Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #251
From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
Date:     Sat, 11 Jun 94 19:13:12 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #251, Volume #2                Sat, 11 Jun 94 19:13:12 EDT

Contents:
  Re: IBM 3151 terminal (Matt Cable)
  Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist) (Patrick J. Volkerding)
  Re: IRC for Linux? (Scott Howard)
  Re: CSLIP sl0 Performance (Andrew Robinson)
  Re: Best notebook for Linux? (Raphael PINILLA)
  Re: future of Unixware (Brandon S. Allbery)
  Re: 40M Syquest Removeable (Drew Eckhardt)
  Re: Which sound card + cdrom to buy ? (Dragon Fly)
  Re: One Stop Information (Bill Bogstad)
  Re: Source for "su" in SlackWare? (bjorn@oslonett.no)
  Re: Calling VESA from Watcom C 9.0 (Rob Janssen)
  Re: Help for Conner 250 and FTAPE? (Ethan Henry)
  Re: Will Linux work on a system with ESDI drives? (Keith Owens)
  Re: One Stop Information (Thomas G. McWilliams)
  Re: future of Unixware (Rob Janssen)
  Re: High-speed serial and Linux? (Rob Janssen)
  Re: BogoMips program from SunSite (Thomas G. McWilliams)
  Help needed installing TransAmerica w/ US 34F scsi (Pat O'Shaughnessey P855)

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
From: mcable@porthos.tcs.tufts.edu (Matt Cable)
Subject: Re: IBM 3151 terminal
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 18:48:12 GMT

Jonathan A. Davis (davis@blackmoor.cc.usm.edu) wrote:
: Matt Cable (mcable@porthos.tcs.tufts.edu) wrote:
: : I just aquired an IBM 3151 terminal for cheap and I'm lookin to connect 
: : it to my system.  Has anyone succesfully worked on such a setup?  I 
: : don't have any manuals for it.  Any /etc/termcap's entries for one out there?

: : Can i use a regular serial cable?  Or will i need a null modem?

: : PLEASE help!

: : Thanks!

: *chuckle*  I wish I only had to deal with them for cheap.  I've got quite a
: few sitting as consoles on IBM RS/6000s.  Anyway, I too became tired of
: the lack of termcap entries in the default Linux install.  I compiled a 
: rather large set of termcaps and use them on my workstations.  They include
: such notables as IBM3151, Hazeltine 1500, and IBM HFT (High Function Terminal).
: I'll zip it and place it on our anon ftp server.  It will be available from
: seabass.st.usm.edu:/pub/linux/termcap.gz

: One word of caution, some of these termcap entries work better than others 
: (although all I've tried seem to work) and many I've never tested.  So use with 
: some caution.

: Enjoy,

THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

I really appreciate it...

--
-matt

 Matthew E. Cable // mcable@musketeers.tufts.edu // wozz@wozz.tcs.tufts.edu

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From: gonzo@magnet.mednet.net (Patrick J. Volkerding)
Subject: Re: Linux vs *BSD (new twist)
Date: 11 Jun 1994 18:38:46 GMT

In article <Dr7DpL.J5@pe1chl.ampr.org>, Rob Janssen <pe1chl@rabo.nl> wrote:
>In <2ta8jr$ii9@nkosi.well.com> gonzo@magnet.mednet.net (Patrick J. Volkerding) writes:
>
>>In article <2t9jo2$gek@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>,
>>Peter da Silva <peter@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM> wrote:
>>>In article <me.771084458@tartufo>,
>>>Michael Elbel <me%dude.pcs.dec.com@inet-gw-2.pa.dec.com> wrote:
>>>>Does it? I'm pretty sure, it doesn't. I distinctively remember that the
>>>>/etc/DIRCOLORS file holds the actual escape sequences to use.
>>>
>>>What if you have more than one terminal?
>
>>Then you can use $HOME/.dir_colors to override the file in /etc.
>
>Ah, so you get a new home with each terminal?

Yeah - that's it. ;^)

No, you don't get a new $HOME, but you might get a new $TERM. You can set 
which $TERM types can be colorized in the /etc/DIR_COLORS or 
$HOME/.dir_colors config file:

# Below, there should be one TERM entry for each termtype that is colorizable
TERM console
TERM con132x25

That's what I was referring to.

