test-drb February 2001

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by ajp166＠bellatlantic.net

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus(a)canit.se> >Linux is a big heap of bloat. It seems every UNIX is, too. >My definition of light-weight is floppy-based, sub-4 MB. For PCs that leaves a few things like BeOS, Minix, DOS, ConcurrentDOS, CCPM and not much else. Allison

23 years, 10 months

Sun SPARCstation 2

by phil＠ultimate.com

> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 13:33:54 -0600 > From: Tom Uban <uban(a)ubanproductions.com> > > I think that not being able to access greater than 2GB makes it difficult > to setup a large disk, even if you are keeping the individual partitions > to less than 2GB. I don't know the exact details, but the version of SunOS > that I had just wouldn't do it. Maybe there was a patch or update which > would have fixed the problem as you describe. Well as I said. I'm typing this on a system with a 4GB disk, and recently retired a client's system that had a 9GB disk. I'm running stock 4.1.4 (well, the non-stock parts are not Sun supplied-- I have some Stanford patched modules that support multicast, and more importantly to me, BPF. I also have ip_fil filters, which replaced some IP files as well). -phil

23 years, 10 months

California Scientific Systems

by forslund＠tbaytel3.tbaytel.net

Hi, I found a California Scientific Systems computer, but have no idea what it is. It has dual 5 1/4" floppy drives in the front, and that's all i know about it. I'm thinking of purchasing it, but would like to know a little more about it - processor? ram? etc. I searched the web, but no hits. Anyone ever heard of this one or have any information? Thanks and enjoy, Bob

23 years, 10 months

E11 / Windows ME question

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

OK, this is sort of on/off-topic, but..... Out of curiousity, has anyone run E11 (PDP-11 Emulator) on Windows ME? Are there any compatibility issues between Win98 and WinME? I just got my wife a low-end Thinkpad and am wanting to be able to run E11 on it. Zane

23 years, 10 months

NT5

by agraham＠ccat.co.uk

> > Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 14:06:08 -0800 (PST) > From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com> > Subject: Re: E11 / Windows ME question > > > "Windows 2000" was a renaming of "NT 5". > Did the non x86 versions of NT survive? Nope. W2K didn't make it past Beta 2 and NT doesn't make it past SP6....for Alpha anyway; the others were well gone. -- Adrian Graham MCSE/ASE/MCP C CAT Limited Gubbins: http://www.ccat.co.uk (work) <http://www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk> (home) <http://www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk> (The Online Computer Museum) 0/0

23 years, 10 months

E11 / Windows ME question

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 02:06 PM 2/14/01 -0800, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote: >At one point, "CE" was "Consumer Electronics"! Did it change? Yes, I think they started denying it stood for anything at all. >BTW, "98" will REFUSE to install unless there is a math coprocessor! >What possible reasons could there be for an OS to need floating >point?????? An OS or an OS that comes with a slew of applications? - John

23 years, 10 months

OT: Re: E11 / Windows ME question

by jfoust＠threedee.com

At 07:25 AM 2/15/01 -0800, you wrote: >I can't attest as to why the FPU is required, but the animation you see >when doing a file copy is just a very small, looped AVI file. No >"trajectory" calculation is going on at all. Just all the DLLs for an AVI player. :-) I feel better now. - John

23 years, 10 months

Sun SPARCstation 2

by jrasite＠eoni.com

This may be off-topic, but are there any SPARCstation users on the list? I just came into one with a missing hard drive and am looking for O/S information to make it live again. If it is O/T, please p-mail me. <mailto:jrasite@eoni.com> Jim

23 years, 10 months

Tosh 420CDT Thanx

by jpl15＠panix.com

A very-much-appreciated "Thank You!" to all the list members who reponded to my 'fried laptop' post a while back. I have located the docs, found the correct SMPSU voltage (15VDC/30W) and found a source for the PSU, the Mobo, and batteries. Also I found a 10GB drive that may fit it. 1.3GB is Just Too Small... whodathunkit???? Anywway, thanks again, even though the machine ain't quite 10 yet... Cheerz John

23 years, 10 months

Everybody talking about SUNs - I never had one...I never tried one...who wil find/trade me one?

by claudew＠videotron.ca

Hi Suns, suns, suns...I never had one, I never tried one. Not too common around here in Quebec. Seem plentyfull in the US.... I would be willing to trade for one...something not too old I can still play around with... I would rather trade for one because this could help me with my space problem...and not make it worst... I enjoy trading, if you have seen my posts before, I never ask for money for stuff I offer...I give it away or trade...my personnal policy... I have a ton of stuff...mostly micros and periphs 197x-198x early 1990s but lots of other stuff...ask... Dont suggest ebay....I dont use ebay to buy or sell...another personnal "policy"... Claude Canuk Computer Collector http://computer_collector.tripod.com

23 years, 10 months

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test-drb February 2001