r u going to bid on tha flatpanel? fred |

I know this is a minor point ... but ... isn't that word supposed to be spelled HOBBYIST? Being a foreigner I'm sensitive to differences in application of suffixes, etc, and the "est" suggests a comparison, while the "st" suffix is used to signify one who does whatever the preceding syllables imply. I see this all the time in this forum, however, so please correct me if I'm wrong. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck McManis" <cmcmanis(a)mcmanis.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 9:07 AM Subject: Re: How to install hobbiest CD? appreciated.

"R. D. Davis" wrote: I plead guilty of the spelling mistake, I did rush it out this morning but I would have made the same spelling mistake. I'm afraid that I learned to spell by rogue ;-) memory. And as a student I did not particularly like english (we used milk cartons to learn sentence structure). I still have trouble remembering the spellings and some english rules. One of my co-workers learned to spell phonetically and is quite good at spelling and can pronounce anyone's name (including those foreign to the US). Of course I now can program in at least a dozen different languages I can't learn other languages. Anyone have any good links to English grammar rules? I'll also try to use my spell checker more often. PS: Thanks for all the info on installing the CD, I will attempt to install it tomorrow. I have my disk dka500 and the CD on DKB300. I'm still wondering where I am at the '$' prompt. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry ncherry(a)home.net http://members.home.net/ncherry (Text only) http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/lightsey/52 (Graphics) http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge)

What kind of cdrom drive and hard disk are you using? I had a hard time finding a drive that would work on my Vaxstation 4000/60. It likes my Quantum drives but not others. The symtom was a dump when I tried to use Backup to install the image. The machine would trap and give me a screenfull of numbers to write down... I also had a realy hard time with a cdrom drive and this machine. I eventually had to get a real RRD40 to get VMS installed. All the other drives would boot and get me to the Backup prompt, but the install would fail when I tried to install the image to hard disk. It is funny that the Vax didn't mind booting backup from a generic, non-512byte block cdrom drive, but the backup program freaks out on it. It is usually the other way around..... It drove me nuts. Regards, Jeff In <3A58B367.DBBD9845(a)home.net>et>, on 01/08/01 at 12:21 PM, Neil Cherry <ncherry(a)home.net> said: -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Jeffrey S. Worley President Complete Computer Services, Inc. 30 Greenwood Rd. Asheville, NC 28803 828-277-5959 Visit our website at HTTP://www.Real-Techs.com THETechnoid(a)home.com -----------------------------------------------------------

I found a Datamedia DT80/1 dumped in a snow bank on my way home with a Sparc 1+. The Sparc was abandoned in a condominium board room, and they were greatfull to have it removed. But does anyone have info on the Datamedia? I searched the web and got a SONY site. It seems to be missing the front panel.