Linux-Hardware Digest #635, Volume #14 Mon, 16 Apr 01 22:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: ATA100 drive with ATA33 controller (Mike Castle)
unrecognized cdrom (David Harnsberger)
My hardware list ("Dave")
Re: 2.4.3, ATA100 & Hedrick's patches (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Re: ATA100 drive with ATA33 controller (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Hdparm suspicious results ?! ("FAR")
Re: Adaptec ACB-4070 bridgeboard. any software laying around (B'ichela)
Re: can Jaz 2MB cartridges be used in a 1MB drive ? (Dances With Crows)
Re: cd writer (Dances With Crows)
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (Charles Lyttle)
Re: Linux and at66? (Marcus Lauer)
Re: Hdparm suspicious results ?! (hac)
Re: Sandisk SDDR31 USB Help needed (Dances With Crows)
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Keith R. Williams)
Re: Adaptec ACB-4070 bridgeboard. any software laying around (B'ichela)
Re: Does Linux support serial printer? (B'ichela)
adaptec differential scsi-controller (pbh)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Castle)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: ATA100 drive with ATA33 controller
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:00:26 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Personally I like IBM
IBM - good drives
> and Western Digital 7200rpm drives.
WD - drives of death
mrc
--
Mike Castle Life is like a clock: You can work constantly
[EMAIL PROTECTED] and be right all the time, or not work at all
www.netcom.com/~dalgoda/ and be right at least twice a day. -- mrc
We are all of us living in the shadow of Manhattan. -- Watchmen
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Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:46:05 -0700
From: David Harnsberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: unrecognized cdrom
Hello,
I'm just getting into this Linux thing. I have redhat 6.2 all up and
running on my machine and in KDE when I pull up a terminal and try to
mount my cdrom drive with a cd in it, I get the message:
mount: No medium found
but there is a medium (cd) in the drive, so I don't know what to do.
Can anybody help me solve this problem?
thanks a lot,
Dave
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From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My hardware list
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:56:25 -0700
Hi all,
I'm going to build a new Linux box for myself, my first all-Linux-compatible
one. My last one had a winprinter and a winmodem and it's too slow now.
I was just wondering if some nice people could have a look at the components
that I'm thinking of putting in, and letting me know if anything might be a
problem. I've searched for everything on the Internet to see if it's
compatible. But I want to make sure that I haven't overlooked anything.
Mostly I'm worried about the Motherboard, the on-board sound (there are
drivers for this, it's some kind of VIA driver, but does it work well?), the
video card, and the printer (I think the printer I've chosen is good. It
was recommended at linuxprinting.org). I've assumed that the CD-Rom, CD-RW,
Ethernet card, and Hard drive will be fine since they are fairly
standard...is this true?
Microstar K7T-Turbo (MS-6330) with on-board Sound
OR ASUS A7V133A with on-board Sound
AMD Athlon K7 T-bird 1GHz Socket A (266 MHz FSB)
SDRAM 256MB 168-PIN PC-133 (LIFETIME WARRANTY)
PANASONIC 1.44MB 3.5" FLOPPY DRIVE
Maxtor 40GB UDMA100 HARD DRIVE 7200 RPM
NVIDIA PRO AGP 32MB
KDS VS-7i 17" MONITOR 1280X1024 0.27MMDP
AOPEN 52x IDE CD-ROM Drive
AOPEN 12X10X32X INTERNAL IDE CDRW
ZOLTRIX 56K EXTERNAL V.90 FAX MODEM
D-LINK DFE-530TX PCI 10/100BT CARD
EPSON STYLUS 777 COLOR INKJET PRINTER 2880DPI
Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Subject: Re: 2.4.3, ATA100 & Hedrick's patches
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:06:06 GMT
Pavan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My kernel 2.4.3(vanilla) compiled with via IDE chipset support detects
> my 686b chipset at bootup and even runs my IBM Deskstar 75GXP at
> ATA100(according to boot messages).