Pat

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From: c9219517@sage.newcastle.edu.au (Scott Howard)
Subject: Re: IRC for Linux?
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 16:52:37 GMT

Al Longyear (longyear@netcom.com) wrote:
: bradb@bronze.coil.com (Brad Block) writes:

: >Is there any IRC binaries or source for Linux?

: The source package will compile with only one small problem in the
: Makefile. Linux uses flex rather than lex, so the library used for the
: lexical scanner is "-lfl" rather than "-ll".

Alternatively you can get the latest version of IRC from sunsite.unc.edu in
/pub/Linux/Incoming (for the time being at least). This should compile for
both term and non-term, and also has voice support (via DCC).

  Scott.

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From: robinson@cnj.digex.net (Andrew Robinson)
Crossposted-To: digex.slip
Subject: Re: CSLIP sl0 Performance
Date: 10 Jun 1994 22:31:39 GMT

In article <2t67jt$d4r@news1.digex.net> mongo@access1.digex.net (mongo) writes:
>B.D. Decker (bdd@lamneth.digex.net) wrote:
>: Now that I'm all set with CSLIP on both ends of my link, I'd
>: like to tune my SLIP performance.  Currently, using "ifconfig sl0"
>: regularly gives me statistics similar to the following:

>You have something seriously misconfigured if you are using AX.25 with 
>SLIP and your modem.  AX.25 is used for *radio* communication, not used 
>with dial-up modems usually.  
                          vvvvvvvvvv
>: sl0       Link encap AMPR AX.25  HWaddr
>:           inet addr XXX.XXX.XXX.XX  P-t-P YYY.YYY.YYY.YY  Mask 255.255.0.0


Actually, it looks like an older version of ifconfig is being used with a
newer kernel.  I was surprised myself when I was running SLIP, typed
'ifconfig' and saw "AX.25".  Upgrading to the newer version of ifconfig and
route solved the problem (actually, it worked just fine, it only reported
wrong).



--
Andrew Robinson
robinson@cnj.digex.net  (MIME and Andrew mail welcome)


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From: RP57@CalvaCom.FR (Raphael PINILLA)
Subject: Re: Best notebook for Linux?
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 16:58:40 GMT

Dans <CqL8xB.BKr@ucdavis.edu> leb@cs.ucdavis.edu (Bich-Cau Le) ecrit:

>I would like to buy a notebook computer for the sole purpose
>of running Linux. I checked the compatibility list and only
>found one or two models from 93.

>I scanned the different newsgroups and noticed that the two
>major problems people run into when trying to install Linux
>on a notebook are:

>1. fdisk does not recognize the hard disk. (e.g, with Thinkpads)
>2. problems running X windows.

>Any recommendations?

>B.C Le
>UC Davis
>people 


    Linux Works Fine on my Texas Instrument TravelMate WinSX4000 
(486SX25-4Mo/120Mo). Fdisk works fine, XWindows works fine (as good as 4Mo
of RAM let X running), in color (VGA16 Xserver instead of the SVGA256 one
the reason is that the Cirrus Chipset is a very rare one...), with the
trackball...

    My project is to upgrade to a Hard Disk with 450Mo (the disk of the
new 4000 Top series) and 8Mo of RAM, in order to run smoothly X.


        Rafael Pinilla.
:
:
:
  RP57@calvacom.fr



                                   Speed Kills, use Microsoft Windows.

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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.unixware
From: bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Subject: Re: future of Unixware
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 22:51:29 GMT

In article <1994Jun08.120424.29415@taylor.infi.net>, mark@taylor.infi.net (Mark A. Davis) says:
+---------------
| You would be surprised how many people use Unix at work and do not know it.
+------------->8

*I* wouldn't.  I was amused to note that the POS terminals at MicroCenter are
Wyse 60-series (probably WY-160s) terminals, and that the POS application is
written in Progress...  Leaves little room for anything *but* Unix, probably
SCO.

++Brandon
-- 
Brandon S. Allbery         kf8nh@kf8nh.ampr.org          bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org
The FUDs at Microsoft are shouting "Kill The Wabi!"

