Subject: Linux-Development Digest #723
From: Digestifier <Linux-Development-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
To: Linux-Development@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
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Date:     Mon, 16 May 94 09:13:15 EDT

Linux-Development Digest #723, Volume #1         Mon, 16 May 94 09:13:15 EDT

Contents:
  Re: SLIP bitch (adrian)
  Re: Stargate Plus 8 card supported! (adrian)
  Re: More Weird buffer erros (adrian)
  Re: info on PPP? (Vir Lagua (y.a.c.c.))
  [Request]: Dump program! (Gioacchino La_vecchia)
  Re: [Request]: Dump program! (Steven Buytaert)
  Re: Cannot get Toshiba SCSI CD ROM to work (Claus Schroeter)
  Re: Sound/GameWave Support Planned? (Peter Biwer)
  search XFree386 modeline for ET4000 / MAG monitor (Thomas Vogler)
  Re: workaround to dip 3.3.7 found (Rob Janssen)
  How to set up a Diskless Linux Xterminal (Mike Bone)
  Re: CD-ROM's do all read and write now? (Richard Tobin)
  Re: wt news--version 0.02 - port to MSDOS (sl859@cc.usu.edu)
  Re: setlocale() bug or feature? (Peter Dalgaard SFE)
  Re: wt news--version 0.02 - port to MSDOS (The Searcher)

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From: adrian@tlspu (adrian)
Subject: Re: SLIP bitch
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 01:35:49 +0000

Andrew Bray (andy@madhouse.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> In article <2qov3b$224@Mercury.mcs.com> darus@MCS.COM (Jim Wygralak) writes:
> >The part that is dynamic is the IP address of the HOST, depending which
> >dialin line I call on. (He has about 100 dial in lines connected to the
> >internet with a T1. He is not an amateur.)
> >
> >His assertation is that MY end of the SLIP link shouldnt need to know
> >what the IP address of the OTHER end is.
> >I have some software that runs under DOS (ka9q networking package)
> >that works just that way. It couldnt care less what the IP address of the
> >system at the other end of the phone line is.


> My SLIP provider does the same (though only two different IP addresses).

Mine too :)

> Your provider is correct, in that if your host is set up to route the correct
> packets through the SLIP interface, then the IP address you have told Linux
> for the remote end is immaterial.

AFAIK the kernel only uses the POINTOPOINT addr as a way of finding the device
for the 'route add default gw <addr>' command.
Our provider actually recomends us to use the ip of our nameserver
(nether.demon.co.uk 158.152.1.71) for the POINTOPOINT addr as in some cases this
will allow faster nameserver lookups.

> To prove this to my satisfaction *, I set my remote address to one of the
> other dial-in users (who I knew was logged out at the time).  Everything
> worked perfectly.  It really doesn't matter.  Set it to anything you like.
> 88.88.88.88 is quite pretty.

:)

> Regards,

> Andy
Hi andy :)

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From: adrian@tlspu (adrian)
Subject: Re: Stargate Plus 8 card supported!
Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 19:48:44 +0000

Sean Puckett (nate@loreli.ftl.fl.us) wrote:
> A while ago I asked if there was support for the Stargate Technologies Plus 8
> multiport serial card.  I recieved several answers in mail, ranging from
> "what is it" to "I'm working on one for another Stargate card... maybe it'll
> help you out."

I have discovered that several multiport serial cards seem to think that they
are AST FourPort cards. My favorite so far is a 16 bit card from a company
called Intelligent Systems (Or something, they card is in my machine right now,
and the writing is just above the bus connectors).

This card contains 8 16550afn's which under Linux act as 2 AST FourPorts,
the odd thing is that under Mess-Dos, the FourPort driver won't talk to it
(Correct IRQ's etc....).

This is not a problem, more, as Sean said:-

> I suggest the keepers of the FAQ's add this bit of information to the FAQ's,
> because when I checked the hardware compatibility list and didn't see a Plus 8,
> I kinda paniced.

