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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: Tue, 18 Oct 94 01:13:20 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #962
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Linux-Misc Digest #962, Volume #2 Tue, 18 Oct 94 01:13:20 EDT
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Contents:
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SURVEY: Graphics card benchmarks under XFree86 (18 Oct 94) (Farrell McKay)
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Re: IP Addresses For Standalone LAN (Daniel Tager)
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Re: I want SETUID scripts! (Anselm Lingnau)
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khg & lpg (Ken Luther)
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Re: [INFO WANTED] Memory required for 100 terminals? (Joachim Jordan)
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please repost fix for disk spindown problem (Gregory Ellis)
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Re: nedit for Linux? (David E. Fox)
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From: fbm@goof.com (Farrell McKay)
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Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.benchmarks,comp.os.linux.help,aus.computers.linux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
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Subject: SURVEY: Graphics card benchmarks under XFree86 (18 Oct 94)
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Date: 18 Oct 1994 02:24:36 GMT
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Archive-name: xfree86-benchmarks
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Version: $Id: post,v 1.33 1994/10/17 23:42:30 fbm Exp fbm $
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These are the latest results from a survey of xbench results under XFree86.
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The idea of the survey is to compile a comprehensive set of benchmark results,
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obtained by running xbench against all the main 386/486/586 graphics cards,
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and thereby place the graphics cards in an approximate performance ranking.
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Ideally all the results should be gathered using the same host machine,
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on the same day of the week, while wearing the same socks and jocks.
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Unfortunately no-one has yet come forward with such a database (although
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such databases are rumoured to exist). This survey is the next best thing.
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The summary results below distill the essence of the survey into single line
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entries. The entries are grouped by XFree86 release number, and ranked
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in decreasing 'xstone' order (last column) within each group. Ranking by
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xstones is a bit arbitrary. It is instructive to examine all the other
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columns too.
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The xbench survey has a home on the World Wide Web, at
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http://www.goof.com/xbench/
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(the host has been renamed; it used to be thumbtack.bevc.blacksburg.va.us)
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If you have acess to a Web browser, check it out! It is at least
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6 x 10^24 times better than this plain old Usenet posting, in lots of ways.
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New additions to this database are always welcome - especially entries for
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the latest servers or for unlisted graphics cards. If you use XFree86,
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you can contribute to this survey. Grab a copy of xbench, make sure it
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has the GraphicsExposures patch (see below), run it on your machine,
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fill in the blank form provided below, and mail it back to me.
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Please do not send the raw xbench output - just fill in the blank form!
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I will collate and publish the results as they become available. XBench is
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available by ftp from hundreds of archive sites around the world.
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Check out archie for your nearest site.
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>>>>>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE THE CORRECT VERSION OF XBENCH. <<<<<<
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The correct version is the one with the "GraphicsExposures" patch.
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Check for this by looking at your source code - you should find calls to
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XSetGraphicsExposures(......, False);
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in the four files bitmapcpy.c complex1.c screencpy.c and scroll.c
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Some sites known to carry the patched version of xbench are:
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ftp.physics.su.oz.au:/xbench/xbench.tar.gz
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ftp.iastate.edu:/pub/netbsd/misc/xbench.tar.gz
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mcsun.eu.net:/os/linux/BETA/X_S3/xbench.tar.gz
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mcsun.eu.net:/os/linux/BETA/X_S3/xbench.tar.Z
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ftp.th-darmstadt.de:/pub/X11/other/xbench.tar.Z
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xbench.tar.gz file length=88785, /bin/sum=48788, /usr/5bin/sum=31503
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xbench.tar.Z file length=156750, /bin/sum=21120, /usr/5bin/sum=40999
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To run the benchmark,
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1. If possible, switch into one of the more common display resolutions
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before starting, e.g. 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 etc.
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2. Kill off (i.e. exit from) all other programs on your machine,
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including your window manager! The only running program you
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should need is a single window from which to start xbench.
