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From: stolk@fwi.uva.nl (Bram)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Murphy's law got to me :-(
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:17:37 GMT
Organization: FWI, University of Amsterdam

Hi,

When I installed 0.98, my EGA port for X386 suddenly started working :-)
(thanks Linus)
Guess what, my humble EGA card does mono X11 :-)
All the clients in /usr/bin/X11 work, except for 1.
And ofcourse... according to Murphy's law, this is the xterm client.
*sob*

When an xterm is started, I do not get an outlined window, for me to
place on screen.
As a matter of fact, nothing visible at all happens.
When I quit X, I do have a process /usr/bin/X11/xterm -e /bin/bash running.
I checked /bin/bash... it's ok, but the xterm process just remains inactive..
No primitives are send to server, as far as I can tell.
What's wrong with my xterm?

	If ya can help me out, please drop me a line,

			Bram Stolk
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: murraya@ecf.toronto.edu (MURRAY ALEXANDER W)
Subject: Re: PS/2 pointing device initialization patch
Followup-To: comp.os.linux
Keywords: PS/2
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 19:34:24 GMT

In article <1992Oct5.173849.3964@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com> troyer@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Dean Troyer) writes:
>OK, the PS/2 mouse patch I posted last week had some problems for some
>machines (it DID work on my Compaq, tho).  After disassembling my BIOS
>and comparing the Mach code, here's a much simpler & better way to get
>the PS/2 mouse initialized & such.
[...]
>Dean Troyer                               troyer@saifr00.cfsat.Honeywell.COM
>Honeywell Commercial Flight Systems       72240.3152@compuserve.com
>Phoenix AZ
>(602) 436-3613

Don't suppose anyone's actually managed to get Linux up and kicking on any
variety of a true-blue microchannel IBM PS/2 machine yet?

If anyone would care to e-mail any experiences, postitive or negative, I'd
be most appreciative.

Regards,
Alex

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From: talley@ashleigh.Kodak.COM (Brian K. Talley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: BYTE asks, is UNIX dead?
Keywords: UNIX
Date: 28 Sep 92 16:50:06 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.linux
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY

In article <12945@ecs.soton.ac.uk> nwp90@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Nick Phillips) writes:

[original posting deleted]

>I haven't read the article in question, but I remember about 10 years ago, BYTE
>had a similar cover asking "Is this the year of UNIX?". Don't worry about it,
>they're just trying to ask provocative questions, and in the process, sell
>magazines... who cares what they think, anyway? With systems like Linux & 386BSD
>only now beginning to make UNIX-like systems available to the average person
>with a PC box at home, at a reasonable price, how can it be dead? Maybe they were
>just referring to AT&T's UNIX... now that it has a bit of competition ;-)
>
>Nick.

My concern involves an authoritative journal like Byte slamming or pushing a
product (or OS).  "Authoritative" is defined as something a lot of people use
to make decisions, by the way. This use of "authoritative" has nothing to do
with actual knowledge about anything.

How many folks have been told MS-DOS is God's gift to computing? How many have
spent a lot of money on inferior IBM compatibles?

I saw the same thing happen to the Commodore Amiga.  When it was released, it
was ahead of it's time.  It had superior graphics, sound and I/O slave proces-
sors that allowed it to run considerably faster in typical applications than
just about anything else available (in the personal computer market).  It also
had (has) an operating system vastly superior to MS-DOS. Due to Commodore's
unbelievably inept and incompetant marketing department, the Amiga has slipped,
and many now consider it dead.  It certainly isn't - there's still a huge fol-
lowing - but it's not as "alive" as it could/should be.

Fortunately with Unix, AT&T, DEC, SMI, SGI, HP, etc., aren't going to let some
company like Microsoft get away with telling the world that Unix is dead, and
NT is the way to go, but MS may try.  This is what bothers me.  By "not caring"
what the proverbial technotwits think, we (unix users) lose a little bit.

Linux is an excellent OS, both for learning and for serious work. It is because
of large companies depending on Unix and Unix-like clones that Unix isn't dead,
and won't be for quite some time (if ever :).

AT&T has had competition for a while now, and up until now, they haven't said
much (pubically) about it, either.  Exactly why they chose to flex their corp-
orate muscles now remains to be seen. Perhaps until recently, BSD hadn't really
advertized their product: it was limited to use by schools, for the most part.
Now that BSDI has advertized, AT&T/USL may be getting concerned.