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From: drew@kinglear.cs.colorado.edu (Drew Eckhardt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: 40M Syquest Removeable
Date: 9 Jun 1994 20:51:22 GMT

In article <2t7qfs$n0l@otter.mrj.com>, Janson Hall <jhall@otter.mrj.com> wrote:
>
>I have read the FAQ and SCSI-HOWTO and could not find an answer to
>this question.  Is it possible to use the 40M Syqest Removeable drives
>with Linux.  
>Any help would be appreciated.

They work fine, lock when you mount a disk, etc.
In fact, I have a pair of them on my development system.
-- 
Drew Eckhardt drew@Colorado.EDU
1970 Landcruiser FJ40 w/350 Chevy power
1982 Yamaha XV920J Virago

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From: viznyuk@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu (Dragon Fly)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Which sound card + cdrom to buy ?
Date: 9 Jun 94 17:37:51 -0400


I have got several responses on my questions
about which cdrom and sound card to buy.
Here is the summary:
===========================================================
>  In article <1994Jun8.173013.4902@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> you write:
>> Hi!
>> I'm looking around for buying a sound card + cdrom drive
>> supported by linux. I know SoundBlaster, and perhaps
>> GUS are supported. What confuses me is the abundance
>> of SoundBlasters: some with MCA, some with ASP, some
>> even SCSI+ASP. What does all that mean ?
>
> SCSI = SCSI-controller, ASP = Advanced Signal Processor (or something like
> that - a unit used for things like sound compression/decompression).
>
>> Does SCSI means it handles SCSI HD drives and/or SCSI CDROMs ?
>
> Yes.
>
>> I have already UltraStor-34 SCSI-2 controller. Does it make
>> sense to get SCSI sound card ?
>> How does GUS compare to SounBlaster ?
>
> Supportwise and CPU-wise GUS is better under Linux (and in my oppinion
> it sounds alot better too). If you are planning to use your soundcard
> alot under DOS for games, a SB might be the way to go as it's got more
> support. GUS works for most games too, but mostly through TSRs
> (GM-emulation) and may require some fiddling.
>
> Specifically for Linux, GUS is very nice to your CPU when playing
> multi-voice music (mods, midis). It takes about 0.5% CPU on a GUS and
> somewhere between 40%-80% on a SB depending on the CPU (this as mixing
> of the voices has to be done by the CPU for the SB, whereas on the GUS
> it is done by the GUS. This is good if you want to be able to work with
> other things like compilation and textediting while playing music (with
> a SB you will hear skips in the music when doing other work at the same
> time).
>
>  I don't know anything about CD-roms, so can't help you there (except
> that as you already have a controller, you can always hang the CD-rom
> on that one instead of putting it on the soundcard).

=======================================================================
> Buy a SCSI CD-ROM player and add it to your Ultrastore board. Then buy a
> ISA Sound Blaster 16 or equivalent. Max sound speed (sampling-frequency*bits-per-sample*stereo) = (44100*16*2/8) = 176.4 kByte/s.
> ISA has enough plenty capacity for this.

========================================================================
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc you write:
>
>> Does SCSI means it handles SCSI HD drives and/or SCSI CDROMs ?
>> I have already UltraStor-34 SCSI-2 controller. Does it make
>> sense to get SCSI sound card ?
>> How does GUS compare to SounBlaster ?
>
> I believe that SB Scsi only supports CD-ROMs. I own a GUS and i'm
> very happy with it. It doesn't sound as good as it could, but it's
> one of the rare (if not the only one) wich offers wavetable synthesis
> for under $200. If you wish to add a CD-ROM to your machine, an
> optional daughter card is available for the GUS (for around $50...
> all prices in cnd dollars :)
>
> It is also supported by the kernel (so is SB), but you'll need to
> recompile it.
>
> The True Test of a sound card? DOOM!
====================================================================

Thanks to everybody who responded.
I screwd around for some time and found out
that:

1. My UltraStor 34F controller supports some weird
  collection of CDROM drives none of which is listed
  anywhere in Computer Shopper.
  like e.g. Sony CDU-541-01, Panasonic CR-501, NEC CDR-74, et al..
  
