Linux-Hardware Digest #20, Volume #9 Thu, 24 Dec 98 17:13:22 EST
Contents:
Terratec XLerate (Seeb)
Celeron 300a and SMP (Jasper Janssen)
Re: Linux SMP revisited (Jasper Janssen)
Double sided printing ? (Pradeep Sagam)
Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux... (Kyler Laird)
Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux... (Kyler Laird)
Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux... (Kyler Laird)
Re: LinkSys 10/100 Ethernet (John Strange)
kxl-783A ("Abdelmajid Bouazza")
Re: What is good video board for OpenGL? ("francois")
Re: Problem with ASUS P5A-B mainboard ("Gilles Cottenceau")
Re: Dell loves Linux! (Iain Rae)
Linux on Armada 7830? (Alan Zaitchik)
Re: Mount made easy (Smith)
Ensoniq Sound card problem ("Billy Bob")
Re: Winmodem drivers wanted (Robert Fiser)
Re: Dell Ultra ATA controller? (Xinyang Shen)
Adaptec 7895 Ultra SCSI support? ("Kevin Wright")
Unix hardware ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Conflict with X-Windows and Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card ("Jim Orfanakos")
Re: Celeron vs AMD k6-2 (Nathan Gilbert)
Redhat Linux @Home cable modem Intel EtherExpress (Jason Brossa)
Re: S.O.S ! NIC - 3COM Etherlink III Bus-Master PCI Adaptor ? (Nathan Gilbert)
Re: Sendmail Virus Scanning (Nathan Gilbert)
Promise FastTrack and Linux ("Michael R. Crawford")
Re: WinModems - any work being done for Linux? (Rob Clark)
Re: Older floppy drive setup HELP ("Eugene Nine")
Re: ASUS vs TYAN vs Intel board? ("Eugene Nine")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Seeb)
Subject: Terratec XLerate
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:33:04 +0100
Can this soundcard (Terratec XLerate) be used with Linux?
It is not supported directly. However, shouldn't it be possible to use the
original Soundblaster-Pro-driver and the original MPU401-driver?
Terratec claims that the card is hardware-compatible to the Soundblaster Pro
and the MPU401 even in real DOS mode. So what about Linux?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jasper Janssen)
Subject: Celeron 300a and SMP
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:16:35 GMT
Hi.
Anyone know anything about getting celeron 300a's to Multi-process?
I've heard some rumors that despite Intel blockage, it may be
possible.
Thanks,
Jasper
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jasper Janssen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux SMP revisited
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 13:19:28 GMT
On Wed, 23 Dec 1998 17:44:22 -0700, Doug Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>David Fox wrote:
>>
>> "Osvaldo Pinali Doederlein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > William Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > >IMO, SMP is really needed at the very high-end and at the very low end.
>> > >IF, Win98 could use SMP, imagine the performance of a 3D game running on
>> > >dual K6-2 3D chips (for the price of a single P2/450 cpu).
>> >
>> > I don't think K6's are designed to support SMP. You cannot plug any CPU in
>> > a motherboard with two or four CPU slots and expect it to work. The SMP
>> > supporting logic which is embedded in every Intel chip is one of the reasons
>> > why Intels are more expensive.
>>
>> Embedded in every (recent) Intel chip, but disabled in the Celeron line.
>
>Disabled, but still present. The stout of heart (and steady of hand)
>can re-enable it.
Can ya point me to a URL? Thanks,
jasper
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From: Pradeep Sagam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Double sided printing ?
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 14:20:39 GMT
How do I print on both sides of the paper. I use SuSE 5.3 and a HP
Laserjet 5si.
It used to be an lpr option on some UNIX flavors. But I don't find one
on mine.
TIA
-Pradeep
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kyler Laird)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux...
Date: 23 Dec 1998 13:12:19 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefaan A Eeckels) writes:
>Given that Windows boxes cannot be told to use anything else
>but the standard SMB sockets, what's your prospective client?
Hmmm...have you taken a look at the Newsgroups:
line lately?
(MS Windows clients could also use it, of course,
but it takes a bit more effort.)
--kyler
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kyler Laird)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux...