[please try to keep the flames down to "deep fat fry"]

--Brian [Let's start a comp.os.linux.advocacy newsgroup] Talley
__________
Brian Talley, Systems Consultant, Eastman Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, NY
talley@acadia.kodak.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: jsaker@cwis.unomaha.edu (James R. Saker Jr.)
Subject: SQL server under linux?
Keywords: sql,linux,database
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 17:05:24 GMT

Is anyone familiar w/ a SQL server operational under Linux which
is accessable on the net? I've seen the Ingres on tsx-11.mit.edu
but would like to give SQL a whirl if possible.

Thanks!


.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
.  Jamie Saker					jsaker@cwis.unomaha.edu    .
.  Network Costing Analyst			Business/MIS Major	   .
.  Telenational Communications			Univ. Nebraska at Omaha	   .
.  (402) 392-7548							   .
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo)
Subject: Can I use gcc to develop MS-DOS apps ?
Originator: rahardj@antares.cc.umanitoba.ca
Keywords: gcc msdos
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 02:54:32 GMT


Is it possible to develop an MS-DOS application on Linux
using g++ 2.2.2d ? [No flame please].
Like a -target msdos switch for cross compiling ?

Would be nice... linux + gcc(g++) is a very nice development
environment. Comments ?

-- budi
-- 
Budi Rahardjo <rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Unix Support - Computer Services - University of Manitoba
From: jem@SunSite.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Porting X11 contrib stuff
Date: 29 Sep 92 02:47:00 GMT
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

In article <jb&vHkb&?9@atlantis.psu.edu> donadio@wilbur.psu.edu (Beaker) writes:
>Is anyone out there having trouble porting the X11 contrib stuff?  I think
>that so far the things that did work were xantfarm, xdaliclock, and
>unclutter.  I have tried vtwm, ctwm, xfishtank, olvwm, p3d and more.
>Could this be a problem with kludgy source (the contrib stuff) or a 
>problem with the GCC?
>

hmm. I know that vtwm and olvwm are on sunsite (both in
/pub/Linux/X11/window-managers) so their ported source may be
a good place to start to see what had to be changed.

jem.

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From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: DOS emulation under PD unix..
Date: 27 Sep 92 22:43:13 GMT
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory

In article <badger.717563481@phylo> badger@phylo.life.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger) writes:
>tdunbar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Thomas Dunbar) writes:
>
>Does anyone really want to remember some obscure macro to do something like
>create a footnote? Ancient PC software like PC-Write used to use imbedded 
>commands like TeX does, but software in DOS-land has since evolved beyond
>the Precambrian. I'm still amazed that UNIX which has such fine development

	Well, it you need to typeset equations or special symbols, the DOS
tools that you talk about produce output that looks like shit.  

>TeX does have a future - as an output format created by wysiwyg X editors...

	I like this idea.  As long as I can get output that looks just as sharp
as with vanilla TeX, I am all in favor.

-Eric


-- 
Eric Youngdale
eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: badger@phylo.life.uiuc.edu (Jonathan Badger)
Subject: Re: BYTE asks, is UNIX dead?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:35:47 GMT

>> >This months BYTE screams out asking "Is UNIX dead?".
>> 
>> > As always perhaps, money rules.
>> 
>> Yes, and unfortunatly, it is Micro$afts money that is talking in this
>> instance.
>> 
>> Byte lost all my respect with that cover.  They are no different than
>> any of
>> the other Zif Davis Rags, and I have canceled my subscriptions for the
>> few
>> that I was subscribing to....

I realize that this will probably fall on deaf ears, but BYTE did NOT
write the article because "money rules" BYTE wrote a very intelligent
article that asks the very important question: Should we still be using a
1960's operating system in the 1990's? Cancelling a subscription to a magazine
for asking a question that you really don't want to know the answer to is
childish.

The fact is, as much as you may dislike MS-DOS (based on experience) or NT
(based on rabid zealously against an unseen product), they both serve the
needs of average users far better than UNIX can. UNIX is written by and for
programmers and is great for us -- I LOVE Linux.... but it never will be the
dominant operating system....so lets end this useless thread and stop whining
about the "infidels" that dislike UNIX as if we were Christian or Moslem
fundamentalists....