I will happily mail anyone any information about this card to any FAQ
maintainer that care to mail me (At home, that is where the card is). I am
sorry to say that the other cards were for clients, and I no longer have access
to them :(

Adrian... (Happy to make an effort for Linux) :)

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From: adrian@tlspu (adrian)
Subject: Re: More Weird buffer erros
Date: Sun, 15 May 1994 20:43:30 +0000

Kevin Lentin (kevinl@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au) wrote:
> I have put in Eric's patches to fix the Weird buffer errors but I have
> discovered a new way to cause them to happen. Try write to a
> write-protected floppy.

> I did the following (with a write protected disk in the drive):
> [ All done as root, root owns all relevant files/directories]
> mount floppy (1.44 fd0)
> rm -f /a/* 
> umount floppy

> And my hard drive clatters for a while and I find this in /var/adm/kernel:

[ krayzee errors deleted :-) ]

> It happens every time I try this. Seems that rm ignores any errors and
> doesn't tell me what is happening (-f running as root generally does ignore
> such stuff) and the kernel must be confused about what is happening. If I
> do an ls on /a (where the floppy is mounted) after the rm, the machine
> thinks the files are gone! Hence, I presume it treats the buffers as such.
> Then I unmount the floppy, it tries to write, fails and buffers end up all
> confused.

> There are 2 problems here.
> The first is the obvious buffer problem which still needs fixing.
> The second is that surely if linux mounts a floppy that is write
> protected, it should mount it as read only. That is what the write-protect
> switch is for. If I tried to mount an nfs partition exported read only as
> writable would it do so?

My understanding is that if you attempt to mount an R/O filesystem as R/W
the MOUNT should fail, hence this should not happen.  The question is how
should the kernel react to the following:-

mount floppy /a                         <<< -R/W floppy
[eject & write-prot disk, the re-insert]
rm /a/*                                 <<< This thinks it succedes, should
                                            Return either [EACCESS] or an
                                            error to indicate illegal disk
                                            change.
umount /a                               <<< On a R/O disk this should always
                                            throw away any changes that have
                                            somehow succeded.

I have also (somehow ??) written to a mount -r floppy, and umount complains
as above...

Adrian...

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From: vir@xmission.com (Vir Lagua (y.a.c.c.))
Subject: Re: info on PPP?
Date: 16 May 1994 01:39:56 GMT

Craig Anderson (c4craig@csn.org) wrote:
: I plan to load Linux from the April InfoMagic CD set Real Soon Now.
: I want to run dialup IP to a local internet provider.  Is
: PPP support ready for prime time?

        I've been using PPP since pl13/pl14 and have been using it
        on a local Internet provider for about 4 months without
        any problems.  Like it better than when I use to try to
        get SLIP working.  Compiled PPP kernel support and fired-up
        pppd first time and run first time.

: Thanks TTFN,
: Craig Anderson
: craig@c4.com
: (canned fruit, juiced vegetables, green grass, fresh aire and futbol pitchs;
: these are a few of my favorite things.)


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From: gio@cli.di.unipi.it (Gioacchino La_vecchia)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: [Request]: Dump program!
Date: 16 May 1994 09:15:20 GMT

        Is there any program for dump in Linux environment?
        I looked for dump or rdump but I cannot found anything
        of similar.

                                        Thanks in advance,

                                                gio

                                                gio@virgilio.di.unipi.it
                                                gio@di.unipi.it

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.admin
From: buytaert@imec.be (Steven Buytaert)
Subject: Re: [Request]: Dump program!
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 09:43:42 GMT

Gioacchino La_vecchia (gio@cli.di.unipi.it) wrote:
:       Is there any program for dump in Linux environment?

  Gio,

  Check out 'man od' and its options. Maybe that can
  help you out... 
  An 'apropos dump' could also get you started...

  --Stef

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From: clausi@chemie.fu-berlin.de (Claus Schroeter)
Subject: Re: Cannot get Toshiba SCSI CD ROM to work
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 10:08:52 GMT

rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) writes:

