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From: root@kilowatt.uucp (Kilowatt admin)
Subject: Re: Consensys and serial ports
Organization: Kilowatt Computing
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 22:02:23 GMT

	Sorry folks, but I lost the email I was replying to, and consequently
the return address. But, I was going to post this on the net anyway.

Samy,

	There is a program called ttymon (which takes the place of getty
on older machines) that uses a file called /etc/saf/ttymon3/_pmtab (I am
not going to going into STREAMS here) This file should have a line in it
that looks like this:

01:ux:root:reserved:reserved:reserved: /dev/term/01h:br::/usr/bin/login::38400E7:login\\: :: #

(I don't know if there is a double back-slash in that line, but if there is,
it should be a single one)

	This should make tty01 (COM2) a 38400 baud even parity bidirectional
comm port. Note the "br" in the field just after /dev/term/01. This tells
ttymon to make it a [b]idirectional port and wait for carriage [r]eturn
on initial connect. This is so login doesn't startup and lock the port 
all the time, making it impossible to dialout.
	My Telebit WorldBlazer (used to be a T3000, but it grew) worked great
with this setup doing UUCP and logins happily. I recently switched to FAS
(watch for my forthcoming article "Getting FAS to run under SVR4 - Consensys")
and it now happily (mostly) does it at 115200 baud!! FAS is a pretty usefull
tool - although I don't really think it fits into SVR4 well - it's not
a STREAMS module. But I LIKE it! Only it seems that it broke my
UUCP connection with my friend's Sun SPARC I. I can send/receive files fine
as long as I originate the call. If he calls me he gets a protocol error
of some sort - anyone ever hear of this? I've already fixed the fubyte bug.
It's definitely in Consensys SVR4 3.0 1.3!!!


	I also used the hardware flow control port (/dev/term/01h or 
/dev/tty01h). If you don't have a modem that will do hard flow control, you
can use /dev/term/01.
	Something I'd like to say: is it worth it to use FAS if you don't
need 57600 or 115200 baud and are running SVR4 with ttymon/et al??? The
115200 is what got me to try it at all.

P.S.:	Anyone need a color TECO written in C? (Compiles under SVR4 and
SunOS, but doesn't really use any advanced UNIX stuff).
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Deer Park, NY 11729					(516) 586-4743
(516) 253-2805						Consensys SVR4
From: madsere@okys.infoserv.com (Rene Madsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: FAS 2.10 async driver
Date: 27 Aug 92 15:31:13 GMT
Organization: Brackton Ltd. Luxembourg

In article <pbcnjpr@dixie.com>, jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
> madsere@okys.infoserv.com (Rene Madsen) writes:
> 
> >In article <v0=n6--@dixie.com>, jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond) writes:
> >> 
> >> Dickhead's whole argument reminded me of the person who would say
> >> that the Indy 500 should be restricted to 70 mph because that's all
> >> his Volkswagen can do.  The ultimate selfish "me" mentality.
> 
> >I utterly disagree with you! 
> 
> >This point would only be valid if he was forced to _participate_ in the
> >Indy 500 with his Volkswagen!
> 
> Sorry bub, but no.  I've  yet to hear of anyone being FORCED to use the 
> net.  Just as Indy drivers are FORCED to abide by the rules and use
> appropriate equipment, so to are you forced to play by Usenet rules 
> if you want to play.

That is exactly what I say.  The usenet rules say that sources belong
in alt.sources NOT in comp.unix.sysv386 !

> I marvel but am not surprised at the attitude that the whole network
> should be pulled down to the lowest common denominator of some low-
> budget leaf site.  If you want to play, you gotta pay.  If you can't 
> pay what it takes to participate in this overwhelmingly American 
> network, you have several options:
> 
> *	Don't play.
> *	Set up alternative feeds/filters to accomodate your needs.  Pay
> 	for that setup if necessary.  You could, for example, have 
> 	your US feed filter out any post over a certain size.  In 
> 	other words, you adapt to the net instead of expecting the net to 
> 	adapt to you.
> *	change any political institutions that jacks up the price.  yep, a 
> 	lot of work and it's easier to just sit on your fanny and complain.
> 

Excuse _me_! I know the price in the US. Here we're talking different
money, but read my other posting about that! And then call it low budget
again!

> Perhaps it's a cultural thing.  Were I trying to partake of an European
> product, the LAST thing I'd expect would be for the product to be 
> modified to my particular need and I'd expect to pay more.  Actually
> I have a lot of experience with that, having driven an European-only
> BMW that I personally imported for the last 10 years.  Yep, I pay
> through the nose for parts available only in Germany but I knew that going
> in.  Perhaps I should demand BMW import parts just for me and sell them
> at domestic German prices.  That's what you're asking for regarding the
> net.

I'm not expecting 'the product to be modified to my particular need'.
I'm just asking that sources go to alt.sources and not comp.unix.sysv386.
Is that difficult to understand?

And the BMW has not really anything to do with this discussion. A BMW
is a status symbol and a luxury item. Usenet is definitely not! It's a
tool, used for working purposes. And I can't go anywhere else and get
this service!

-- 
Rene Madsen                
Unix Systems Support/Dev.       
madsere@okys.infoserv.com
From: cornett@nextnet.csus.edu (Phylis Cornett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: How to re-add drive1 after drive0 failure and re-install?
Date: 3 Sep 92 20:41:49 GMT
Organization: California State University Sacramento



We had a similar problem (but not exact).  We blew away the boot partition
on a disk and Interactive support told us we had to re-install.  After
much trial and error, we found that the command mkpart -b rewrote the
boot partition and left everything else intact - no reinstall necessary.
Hope this helps!!