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wcn@cs.brown.edu (Wen-Chun Ni)
Subject: Which group id?
Organization: Brown University Department of Computer Science
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 00:16:18 GMT


Suppose I have a directory whose group id is "student." My set of group
id includes "student" but the group id in my passwd entry is
"graduate". If I write a file into the directory, what group id
will be set to this file?

	Under Linux: it's "graduate."
	Under SunOS: it's "student."

Which is correct? I think SunOS is right. Opinions?



Wen-Chun Ni
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: jem@SunSite.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid)
Subject: Re: How small a root partition can I get away with?
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 12:12:13 GMT

In article <Qeo4aoa00WAJ18Ruoz@andrew.cmu.edu> geek+@CMU.EDU (Brian E. Gallew) writes:
>Another consideration in determining root size is whether or not you
>will try to stay on the bleeding edge of Linux development.  Remember,
>/lib will generally have to be part of /, not mounted, so you have to
>allow for two or three incarnations of the shared libraries!
>

With the advent of share libraries with jmp tables, this should
no longer be a problem, especially as old executable are gradually
replaced with their jmp-table equivalents.  New libraries should
not break any such executables. That was the whole idea.

jem.

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: hellers@cs.wisc.edu (Joe Hellerstein)
Subject: Re: combo MS/Mouse-Systems mouse
Organization: Univ. of Wisconsin @ Madison, CS Dept.
	<JEM.92Sep30211910@vipunen.hut.fi>
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 17:57:12 GMT

In article <JEM.92Sep30211910@vipunen.hut.fi> jem@vipunen.hut.fi (Johan Myreen) writes:

    [Me:]
>   >Microsoft mouse or a Mouse Systems mouse -- by default, it's a
>   >Microsoft, but if you hold a button down during power-up, it acts
>   >likes a Mouse Systems mouse.                    ^^^^^^^^
>
>   >while in Microsoft mode the middle button is useless.  However under
>   >linux/X11 it always appears to be a Microsoft mouse, even when I hold
>   >a button down during bootup.

    [Johan:]
>   Just a thought: the mouse checks the button press when power is
>   applied. It has no way of knowing that you (warm) boot the computer;
>   you have to cycle the power to change the mode.


Sorry, badly put.  Linux and X are not recognizing the Mouse Systems
mode even when I power-cycle, booting linux.

Joe 
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: hodgen@infko.uni-koblenz.de
Subject: Re: SPEED comparisons of ET4000 cards.
Followup-To: comp.os.linux
Organization: Uni Koblenz, Germany.
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 09:22:41 GMT

In article <KETIL.92Sep28212034@spurv.ii.uib.no> ketil@ii.uib.no writes:
>In article <1992Sep28.055653.5428@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> feoh@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Chris Patti) writes:
>
>	   I would consider buying an ATI Ultra as I think performance
>   is better due to the built in Blitter, etc, however relatively
>   flawless Xwindows operation is my main goal (aside from the
>   animation I mentioned above) so unless 8514 support has been
>   integrated into the server or at least stabilized I'll stick with
>   an ET4000.
>
>Yeah, this one did well in the test.  It also has built in
>anti-aliasing, which would be nice.  I think there is a 8514 X11, but
>I don't know for sure.

These cards are great! But if you've got a crappy monitor don't bother (but
that applies to all hi res cards). The X11 8514 server exists and works very
nicely thank you. I've been using it for 3 weeks now and have had no problems
with it.

Bye.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: dennisf@miles.com (Dennis Flaherty)
Subject: admutils-1.3 shutdown.c minor bug+patch
Organization: Miles, Inc.  Diagnostics Divis.
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 13:50:55 GMT


Ooops, shutdown.c in admutils-1.3 forgets to strip the '-' from 
argv[0].  This makes it difficult to get login entries in /etc/passwd
for things like "reboot" and "halt" to work properly.