>
> So why are the hedrick patches required? Isn't my hdd running at
> ata100 even though hdparm and dmesg say ata100(udma5)?
>
> hdparm -t gives 25 MB/s
>
> Please help...
>
> -Pavan
Kernels prior to 2.4 did not have ide/ata built in and required patching.
I see a few 2.4 patches in Hedrick's ftp directory but I assume they are
for adding new devices.
Rinaldi
--
We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
--Linus Torvalds
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rinaldi J. Montessi)
Subject: Re: ATA100 drive with ATA33 controller
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:09:30 GMT
Mike Castle wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Personally I like IBM
>
> IBM - good drives
>
>> and Western Digital 7200rpm drives.
>
> WD - drives of death
>
> mrc
Religion :-) I've been using WD's for years. They made a bad batch a
year or so ago but recalled them all.
Rinaldi
--
We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
--Linus Torvalds
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From: "FAR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hdparm suspicious results ?!
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 20:37:43 -0400
I'm running Red Hat 7 with the 2.4.2 kernel on an IBM-DTLA-307030 running at
ATA100 (off an Abit Hotrod with the HPT370 chipset).
I used to get around 35 MB/sec for the Timing buffered disk read, but when I
ran hdparm lately I get the following output :
/dev/hde:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 5.16 seconds = 24.81 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.36 seconds = 19.05 MB/sec
Hmm.. suspicious results: probably not enough free memory for a proper test.
I've never seen this before, and it's obvious that the disk read speed has
dropped significantly. Does anyone what the possible cause of this could be
? I haven't changed any hardware, kernels lately. I'd appreciate any
suggestions .... I've included the output from top (there's definetly enough
free memory) :
8:27pm up 22 min, 1 user, load average: 1.48, 1.62, 1.29
67 processes: 62 sleeping, 4 running, 1 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states: 48.4% user, 38.2% system, 0.0% nice, 13.3% idle
Mem: 255504K av, 155148K used, 100356K free, 0K shrd, 69972K
buff
Swap: 265032K av, 0K used, 265032K free 56164K
cached
Thanx,
-Firas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.cpm,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Adaptec ACB-4070 bridgeboard. any software laying around
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 14:12:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:43:36 GMT, Steven N. Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 20:08:23 GMT, B'ichela <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Got it thanks! Looking at it now. I think I can modify the
>>linux Scsi support to handle it. I am not the best at C so it may look
>>very ugly.
>
>Some years back, I grabbed a Linux kernel patch (against 1.1 series, I
>think) which claimed to support the 4070 and 4000 series controllers.
>Feel free to grab it from:
>
>http://home.adelphia.net/~shirsch/
>
>It's under the 'misc' subdirectory as acb-40XX.tar.gz. Hope it's of
>help, as I've never had the chance to play with it. I used Xebec
>bridge controllers (SASI, not SCSI) with Apple II boxes back in the
>early 80's, and I think I may have run an ACB-5500 at one point.
>
>Steve
Thats what I needed and what seems to be being patched is what
Rob Turk mentions. Now making it fit the 2.0.38 kernal is gonna be
a challenge. If anyone knows of a 2.0.38 version I too would like to
know where I can find it.
--
B'ichela
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: can Jaz 2MB cartridges be used in a 1MB drive ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Apr 2001 01:08:21 GMT
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:14:06 GMT, Courtney Thomas staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>The subject says it all.
Jaz drives with a 1M capacity? Wow, that's some seriously old tech,
worse than a standard floppy.
Anyway, a 2G Jaz cartridge cannot be used in a 1G Jaz Drive, nor can a
250M Zip disk be used in a 100M Zip drive. Either the mechanical parts
of the drive don't have the resolution necessary to deal with the double
track density, or the onboard controller doesn't know how to deal with
the underlying low-level format, or some combination of the two.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: cd writer
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Apr 2001 01:08:19 GMT
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:38:02 +0300, Mr Aydin Taran staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>I have a hp cdwriter 9310 it is recognized by linux easly during
>boot.but,I have to install scsi emulation for atapi support in order to
>use cd burning program.anyone can help how to add scsi emulation in
>kernel so that I can use cd burning program.