Date: 23 Dec 1998 13:19:53 GMT
DJ Delorie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Bruce Barnett wrote:
>> I still don't understand. Why do you want a daemon that doesn't use
>> sockets, but uses STDIO?
>So that he can do this (somehow from within the kernel):
> ssh remotemachine smbd -stdio ...
Or through some machine's inetd. (That's how I
do it for testing; I run it through the SS10
that I use as a firewall. This would let me
also use, for example, OS/2, but going direct
from smbmount would be nice.)
>Then mount the directory locally. Later, umount it and Ctrl-C the
>ssh.
Hmmmm...the ssh session *should* just die when
the process using it dies. I'm not sure how
smbmount works enough to know if this isn't
likely to happen.
>That provides an encrypted
and *authenticated*
>session for the mounted filesystem.
--kyler
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kyler Laird)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: things I'd pay to have developed for Linux...
Date: 23 Dec 1998 13:14:36 GMT
Bruce Barnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> use of standard I/O instead of sockets
>I still don't understand. Why do you want a daemon that doesn't use
>sockets, but uses STDIO?
not a daemon, a server
>If you used STDIO, then the only person who can use the service is
>the person who created the process, and then you can only access it
>from the process that created it.
BINGO! (Alas...)
>You can't have others use the service.
which is the point
>You can't use the service on remote systems.
wrong
>What good is a SMB daemon if you couldn't use it on a Windows client?
Welcome to the land of people who know something
besides Microsoft.
--kyler
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange)
Subject: Re: LinkSys 10/100 Ethernet
Date: 24 Dec 1998 15:47:54 GMT
Get a new driver from http:\\www.linksys.com
Robert Wiegand ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Wes Carlson wrote:
: >
: > Has anyone been successful in getting a LinkSys 10/100 card to work?
: > Currently, I have kernel 2.0.35 installed. I was hoping the tulip
: > driver included in the kernel would work. Upon boot, the kernel picks
: > up the physical card, but services can not be established (ie. dhcp
: > fails and interface is disabled.)
: I have third working, but I downloaded the latest driver before trying
: to use it. Sorry, but I didn't save the URL where I found the driver.
: --
: Regards,
: Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
While Alcatel may claim ownership of all my ideas (on or off the job),
Alcatel does not claim any responsibility for them. Warranty expired when u
opened this article and I will not be responsible for its contents or use.
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From: "Abdelmajid Bouazza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kxl-783A
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:29:56 +0100
Hello,
I'm looking for a driver for a panasonic kxl-783a (with pcmcia scsi adapter)
cdrom drive for linux
any idea ?
thanks
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From: "francois" <*nospam*@nordnet.fr>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: What is good video board for OpenGL?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:29:54 +0100
Look at the site http://glide.xxedgexx.com/
Fran�ois.
charles anderson a �crit dans le message
<75mmfv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>What are the best choices for video boards that support OpenGL
under Linux for under $500? Thanks.
======================================================================
Chuck Anderson associate professor
Department of Computer Science [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Colorado State University http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~anderson
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1873 office: 970-491-7491, FAX: 970-491-2466
>
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From: "Gilles Cottenceau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with ASUS P5A-B mainboard
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 18:08:41 +0100
Hello,
>Half a year ago I changed the motherboard of my PC to an ASUS P5A-B.
>Since then I encounter a strange behaviour from time to time that
>I never have seen with my old 486: Especially in times of high process
>activity the power and message LED start blinking and speaker gives
>a constant tone. Sometimes it stops doing this after some time,
>sometimes it continues to the next reboot. During this phase
>Linux seems to work without any problem. Currently I am using
>Debian/Slink and kernel 2.0.35.
>
>Thank you for any hint,
>Robert
I bought a new computer with a k6/2-333 and an ASUS P5A, 3 months ago, and I
used it intensively under Linux (kernel 2.0.35) and Windows 98, and I had no
problem at all.
In addition, I bought 3 other computers with ASUS P5A-B (k6/2-300) in which
I installed Linux and I had no problem.
For your problem, I would think of a conflict or a bad electric connection
somewhere...?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Iain Rae)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Dell loves Linux!
