Linux-Hardware Digest #706, Volume #14 Mon, 30 Apr 01 09:13:11 EDT
Contents:
USB modem with voice? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Boot Error (John Christian)
Guillemot MAXI SOUND 16 ISA NO PNP (bmw524)
CANON BJ30 (bmw524)
Re: Boot Error (bmw524)
Newbie query - UDMA system - problem with Mandrake 8.0 & RH7.1 installs ("Andy
Elvey")
Kernel 2.4 IRQ conflicts (Delestre Nicolas)
Re: Promise Ultra66/100 card and Maxtor drives (Laurent Canet)
$200 graphics card ("Michael")
onstream tape devices ("Nick Lockyer")
Re: Samba - nmbd ("Nick Lockyer")
Re: $200 graphics card (Joeri Sebrechts)
Re: Radeon 64mb ddr under linux ("Snowman")
Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video? (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ? (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: very bad performance. what can I do? (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: Stable sound card for SMP system ("Snowman")
Mylex DAC 960E ("Dirk Laurenz")
Re: Promise Ultra100 Ide Controller and Caldera EDesktop 2.4 (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Re: Samba - Strange Password Prompt (HOT/URGENT!) ("Nick Lockyer")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: USB modem with voice?
Date: 30 Apr 2001 07:47:19 GMT
Which USB modem works with linux and supports voice with vgetty?
-Dan
(To reply in email replace blort dot invalid with anime dot net)
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From: John Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot Error
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 04:27:44 -0700
I just installed Linux on my box and set it up to dual boot into win98.
I was able to boot linux and run it fine. I also was able to reboot
into windows. However the next time I rebooted out of linux I couldn't
boot in to anything. I got an error saying "Stage 1 Hard Drive Error"
and then it did nothing. Does anyone know what this is and how to fix
it?
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From: bmw524 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Guillemot MAXI SOUND 16 ISA NO PNP
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:19:48 GMT
I search a Linux driver for a maxi sound Guillemot ISA no PNP
thanks
nico
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From: bmw524 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CANON BJ30
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:23:34 GMT
I search a linux driver for my printer Canon BJ30
Thanks
Nicolas
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From: bmw524 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Boot Error
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 09:28:45 GMT
John Christian a �crit :
> I just installed Linux on my box and set it up to dual boot into win98.
> I was able to boot linux and run it fine. I also was able to reboot
> into windows. However the next time I rebooted out of linux I couldn't
> boot in to anything. I got an error saying "Stage 1 Hard Drive Error"
> and then it did nothing. Does anyone know what this is and how to fix
> it?
Which version of Linux have you installed?
Win98 was-it the first on your hard disk?
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From: "Andy Elvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie query - UDMA system - problem with Mandrake 8.0 & RH7.1 installs
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 21:22:04 +1200
Hi all . First the (hopefully relevant!) config info for my PC -
Current OS - Win98SE ( trying to ditch , but having problems , that's why
I'm here ... )
Chip - PIII 533Mhz
Monitor - Philips 105S
CD drive- Asus CD-3400A
Modem - LT Winmodem (yes - will have no 'net under Linux - will replace
this with the modem from my old PC which no longer goes ... :-)
IRQs for UDMA are as follows -
IRQ14 - VIA bus master PCI IDE controller (Ultra DMA)
IRQ14 - Primary bus master IDE controller (dual fifo)
IRQ15 - VIA bus master PCI IDE controller (Ultra DMA)
IRQ15 - Secondary bus master IDE controller (dual fifo)
The story so far - when I tried the installs , the Linux installers
(both for Mandrake 8.0 and RH7.1) seem to be unable to detect my hard drive.
CD drive is found, no problem. Hard drive - no go ..... Tried Mandrake
8.0 first - no luck . Tried Red Hat 7.1 - ditto . The error message zooms
past , but it says something like "unable to find a valid device to install
filesystem onto .. "
I've poked around on the 'net a bit (have been to
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Ultra-DMA-7.html#unified and one or two
other places ) , but haven't yet come across the info needed to get me up
and running. I should say that I ain't a hardware guru, so any advice may
need to bear that in mind ! :-)) . Very many thanks for any help received !
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From: Delestre Nicolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Kernel 2.4 IRQ conflicts
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:18:42 +0200
Hi,
I have just upgrated my linux (Mdk 7.2 -> Mdk 8). Before everything was
ok but now i have a big problem.
