Hi Dennis,
I've been using OS X now for a few months and loving it. I've been
talking with a few different people about trying to start an OS X users
group mailing list and have had some ok feed back. We could probably
get efn or euglug to host a list if we asked nicely :)
Jim
On Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 01:22 PM, Dennis Eberl wrote:
> Been away from Linux since my temper flare up re 9/11. Hope I am
> forgiven.
> I forgive you all.
>
> Anyway, I'm moving and want to get rid of a lot of Linux books (some
> with CDs), magazines, license plate frames, little "Linux Inside" blue
> gizmos you put on your computer (I gave Stan some last year to give to
> you guys; I don't know what you call them), and two Linux training
> videos to the group if you would like to have them. Don't know who
> decides these things; hence,
> this general post.
>
> I've gotten very much into using OS X ("Darwin" *nix) on my Apple
> Powerbook as my all time favorite web development platform. You can go
> from Aqua (the new Mac GUI) to a terminal screen in a single click and
> you can boot up into command line only *nix terminal mode. I have Perl,
> Python, PHP, MySQL,
> and Apache installed (Zope, also, but I like PHP and using BBEdit so
> much I can't stand working in Zope). Basically, the Mac now lets you
> work much as you can using Gnome or KDE (or whatever) and command line
> Linux. Very cool.
>
> Anyone working with or interested in Darwin (BSDish *nix) please drop
> me a note. Maybe we can get some informal get togethers going. The
> Eugene MUG (Mac User's Group) doesn't seem interested. Actually,
> doesn't seem to be very active (I could be wrong).
>
> Did anyone get my two 19.2 K baud wireless modems working? I am sure
> (if you didn't fry them) they can be gotten to work. You have to be
> able to read the schematic as these are OEM units with a power wiring
> change. I've been working with RF since I was twelve so if anyone is
> interested I'd be happy to be of help.
>
> Also, I have two dual 200 MHz Pentium Pro IBM IntelliStation Pro's I
> want to sell. One has 128 MB of ECC RAM, CD ROM, floppy, keyboard &
> mouse, and an Adaptec SCSII controller (a 2940 if I remember correctly)
> with one 1 GB (68-bin) and one 4.5 GB SCA (80-pin) hard disk. The other
> unit is identical save it has only 64 MB ECC RAM, the keyboard only
> (dead mouse), and no 4.5 GB drive (i.e., 1.2 GB only). (VOS has some
> very cheap SCA SCSII drives available, I found.) Both machines have Red
> Hat v7.1 installed, which really flies using dual processors. $450 OBO
> for both.
>
> I also have two 16 modem rack mount units with USR Robotics 28.8/33.6
> modems and two 64 port Computone terminal servers for sale if anyone is
> interested. I paid way too much for this stuff, but would be willing to
> sell them fairly cheap if anyone wants to play "ISP". One of the
> Computone units is brand spanking new. All cables are available.
>
> Dennis Eberl
> (541) 686-2975
>