The fix is easy:

*** shutdown.c~	Mon Aug 17 22:06:16 1992
--- shutdown.c	Sun Oct  4 14:08:59 1992
***************
*** 54,59 ****
--- 54,60 ----
  
  	prog = argv[0];
  	if(ptr = strrchr(argv[0], '/')) prog = ++ptr;
+ 	if(*prog == '-') ++prog;
  	
  	if(!strcmp("halt", prog)) {
  		opt_reboot = 0;

-- 
Dennis T. Flaherty     dennisf@Miles.com
Miles, Inc.            dflahert@chekov.helios.nd.edu
Diagnostics Division
My doctor says Mylanta, but my boss says Alka-Seltzer!
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: svga FAQ?
From: jehresman@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Date: 3 Oct 92 17:59:26 EDT
Organization: Wesleyan University

Has anyone put together a FAQ for svga cards that will run w/ linux?  Could
someone mail it to me or point me to an archive, or if one doesn't exist
mail me a compilation of response to questions.  I can then clean it up and post
it to the net if no one else is going to.

I'm also interested in info on svga monitors, especially b/w ones (I have a 
limited budget and would much prefer higher resolution to color).

Thanks in advance,

John Ehresman
(jehresman@eagle.wesleyan.edu)
From: negaard@aero.org (Eric Negaard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Trouble with 0.98 + tcp
Date: 30 Sep 92 14:49:49
Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: fungus.aero.org

I tried to compile Linux 0.98 with the tcp code last night, and
the kernel doesn't boot.  I get the following message:

    Memory: 7396k/8192k available (376k kernel, 384k reserved, 36k data)
    stack segment: 0000
    EIP:	0008:00016C36
    EFLAGS:	00010287
    fs: 0017
    base: C0000000, limit: 000A0000
    Pid: 0, process nr: 0
    08 95 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90
    task[0] (swapper) killed: unable to recover
    Kernel panic: Trying to free up swapper memory space
    In swapper task - not syncing

0.98 runs fine when I don't include the tcp code.

Other info:

	33 Mhz 80486, 8Mb
	Kernel config options:
		No SCSI
		No profiling
		No math emulation
		Compiled with -m486

Does this give anyone any clues as to what's going wrong?

			Eric Negaard
From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: X11 trident Xconfig
Date: 29 Sep 1992 16:31:38 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

Here is my Xconfig for a trident 8900c card.
I have clocks specified to 25, and resolution to 640x480, as this is
all my monitor will accept, but 1152x900 virtual works fine.


# $XConsortium: Xconfig,v 1.2 91/08/26 14:34:55 gildea Exp $
#
# Copyright 1990,91 by Thomas Roell, Dinkelscherben, Germany.
#
# Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its
# documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that
# the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
# documentation, and that the name of Thomas Roell not be used in
# advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without
# specific, written prior permission.  Thomas Roell makes no representations
# about the suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided
# "as is" without express or implied warranty.
#
# THOMAS ROELL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE,
# INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS, IN NO
# EVENT SHALL THOMAS ROELL BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR
# CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE,
# DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
# TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR
# PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
#
# Author:  Thomas Roell, roell@informatik.tu-muenchen.de
# modified by obz for easier linux porting

#
# some nice paths, to avoid conflicts with other X-servers
#
RGBPath		"/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
FontPath	"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"

Keyboard
  AutoRepeat 500 5
  ServerNumLock

MouseSystems	"/dev/ttys1"
BaudRate	1200
#
# The graphics drivers
#
vga256
  Clocks	25 
  Virtual	1152 900
  ViewPort      0 0
  Modes	        "640x480"
ModeDB
# clock  horzontal timing      vertical timing
 "640x480"   25     640  672  768  800    480  490  492  525
             28     640  672  768  800    480  490  492  525

 "800x600"   25     800  816  952 1056    600  608  610  633  Interlace
             36     800  832  966  966    600  600  609  631
             39     800  872  968 1104    600  600  606  624
             39     800  864  896 1008    600  600  606  624

 "920x690"   62     920  952 1088 1168    690  688  718  724

 "1024x768i" 25    1024 1064 1224 1264    768  777  785  817   Interlace
	     45    1024 1064 1224 1264    768  777  785  817   Interlace
 "1024x768"  62    1024 1092 1220 1344    768  786  791  810
             62    1024 1096 1272 1328    768  776  778  808
             62    1024 1072 1176 1272    768  778  779  804
             62    1024 1072 1200 1240    768  766  782  786