>In <CoquM4.LEs@seastar.org> jjw@seastar.org (John Welch) writes:
>
>>      Apologies for the cross-posting - I've asked in help several
>>times and nobody can answer this one.
>
>>      Situation: I have a 386DX-40, 8M Ram, two IDE drives and an
>>Adaptec 1542CF SCSI card with a Quantum 240 and a Toshiba XM-3101
>>CD-ROM on it.  I have had this problem with 0.99pl14, 0.99pl15 and
>>just got 1.0 and *still* cannot mount the CD ROM.
>>      I have re-built the kernel to include ISO9660 filesystems.  I
>>am trying to mount the InfoMagic CDROM, which claims to be ISO9660.  I
>>have a directory, /cdrom, which is read only owned by root.
>>      During bootup, the system sees the Toshiba drive, and tells me
>>it's at /dev/sr0.  I boot, log in as root, nothing at all yet mounted
>>on /cdrom, and type in:
>>      mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /cdrom
>>      and I get the message that it's the wrong fs type, /dev/sr0
>>already mounted, /cdrom busy or other error.
>
>>      1. It's NOT the wrong fs type.
>>      2. /dev/sr0 is NOT already mounted.
>>      3. /cdrom is NOT busy.
>>      4. What "other error" is it?????


hi

i have a toshiba 4101 running on my 486-33Mhz box with an adaptec1542 and two
SCSI-disks. i use a preinstalled Slackware Linux from 0.99pl15 with an 1.0 
kernel. at installation time there was a bug in the driver inode
the special file was set to character device so that the open routine fails and
print out the error message

  /dev/cdrom: No such device

so i had to delete the inode and make a new one with

  mknod /dev/scd0 b 11 0
  mknod /dev/scd1 b 11 1

now workman is running corectly and mount types no errors.

clausi



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From: paulina@cs.tu-berlin.de (Peter Biwer)
Subject: Re: Sound/GameWave Support Planned?
Date: 16 May 1994 11:06:28 GMT

syum@corsa.ucr.edu (Sunny Yum) writes:


>Hi.. I just got this new Orchid SoundWave 32 which seems pretty nice
>(both quality and price... about $200) and was wondering if there are
>any drivers for Linux available for it or (if not) there are drivers
>in the works for it.  Both the SoundWave and GameWave 32 cards use
>the Analog Devices 20MHz ADSP-2115 DSP chip to perform Wavetable and
>FM synthesis and come with DSP code/drivers (for DOS) that cause the card
>to emulate OPL2 (SoundBlaster), General MIDI, and MT-32 type devices.
>So... anyone have any info?  Please email.

>sdy







*********************************************
>>> So...anyone have any info?  Please email.
*********************************************
Please, me too.

Thanks, Peter Biwer (paulina@cs.tu-berlin.de)

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From: tvo@zaphod.swb.de (Thomas Vogler)
Subject: search XFree386 modeline for ET4000 / MAG monitor
Date: 15 May 1994 10:23:57 GMT

hi,

after experimenting and trying to compute several modelines for my
configuration i decided to ask for some help...

i am using a tseng labs et4000 super vag card connected to a MAG innovision
MX17S innovision monitor.

somehow Windows 3.1 and NT 3.1 manage to get 70 Hz vertical and 56,5 KHz
horizontal refresh rates out of the highest dot clock frequency of 65 MHz.
this is well within the monitor specification.

with linux / Xfree386 2.0 i was only able to get a refresh rate of 60 Hz
vertical.

in all modelines i tried out the left and right edge of the screen image 
where 'compressed' and much brighter than the rest of the screen. i studied
all the clues given by the german linux handbook and dont know any
further now.

has anyone an appropriate modeline or is able to point me in the right
direction ?

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From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen)
Subject: Re: workaround to dip 3.3.7 found
Reply-To: pe1chl@rabo.nl
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 08:26:03 GMT

In <weule.769032551@hp817s> weule@hp817s.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de (Joerg Weule) writes:

>Hi,

>when I want to use dip a second time, dip blocks while opening the line.
>I had to reboot my computer to call dip a second time.

>Now I have found a work around this problem: (dip-3.3.7)

>    1. open the line with O_NDELAY
>    2. change the flow with fcntl to blocking mode

>Now I can call dip a second time and it works fine. Can I understand
>this trick ???

Look for dup-3.3.7-uri, it is done in that version.

Rob
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From: bone@uncledad.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil (Mike Bone)
Subject: How to set up a Diskless Linux Xterminal
Date: 16 May 1994 07:12:57 -0500

I've recently installed the Diskless Linux Xterminal package by Szijarto
Szabolcs (saby@sch.bme.hu). I posted to comp.os.linux.help and received
several replies from people interested in hearing my experience, so here
it is.

