Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #837
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Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 13:13:40 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #837, Volume #2                Wed, 28 Sep 94 13:13:40 EDT

Contents:
  Tierra on Linux (zachary brown)
  Re: Adaptec SlimSCSI PCMCIA Driver? (Roger C. Pao)
  Re: Maple V for linux! (NightHawk)
  [Q] SW Technology (A.R.R.Torres)
  Driver support for PS/2 (MCA) version of SMC/WD? (James F. Morris)
  Re: Device Drivers [Matrox MGA] (Stephen Louis Ulmer)
  Re: Create boot disk (Mitchum DSouza)
  Re: New Linux Distribution (J.J. Paijmans)
  Re: Linux/FreeBSD ISDN support (Jay Ashworth)
  Nr9GX64 Video Card (FORSEILLES STEPHAN)
  NEWBIE!: How do i Print from GS (not over LPR!) ([email-masked])
  Re: Is Linux faster than Os/2? Please help. (Robert Gasch)
  Re: QNX, Linux, or 386BSD? (NightHawk)
  Re: Usenet groups via SLIP (Benjamin John Walter)
  Re: IP Addresses For Standalone LAN ([email-masked])

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From: [email-masked] (zachary brown)
Subject: Tierra on Linux
Date: 27 Sep 1994 18:31:03 -0400

Hi! Has anyone got Tierra (or any other AI/ALife program) working under
Linux, and if so could you tell me where to get it and how to build it
(if it requires special building for Linux)?

Thanks.

-ZB-

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From: [email-masked] (Roger C. Pao)
Subject: Re: Adaptec SlimSCSI PCMCIA Driver?
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 05:22:32 GMT

[email-masked] (Ivo Welch) writes:

>Has anyone written such a beast? All I need is to hook up a large SCSI  
>disk to my portable computer while I am at home. (And if I could only get  
>more than 25 text lines on my 480line VGA LCD screen, it would be  
>perfect.)

There is work on a QLogic SCSI PCMCIA driver and a New Media SCSI PCMCIA
driver.  There needs to be some kernel modifications before these driver
can be completed.  I do not know of any work being done on the Adaptec/
Trantor SlimSCSI card.  Are the programming specs freely available
(non-NDA)?

rp94
-- 
Roger C. Pao <[email-masked]>

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From: [email-masked] (NightHawk)
Subject: Re: Maple V for linux!
Date: 28 Sep 1994 07:58:54 -0400

William Huang ([email-masked]) wrote:
: In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Shannon Hendrix) writes:
: [email-masked] (Scott Weinstein) writes:
: !
: !>I havn't seen anything on the newsgroups about this... Maple V is
: !>available for Linux. It looks and runs just like the Solaris version. 
: !>The binaries are not staticly linked and the entire installation takes
: !>up 24 MB. I'm impressed.
: !

: I'll be really impressed when they get Matlab working for Linux.

Matlab was ported to Linux more than a year ago in Mar. 1993. But for
whatever reason, it was not released. Please send emails to 
[email-masked].

Please don't send emails to me.

Thanks.

NH

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From: [email-masked] (A.R.R.Torres)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: [Q] SW Technology
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 12:53:19 GMT

I am about to order a system from SW Technology.
I am planning to run dos/windows and Linux.
Does anyone have any experience dealing with 
them? 
-- or would anyone recomend another dealer with 
a similar price?
They are offering a P90 (intel plato), 8MB, 540 M Quantum  HD, NCR SCSI,
2x CD-Rom for $2499.

Thanks 

Ana

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
From: [email-masked] (James F. Morris)
Subject: Driver support for PS/2 (MCA) version of SMC/WD?
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 04:47:05 GMT

I have been working on getting Linux up and running on an IBM PS/2 Model
70, which has not been an enviable task, to say the least!  But, beggars
can't be choosers, either.

I have no problem with the Adaptec AHA-1640 SCSI host adapter, which Linux
detects and uses as an AHA-1542.  My 1.7GB SCSI-2 drive and 2GB Archive tape
drive work flawlessly under Linux.

Which leaves me stuck with the following problem:  network support.  I
originally had an NE/2 adapter in this machine, which was not supported by
Linux at all.  For that matter, the Crynwr packet drivers for the NE/2
under DOS don't work either (Russ Nelson says he hasn't tested them).