2. SCSI CDROM drives are two-three times more expensive
   than IDE ones. Some nice CDROMs like e.g Mitsumi are
   only IDE. What to do ?  Go along and buy SCSI CDROM
   for $300-$400 while there is Mitsumi for $117 ?

3. I actually have "super I/O card" on my system which
   supports up to 2 IDE HD drives. Can I plug Mitsumi CDROM into it?

4. GUS sound card can be upgraded for about $50 to include
   support card for CDROM (e.g. Mitsumi). Is this way OK ?
   Does it mean I would be only able to play music and that's it ?
   
Serge

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From: bogstad@blaze.cs.jhu.edu (Bill Bogstad)
Subject: Re: One Stop Information
Date: 9 Jun 1994 17:46:16 -0400

In article <1994Jun9.165713.20746@cs.cornell.edu>,
Matt Welsh <mdw@cs.cornell.edu> wrote:
>In article <HANKEDR.94Jun9083728@mallard.mail.auburn.edu> hankedr@mail.auburn.edu (Darrel Hankerson) writes:
>>In article <1994Jun9.113655.16088@brtph560.bnr.ca> luthers@brtph8dd.bnr.ca (Luther Stephens P190) writes:
>>
>>   I am new to Linux. I have read the faqs, a lot of the HOWTOs, etc.
>>   I was wondering if there was a "one stop" source of information
>>   on linux. Particularly a book that contains:
>>...
>>The Linux Bible collects all of the HOWTO's and covers most of your 
>>request. I received my copy from Yggdrasil. The inside cover says:
>
>I'd like to point out that all of the material (save the Yggdrasil
>Manual) in the Linux Bible is freely available from the Linux Documentation
>Project. Please see the directories ...

        It should probably be noted that the Yggdrasil Manual is also
covered under GPL and the source files for the Summer 1994 edition are
available at:

ftp.yggdrasil.com:/pub/summer_1994/manual

Just how it would be useful to somone who doesn't have their CDROM I'm not
sure...

                                Bill Bogstad
                                bogstad@cs.jhu.edu

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From: bjorn@oslonett.no
Subject: Re: Source for "su" in SlackWare?
Date: 11 Jun 1994 22:33:39 +0200


In article <CqzIu3.6wM8@hawnews.watson.ibm.com> ,
 clarke@watson.ibm.com (Ed Clarke) writes:
>The 'su' command doesn't work reliably in the current release of
>Slackware.  It works to become root, but fails when I try to su
>to another user (news for instance).  I'm basicly at a 1.0.9 
>
 [sttgob]
>
>Ed Clarke
>clarke@watson.ibm.com

  Uh - I have 1.0.9 and Slackware, basically from an earlier 
 TransAmeritech with d/l updates. Note that  /bin/su  is setuid root, 
 if it isn't, maybe you'll have the problems you mention ? 

arnica:/bin# ls -l su
-rwsr-xr-x   1 root     bin          5492 Mar 23 23:58 su*

 Maybe you don't need sources, after all...

Bjxrn

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Crossposted-To: rec.games.programmer,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer
From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen)
Subject: Re: Calling VESA from Watcom C 9.0
Reply-To: pe1chl@rabo.nl
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 16:22:47 GMT

In <Cr6r0J.DDC@news.atitech.ca> phsieh@atitech.ca (Paul Hsieh) writes:

>Hello out there.  I realize that I'm about to be flamed for being such an
>advocate of WC and end up asking a question about it, however ...

>I have been trying to call my VESA driver from a WC 9.0 program.  The 
>DOS4GW version is 1.8 (which is pretty ancient, but it mostly works well
>for me).  The scenario is pretty simply.  I need to set AX=4F00, and
>ES:DI to my _far address (i.e., below the first meg) then call int 10
>and watch ES:DI fill up with lotsa goodly info.