Before to explain it, This is my Configuration :
Dell Laptitude with PCMCIA Xircom (Ethernet + modem card), wtih three
kernels (2.4.3 and 2.2.19-10 from Mdk 8 and 2.2.17-21 from Mdk 7.2)
The problem :
Under kernels 2.4.3 and 2.2.19-10 my ethernet card does not work (but it
works with the 2.2.17 kernel). With the 2.4.3 kernel the system writes
that it can not load ds.o.gz module, and it displays the following error
messages :
init_module : operation not permitted
Hint:insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
inluding invalid IO or ICQ parameters
When I read the /var/log/message file I have the following errors :
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.25
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: kernel build: 2.4.3-20mdk #1 Sun
Apr 15 23:03:10 CEST 2001
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: Intel PCIC probe: PCI: Found IRQ 11
for device 00:03.0
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: PCI: The same IRQ used for device
00:03.1
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: PCI: The same IRQ used for device
00:07.2
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel:
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: Bad bridge mapping at 0x1fff0000!
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: not found.
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: ds: no socket drivers loaded!
i have also noticed that before those lines i have the following lines :
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: usb.c: registered new driver hub
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.251 $ time
23:13:16 Apr 15 2001
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:07.2
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: PCI: The same IRQ used for device
00:03.0
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: PCI: The same IRQ used for device
00:03.1
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xdce0,
IRQ 11
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: usb.c: new USB bus registered,
assigned bus number 1
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: hub.c: USB hub found
Apr 26 16:14:39 psi-j2-macnd kernel: hub.c: 2 ports detected
If i well understand, there are IRQ conflicts between the USB HUb and
the PCMCIA card. How to resolve this problem ?
If somebody can help me?
Thank you for advance.
PS :
In my computer, i have installed Windows 98 too, and under this system i
have the following information :
IRQ IO
USB 11 DCE0-DCFF
Controleur PMCIA 11 1000-1087
XIRCOM 11 1000-107F
Can we use this parameters to solve the problem. If yes, how ?
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From: Laurent Canet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra66/100 card and Maxtor drives
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 10:18:41 GMT
Gabriele Del Prete wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm going to buy a new HD and a promise Ultra66 or Ultra100 card. I
> would like to buy a Maxtor DiamondMax 80 80gb drive, or a DiamondMax
> VL40 40gb drive. I've read that some Promise controllers have
> incompatibilities with some Maxtor drives. Is this true?
>
I'm running a promise ATA100 onboard controller (chipset PDC20265) and it
works perfectly with my diamondmax 80 (xfs+lvm) in UDMA100 mode
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: $200 graphics card
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 05:51:22 -0500
need help selecting a graphics card for a new system i am building. I don't
run games, but kids might play a few.
SYSTEM:
athlon 1.2
iwill kk266
512 mb pc-133 micron
30 gb maxtor ata/100
10.2 gb maxtor ata/33
sound= turtle beach (probably)
thanks michael
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From: "Nick Lockyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: onstream tape devices
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:58:29 +0100
I have an onstream tape device (IDE) and downloaded the driver from the
onstream sight. I have used RH 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.2 and SuSE up to version
7.1, but I find that the onstream is not reliable.
I can write small amounts of data with no problems, but with larger amount
of data (>500M) tends to give read errors.
Any ideas.
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From: "Nick Lockyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba - nmbd
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:02:24 +0100
Check your network is up and running (ifconfig).
Also look at the log files, for example
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb stop - stop samba
rm -f /var/log/samba/* - get rid of log files
/etc/rc.d/init.d/smb start - start samba
Now look at the log files. Also consider increasing the debug level, I
think you use debug level = nn in the smb.conf file.
bgfgf <gfgfgf> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Please help-me
>
> I have the CL 6.0 linux and whem i go to samba status appears the mensage:
>
> smb running
> nmbd not running
>
> so i restart de samba and not happens... the clients ( win98) can't do the
> logon in the linux server? It's because this?
>
> The clients are in samba password list and unix password list!!!
>
> Can somebody help-me please!!1 it's urgent
>
> Thank's
>
>
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From: Joeri Sebrechts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: $200 graphics card
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:22:42 GMT
Michael wrote:
>
> need help selecting a graphics card for a new system i am building. I don't
> run games, but kids might play a few.
> SYSTEM:
> athlon 1.2
> iwill kk266
> 512 mb pc-133 micron
> 30 gb maxtor ata/100
> 10.2 gb maxtor ata/33
> sound= turtle beach (probably)
> thanks michael
I'm particularly fond of Matrox's gear (I have a G400, but it would be a
G450 nowadays). Decent cards, well supported both in Windows and linux.
