrating problems. My SCSI card is an ABIT SC3210V VL-BUS
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generic SCSI card. My hard drive is a 1 Gigabyte (1080 MEG)
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11 ms drive. When my pc boots up, I get the following
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information from the controller card:
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===============================================================
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ID7:SC3210V VESA SCSI CONTROLLER V1.0 V
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ID0:No SCSI device connected
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ID1:No SCSI device connected
|
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.....all the way to ID6 then:....
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ID6:Quantum 1079MB Drive 0
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===============================================================
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Parameters of logical drives:
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Drive 0: Cyl:1028 Heads:64 Sct/Trk:32 1079MB
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Drive 1: Cyl: Heads: Sct/Trk:
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===============================================================
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I opened up my computer and I discovered that my card has
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an NCR53c94 chip on it (It also says so in the manual).
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When I try to boot up linux with the modern boot disk it
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won't detect my hard drive or my controller card.
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I then tried to pass the following parameters to the kernal:
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boot ramdisk hd=1028,64,32
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It then tells me:
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hd.c ST-506 interface disk with more than 16 heads detected,
|
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probably due to non standard sector translation, giving up.
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when I don't set any parameters and let it boot up with the
|
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default settings it responds with:
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mcd=0x300,10 Init failed, no such device...
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Any reply or help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much.
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From: pburgess@netcom.com (Phillip Burgess)
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Subject: Smallest Linux Box
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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 05:03:05 GMT
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The "Weakest Box" thread is a hoot. What I'd like to know is what's the
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physically *smallest* Linux box? All the palmtops I've seen are ROM-based
|
|
and floppyless (and few have enough RAM), so I would imagine those are out
|
|
of the question. I've heard from folks running it on a Thinkpad 500 (at
|
|
least the textual portions, dunno about X11 yet) and some other machines
|
|
around four pounds (Compaq, Toshiba, Canon), but not on any of the handful
|
|
(pun!) of machines that are even smaller. The Handbook, Omnibook, and DTR-1
|
|
all come to mind. The consensus seems to be that Linux probably won't get
|
|
along with the funkier hardware & power conservation features in these
|
|
systems (and good luck getting the whacky input devices to work), but I
|
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don't know if anyone's actually tried yet, or perhaps there are some other
|
|
wee systems that I'm overlooking.
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|
|
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It's kind of both funny and appealing at the same time... Pocket Linux!
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--
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Phillip Burgess (pburgess@netcom.com) >belch<
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From: vanpatjm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Jason Van Patten)
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|
Subject: Re: [H] missing "Close" item onSWiM motif menu
|
|
Date: 16 Oct 1994 18:30:01 GMT
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Chris Roger (croger@lute.gcr.com) wrote:
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: I have the same problem with my SWiM. -and the suggested solution does
|
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: not bring back the menu below the separator (the lines were already in
|
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: the mwmrc file). If you double-click on the menu button, the window will
|
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: close - you just cant choose close from the menu.
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|
|
Interesting. Here's what I have (this is on AIX, not Linux, but Motif
|
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is Motif)
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In my .Xdefaults file, on line is this:
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Mwm*windowMenu: DefaultWindowMenu
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|
|
And in my .mwmrc:
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|
Menu DefaultWindowMenu MwmWindowMenu
|
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{
|
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"Restore" _R Alt<Key>F5 f.normalize
|
|
"Move" _M Alt<Key>F7 f.move
|
|
"Size" _S Alt<Key>F8 f.resize
|
|
"Minimize" _n Alt<Key>F9 f.minimize
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"Maximize" _x Alt<Key>F10 f.maximize
|
|
"Lower" _L Alt<Key>F3 f.lower
|
|
no-label f.separator
|
|
"Close" _C Alt<Key>F4 f.kill
|
|
}
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|
|
|
Now, my menu looks just like this:
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______________________
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| Restore Alt+F5 |
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| Move Alt+F7 |
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| Size Alt+F8 |
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| Minimize Alt+F9 |
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| Maximize Alt+F10|
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| Lower Alt+F3 |
|
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|----------------------|
|
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| Close Alt+F4 |
|
|
|______________________|
|
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|
|
Both the double-click and selecting the "Close" works. If it doesn't
|
|
work for you, you might want to ask whatever company you got Motif from.
|
|
|
|
Jason
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|
|
--
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|
Jason Van Patten | If at first you don't succeed, keep |
|
|
Clarkson University | on sucking till you do succeed. |
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|
vanpatjm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu | - Curly Howard |
|
|
| (The Three Stooges) |
|
|
** Any opinions expressed here are actually
|
|
yours, you just don't know it, yet. **
|
|
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|
------------------------------
|
|
|
|
From: mjf@clark.net (Marc Fraioli)
|
|
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
|
|
Subject: Re: Applets; was: Word (Text) processors f
|
|
Date: 13 Oct 1994 00:08:12 GMT
|
|
Reply-To: mjf@clark.net
|
|
|
|
In article pg8@rs1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de, sk001sp@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Martin Spott) writes:
|
|
>There is a Wordprocessing/Desktop-Publishing System for Linux in progress -
|
|
>programmed by a group of german enthusiasts. It'll take a lot of time to
|
|
>get it working, also it will cost al little bit. Please don't be impatient,
|
|
>it's a lot of work.
|
|
>
|
|
That's very interesting. Perhaps they should consider adding it to the
|
|
projects FAQ. I haven't seen it there. With all the debate about
|
|
Linux word processors, I think many people would be interested to know
|
|
about this.
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
Marc Fraioli | "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist- "
|
|
mjf@clark.net | - Last words of Union General John Sedgwick,
|
|
| Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, U.S. Civil War
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
------------------------------
|
|
|
|
From: sk001sp@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Martin Spott)
|
|
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
|
|
Subject: Re: Applets; was: Word (Text) processors for Linux?
|
|
Date: 12 Oct 1994 17:10:04 GMT
|
|
|
|
There is a Wordprocessing/Desktop-Publishing System for Linux in progress -
|
|
programmed by a group of german enthusiasts. It'll take a lot of time to
|
|
get it working, also it will cost al little bit. Please don't be impatient,
|
|
it's a lot of work.
|
|
|
|
Martin.
|
|
--
|
|
|
|
EMail: bevorzugt privat: Martin@smigel.mitropa.com
|
|
notfalls auch "dienstlich": Martin.Spott@uni-duisburg.de
|
|
|
|
------------------------------
|
|
|
|
From: berthold@fzi.de (Michael Berthold)
|
|
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
|
|
Subject: Re: Mystery Chip...AMD
|
|
Date: 13 Oct 1994 17:53:11 GMT
|
|
Reply-To: berthold@fzi.de
|
|
|
|
|
|
In article <37iuhc$lkk@holly.csv.warwick.ac.uk>,
|
|
Jason Saunders <maupb@csv.warwick.ac.uk> wrote:
|
|
>
|
|
>I wonder if anyone has tried running the new DX2-80 at 90 or 100MHz? Now that
|
|
>would be something to reckon with! A DX2-100 would in fact be faster than a
|
|
>DX4-100.
|
|
|
|
This is not necessarily true. The DX4 has a different layout and needs
|
|
less clock cycles for some commands. This is why Intel calls it DX4 and
|
|
not DX3 (which would be the more logical name), they claim that it
|
|
behaves like a normal 486, *four* times overclocked internally.
|
|
(Physically it's only a triple-clock)
|
|
|
|
just my $.02, Michael
|
|
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