>In real mode this is not a problem (I wrote a little .com file which
>functions perfectly).  To do this in WC, I first allocated some low
>memory using DPMI function 0x0400.  I got back a segment and selector
>that I verified were reasonable values.  Then to use it, I simply
>calculated the flat address equivalent (i.e., segment*0x10) in a
>variable I called "VIS".  Then, before calling int 10 I set ES to 
>(VIS & 0xF0000) >> 4 and DI to (VIS & 0xFFFF), AX=0x4F00.  Upon return
>from the int 10, I got the required 0x004F.  But the information in
>VIS was untouched.  I verified this with 3 different VESA drivers, so
>I am pretty sure that the VESA drivers are not at fault.

>Does anyone know exactly what's going wrong?  I might be mixing up the
>definition of selector and segment, but in most cases ES becomes 0,
>which I assume was translated to 0 either as a selector or a segment.
>Is version 1.8 of DOS4GW just too old or buggy?  Have I pulled a major
>braino here?  Any help on this problem would be greatly appreciated.

This has nothing to do with Linux, so please keep it off that group!

Rob
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From: aj185@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Ethan Henry)
Subject: Re: Help for Conner 250 and FTAPE?
Reply-To: aj185@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Ethan Henry)
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 04:41:15 GMT



In a previous article, rexx@netcom.com (Rick Narron) says:

>Ken Corey (exukenc@exu.ericsson.com) wrote:
>: Hi all.
>
>: Yesterday I went out and bought a Conner 250MB floppy-tape backup unit.
>
>: Got it installed with no troubles, and proceeded to do some small backups to
>: make sure it worked.  So far so good.
>
>: Then, once I figured it was working, I tried to do a full backup of my linux
>: file system.  It started writing, but about 85% of the way through bombed
>: because of a I/O Error.
>...
>: Any ideas whats wrong?
>
>One more thing to try is to clean the tape drive recording/playback head with a
>Q-tip and some 90% Isopropyl Alchohol (head cleaning solution for ordinary
>cassette tape recorders).
>
>On Mainframe computers this is the most likely cause of i/o problems on
>a tape drive.  The second most likely is an old (overused) tape.
>

85% Hm. Better than me though... mine gets an I/O error every time.
Even when doing 'mt -f /dev/ftape fst 0' or whatever the test is.

I'm using ftape 0.9.10, is this fixed in a newer version of ftape ?
Otherwise, I'll be the only one who can't get a pretty normal tape drive
to work under linux. :(

Please mail me if you know...

Ethan
aj185@freenet.carleton.ca
-- 
Ethan Henry             aj185@Freenet.Carleton.Ca
                        eghenry@Sunee.Uwaterloo.Ca

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From: kaos@melbpc.org.au (Keith Owens)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Will Linux work on a system with ESDI drives?
Date: 10 Jun 1994 15:23:43 +1000

In article <2t4t4mINNak5@uwm.edu>, Christopher A. Kali wrote:
> I'm anxious to install Linux on my system.  Problem is, all I have are
> ESDI drives; a Seagate and an HP.  Plus, since the HP is so big (1455
> cyl) I have the controller translating it down to 1024 cyl, but 63
> sectors/track.  Will any of this interfere with Linux?  If so, will
> any other free *nix clone (like FreeBSD) work?

I'm running 2 ESDI drives, both with > 1024 cylinders (plus SCSI for
CD-ROM, future disks will be SCSI).  Two DOS partitions, both below
1024.  Two Xenix filesystems (just until I get a Linux driver for my
tape drive).  Several Linux filesystems and a swap area, some of Linux
is > 1024.  The only restriction I hit was that the data read at boot
time (/etc/lilo/message, /zSystem etc.) had to be below 1024 (BIOS
restriction) so all of my Xenix and Linux root partitions must be below
1024.

Because of the mixture of systems, each with their own way of handling
bad sectors, I found it better to use the sector sparing mode of my
controller to reserve 1 sector per track for errors.  I loose 1.5% of
the disk but Linux can access any part of any filesystem without seeing
any bad tracks.  Linux and Xenix can cope with > 1024 cylinders (after
booting) so I did not bother to translate the geometry.

