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

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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

24 years, 1 month

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

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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

24 years, 1 month

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

24 years, 1 month

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

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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

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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

24 years, 1 month

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

24 years, 1 month

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

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test-drb February 2001