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XBench is a benchmark program. If it has to compete for
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memory or CPU, its results will suffer.
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3. Read the XBench README file and edit the script.run file.
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4. xset s off (turn off the screen saver)
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5. xbench < script.run > results/YOURFILE
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6. go have a coffee
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7. awk -f scripts/xstones.awk < results/YOURFILE
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Farrell.
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--
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Farrell.McKay@mpx.com.au (PGP key avail)
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========================= Blank Form ===========================================
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CPU : (386/486 SX/DX etc)
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CPU Clock Speed : (MHz)
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M'board Memory : (MBytes)
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Card Vendor + Model :
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Card Bus : (ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI)
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Chipset :
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Video Memory : (MBytes)
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Memory Type : (DRAM/VRAM)
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Memory Speed : (ns)
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Clock Chip :
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RAMDAC :
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Operating system :
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XFree86 release : (e.g. 2.1.1)
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XFree86 server : (e.g. XF86_SVGA)
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Physical resoln :
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Virtual resoln :
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Dot-clock : (MHz)
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Bits per pixel :
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XBench lines :
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XBench fills :
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XBench blits :
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XBench arcs :
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XBench text :
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XBench complex :
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XBench xstones :
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>>>>>>>> Did you use the patched version of XBench ?? (Yes/No) <<<<<<<<
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XBench ftp'd from :
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Submitted by :
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Date stamp :
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========================= Summary Results ======================================
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-- Hware -- XF86 Res Dot Px Display card Bus lin fil blt arcs txt cplx xst
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CPU-Clk Mem Srvr P&V Clk Sz Type ----------- 000s -----------
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=========================== XFree86 3.1 =====================================
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Pnt-90 16 S3 HC 90 8 #9 GXE-64 Pro P 687 156 148 11099 301 330 250
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Pnt-90 16 S3 HH 90 8 #9 GXE-64 Pro P 660 154 149 7073 298 328 248
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4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 8 Spider Tarantula 64 V 583 173 160 7720 250 264 242
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4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 65 8 #9 GXE-64 P 456 114 106 7304 197 240 175
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4DX2-66 8 S3 NC 75 8 #9 GXE-64 V 419 116 114 6372 186 185 173
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4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 16 Spider Tarantula 64 V 539 97 86 7078 247 205 165
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4DX2-66 16 W32 PL 36 8 Herc. Dynamite Powe V 235 58 88 5278 423 114 131
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4DX2-66 16 S3 PP 50 32 Spider Tarantula 64 V 490 36 44 6328 216 106 85
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4DX-33 16 Mch32 NB 80 8 ATI GUP I 191 53 46 2201 94 77 77
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4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 65 16 #9 GXE-64 P 316 43 36 5961 136 87 76
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4DX2-66 16 SVGA NN 60 8 Orchid Kelvin 64 V 186 41 32 3884 356 64 74