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Remember this part of the URL; it will save you a great deal of
time.
On a modern distro, this is all you should have to do:
LILO: linux hdX=ide-scsi
(replace X with the IDE interface the drive is hooked to, usually b, c,
or d.)
(system boots)
login: root
(log in as root)
machine# modprobe ide-scsi
machine# cdrecord -scanbus
If everything worked, you should see something like the following:
Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J�rg Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'CD-R/RW RW7063A ' '1.40' Removable CD-ROM
...and then you're set. Put the hdX=ide-scsi line into your
/etc/lilo.conf and re-run lilo to make it active at every boot, then put
that "modprobe ide-scsi" line into /etc/init.d/boot.local (SuSE) or
/etc/rc.d/rc.local (RedHat and derived) so it will be executed on every
boot.
If you're still stuck, read that HOWTO, and search this NG via
http://groups.google.com/ for my name and keyword "CD-R" and follow
the advice you find therein. If you're *still* having problems, post
your error messages and the parts of the output of "dmesg" that have to
do with your CD-RW. HTH, bonne chance.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: Charles Lyttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 01:14:45 GMT
Paul Repacholi wrote:
>
> "Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > "franek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > > I could never understand this enamoration with HTML-based
> > > interfaces. There's a good case for using HTML in a normal
> > > web-based environment, but why the hell one would want to use this
> > > crude and slow method in a standalone system is beyond me.
>
> > Well, there are a lot of reasons why one might want to do this.
>
> > 1) rollout of new versions is effortless. Just install the new
> > pages, scripts, etc.. and it just works the next time they load a
> > page. You can do this by centralizing the apps in a traditional
> > environment as well, but then you have to get everyone to exit their
> > processes and reload. This isn't something you would want to do
> > automatically because users might have a page up for a specific
> > reason, and killing it on them could be disasterous.
>
> > 2) You can use very low-end hardware for terminals (win 3.1 boxes
> > even).
>
> Great if you have no solvents, dust, high power machinery...
>
> As I said, get factory experience and understand *the* factory.
> Cutting $20 bucks won't go far when you are explaining the reasons for
> destroying $100M of plant and killing 5 people.
>
> Oh, and rolling out new versions is NEVER effortless. It can take 6
> months or more of extensive testing before you 'roll out'. And if you
> think that it becomes easier by adding a huge jump in complexity...
>
> --
> Paul Repacholi 1 Crescent Rd.,
> +61 (08) 9257-1001 Kalamunda.
> West Australia 6076
> Raw, Cooked or Well-done, it's all half baked.
However there are a number of manufacturers who make PC equals for the
factory floor. They are much lower cost than traditional factory
hardware, especially HP or Sun systems. These systems cost lots more
than CompUSA trash, but still are cost effective, *IF* they have a good
OS loaded. Linux does have competitors in this market, QNX being one.
But the cost of a single BSOD is high enough to keep Windows out.
--
Russ Lyttle
"World Domination through Penguin Power"
The Universal Automotive Testset Project at
<http://home.earthlink.net/~lyttlec>
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From: Marcus Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and at66?
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 18:31:49 -0700
cubaallstars wrote:
> Ok here goes i installed turbolinux 6 on my machine after much trouble.Im
> very new to linux and i though it would be a dodle how wrong i was.
>
> It ran well, but at the time of installation i didnt have udma66 cable for
> my harddisk so it was attached to a ata 33 port which is IDE1 on my mobo.
>
> So i bought a udma cable and attached my harddisk to the ata 66 port at
> which point it all goes bad.
>
> I rebotted and tryed to boot linux it booted for a while and then reported
> it was unable to mount the FS which i assume is the file system.
>
> Well after all the other probs i decided to take the heavy handed approach
> and wipe the partion and reboot. Oh i forgot to mention its a dual boot
> system with win ME.