So, to make a long story short, I was able to scrounge an IBM PS/2 Ethernet
Adapter /A.  This is a microchannel version of an SMC Ultra, from what I
have been able to tell.  Under DOS, the same SMC_WD.COM packet driver is used
for this card, as for an ISA based SMC Ultra or WD8013.  Biggest difference
is that the I/O port address range is up at 0x800, rather than 0x300 - no 
big deal, and the RAM address is fixed in the PS/2 setup program.

Problem is, even with the 0x800 I/O port range added to the scan list in the
WD.C and SMC-ULTRA.C kernel driver, the card just doesn't work right (under
Linux - works fine under DOS).  I get TX status 3 (timeout on TX) when
attempting to access the network.

Looking through the Crynwr packet drivers shows that there are differences
between operation of the NS (8390?) chip used on these boards on the ISA
vs. MCA bus.  Specifically, the MCA bus has twice as fast a clock cycle as
the ISA bus.  The Crynwr driver inserts extra delays if it detects operation
on a Microchannel machine.  Other differences are some extra setup in
certain registers on the NIC's ASIC.

Has anyone done this work already?  I.e., does anyone have Linux working
with an IBM Ethernet /A?  If so, PLEASE share it with me!

If not, then I intend to rewrite the SMC/WD kernel drivers in Linux to
support the microchannel version, as my contribution to the Linux
community.  I just hate to duplicate the work, or spend time I don't
have on this project...

Thanks!
--
Jim Morris ([email-masked])

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From: [email-masked] (Stephen Louis Ulmer)
Subject: Re: Device Drivers [Matrox MGA]
Date: 26 Sep 1994 17:36:35 GMT

There is currently no "drivers" for the Matrox MGA.  There is,
however, a private company  developing a replacement Xserver for Linux
that includes MGA support. Xmga will go into BETA some time this
month, I believe the beta period will be rather short, as they've put
LOTS of work into the pre-beta testing;).  This will be a commercial
product, I THINK it retails for around $200, but I'm not sure.  My
point of contact there is inappropriate for pricing information, but
is you call Matrox they have the information.

Ulmer

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From: [email-masked] (Mitchum DSouza)
Subject: Re: Create boot disk
Date: 28 Sep 1994 13:13:52 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Another Totoro)
writes:
|> I would like to know how to create a boot disk.  In case my system won't 
|> start, at least I have a second mean of reaching it, and hopefully fix the
|> problem.  Can anyone tell me how to approach this?  Since I don't use Linux
|> that often, I consider myself a newbie.  If possible, please give me detail
|> instructions.  Or if a FAQ exists, just point me to it.

Read the docs in 

        sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Recovery/rescue.tgz

Mitch

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From: [email-masked] (J.J. Paijmans)
Subject: Re: New Linux Distribution
Date: 28 Sep 1994 12:52:56 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Juana Moreno) writes:
>I have been thinking of putting up a new Linux distribution especially
>oriented to DOS-Win dummies. I have taken a nontraditional approach and
>am willing to sacrifice many of the sacred cows of Unix. I really think 

...

>
>Well, that's my idea. I'd like to hear comments before I start packaging 
>everything, because if you think this is useless I'd like to know before
>I waste my time. All suggestions will be appreciated.
>

In itself it sounds like an excellent idea. Don't forget to include
UMSDos though!

The only snag I see is that the typical DOS/Windows user that you have
in mind, actually is better served by his/her MS-Windows system. If
you only use one task at a time and don't put too much load on the
machine, there is no inherent need to use Linux. The typical Windows
application is sufficient for that and certainly 'smoother' in looks
and use.

Real operating systems only come into their own when you have
complicated tasks and heavy loads on the machine, like program
development. I feel that from the beginning the 'newbie' (Yes, I was
one myself not too long a time ago and some might still consider me
one) should be able to experiment with the features in which
Unix/Linux/X is way better than DOS and MS-Windows. Unfortunately that
are exactly the applications that you proposed to omit.

So at least you should make certain that 'upgrading' is very, very easy!

Paai.

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From: [email-masked] (Jay Ashworth)
Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.isdn,mn.general,comp.os.linux.development,umn.net-lists.linux-activists
Subject: Re: Linux/FreeBSD ISDN support
Date: 27 Sep 1994 21:31:25 -0400

[email-masked] (Neal Dalton) writes:
>I called Digiboard about there ISDN board and asked if they supported
>Linux or FreeBSD.  They told that they didn't support either, so I them
>why did not support and they told me they had seen the demand for it.
>They where planning on a SCO driver.