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From: tgm@netcom.com (Thomas G. McWilliams)
Subject: Re: One Stop Information
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 21:25:10 GMT

Robert Snyder (bobsnyder421@delphi.com) wrote:
: That is fine.  I can only hope that some time can be found for the
: docs to be written in ASCII, for those DOS'ers who might like to
: switch . . . I've looked in as many sites as I can think of, and 
: cannot find a program to change ps into ascii, or TeX into ascii.

TeX to ascii? Try deTeX-2.6.tar.gz at sunsite.unc.edu. It's
lewd; it's crude. But it will do the job.

Thomas

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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.unixware,comp.os.linux
From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen)
Subject: Re: future of Unixware
Reply-To: pe1chl@rabo.nl
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 20:38:35 GMT

In <rick.771073998@digibd> rick@digibd.digibd.com (Rick Richardson) writes:

>Also, I believe that if the Linux numbers being bandied about were
>actually real installations for commercial purposes, then the multiport
>serial vendors would be getting beat up for not having Linux drivers.

>We do get inquiries about Linux from time to time, but not enough
>at this point to cause the Sales droids to beat up on Marketing
>who would then beat up Engineering.  Right now, I suspect the
>hottest source of interest for Linux drivers in this company
>would be from our own engineering hacker types.  I think this is
>really indicative of the real world use of Linux today.

I think Linux is, more than commercial systems, often used on personal
computers.  I.e. one user, sitting at the console, uses the system.

Multiport cards are simply less of an issue in such environments.

Rob
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From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen)
Subject: Re: High-speed serial and Linux?
Reply-To: pe1chl@rabo.nl
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 1994 20:51:06 GMT

In <2t4knh$e92@magus.cs.utah.edu> kruckenb@sal.cs.utah.edu (Joseph Kruckenberg) writes:

>I am trying to connect a high-speed (56kb - 115.2kb) serial port to a
>Linux machine (from a partial-T1 DSU/CSU), and I'm wondering what
>options I have. I know Linux supports 16550-based boards, but is the
>16550 going to be able to handle this kind of speed without dropping
>characters or seriously loading down the CPU? Is anyone using the
>Linux for high-speed connections like this? If so, what are you using?

I am running a modified 16550A board at 76800 bps on a 486/33.  The
system load when transferring files using Taylor UUCP is not very high.
(under 10 percent, from memory)

Dropped characters are no problem as long as you use a busmastering SCSI
controller + SCSI disk.  IDE disks are a problem, unless they work with
the IDE enhancement patch.  (the IDE driver disables interrupts for
extended periods of time)

Rob
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From: tgm@netcom.com (Thomas G. McWilliams)
Subject: Re: BogoMips program from SunSite
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 21:39:11 GMT

cravitma@cps.msu.edu (Matthew B Cravit) writes:
: I downloaded the standalone BogoMips program from sunsite.unc.edu, and
: compiled it to run under SunOS 5 on a Sparc 10. When I ran it, it
: produced a figure of 38.0 BogoMips. Does this sound reasonable for a
: Sparc 10 running OpenWindows (the system load average is around 1.08).
: Feel free to email me instead of posting here.


Rob Janssen (rob@pe1chl.ampr.org) replies:
: OK...  Now the word "BogoMips" goes into my kill file.


Poor Rob Janssen does not understand the Zen of BogoMips. Of course
38 BogoMips is a wonderful figure of merit for a Sparc 10 running
SunOS 5. I'm sure Sun marketing will eventually adopt it as a tool.
But these questions are probably best directed via e-mail to the
BogoMips Research Institute---"Better Living Through BogoMips".

Thomas
tgm@netcom.com


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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
From: shags@brtph89e.bnr.ca (Pat O'Shaughnessey P855)
Subject: Help needed installing TransAmerica w/ US 34F scsi
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 21:42:42 GMT

Hello,

I have checked all of the FAQs and cannot come up with a solution to my
installation problem:

I am having a problem with my UltraStor 34F.  After going partially 
through the boot sequence, and recognizing both my Hard drive (Maxtor) and
my CD ROM drive (Chinon), I get the following messages:

scsi0: resetting for 2nd half of retries.
US14F: reset: called.

and the floppy just spins, while the machine hangs.

Has anyone experienced this problem?  BTW, I've already changed the I/O 
mapping to 340h.

Thanks for any help,

Patrick
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