>
> Well no the installtuion says it cant detect any disks!!!
>
> But windows still works fine whats this about!!
>
>
TurboLinux 6.0 comes with kernel 2.2.13. That's pretty old. I'm
pretty sure it doesn't support ATA/66. You'll need to get an upgrade.
First, look at TurboLinux's website to see if they have any upgrades
available. If not, you will probably have to download the kernel source code
and build your own. Or, since you're reinstalling Linux anyway, maybe you
should get a newer version of Linux? Get a low-price copy from
www.cheapbytes.com or one of those places.
Incidentally, is there any good reason for using ATA/66? Most hard
drive manufacturers have a utility program which lets you set your hard drive
to ATA/33 or ATA/66. You might want to set the hard drive to ATA/33 for now,
until you upgrade the Linux kernel.
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From: hac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hdparm suspicious results ?!
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 01:28:38 GMT
FAR wrote:
>
> I'm running Red Hat 7 with the 2.4.2 kernel on an IBM-DTLA-307030 running at
> ATA100 (off an Abit Hotrod with the HPT370 chipset).
> I used to get around 35 MB/sec for the Timing buffered disk read, but when I
> ran hdparm lately I get the following output :
>
> /dev/hde:
> Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 5.16 seconds = 24.81 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 3.36 seconds = 19.05 MB/sec
> Hmm.. suspicious results: probably not enough free memory for a proper test.
>
> I've never seen this before, and it's obvious that the disk read speed has
> dropped significantly. Does anyone what the possible cause of this could be
> ? I haven't changed any hardware, kernels lately. I'd appreciate any
> suggestions .... I've included the output from top (there's definetly enough
> free memory) :
>
> 8:27pm up 22 min, 1 user, load average: 1.48, 1.62, 1.29
> 67 processes: 62 sleeping, 4 running, 1 zombie, 0 stopped
> CPU states: 48.4% user, 38.2% system, 0.0% nice, 13.3% idle
> Mem: 255504K av, 155148K used, 100356K free, 0K shrd, 69972K
> buff
> Swap: 265032K av, 0K used, 265032K free 56164K
> cached
>
I doubt that you can to measure disk performance with a load average
like that.
Look at the cache read time - way too long. A slow controller could
do that, but so can slow memory or a slow bus. The load average
points to a busy bus. If you can't transfer from the disk cache to
memory in a reasonable time, then you can't really test how fast you
can read from the disk.
When you want to measure one aspect of system performance, you must
make sure that nothing other than that test is consuming the resource
you are trying to measure. Ideally, shut down to single user to run
your test. In practice, you can probably get away with killing any
resource-hungry processes. A load average greater than one means that
something else is running or waiting to run, making the measurement
worthless.
--
Howard Christeller Irvine, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Sandisk SDDR31 USB Help needed
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 17 Apr 2001 01:42:22 GMT
On Sat, 14 Apr 2001 11:17:24 +0200, Peter T. Breuer staggered into the
Black Sun and said:
>Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> USB support did not fully stabilize in the 2.2.x series until kernel
>> 2.2.18. SuSE's 2.2.16 with USB patches isn't quite up to snuff; for
>
>I happily ported the 2.2.18 usb stuff back to 2.2.15 (then found out
>later there was an official patch). It works fine because it IS the
>same. The port consisted of adding a few macros to supply functions
>that 2.2.15 didn't have - the only thing I couldn't do was the ibmcia
>(I think I recall) which required physical memory mapping that
>I didn't want to go near.
>
>> instance, I have a USB gamepad that doesn't work at all with their
>> kernel yet works on a 2.4.3 kernel.
>
>Maybe it also needs some of the physmem support. But comparing it
>against 2.4.3 isn't fair. I'm very happy with the way the back-port
>works.