This post will explain how to set up a PC as an Xterminal using a Sun
workstation as a server. I did this post in a hurry, but I'm going to
expand it into a document called the Diskless-HOWTO. In that, I'll also
explain how to do the same thing using a Linux machine as a server. I'm
also going to try to boot a Linux PC over the network using no disk
resources of its own, except the boot floppy, and probably swap space.
If I'm successful, I'll explain the process in the HOWTO. For those of
you who have read this far and still don't know why anyone would want to
do a diskless boot, I'll give some reasons in the HOWTO.

Until the HOWTO comes out, this should give a pretty good idea of how to
set up the Diskless Linux Xterminal package. If you have any comments or
suggestions about things you'd like to see in the HOWTO, e-mail me at
bone@uncledad.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil.

I used a Sun SPARC 2 running SunOS 4.1.2 for the server. If you use
another machine as a server, your setup may vary slightly.

======================================================================

PREPARATION:
============

If you have a WD or SMC ethernet card, you'll need to know the following
information:

     Parameter       Example Value
     ---------------------------------
     IRQ  3
     RAM base addressD000
     I/O base address280

For your network, you'll need to know the following:

     Parameter                                      Example Value
     ------------------------------------------------------------
     name of the diskless PC                        sugaree
     IP address of the diskless PC                  130.163.117.81
     ethernet address of the diskless PC            00:00:c0:d6:02:4e
     name of the server                             uncledad
     IP address of the server                       130.163.117.64
     netmask                                        255.255.0.0
     broadcast address                              130.163.255.255
     network address                                130.163.0.0
     gateway address                                130.163.1.1


GETTING THE SOFTWARE:
=====================

You'll need to get the Diskless Linux Xterminal package. It's available
at ftp.sch.bme.hu:/pub/linux/netboot and will be mirrored on
ftp.bme.hu:/pub/Linux/network/netboot. Get the following files:

     zNetBoot            - Linux boot image that your PC will load
     nfsdir.tgz          - files your PC will mount via NFS
     images.arj          - images for your boot floppy
     bootptab            - configuration file for the bootp program
     README.netboot      - instructions on installing the package
     netboot.arj         - source for the boot floppy image
     Xconfig/Xconfig.tgz - configuration files for PC graphics

To make this work under SunOS 4.1.2, you'll need the source for the bootp
program. You can get the following file from lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu:

     /pub/bootp.2.1.tar.Z.


SETTING UP THE SERVER:
======================

There are 5 services required by the diskless machine:

     arp   - returns the IP address when given the ethernet address
     bootp - returns boot parameters for the diskless machine
     tftp  - allows diskless machine to get its boot image
     NFS   - allows diskless machine to mount a remote filesystem
     xdm   - manages the display of the diskless machine

Each of these services can be on a different server, but I'm only going
to explain the case where one server provides them all. In the HOWTO,
I'll explain the differences in splitting the services across more than
one server. For now, here's how to put all services on one machine.

Create a directory for the NFS mounted files

     mkdir /export/x
     mkdir /export/x/lin

     NOTE: I'd rather use a more descriptive directory like
     /export/X_Terminals/Linux, but the bootp program has a limit of 30
     characters for the NFS path (see the T99 entry in /etc/bootptab
     below.)

Put the files required by the X terminal in the new directory

     cd /export/x/lin
     zcat <PATH>/nfsdir.tgz | tar xf -

Add the path to be exported to /etc/exports.

     [/etc/exports]

     /export/x/lin -ro

Export the new directory.

     exportfs -a

Add an entry for your X terminal in /etc/hosts.

     [/etc/hosts]
     
     130.163.117.81  sugaree.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil     sugaree

Add an entry for your X terminal in /etc/ethers.