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4DX-33 8 Mch8 NN 75 8 ATI 8514 Ultra I 168 42 38 1273 95 67 66
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4DX-33 8 W32 NN 75 8 Herc. Dynamite D201 I 68 19 28 1343 151 49 43
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4DX2-66 20 S3 CC 75 8 Orchid Fahrenheit 1 V 183 21 18 3858 72 42 38
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4DX2-66 16 SVGA NN 75 8 Viglen WD90C33 P 139 27 10 2024 156 59 34
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Pnt-90 48 SVGA NN 50 8 IBM (integrated) I 67 13 18 943 388 37 32
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=========================== XFree86 2.1.1 =====================================
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4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 74 8 Diamond Stealth Pro V 417 89 77 6465 197 153 142
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4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 8 #9 GXE Level 12 V 442 80 65 6232 187 156 129
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4DX2-66 8 S3 NN 75 8 SPEA/V7 Mercury V 495 72 55 7018 160 134 113
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4DX-33 16 S3 EE 110 8 Actix Ultra+ I 323 68 59 2761 148 138 108
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4DX-50 16 S3 NN 80 8 ELSA Winner 1000 I 303 63 54 3865 155 128 103
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4DX-50 16 S3 CC 110 8 Metheus 928-4M V 310 67 50 3208 148 127 102
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4DX-50 16 Mch32 NN 75 8 ATI Ultra Pro V 335 65 56 2845 142 84 101
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4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 8 Diamond Stealth 24 V 340 54 45 5541 132 106 89
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4SX-25 16 S3 PM 36 8 Spea V7 Mirage I 186 48 41 639 113 101 76
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4DX2-66 20 S3 CC 135 8 #9 GXE Level 11 I 283 61 52 3345 56 121 74
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4DX-33 16 S3 NN 72 8 Miro Crystal 10SD V 248 44 36 2256 104 87 71
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4DX-33 8 S3 NN 75 8 Actix Grph Eng. 32 I 205 42 38 1504 101 89 70
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4DX2-66 8 S3 NN 45 8 Generic S3-805 V 265 45 39 2259 66 95 67
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4DX2-66 16 Mch32 cC 80 8 ATI Graphics Ultra+ V 271 36 31 3597 88 59 60
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4DX2-66 32 SVGA KK 80 8 Generic Cirrus 5428 V 143 28 22 1862 281 44 51
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4DX2-66 4 SVGA NN 75 8 VIA C.Logic 5426 V 149 26 22 2097 238 42 49
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4DX2-50 8 SVGA NH 75 8 Genoa 8500VL-28 V 113 23 23 1464 197 36 46
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4DX2-66 20 SVGA DD 80 8 Generic Cirrus 5426 V 133 24 17 1708 254 40 42
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3AM-40 8 Mch32 NN 65 8 ATI Graphics Ultra+ I 101 23 20 501 53 35 36
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3DX-25 8 SVGA PL 36 8 Hercules Dynamite I 33 8 5 230 23 19 12
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=========================== XFree86 2.1 =====================================
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4DX2-66 32 S3 NN 77 8 STB Pegasus V 453 80 66 4318 195 156 131
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4DX2-66 32 S3 NN 67 8 STB Pegasus V 461 79 66 4154 191 141 129
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4DX2-66 32 S3 CC 125 8 STB Pegasus V 440 80 62 4240 193 153 127
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Pnt-66 32 S3 NN 85 8 ELSA Winner 2000 V 494 75 57 6275 205 145 123
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4DX2-66 16 S3 AA 185 8 #9 GXE Level 16 V 430 73 56 6833 182 139 117
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4DX2-66 16 S3 FC 85 8 Spea V7 Mercury V 472 69 55 4287 171 136 113
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4DX2-66 24 S3 CC 135 8 Spea V7 Mercury V 422 65 55 3404 162 132 109
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4DX2-66 20 S3 NN 65 8 #9 GXE Level 11 I 374 65 55 4873 168 129 108
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4DX2-66 8 S3 NL 75 8 Emca VGA-928-P P 370 64 55 3193 150 126 106
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4DX-33 8 S3 CC 108 8 Spea V7 Mercury I 329 65 55 255 146 133 104
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4DX2-66 16 S3 II 96 8 ELSA Winner 1000 P 312 62 52 2907 148 128 101
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4DX2-66 20 Mch32 HH 80 8 ATI Ultra Pro I 311 61 53 4336 144 133 100
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4DX2-66 16 S3 HH 110 8 ELSA Winner 1000 P 298 60 52 2769 146 128 100
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4DX-33 8 Mch32 OO 65 8 ATI Ultra XLR V 296 62 54 2723 129 83 95
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4DX-33 16 S3 NN 45 8 Actix Grph Eng. 32 I 234 55 52 2894 129 111 91