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 14:44:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 15 Dec 1998 20:04:34 +0000, James Youngman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.hardware James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> : BL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> : > Dell has NO experience with stuff like linux.
>>
>> : This is not the case. They used to maintain their own version of
>> : Unix.
>>
>> really?!
>>
>> did they just use it internally or did they sell and SUPPORT it?
>
>Really. In a previous incarnation, Jeremy Chatfield of Xi graphics
>(itself formerly called X Inside) was in change of the development of
>Dell's version of Unix. IIRC they shipped this to customers on Dell
>hardware.
>
yup, we've got an installation set kicking about somewhere, though
technically it was used to competitively upgrade to NT server (I
wanted to take a look but didn't want to pay very much)
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From: Alan Zaitchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux on Armada 7830?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:02:19 -0500
Has anyone installed Linux on a Compaq 7830?
It is not listed as a "supported" machine but I know some people have
run Linux on other machines in the 7800 family.
Thanks
Alan Zaitchik
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mount made easy
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 23:58:27 -0600
Floris van Nierop wrote:
>
> Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> coughed, then solemnly spoke:
>
> > I don't like having to su to root in order to mount or umount
> > my cdrom or my zip drive. Is there a way to set up a script or
> > other program that I can run as a powerless normal user
> > that allows me to mount and umount my drivers?
>
> For the cdrom, you have to add the following line to your /etc/fstab
> file:
>
> /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro, user
>
> in which /dev/drom is the device you want to mount, /cdrom is the
> directory on which you wish to mount, iso9660 is the filesystem type,
> and ro & user are extra options: 'ro' is for 'readonly', and 'user'
> does the trick you are looking for: it enables all users, not just
> root, to mount the cdrom by executing 'mount /cdrom'. The extra options
> are the same as you would use with the -o switch to mount, so you
> could check the man page for mount for a full listing of possible values.
> I don't know the exact line for mounting a zip drive, but the principle
> should be the same.
>
>
The method Floris recommend gave me some serious and unexpected
problems. When I loaded up my /etc/fstab file as recommended, and issued
the mount command, everything worked fine _except_ that my hard drive
partitions were mounted with noexec. I couldn't execute any program in
that partition no matter the permissions. You might imagine that this
gave me fits until I noticed the "noexec" in the line in the /etc/mtab
file. Perhaps there is an easy way around this, I don't know.
Let me offer an alternative that I use now, and I like better. I use
redhat-5.2. There is an easy automounter rpm named autofs. After you rpm
this in, you must set up some simple files in the /etc dir. Redhat
provides samples so this is easy (unlike some automounters). Then you
must place autofs into the startup sequence (use the control-panel).
When you're done, the automounter does all the work. You just cd or ls
or whatever to the unmounted partition (e.g. /mnt/cd) and the
automounter demon intercepts the command, mounts the partition, and
continues the command. Partitions are umounted after a no-use time you
set. If you can fiddle in the fstab file, you're capable of installing
autofs. I have no idea what the security implications of autofs are.
YMMV.
Peace on Earth,
Jim Smith
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From: "Billy Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Ensoniq Sound card problem
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 14:38:37 -0500
Hello,
I have a PCI Ensoniq card with the 1370 sound chip. I am using
redhat 5.2 When I use sndconfig to configure the sound card it is
able to detect my card but fails to play the sound file and gives me an
error saying application not supported. Can somebody tell me what I am
going wrong . I get the error
message saying ...
SOX: Can't open output file '/dev/dsp': Operation not supported by
device
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong. I had this sound card working
before in a pentium 100 system with RH 5.2 and just recently moved to an AMD
K6-200 and it doesn't work in the new sysytem.
Thanks...
Asim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fiser)
Subject: Re: Winmodem drivers wanted
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 16:49:38 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 22:40:09 GMT, BigBrotha wrote:
> > Can anyone please make a driver for USR winmodem for linux. I really
> > want to switch to Linux but i can;t afford a new modem right now...
>
> You see that part that says "win"...well that is short for WINDOWS. Thus,
> it doesn't work on anything but Windows, not even DOS!