     [/etc/ethers]

     00:00:c0:d6:02:4e     sugaree

If you're running NIS, don't forget to make your hosts and ethers
maps.

     cd /var/yp
     make

Put the Linux kernel boot image in the directory where tftp can get
it. See the /etc/inetd.conf example below.

     cd /tftpboot
     mkdir tftpboot
     cp <PATH>/zNetBoot tftpboot
     touch zNetBoot

     Yes, there are 2 copies of zNetBoot. This is a workaround for a
     problem that has me stumped. It seems that the tftp program that
     runs on the booting PC looks for the existence of the path as by
     the hd and bf parameters in the /etc/bootptab file:
     /tftpboot/zNetBoot. When tftp tries to actually get the file, the
     tftpd running on the Sun is in secure mode, so it changes to the
     directory /tftpboot before retrieving the file tftpboot/zNetBoot
     (which is actually /tftpboot/tftpboot/zNetBoot on the Sun).

     I know this is confusing, but I hope to have an answer and maybe
     a fix in the HOWTO. The only workarounds I know of right now are
     to use the example above, or run tftpd in non-secure mode. I
     don't recommend the latter since it creates a big security hole,
     but if you must, you just need to remove the -s option from the
     tftpd line in /etc/inetd.conf.

Enable the tftpd. This is disabled by default in SunOS 4.1.2. To
enable it, I just uncommented the following line in /etc/inetd.conf:

     [/etc/inetd.conf]

     tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/etc/in.tftpd in.tftpd -s /tftpboot

Compile and install bootpd.

     Install the source:
          cd /usr/local/src
          zcat <PATH>/bootp.2.1.tar.Z | tar xf -

     Edit the Makefile, adding -DSUNOS40 to the BOOTPDOPT line. I
     changed the destination directory to /usr/etc, but you might want
     to put it somewhere else.

     Compile and install the binary:
          make install


Enable bootpd by making these entries in /etc/services and
/etc/inetd.conf:

     [/etc/services]

     bootps          67/udp     # bootp server
     bootpc          68/udp     # bootp client

     [/etc/inetd.conf]

     bootps  dgram  udp  wait  root  /usr/etc/bootpd  bootpd

Copy the bootptab into the /etc directory. This can be the one that
comes with the bootp source or the one that comes with the Diskless
Linux Xterminal package. Edit the file as follows using the
information from the PREPARATION section above.

     [/etc/bootptab]

     mydefault:\
     #This is the directory with your boot image
          :hd=/tftpboot:\
     #This is the name of your boot image
          :bf=zNetBoot:\
          :bs=auto:\
          :vm=rfc1048:\
     #This is your netmask value:
          :sm=255.255.0.0:\
     #The ethernet broadcast:
          :lg=130.163.255.255:\
     #Your network routing entry:
          :lp=130.163.0.0:\
     #Your default gateway routing entry:
          :gw=130.163.1.1:\
     #NFS server and directory to mount:
          :T99="130.163.117.64:/export/x/lin":
     #This is the diskless PC
     sugaree:ht=1:ha=0000C0D6024E:ip=130.163.117.81:tc=mydefault:

Start tftpd and bootpd by killing inetd then restarting.

     ps -aux | grep inetd
     kill -9 <PID>
     inetd

Edit the config files in /export/x/lin/etc.

     [/export/x/lin/etc/hosts]
          130.163.117.81   sugaree.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil     sugaree
          130.163.117.64   uncledad.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil    uncledad

     [/export/x/lin/etc/resolv.conf]
          domain nwscc.sea06.navy.mil
          nameserver 130.163.1.2

     [/export/x/lin/etc/.startup]
          /usr/bin/X11/X -query uncledad

Copy one of the Xconfig files into the proper directory. Note that the
IP address at the end of the file name must be padded to 3 characters.

     cp <PATH>/Xconfig.<pick one from the Xconfig.tgz> \
          /export/x/lin/usr/lib/X11/Xconfig.130.163.117.081

Edit the /export/x/lin/usr/lib/X11/Xconfig.<IP address> for your
graphics configuration.

Edit the list of Xterminals the X Display Manager will server.