Calm down, Neal.... calm down.

One of Digi's employees is currently at work on a PC/Xe driver for Linux,
with release due in a month or two.  I suspect he's listening, and when
they ask him what's next, he'll say "ISDN".  :-)

Cheers,
-- jr 'right, Troy' a
-- 
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Designer              Linux: The Choice of a GNU Generation       & Associates
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From: [email-masked] (FORSEILLES STEPHAN)
Subject: Nr9GX64 Video Card
Date: 28 Sep 1994 12:54:58 GMT

        I'm looking for informations about the compatibility/installation
of a Nr9GX64 VLB video card under Linux.  Does somebody use it? Was the
Xconfig-instakllation straightforward?

        Thanks.

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Date: 28 Sep 1994 12:54:00 +0200
From: [email-masked]
Subject: NEWBIE!: How do i Print from GS (not over LPR!)

Hello Brothers & Sisters :)

I believe, It's one time more a very simple newbie question...
(Some of you would Think, RTFM, but I've done it, but i dunno found  
anything...)

How do I Print from GhostScript 2.6.x directly to my
 HP-Deskjet/Laserjet.

I have a PostScript File that's over 1.6 Megs great, and if i
try to Print over the LPR Daemon, i got after some time and many
Pages an errormessage like:

"Spoolfile to great", or so... (Sorry, I haven't noticed it,
                                and now i'am sitting in my office :/(  .)

If i let GS write the output via -sOutputFile=/test/out.prn
into an PRNfile it goes perfectly, but the file are over 36Megs
in great (Uhmm...) The same, if i wrote it into singlefiles for
each page with .../out%d.prn.
It works perfectly (and the copy it in binarymode to lpt1 via MS-DOG)

What i searching for, is a function to print directly to
the lpt1/lp0 Port from GS. NOT VIA THE LPR Daemon !
Otherwise, if it should go over the LPR-Daemon, how do i say him,
"Start printing after each 10 Pages!", because i don't wanna get
the same errormessage like yesterday...

By the way, the Document is the LDP-Install-guide :))))

Please send Suggestions and helpful hints via eMail...

---Kai
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Robert Gasch)
Subject: Re: Is Linux faster than Os/2? Please help.
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 15:25:57 GMT

A. Rohde ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I use a standalone Linux Slackware 2.0.0.
: I have an 'optimised' kernel (no drivers for things I don't have compiled in),
: run 4 getty's, use tvtwm (eats a little bit more RAM than fvwm) and rxvt.
: When I start X11 on my 8MB system (one rxvt running), I have 4.2 MB free
: (free+buffers, swap is 0). A 'default' window-manager is unknown to me. I think
: Robert is talking about olvwm. olvmw (and the libraries it has to use) wastes ca.
: 1.3 MB RAM. Robert you don't know what your talking about. You did not spent any
: time in configuring Linux.

        Funny, I thought I did. I built a new kernel throwing out support 
for all the stuff I don't need, played with tvtwm (which was even more of 
a hog than olvwm) and removed some other processes I don't need. BTW, on my 
installation (Infomagic CD, Slackware 2.0), olvwm is the *default* window 
manager since that is what works out of the box. 
        Since you're such an expert: Can disk buffers shrink to 0 or is there 
a minimum size for them? Can I specify that I want to shrink disk buffers 
before I start swapping out unused (in this case presumably getty) processes 
in favor of maintaining larger disk buffers which I don't use? 

Thanks
--> robert

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From: [email-masked] (NightHawk)
Subject: Re: QNX, Linux, or 386BSD?
Date: 28 Sep 1994 08:02:39 -0400

Lee Hounshell ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Dan Pop ([email-masked]) wrote:
: : In <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Po-Han Lin) writes:

: : >If one has a pc compatible with a 486, which OS is the best unix
: : >operating system?  QNX, Linux, or 386BSD?  

: : You forgot to tell us what you mean by "the best unix operating system".
: : Or specify a method of comparing two OS's. So, your question is 
: : meaningless.

