Find the ongoing discussion very interesting and it has given me the push to start opening my Linux box again. Since I have installed it I have made several...
Constant Brouerius va...
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Jun 1, 2000 7:04 am
12631
Hi Bernie & Folks, ... I have just tested MY new download of Word 5.5, with a multiple fonts test page, printing to my own HP Deskjet 600. From DOS - I don't...
Ron Clarke
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Jun 1, 2000 7:06 am
12632
... Oh, if only we could have air condition when it's cold and not when it's warm (both the university and the school I went to before had this reversed!) ... ...
Bernie
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Jun 1, 2000 7:40 am
12633
... They are for me... I disslike having to plan ahead and one minute to quit will sure make me get one minute late if I had the computer on and then left for...
Bernie
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Jun 1, 2000 7:40 am
12634
... Because of speed, most things you write to or read from disk get cached in memory (if you got enough memory that is). The amount of chached files (in Kb),...
Int Eger
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Jun 1, 2000 8:10 am
12635
Hi Constant, Yes, about 2 weeks after I got my zipdrive (a birthday present from my husband) I found out Iomega is severely lacking in the customer service...
Boanne Lorraine
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Jun 1, 2000 8:15 am
12636
... I do that as well (after all I said I had tested it for a few minutes). //Bernie http://bernie.arachne.cz/ DOS programs, Star Wars ... To unsubscribe from...
Bernie
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Jun 1, 2000 9:43 am
12637
... (snip) Thank you (and all others that answered) but I actually found the printer drivers (thanks Jorge) - hidden away in some temporary installation ...
Bernie
owner-survpc@...
Jun 1, 2000 9:43 am
12638
... Of course - and I also held it down to the best of my knowledge (no X, emacs and a bunch of other stuff I would never use). Of course there was probably...
Bernie
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Jun 1, 2000 9:43 am
12639
... But this should be written when the computer isn't doing something else - this does NOT work in NT or Linux (not on any machine I've seen anyway). To...
Bernie
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Jun 1, 2000 9:44 am
12640
... hmm.. 2 thoughts about this. 1) AFAIK it flushes it's cache to disk at regular times (when computer doesn't do something else) and 2) even when you're...
Int Eger
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Jun 1, 2000 10:51 am
12641
... To Carol Moon (sorry I already cleared out my main box and don't have your address), I just realized something. The above directory of xmodmap files isn't ...
Marc D. Williams
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Jun 1, 2000 11:03 am
12642
... This "browser" requires Win95, Internet Explorer and Visual BASIC runtimes: it's obviously just a "facelift" for IE. A pity, I'd hoped I'd find a DOS...
Paul Cull
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Jun 1, 2000 12:21 pm
12643
Hello All, I got Lynx386 going and want to test and experiment... I :( HATE :( Pegasus mail for DOS, hate, hate, hate. It is huge and clunky and way more than...
Boanne Lorraine
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Jun 1, 2000 12:46 pm
12644
Hello All, The recent discussion of green PC's and energy used by the processor has reminded me of something I've wondered about since the pentium. I have had...
Boanne Lorraine
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Jun 1, 2000 12:47 pm
12645
... I have some thoughts about this. I agree that the 'user' (in the most general meaning of the word) is responsible, and that putting all the blame on video...
Int Eger
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Jun 1, 2000 1:18 pm
12646
... the fan on my processor is already running 5 years, and yeah it makes quite a bit of noise... but it's still running.. maybe a reguraly 'wiping of the ...
Int Eger
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Jun 1, 2000 1:20 pm
12647
... to ... I hope you'll find it a rewarding experience! ... where ... Additional memory doesn't require any changes, assuming it's recognized properly on...
Bob George
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Jun 1, 2000 4:17 pm
12648
... significant ... So what do you do while waiting for the coffee to re-heat in the microwave oven? :) I can't leave the house without a cup, and I do prefer...
Bob George
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Jun 1, 2000 4:27 pm
12649
Hi, ... I agree, renaming msgs (incl. changing timestamps) and other nasty habbits made me switch back to Insight. ... I have to use UKA_PPP with Arachne...
YoYo
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Jun 1, 2000 6:30 pm
12650
... A Slackware shutdown on a survPC typically takes less than ten seconds. However, if ten seconds is too long for you, just turn off the monitor instead....
Steven
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Jun 1, 2000 7:46 pm
12651
... majordomo@... subscribe linux-newbie ... Cheers, Steven To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to LISTSERV@... with unsubscribe...
Steven
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Jun 1, 2000 7:48 pm
12652
... No, Bernie. ext2 is _not_ more fragile than FAT. FAT is much more fragile than ext2. Cheers, Steven To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to...
Steven
owner-survpc@...
Jun 1, 2000 7:48 pm
12653
... Well, sort of... I use a batch file win_go.bat (looks at environment variable, chooses Win : or win /n : as appropriate <G>) Even with win /n, the...
Mark Willis
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Jun 1, 2000 7:59 pm
12654
... I very much appreciated your thoughts on this. They put into words very well my own feelings. Thankyou for having the courage to write them. I think you...
pippi5@...
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Jun 1, 2000 8:07 pm
12655
... Have you tried switching various INI files to get different bootups? SYSTEM.INI would be the main one, that has network.drv=something in it IIRC. Regards, ...
Ben A L Jemmett
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Jun 1, 2000 10:22 pm
12656
... What you are thinking of is almost allready reality! The wind-up technologi have facinating me for some time, and I knew work was started in this area ...
Torben Joergensen
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Jun 1, 2000 11:30 pm
12657
... Have a look at 'The *New* BareBones Solution' (newest version 2.3j). I think it have been announced here once before some time ago: ...
Torben Joergensen
owner-survpc@...
Jun 2, 2000 12:34 am
12658
... Boanne: Take a look at the New Barebones DOS email system, freeware, by James David Chapman, http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jchap/tvde.htm Version 2.3j...
Samuel W. Heywood
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Jun 2, 2000 4:09 am
12659
... Yes, this can certainly happen in the case of a person who isn't paying attention to what he is doing. For example, at a party where people are having too...
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