>
>
As far I understand WinModems: all the hardware is there but the software
which controls hardware is running on you PC and is therefor using some
CPU time. Drivers for these type of hardware could (in theory) be written
for any operating system, but manufacturers are delivering only Windows
drivers.
The questions are: Are WinModem manufactures releasing the relevant
technical details? Is anybody able to analyse these hardware or binaries
of windows driver so he could write for example Linux driver? Could Linux
just ignore these type of hardware and therefor reduce the number of its
users?
- Robert
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From: Xinyang Shen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dell Ultra ATA controller?
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 11:46:37 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I installed redHat 5.1 and 5.2 on a Dell XPS R400 system and everything is
fine,
although I wasn't aware of Ultra ATA issue.
Chris Deiss wrote:
> I'm considering buying a Dell Dimension XPS R, and I'm wondering if anyone
> has successfully installed Linux on one of these systems.
>
> In particular I read on the RedHat 5.2 hardware compatibility list that
> some Ultra ATA controllers are not supported. I then noticed that some
> Dell's have an 'Enhanced EIDE S.M.A.R.T. II Ultra DMA' blah blah blah HD
> controller. I'm not sure this even applies to the Dimension series . . .
>
> Any know compatibilities/incompatibilities?
>
> TIA,
> Chris
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From: "Kevin Wright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Adaptec 7895 Ultra SCSI support?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:34:10 -0000
Is any there Linux kernel support available/imminent/planned for the
Adaptec 7895 Ultra SCSI adapter (as on the new Gigabyte 6BXDS
dual processor mainboard)? I gather there is already a patch for the
7890. Would it work on the 7895?
Kevin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Unix hardware
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 10:21:03 -0800
I am looking to add a Unix box to my network to ask as a ip and ipx
router along with hosting a few servers, WWW, database, uake, etc.. as
well as being a file server and possible running X over the network in a
windows X client program... How much power should I get... I only want
to spend $400 but have a video card and the network cards. I have see
some p200 with 32 megs for about my price, will that surfice? Thanks.
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From: "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Conflict with X-Windows and Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:07:01 -0500
I have Redhat 5.1 and a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card that uses the
tulip driver. My video card is a STB 128. I am having problems with my
networking under X-Windows.
If I activate the Ethernet card, then start X-Windows....the system hangs.
Hard Boot required.
If I de-activate the Ethernet card then go into X-Windows...X-Windows works
but I have no networking.
If I de-activate the Ethernet card then go into X-Windows...and activate the
Ethernet card...the system hangs. Hard Boot required.
I checked everywhere...I see no irq conflict nor I/O address conflict.
Does anyone have any ideas or experience?
Jim Orfanakos
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:12:55 -0800
From: Nathan Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Celeron vs AMD k6-2
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In our servers we use the AMD K6-2 300MHz CPU's with the Asus P5A
motherboards. The overall cost of the machine is about $450.00, and so far
we haven't been able to bring any of them to their knees. BTW: we are
getting about 24,000 hits per day on our main domain, and that server also
host 8 other virtual domains. A word to the wise spend the extra money for
72bit wide SDRAM, it makes all the difference. Good luck.
Jakub Chmielewski wrote:
> Hi!
>
> What's more efficient in a www, email, ftp server - Celeron 300A or amd
> k6-2-300. Provided, of course, I buy the optimal motherboard, RAM etc.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jakub Chmielewski
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From: Jason Brossa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Redhat Linux @Home cable modem Intel EtherExpress
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:23:53 -0500
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Here is a small guide for setting up your Linux machine with a PnP
ethernet card, @Home cable modem and DHCP
http://www.monmouth.com/~jay/Linux/
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:05:13 -0800
From: Nathan Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: S.O.S ! NIC - 3COM Etherlink III Bus-Master PCI Adaptor ?
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Firstly the 509 card is ISA not PCI, also have you made sure that the module
is actually loading? Try using modprobe to load the module. Also check to
ensure that the card has not been put to sleep. Some of the 905 cards have a
wake up on lan activity connector; I have had numerous problems with these
cards falling asleep, and not waking back up.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've a P120-40MB with the NIC
>
> 3COM Etherlink III Bus-Master PCI Adaptor
>
> Is there a driver for this available with Linux ? I tried 3c509/5799 , but
> when I give
> ifconfig eth0 myipaddr
>
> it says "eth0 not registered". So, I figure it is because of wrong
> driver.