 "1152x900"  62    1152 1184 1288 1360    900  898  929  939   Interlace

James
From: hlu@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: mboot doesn't work?
Date: 27 Sep 92 09:29:44 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Sep27.092944.12854
Organization: Washington State University

In article <1992Sep27.084451.7364@henson.cc.wwu.edu> n9044398@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Eric Munson) writes:
>
>   	I am having problems getting mboot to work with linux.  When I
>go in with fdisk and change the boot partition lilo works fine.  What do
>I need to do to dual boot with mboot?  thanks.

mboot works fine with lilo on my HD. Can your mboot give your a menu,
like

boot (1-4):

If it does, you should try 1, 2, 3 and 4. Last time I had both DOS
and Linux on my HD, I had to use 3 and 4.

H.J.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: bjones@cambria.columbus.oh.us (Bill Jones)
Subject: Serial port problems
Organization: Cambria Mail and News Gateway -- Columbus, OH
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 09:41:44 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

I am running 0.97.6 with gcc2.2.2d7, jump tables 4.1, and x11v2.0.  I am
trying to run two modems simultaneously -- one on COM2 IRQ3 (/dev/ttys1) and
one on COM3 IRQ5 (/dev/ttys2).  The modem on /dev/ttys1 is a Cardinal
9600bps internal and the one on /dev/ttys2 is a Boca 14.4kbps internal
fax/modem.

The modification I made to /usr/src/linux/kernel/chrdrv/serial.c was
changing

     struct struct_ISR COM3_ISR = { 4, 0x3e8, UART_ISR_proc, 0, };

to

     struct struct_ISR COM3_ISR = { 5, 0x3e8, UART_ISR_proc, 0, };

Compilation went fine.  

However, the modem using IRQ5 will not go on-hook reliably.  I am running
Taylor UUCP 1.03 (I think, maybe its 1.04) and after a hard reboot, I can
call out and the UUCP session will run fine.  Then the session ends and
uugetty tries to put a getty on the port and I see in the getty log file

        EXPECT: ([nothing])
	SEND: (^M+++[delay]ATH0^M) -- OK
	EXPECT: <30> (OK^M^J), GOT:
	[timed out after 30 seconds]
	SEND: (^M+++[delay]ATH0^M) -- OK
	EXPECT: <30> (OK^M^J), GOT:
	[timed out after 30 seconds]
	Modem initialization failed -- aborting

so the modem is not recognizing the on-hook command.  This same behavior
also happens under minicom.  Roughly half the time the modem will behave
properly -- ususally the first one or two times I use it and then for no
discernable reason it will fail to go on-hook after a session.

This is the second modem for which this has happened so I am not inclined to
think it is a modem problem.  The modem on /dev/ttys1 does not have these 
problems and has been working reliably for 6 weeks under a number of versions
of the kernel.  Any suggestions?

Thanks

Bill
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From: hans@mo.hobby.nl (Hans Oey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: 600Meg CD's and file systems
Date: 5 Oct 92 12:35:21 GMT
Organization: Makkee & Oey

lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard) writes:
>In article <1992Oct1.032919.4968@news.acns.nwu.edu> hpa@nwu.edu (H. Peter Anvin) writes:

>No these are read/write CD's, basically they are supposed to look like
>hard drives. Does the CD_ROM file system support read/write?

I use rewritable magneto-optical disks (650 Mb on two sides)
with the extended file system. As long as you don't change
media everything works fine.

Why is the partition table read at boot time?
IMHO it should be done when opening the device file.
On Interactive and Esix I could use the disk in the same
way as a larger floppy for file systems and tar/cpio archives.
--
Hans Oey
hans@mo.hobby.nl
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: donp@mail.boi.hp.com (Don Peterson)
Subject: Would someone please help me get a copy of Linux?
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:23:12 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard


I have read marvelous things about Linux and would like to get a copy to
stick on my PC at home.  I can't ftp from HP (at least it's never worked
for me).

So, I'm left with asking some kind soul to do it for me.  Would anyone
be willing to copy Linux to floppy disks for me?  I'll send you some
properly formatted floppy disks and some money for your time (you decide
how much).  I'd be extremely grateful and you'd get an electronic penpal
who would try to do you a favor in the future.

BTW, my system is a 386/20, 8 MB ram, VGA, and I think I left about
200 MB on the hard disk for a future partition. 
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