     [/usr/openwin/lib/xdm/Xservers]

     sugaree:0   linux   foreign

Start the X Display Manager.

     xdm -server /usr/openwin/lib/xdm/Xservers -session \
          /usr/openwin/lib/xdm/Xsession

I had to comment out the following line in my ~/.openwin-init file to
get openwin to work right:

     SETDISPLAYSCREEN 0


SETTING UP THE PC:
==================

You need to put an image on a boot floppy. If you have a WD or SMC
ethernet card, you can probably use one of the boot images provided.
Put the file images.arj on your PC running DOS. Use the arj program to
install the files:

     arj x images.arj

Go into the directory given by your card's IRQ, RAM base address, and
I/O base address, respectively. In my case:

     cd int3\d000\280

You'll need to put the fimage.bin file from that directory on your
boot floppy using the rawrite program provided in the directory where
you installed images.arj. Just type 'rawrite' and it will prompt you
for the source filename and the destination disk.

If you don't have a WD or SMC card, or if you have an IRQ, RAM base
address, and I/O base address combination which doesn't show up in
images.arj, you'll need to compile a boot image. The source is in
netboot.arj. I haven't tried to compile this yet, but I will soon
since I need to use a different IRQ. Unfortunately, you need Turbo C
2.0 and Turbo Assembler to compile. If you have a card other than WD
or SMC, the source code package tells where you can get the NCSA
drivers for other cards. It might be nice to figure out a way to
create a boot floppy that has a Linux kernel on it so it could probe
for the network card then call bootp and tftp to start the diskless
boot. Any suggestions on how to do this?


STARTING YOUR X TERMINAL
========================

Once you have the boot floppy, stick it in the drive and boot your PC.
If everything works, you'll have the X login window. You may have to
experiment with the values in /export/x/lin/usr/lib/X11/Xconfig.<IP
address> on the server until you get the video and mouse working
properly.

=====================================================================

Mike Bone (bone@uncledad.nwscc.sea06.navy.mil)


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Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.programmer.misc,comp.os.minix,comp.os.mach,comp.periphs,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
From: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM's do all read and write now?
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 11:50:36 GMT

In article <2r1e1e$qi4@rainbow.sosi.com> stanf@rainbow.sosi.com (Stan Foy) writes:
>: Can someone tell me if all CD drives read and write now?  Which ones
>: are the "top of the line"?

>  Nope, your standard CD is read only.

It may also be worth pointing out that an MSDOS virus has been
distributed disguised as a program which converts conventional CD
drives to read-write.  No such thing is possible in software; don't
install anything which purports to do it.

-- Richard
-- 
Richard Tobin, HCRC, Edinburgh University                 R.Tobin@ed.ac.uk

"Your monkey has got it right, sir."  - HHGTTG

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From: sl859@cc.usu.edu
Crossposted-To: rec.games.programmer,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: wt news--version 0.02 - port to MSDOS
Date: 13 May 94 20:41:00 MDT

> Please post these ports, or tell us where we can get them.

Posted 3 days ago to rec.games.programmer.

Joshua Jensen

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From: pd@kubism.ku.dk (Peter Dalgaard SFE)
Subject: Re: setlocale() bug or feature?
Date: 16 May 1994 12:28:11 GMT

In <9405153623@fangorn.moria> Michael Haardt <(michael)u31b3hs@pool.informatik.rwth-aachen.de> writes:

>Did I totally misunderstand the semantics of setlocale() or did nobody
>ever test that code?

Would be a good idea if someone went over it with a Book of
Standards in hand. For instance, I spent quite a bit of time and
energy to persuade elm to print Latin-1. Turned out that
"iso_8859_1" (for LC_CTYPE) is misspelt as "ISO-8859-1" in the source.
--
   O_   ---- Peter Dalgaard
  c/ /'  --- Dept. of Biostatistics 
 ( ) \( ) -- University of Copenhagen
~~~~~~~~~~ - (pd@kubism.ku.dk)

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Crossposted-To: rec.games.programmer,comp.windows.x
From: siden@rci.ripco.com (The Searcher)
Subject: Re: wt news--version 0.02 - port to MSDOS
Date: Sat, 14 May 1994 05:17:06 GMT

J.C. Longley (jcl1008@cus.cam.ac.uk) wrote:
: In article <1994May11.145743.18853@cc.usu.edu>,  <sl859@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
: >I ported 0.04 to Watcom C ... I'll post the appropriate files if you'd like.
: >Joshua Jensen
: PLEASE!  JEZZA
Anybody have the Borland C++ 4.0 version of it?  I'd like that.  Would it be 
easy to convert from Watcom to Borland?  (If you know, that is)

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