[snip]
*sigh* I am a bonehead; the USB gamepad works just fine with SuSE's
patched kernel if you're looking at /dev/input/js0 (major 13, minor 0)
or /dev/js0 is a symlink to /dev/input/js0 , or /dev/js0 has major 13,
minor 0 instead of major 15, minor 0. I made the symlink on my desktop,
then completely forgot about it when trying the gamepad on my laptop.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 02:04:27 GMT
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 04:01:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab
the Unsightly One) wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith R. Williams) wrote:
>
> > > Probably not. I listen mostly to baroque music, especially
> > > late baroque. (Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell, Teleman,
> > > Pachelbel, ...) I also like one romantic composer (Chopin),
> > > the occasional classical (e.g., Dvorak), and even a little
> > > modern music on occasion (Glad (www.glad-pro.com), and
> > > occasionally some techno; I even don't mind the music
> > > from Descent every now and again).
> >
> > I can get with some of the above. Most bore me though. The
> > amazing thing I've found is what is useful as background and
> > what is distracting. I would never have guessed. I like
> > classical music, but find it distracting. ...maybe because
> > it demands attention. Anyway...
>
> Yeah. Too many changes in temp and volume are distracting,
> and classical does a lot of that. Baroque is more even
> and steady and therefore (to me anyway) less distracting.
Changes in volume dosn't seem to bother me. I do a lot of
pops, jazz, and show tunes. I can't do rock or much
classical. I thought it amazing but I can even get in the
grouve with humor. A couple of weeks ago I was listening to
Paul Shanklin on a Saturday afternoon and burst out
laughing. I didn't know the guy in the cube opposite me
hade come into work. Like I said, I would never have
thought I could get into the grouve with many things. I may
tune out a lot, but it doesn't distract me. Rock and most
classical distract me, though I tend to like them.
> Chant can also be okay as background, as long as it's
> in a language I don't know. Someday when I learn Latin,
> I probably won't be able to play chants as background
> anymore.
Chant? No, I had enough of that in music appreac eons ago.
It's interesting for about an hour (per lifetime) and than
it's zzz's.
> > I do some pretty serious stuff on my system. I was never
> > convinced that a laptop could do my stuff.
>
> It probably couldn't, when laptops were introduced.
> These days you can get a laptop that will really perform,
> if you're willing to pay money. That wasn't always so.
Exactly. A couple of years ago I attended an Intel
Developer's forum (tough job for a Vermont resident to go to
Palm Springs for a week). They announced that they were
issuing high-end laptops to all of their professionals. It
made perfect sense to me, but they weren't quite there. I
believe they are now, particularly at the top end. I
wouldn't pay the price personally, but my needs are very
different than by boss'.
> > I always had a
> > desktop system to do the real work. That changed with this
> > beast. My desktop system rarely runs (at work). I had
> > several systems where I could rung background place-n-route
> > stuff. That's all gone away since I can carry my "desktop"
> > with me. ...even more so since I can plug the thing into a
> > dock and get the secondary display.
>
> What I want is a static IP so I can telnet into my
> home system from work (or, for that matter, from
> wherever)... but I'm not sure I want to pay for
> that just yet.
My IP address is relatively static. THough I wouldn't open
anything to the outside. When I was traveling a lot I used
to have to grab files from my (work) desktop system when
things didn't go right. After getting through the firewall
I was fine. Now I simply carry my system with me. ;-)
>
> > > If I were getting a new system today, it'd be
> > > probably a Duron system, on the theory that the
> > > decent FSB would probably be nice a few years
> > > down the line.
> >
> > Wrong attitude. There is nothing salvagable down the line.
> > Motherboards go with processors. The days of a motherboard
> > lasting generations went away with socket-7.
>
> The motherboard goes with the processor, but I already
> explained that most of what I do isn't processor-intensive.
Fine.
> My PII/233 is fast enough and will continue to be fast
> enough for a couple of years yet.
I've thrown away PII/333s. I have one sitting on my shelf
not two feet from me. PII/233? Gack! I wouldn't touch
one!
> But I had to buy more
> RAM and a second hard drive and am going to be getting
More RAM? That's a no brinaer at today's prices!
> my third keyboard soon.