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4DX2-66 20 Mch32 NN 75 8 ATI Ultra Pro V 325 55 47 3437 129 75 88
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4DX2-66 20 Mch32 HH 80 8 ATI Ultra Pro V 323 56 48 3682 118 77 88
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4SX-33 16 S3 nN 45 8 VGA805-V from Upper V 231 53 47 726 131 107 87
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4DX-50 16 Mch32 CC 135 8 ATI Ultra Pro E 269 54 47 3038 123 74 85
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4DX2-66 8 S3 NN 72 8 Actix Grph Eng. 32 V 328 48 40 3821 137 95 82
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4DX-33 16 Mch8 NN 65 8 ATI Ultra (Mach8) I 255 47 42 4071 115 98 79
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4DX-33 16 Mch32 NB 80 8 ATI Ultra Pro I 207 51 43 1600 106 61 76
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4DX-33 16 S3 HH 62 8 ELSA Winner 1000 E 269 57 51 1720 50 130 69
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Pnt-66 32 S3 CC 102 8 #9 GXE Level 12 P 389 72 61 4504 38 146 69
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4DX-50 16 SVGA nN 45 8 STB Horizon VGA I 128 28 28 1767 224 55 56
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4DX2-50 16 SVGA PH 45 8 ICL ValuePlus CL542 I 102 27 25 1131 145 38 48
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4DX2-66 20 VGA NN 65 8 Cirrus Logic V 61 28 20 1545 228 45 44
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4DLC-40 16 S3 nN 45 8 Actix Grph Eng. TC I 210 28 23 1170 34 57 39
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4DX-33 8 SVGA NN 65 8 Genoa Phantom 8900V V 131 28 12 2167 116 42 36
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4DX2-66 32 SVGA NN 75 8 Generic Cirrus 5428 V 110 18 13 1474 229 30 33
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4DX2-66 8 SVGA NN 75 8 Actix ProStar VL V 107 17 12 1563 205 27 30
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4DX2-66 32 SVGA KK 80 8 Generic Cirrus 5428 V 102 16 12 1317 209 28 30
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4DX2-50 16 SVGA HH 80 8 ICL ValuePlus CL542 I 76 14 12 880 140 20 26
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4DX2-66 8 SVGA PN 36 8 Octek AVGA-20H I 80 11 5 891 54 17 14
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4DX2-66 24 SVGA NN 65 8 Generic ET4000 I 91 8 3 1040 75 12 11
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4SX-25 20 SVGA NL 45 8 STB PowerGraph I 67 8 4 416 52 14 11
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4DX2-66 8 VGA16 QP 26 8 Hedaka HED-622 I 20 3 3 471 7 7 5
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3DX-25 8 SVGA PP 36 8 Trident TVGA 8900B I 18 2 1 156 12 2 3
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4DX-33 16 SVGA PP 40 8 Oak OTI-067 I 36 1 1 458 28 2 3
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=========================== XFree86 2.0 =====================================
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4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 74 8 Diamond Stealth Pro V 451 92 78 3234 198 150 145
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4DX2-66 16 S3 HH 85 8 #9 GXE Level 12 V 412 81 65 2872 196 157 130
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4DX2-66 16 S3 NN 75 8 #9 GXE Level 12 V 468 80 64 4070 190 153 128
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4DX-33 16 S3 NN 74 8 Diamond Stealth Pro V 278 83 75 2015 155 142 123
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4DX-33 16 S3 NN 75 8 Diamond Stealth Pro V 348 76 66 2733 166 155 121
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4DX-50 8 S3 NN 72 8 #9 GXE Level 11 V 395 71 62 3363 164 141 117
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4SX-33 16 S3 CC 110 8 Actix Ultra+ I 293 73 62 3776 158 137 114
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4DX-50 16 S3 NN 75 8 ELSA Winner 1000 E 316 64 55 2760 160 128 105
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4SLC2-66 16 S3 NN 45 8 STB PowerGraph VL-2 V 282 60 50 1310 153 118 98
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4DX-33 16 S3 NN 75 8 Orchid Fahrnht. VA V 266 48 40 2380 121 95 79
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Pnt-60 16 Mch32 NN 75 8 ATI AX0 P 207 45 38 3438 126 68 73
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4DX2-66 8 Mch32 GG 80 8 ATI AX0 P 183 39 34 3393 110 65 65
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3DX-40 8 S3 NN 75 8 Generic S3-801 I 153 36 31 1153 84 72 57
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4DX-50 16 SVGA QL 25 8 ColorDesigner A3 V 126 23 12 1575 111 44 34
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4DX-50 16 SVGA nN 45 8 STB Horizon VGA I 131 20 12 1551 130 47 33
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3DX-40 8 S3 JJ 95 8 Generic S3-801 I 122 23 20 1096 25 47 31
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4DX-50 16 SVGA nL 45 8 ColorDesigner A3 V 115 18 10 1559 110 38 29
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3DX-40 4 SVGA nG 45 8 Tseng ET4000/W32 V 65 16 11 989 38 30 26
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3DX-40 4 SVGA NG 72 8 Tseng ET4000/W32 V 63 15 10 952 35 25 21