>
> If this question sounds too silly, excuse me. I'm no expert in linux
> networking.
>
> PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR SUGGESTIONS/SOLUTIONS - this is my last stumbling
> block in converting 100% from Windows.
>
> Thanks in advance
> Satheesh
>
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 00:01:20 -0800
From: Nathan Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sendmail Virus Scanning
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Not to my knowledge, but the PC's that are receiving these messages should be
running some sort of virus scanner for incoming files and e-mail. Linux itself
is pretty impervious to most pc viruses since they are usually written to
execute under DOS or Windoze.
Mark Kaplan wrote:
> Is there a product for Linux Sendmail that will scan incoming e-mail
> attachments for common viruses (particularly word viruses) and either clean
> them or force them into a separate directory?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Michael R. Crawford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Promise FastTrack and Linux
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:11:41 -0800
Is there any way to get the Promise FastTrack IDE RAID controller working
under linux?
I have tried installing with it in my system and LILO just locks up at LIL
(it doesnt display the bootprompt.)
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike Crawford
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Subject: Re: WinModems - any work being done for Linux?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 15:54:31 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Colin Brough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[..]
>Question: is anyone working on drivers for such devices? Is there
>sufficient
>information in the public domain for this to be possible, or are
>USR/3COM and
>other Winmodem manufacturers not releasing the relevant technical
>details?
The latter case, I'm afraid. Although someone in this newsgroup mentioned
a rumor that Lucent wants to release the specs on the LT Winmodems to
the Linux hardware gurus.
I wouldn't wait around for someone to discover how to make a USR Winmodem
work under Linux. And I certainly wouldn't wait for 3Com/USR to release
the source code for their Windows software: the software being the main
difference between a USR Winmodem and an XYZ Winmodem.
There are internal USR 56K modems that are not Winmodems, but they cost
the OEM more. If you wish to replace your modem, most people recommend
getting an external modem.
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: "Eugene Nine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc-hardware
Subject: Re: Older floppy drive setup HELP
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 16:00:12 -0600
not much can be connected wrong with a floppy. does the light come on
constant? if so the I/F cable is backwards. If it came from a 386, was it
from an IBM? they had some propritary stuff in the 386 days.
Eugene
Jason Callina wrote in message ...
>I am throwing together an older Dell 486sx "Netplex" as a Linux machine. I
>stripped out the old weird 5.25 drive that had a strange 3.5 drive
>hunchbacked on top of it with non-standard connections.
>
>I added a CD-Rom and replaced the hard drive. I put a standard 3.5 drive i
>its place from a 386. I haven't gotten as far as testing the cd-rom, but
>the hard drive is working well.
>
>My problem is that the new 3.5 drive isn't even showing power. I am
>wondering if this setup will work? Any suggestions.
>
>
>
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From: "Eugene Nine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASUS vs TYAN vs Intel board?
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1998 15:56:17 -0600
Last time I checked Intel uses Phenox bios. thats the only reason keeping
my from buying them right now, I want something with AMI bois since threr
the only one that has ever worked consistantly enough. Do you know the
model number of Intel boards with AMI bois? I'd like to get one.
Eugene
GURU meditation wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I like QDI mb's I have installed 100's of them and they have worked
>great. They are jumperless too. Just go into bios and set your CPU
>speed. No searching for the manual for jumper settings. I don't
>really care for the intel's. I don't like amibios. Which intel uses.
>And most of them come with sound/nic on the mb. Don't like that
>either. TYAN's are a good choice too. Can't say anything about ASUS
>though.
>
>On 18 Dec 1998 21:54:55 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sandip Srivastava)
>wrote:
>
>>What board should I get? I've noticed that most of the companies that sell
>>Linux systems tend to use ASUS or TYAN boards where as companies like
>>Dell, Gateway, etc.,...use Intel boards. Is one board better than the
>>other?
>>
>>-Sandip
>>
>
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