I'm on my second. I bought one on my PC1 in 1982 and my
second with my PS2-30/286 in 1989. I'm still using the
latter. ;-)
> If I were getting a new system,
> I'd be thinking along similar lines in terms of expansion
> path: get something good enough that in five years it
> will still be able to function.
You are not looking at performance or prductivity at all. As
I told someone today, this OS installation (PQMagic trashed
the partiton type - so I've been off the net since mid
Saturday) is the second oldest thing on this system (by
several generations), other than the keyboard.
> The other thing is, Duron is a cheaper option than
> almost anything new, except K6-2, and K6-2 just won't
> have the performance in two or three more years; I
> want my PC to last longer than that, if nothing else
> because migrating a multiboot system to new hardware
> is a serious pain.
Only WinBlows. ;-) I've kept this OS installation for at
least three years. There is no common hardware, other than
the keyboard.
>
> > Sure. Efficiency is in the eye of the beholder. Efficient
> > and low resolution don't match, IMHO.
> >
> > Today I gave a presentation (forced) at work. I was rather
> > surprised that the overhead display worked at 1600x1200.
> > Neat! It sure beats making transparencies!
>
> Let me guess: they made you use Power Point.
> [Powerless & Pointless is more like it...]
PP? no. I use FrameMaker for all documents, including
presentations. Sure, I use Excel for spreadsheets where
they're appropriate. I can't be bothered with pretty. If
mamagement wants the facts, fine. If they want pretty, find
someone who has nothing to do (and they do).
----
Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.cpm,comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: Re: Adaptec ACB-4070 bridgeboard. any software laying around
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 00:39:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 11:43:36 GMT, Steven N. Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Some years back, I grabbed a Linux kernel patch (against 1.1 series, I
>think) which claimed to support the 4070 and 4000 series controllers.
I did make some mods to the 2.0.38 kernal's scsi.c that at least got
the bridgeboard to at least TRY to work. Only I keep getting Scsi bus
timeouts (blame the card, it does not arbitrate!) I NEED the 5500
series if I am going to be capable of using this thing under Linux
well. Baring that. Is there a driver for this brat for a AHA-1542c for
Msdos? I got a Dr-dos 7.03 system here that I could slip the
host adaptor into. Unforcunatly.... ONe problem with Msdos
I don't have a Compiler
To be realistic. What I Really need is a bridgeboard that
allows IDE/EIDE drives to connect to a SCSI bus with all the proper
Scsi-2 support.
Looks like I got two bridgeboards to swap for a Adaptec 5500
series MFM controller. (I don't think my ST-225 is going to do RLL
well.
Thanks to your patch info as I said it kinda ran. but NOT
well. AGain this was due to the cards lack of arbitration and scsi
disconnect/reconnect.
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B'ichela
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B'ichela)
Subject: Re: Does Linux support serial printer?
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 01:28:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001 03:52:32 +0800, Afonso Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does Linux suport serial printer, It is Star SP342F. It is a dot-matrix
>microprinter for POS.
>
>Afonso Sam
Linux Does support Serial printers, grab the Printing-HOWTO.
What you will need to use a POS (or any other device). is the cable,
baudrates, handshaking info, datebits and parity info. With those
things all you need is to follow the instructions to hitch it up.
Now once you get the printer at LEAST printing ASCII you can
deal with any of the more advanced issues such as ghostscript or true
postscript modes. I hitched my Digital Equipment LA100 up to my serial
port and it worked fine. I only took it down as I needed my bed again
;) (I had no where else to put it when trying it out as my tiny room
is Full of things!)
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B'ichela
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From: pbh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: adaptec differential scsi-controller
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 16:58:18 -0500
Have an IBM 3590 tape-drive on an Adaptec diff. scsi-controller (2944).
It works a treat apart from ONE problem, I just can't toggle
compression.
The data I am recording compress poorly, so I really w-a-n-t compression
off. Anyone out there who can help me??
Oh and btw - I'm running a 2.4.0-kernel under RH6.2.
regards,
pbh
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