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4DX2-50 16 SVGA PN 50 8 Diamond Speedstar 2 I 76 16 7 927 61 39 21
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4DX2-50 20 SVGA NN 85 8 Cirrus Logic 5428 I 86 13 6 1203 68 33 18
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4DX-33 8 SVGA NN 65 8 Diamond Speedstar+ I 87 9 4 1325 84 14 13
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4DX2-50 20 SVGA hH 65 8 Diamond Speedstar+ I 81 7 3 1206 81 9 9
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4DX2-66 8 SVGA PL 75 8 Octek AVGA-20H I 79 3 2 917 60 5 6
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4SX-25 4 SVGA? QQ 75 8 Sager NP840 noteboo V 53 3 2 327 30 4 5
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Key to Physical and Virtual resolutions (lower case=interlaced mode)
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A = 1600x1200
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B = 1536x1024
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C = 1280x1024
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D = 1200x910
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E = 1200x900
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F = 1192x900
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G = 1152x910
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H = 1152x900
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I = 1152x816
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J = 1152x800
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K = 1056x832
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L = 1024x1024
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M = 1024x900
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N = 1024x768
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O = 1024x767
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P = 800x600
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Q = 640x480
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From: dtager@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Daniel Tager)
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Subject: Re: IP Addresses For Standalone LAN
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Date: 17 Oct 1994 20:20:11 GMT
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In article <36rjev$8g8@paperboy.wellfleet.com>, <ldodd@wellfleet.com> wrote:
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>
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>> Are there IP addresses set aside for standalone LANs? Where are they
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>> documented?
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>Yes there are a number of blocks reserved fro 'private' use that should be what
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>you are looking for. It is RFC 1597 "Address Allocation for Private Internets"
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>Les Dodd
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>Wellfleet UK
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From the Net-2 HOWTO...
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I want to build my own standalone network, what addresses do I use?
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RFC1597 has specifically reserved some IP addresses for private
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networks. You should use these as they prevent anything nasty
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happening if you accidentally get connected to the Internet. The
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addresses reserved are:
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10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
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172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
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192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
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Dan
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From: Anselm Lingnau <lingnau@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de>
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Subject: Re: I want SETUID scripts!
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Date: 17 Oct 1994 16:21:44 +0100
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In article <hpa.04480000.Heja.Sverige@ahab.eecs.nwu.edu>,
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H. Peter Anvin <hpa@nwu.edu> wrote:
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> The setuid bit that applies for scripts is the one on the
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> *command interpreter*. It is then up to the command interpreter to
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> decide if it wants to honour the setuid bit on the script (the command
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> interpreter has to be setuid root in order to be able to do this. It
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> is doable with perl, but not with bash).