: I've been wondering the same thing.  I'm developing a distributed
: fuzzy neural network (using RPC, and TCPIP, and Internet) with a fancy
: X-windows interface.  It is intended to be portable and eventually run
: on a variety of platforms, including PC's... assuming they ever
: adopt a native multi-tasking OS.  Anyway, I need a good unix development
: environment, that's also cheap.  I've lot's of experience with
: SunOS and SysV-R4, but know virtually nothing aobut QNX, Linux, and FreeBSD.
: Because the eventual target market is "everyman", I can't select an
: expensive, development environment, like NextStep or SunOS, unless I can
: ensure easy portability to "free" unix and PC machines later.  The
: programming is being done using C++.  Networking hooks are required.

: recommendations anyone? (please support your position, also)

Since you mentioned C++, I would say go for Linux. I think only Linux
gives you the best C++ support in stdio. Under Linux, the C++ iostream
is built on the top of libio in the Linux C library. You don't have to
worry about anything.

NH

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From: [email-masked] (Benjamin John Walter)
Subject: Re: Usenet groups via SLIP
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 1994 19:38:21 +0000

Hi Dan!

: I have a linux system set up to run over SLIP at this time.  I dial into
: my slip server every night to get my SMTP mail.  The mail-server trys to
: deliver mail every 30 minutes.  Therefore, I may have a waste of up to 30
: minutes waiting for mail.  What I would like to do is set up an NNTP news
: transfer program to accept the groups I follow down to my Linux machine. 
: From there, I could read, post, etc.  What I am looking for is what I
: would need to setup in terms of configuration files, etc. and what program
: would work best.  I don't expect to receive enough news to overload the 
: bandwidth.  Only about 10 groups.

    I use a program called 'slurp',  I think you should be able to
pick it up from ftp.demon.co.uk somewhere in the /pub/unix/news
directory.  I can always gzip it and mail it to you, its not so large.
This works with Cnews to get news via UUCP.  You tell it what groups
you want from your newserver, and everytime you connect you invoke the
program to retrieve new articles.

    I'm happy to help you try and configure it and news if you email
me privately.  In a nutshell you'll have to first configure Cnews,
then add a couple of files for slurp.  Slurp itself is easy to install
and use.

peace,  Ben
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From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: IP Addresses For Standalone LAN
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 08:42:28 PDT

In article <[email-masked]>, 
<[email-masked]> writes:
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
> From: [email-masked] (Benjamin John Walter)
> Path: 
interramp.com!psinntp!news.intercon.com!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.
net!demon!tsunami.demon.co.uk!ben
> Subject: Re: IP Addresses For Standalone LAN
> X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
> Organization: Organized?  Me?
> References: <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1994 16:59:11 +0000
> Message-ID: <[email-masked]>
> Sender: [email-masked]
> Lines: 25
> 
> : Are there IP addresses set aside for standalone LANs?  Where are they 
> : documented?
> 
> Okay, I have two suggestions... In ``TCP/IP Network Administration''
> by ORA, it says that the address with a first byte "Greater than 223,
> indicates the address is reserved.  We can ignore these reserved
> addresses".  You shouldn't find people using those addresses on the
> Internet, so I guess you could use address then 224.0.0.x for your own
> LAN.
> 
> My other suggestion is to register your own Class C Network with
> InterNIC, who will assign you your own IP numbers.  It doesn't cost
> anything, and if you planning to eventually connect your LAN to the
> Internet it might be worth looking into.  I *think* you can pick up
> the form from internic.net somewhere, but I don't remember where.
> See what you think.
> 
> peace,  Ben
> 
There is an RFC which covers this very topic.  Unfortunately, I do not recall 
which RFC it was.  However, the point is that there are several blocks of 
address space which have been excluded from internet mapping to allow 
stand-alone networks.  Several blocks of class-A, B, and C addresses have been 
reserved for this purpose.  The only block I recall is the one I use 
internally, which spans 172.16.x.x through 172.31.x.x (16 class b subnets).  I 
usually use 172.16.machine.1 for my private hosts, and special addresses such 
as 172.16.machine.100 for snmp traps on those machines, etc...

Of course, if you plan to connect your private network to the internet, you 
need to use a machine with a valid (non-private) ip address for the ppp or slip 
device.  I have not done this yet, so perhaps someone else can clerify the 
routing issues when connecting private ip space to the public internet...

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