Superb 2D quality, and good enough 3D-wise to at least play the most
recent games with (although there are obviously other cards you can get
much better framerates and resolutions with, but the G450 has pretty
cool 3D effects that you don't see on the framerate gushers)
And although they're not cheap, they also don't cost piles of money.
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From: "Snowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Radeon 64mb ddr under linux
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:43:12 GMT
find it strange if you choose to, but no combination of resolution/color
depth will produce anything but a black screen in either mdk 7.2, rh 7.1 or
mdk 8 with xfree 4.0.2, 4.0.3 and 4.0.3 accel respectively.
"A.C. 'Static' Stadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:1HMG6.52087$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> hmmm... an excerpt from the Xfree86 4.0.3 driver status document, is it
> just me, or is there a contradiction here?
>
> <excerpt begins>
> 4.0.3:
> Accelerated support is provided for Mach64, Rage, Rage 128 and
> Radeon chips. Unaccelerated support is provided for all of the others
> except the Mach8 and some early Mach32 chips by the "ati" driver.
>
> Summary:
> All chips supported in 3.3.6 are supported in 4.0.3 except for Mach8
> and some old Mach32 chips. The support in 4.0.3 is, however,
> unaccelerated for all chips except the Mach64, Rage and Rage 128 variants.
> <excerpt ends>
>
> I find that strange, considering that there is a module specifically for
the
> Radeon chip set.
>
> In any case (I'm assuming here that you have Xfree 4.0.x) if you, as root,
> run X -configure it will probe all the video cards that it knows about
> and then write out a basic XF86Config file. You can either use that
> one or do a comparison with you existing one, and update where
> necessary. One side note, I don't believe that X -configure will
> generate the necessary information for DRI... there should be a HOWTO
> floating around somewhere on that one (or if all else fails, check DRI's
> site at sourceforge).
>
> St.
>
> The Snowman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:f2rG6.4874$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > so I bought the card, and it is amazing in windows. I can finally play
> > heavy 3d games with a framerate in the double digits ;)
> >
> > major problem though. what config do I use to get this beast going in
X?
> > I've tried every option in xconfigurator, and tried running the rh7.1
> > install again to see if I could get it set up there. it won't work.
> >
> > HELP!!!
> >
> > "A.C. 'Static' Stadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:XxsF6.39368$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > >
> > > Helmut Steinwender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:oPfF6.52606$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > I have a Radeon and it works under SuSe and Mandrake, I don't know
> about
> > > > redhat. No 3D acceleration, though!
> > > > "Snowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > > news:09eF6.4189$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > I find myself in the market for a new video card, and I'm
> > > considering
> > > > > the ATI radeon 64Mb ddr with video in/out. Anyone know if it'll
run
> > > under
> > > > > linux, and more specifically if it'll be much hassle to set up
under
> > RH
> > > > 7.1,
> > > > > Xfree86 4.0.3?
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Snowman
> > >
> > > Strange, IIRC the xfree86 website lists that they support 3d
> accelleration
> > > on the Radeon cards, but I've also read that the TV out is not
> supported,
> > > nor is there likely to be support in the near/far future.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Switchboxes for keyboard, mice, video?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:47:47 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One) wrote:
> Anthony Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Well, in case you haven't read it yet, I'd throw out a VERY strong
> > recommendation to read the IP Masquerading HOWTO
>
> I haven't read it YET, but I *was* already planning on it :-)
It's excellent, and I have IP Masquerade working perfectly
now :-) Once I got ppp figured out, the rest was easy.
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Could Linux be used in this factory environment ?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:47:48 GMT
"Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It should? I didn't realize they had optical sensors that allowed the
> terminals to notice when someone was looking at the terminal or not.
Oh, that's easy. If they don't press a key in over twenty
minutes, you go to a blank screen until they press a key.
If they don't notice the blank screen in ten minutes, they're
not looking at it, so you automatically reset the terminal.
> That "page"? We're talking about a standalone application versus HTML.
Page, screen, menu, record, file, function, whatever. I was
trying to be general, since obviously the precise content of
the CRT display will vary from application to application.
- jonadab
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Subject: Re: very bad performance. what can I do?