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This is wrong. A priori, the set-UID bit for a script is the one on the
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script. Dumb kernels honor this bit and start the command interpreter
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for the script as the owner of the script, thereby opening a gaping
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security hole. Sensible kernels simply ignore the set-UID bit on the
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script. (This is what `patching the kernel' is about, in case you've
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ever installed Perl from sources). I haven't looked for myself but
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people tell me the Linux kernel is sensible. There are other ways of
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implementing sensible kernels such that set-UID scripts work as designed
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and security is not compromised; to the best of my knowledge this is not
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done on Linux.
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The way Perl deals with set-UID scripts on sensible kernels (those that
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ignore the set-UID bit on the script) is to invoke a special version of Perl,
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`suidperl', that will do the set-UID stuff itself on behalf of the script.
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This happens outside the reach of the kernel.
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Incidentally, a `set-UID root' shell is *not* something I'd allow on a
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system.
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Anselm
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Anselm Lingnau ......................... lingnau@tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de
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I bet the human brain is a kludge. --- Marvin Minsky
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From: Ken Luther <kluther@delphi.com>
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Subject: khg & lpg
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Date: Mon, 17 Oct 94 23:52:23 -0500
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Hello,
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Question: Is the Kernel Hackers Guide the same document as the
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Linux Programmers Guide:::
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AND: where can I order it (them)
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thanks,
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Ken
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From: joachim@yeti.faveve.uni-stuttgart.de (Joachim Jordan)
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Subject: Re: [INFO WANTED] Memory required for 100 terminals?
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Date: 17 Oct 1994 15:30:50 GMT
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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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> So here's my question: How much RAM and how much swap space does a 586
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> need (or a 486 even) to run 100 terminals, either in text mode or Xwin
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> mode? And can I even run Xwin on dumb terminals? Also, does anyone know
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> of any good cheap vga res terminals w/color? Last time I looked, a few
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> years ago, the cheapest was about $800. Also, what would you use for
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> ports for that many terminals?
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If you really want to use Linux, how about this:
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90 small 386's with 4MB RAM and a cheap VGA display as terminals(
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in this configuration you can use them under Linux as X-terms, and
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much,much,much cheaper than real X-terms), and 10 pentiums or fast 486's as
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Server for 9 386's, especially when you connect them with ethernet, which is
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standard for X-terms. How about this topology: a ring with 10 Server, and 9
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terms in a second ethernet connected to one server. This makes good
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net-performance possible, as this way there are not too much collisions on
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one cable :).
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This should be a powerful, cheap and professional network.(and surely
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cheaper and faster than 100 Macs (what for an net-topology do you think of
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for the macs, just curious)
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if you want to use dumb terms with seriell connections, i don't think that
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one Server does it, think of one course compiling a small pascal program.
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Much fun,
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joachim
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\ \\ \_| || | / / Joachim Jordan,
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| \ / / Student of Electrical-Engineering
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| Live long |/ / and Member of the Fachschaft,
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| and / University of Stuttgart, Germany
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\ prosper _/
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\ / joachim@yeti.faveve.uni-stuttgart.de
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From: gellis@vega.oes.amdahl.com (Gregory Ellis)
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Subject: please repost fix for disk spindown problem
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Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 23:50:44 GMT
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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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Gregory U. Ellis gellis@oes.amdahl.com
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Systems Software Engr. Amdahl Corporation
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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: root@belvedere.sbay.org (David E. Fox)
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Subject: Re: nedit for Linux?
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Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 19:52:22 GMT
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Brian Lane (blane@seanet.com) wrote:
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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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: 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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It should be easy enough for someone with Motif to build a static binary
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of this (hint hint) :).
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--
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David Fox root@belvedere.sbay.org
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5479 Castle Manor Drive
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San Jose, CA 95129 Thanks for letting me change
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408/253-7992 magnetic patterns on your hard disk.
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