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:47:50 GMT
"Jan Buckow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> # hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
>
>
> /dev/hda:
> Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 1.01 seconds =126.73 MB/sec
> Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 33.65 seconds = 1.90 MB/sec
Well, as a point of reference...
[root@pedestrian /root]# hdparm -Tt /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 5.34 seconds = 23.97 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 30.57 seconds = 2.09 MB/sec
[root@pedestrian /root]#
This is on an older system, a Pentium 90 IIRC, that functions as
my router. The hard drive is a Quantum, about 700 MB IIRC.
I find it odd that my buffer-cache reads are so much worse
than yours but my buffered disk reads are better. But I'm
not clear on the difference.
- jonadab
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From: "Snowman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stable sound card for SMP system
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 11:48:38 GMT
well, I don't know if this counts as "hammered hard" but if I'm in the
apartment, my sb live will be playing music (mp3/cd/whatever) the entire
time unless I'm asleep. running on a dual cel 400 that's often serving some
HL in the background :P Haven't had any problems to date.
"Jason Gillis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:UapG6.26623$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've got a Turtle Beach Daytona that has some strange troubles when
running
> in an SMP kernel. After some (random) amount of time, the thing locks up
> (stops playing sound). The rest of the system is fine, though. When I
run
> the same tests under a single processor kernel, I don't encounter any such
> errors.
>
> I'm looking for something that people have hammered quite hard in an SMP
> environment. I want something I can put in and forget about, for the most
> part...
>
> J
>
> "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:mP6G6.576$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Jason Gillis wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm looking for a _stable_ sound card for use in an SMP system
(dual
> > > PIIIs). This system will have a heavy playback load, so stability is
a
> > > must.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Jason
> >
> > I haven't found one that wasn't stable. Maybe I missed your point? I'm
> > running smp dual celerons (533's not overclocked) and have tried several
> > different cards. Changed for features not stability problems.
> > Currently using sb 64 awe
> >
> >
> > Rinaldi
> > --
> > We all know Linux is great...it does infinite loops in 5 seconds.
> > --Linus Torvalds
>
>
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From: "Dirk Laurenz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mylex DAC 960E
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:55:46 +0200
Hi,
has anyone already run Linux with an Mylex DAC 960E?
If so, please answer
Thx,
D.Laurenz
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Promise Ultra100 Ide Controller and Caldera EDesktop 2.4
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan P. Kennedy, Sr)
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:18:00 GMT
Best option is to attach the drives to the standard onboard ide
controller and install the operating system. Then upgrade to kernel
2.4.x or add the ide-patches from www.linux-ide.org to a 2.2.x kernel.
Compile the kernel, and after you determine that the kernel is working
correctly and detecting the promise controller switch the cables to
the promise controller.
Make sure that you check the option in the kernel to use second ide
controller first. See the ide.txt under in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation for details.
Another option is check to see if you caldera will allow you to make a
custom kernel for installation. Make a kernel with promise ide
support, and install. This is your only option if you only have
a promise ide controller. The distribution that I used allowed this
option.
Good luck.
>>>>> "Wm" == Wm G McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Wm> Howdy all,
Wm> I wonder if anyone can provide any assistance regarding the
Wm> installation of the Promise Ultra100 ide controller under Caldera
Wm> eDesktop 2.4?
Wm> I've Googled the net and there isn't much info. Promise is of no
Wm> use and the Ultra100 isn't listed under the Hardware
Wm> Compatability List.
Wm> Anyone else gotten this controller to work?
Wm> Any and all assistance appreciated.
Wm> bill --
Wm> Knowledge shared is knowledge squared. Hence the power of
Wm> Linux.
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From: "Nick Lockyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Samba - Strange Password Prompt (HOT/URGENT!)
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 13:54:13 +0100
Look in the smb.conf file, there is a section to enable encrypted passwords.
You need to then do
smbpasswd -a username
So samba knows the password.
Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Mark_Harju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Many thanks to all who gave tips!
> >
> > Interesting note: My Win95 laptop logs in to Samba without a problem, so
> > I'm guessing this issue is due to a Win98 password encryption feature
> > which must be disabled in the registry. A PhD from Oz tipped me off to
> > this. No worries, mate!
> >
> > Thanks again to all who replied!
>
> Why didn't you tell us that you didn't care if your password was sent
> over the network in plaintext where Joe Hacker and his brother can
> sniff it? Well, that's a horse of a different color!
>
> --
> Forte International, P.O. Box 1412, Ridgecrest, CA 93556-1412
> Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
> President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
> My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
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