Phyllis Cornett
cornett@csus.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Subject: Re: Primary SCSI, secondary athd on ISC Unix 3.0 possible?
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1992 00:40:26 GMT
Organization: The Programmer's Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI

In article <1992Aug21.180336.6922@grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
>permits this configuration?  Is there an insurmountable obstacle that
>prohibits this configuration?  Thanks in advance.

This is probably a hopeless task.  The reason is that the Adaptec
1542B does not operate through the AT BIOS hard drive calls; instead,
it has its own add-on BIOS that chains off the AT BIOS.  Because of
the way this is designed, if you have a WD1003-compatible hard disk in
your system (be it ST-506, ESDI, or IDE), that drive MUST be the
primary drive, and your SCSI disk MUST be the secondary.  There is no
way around this.  Since the BIOS will only boot from the active
partition on the primary drive, you will have to boot from the ESDI
drive.

Depending on how the ISC boot program works, though, you might be able
to get around it.  You will have to be able to specify alternate root,
swap, and pipe filesystems to the boot(8) program.  If you can do
this, then you could boot from the ESDI drive but have your root and
swap filesystems on your existing SCSI drive.  Depending on which
files ISC needs to boot, you may need to put a "skeleton" root
filesystem on your SCSI drive.  (SVR4 does not have this problem,
since everything it needs to boot is on the /stand filesystem.)

-- 
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mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us   | accidentally delete files that they're going
                            | to need later.
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: X386 1.2E on ATI Graphics Ultra
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 23:21:17 GMT

dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes:

>> Now, how does one contact SGCS and/or MetroLink ? e-mail or phone
>> number or US.MAIL.address appreciated.
>> 

>My personal bias is towards SGCS, because I know the people involved, and
>we have all seen the quality of code their principle server developer
>(Thomas Roell) produces.  But I would advise anyone considering such a
>purchase to evaluate both and make their own decisions.

Also, for everyones information, Thomas Roell did X work for Dell
and the product shines --  He did an excellent job --

-- 
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keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
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From: av@omega.ssw.de (Andreas Vogel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.protocols.ppp,comp.sources.wanted,alt.sources.wanted
Subject: PPP for SVR4 - where ???
Date: 23 Aug 92 22:19:25 GMT
Organization: Omega Softlab

Hallo,

I am running a SVR4 system on a 486 box. After installing and running
slip, I am very interested in getting PPP.

I've checked several archives, but without success.
So, could one kind soul give me a hint where get PPP for SVR4 (via ftp)??

Thanks in advance,

-- 
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				Voice:  +49-711/357613
				E-Mail: av@ssw.de
From: jdp@polstra.UUCP (John Polstra)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Need BusTek's Phone Number
Date: 25 Aug 92 21:51:31 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA

Could somebody send me the phone number for BusTek Corporation?

I lost the documentation for my BT-542B SCSI card, and I need to try to
get another copy from them.

(If anybody's willing to FAX me a copy, please let me know.  I'll be
eternally grateful!)

Thanks in advance.
-- 
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   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                  ...!uunet!polstra!jdp
   Seattle, Washington USA   Phone (206) 932-6482, FAX (206) 935-1262
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: Dell SVR4 News: Can't Post
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 19:44:24 GMT

tkevans@eplrx7.es.duPont.com (Tim Evans) writes:

>I've installed Dell's default cnews/nn/nntp packages (SVR4, Issue 2.2)
>on my home system.  It appears to be set up specifically for NNTP,
>but my news connection is via UUCP.  What needs to be done to the
>set up to get it to pass posted articles to uux?  (Incoming news 
>via UUCP is working fine.)  Thanks.

When we installed 2.2 here, we also took the plunge and installed
the performance release of cnews (which is much faster than the 
production release of C-news)..  I assume you looked a batchparms?

-- 
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keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: rick@rei.com (Richard J. Barton)
Subject: TeX users?
Summary: Who uses TeX and for what?
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:55:21 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Recognition Equipment, Inc.
Keywords: TeX

I read earlier that Dell packages TeX with their systems.  I recently
aquired a copy of the source and want to start using it.  It seems to
be a very good typesetting system for those who care about a good
quaility end result.

I was just curious how many people out there use TeX and for what?

Please respond to rick@panic.com, thanks :-)

-- 
rick
:-)
rick@rei.com   [Plexus Software, A Division of Recognition Equipment Inc.]
rick@panic.com [Personal]
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Dell SVR4 News: Can't Post
Date: 4 Sep 92 11:31:47 GMT
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745

bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) writes:

>>You must have a different installation tape than I do (or it flew past so 

>You probably don't have the "advertisers special!"   :-) :-) :-)

the tape is a 2.2 Dell SVR4 Distribution Tape

-- 
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keeper of the Gator                                  uucp: uunet!gator!larry
From: merlin@neuro.usc.edu (merlin)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: How much SCO UNIX SYSV/386 3.2r2.0 ODT 1.1 software can be on NFS?
Date: 25 Aug 1992 21:29:33 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: neuro.usc.edu

I've got a smallish SCO UNIX box on a faculty desktop (well, 386-33/8MB/80MB
with ATI Graphics Vantage and an SMC Elite16 Combo card).  I'd like to put as
much ODT 1.1 software as possible on an NFS server which could be mounted via
NFS and used as though it is locally mounted on the desktop machine.

Could someone outline an appropriate procedure to be followed during software
installation (maybe either 'mount -f NFS,soft server:/home/server/usr /usr' or
maybe 'ln -s /usr /home/server' or whatever) which would allow me to install
the minimum system necessary to get NFS up & running -- and then to install a
full set of developement tools.  Also, cautions on any gotcha's would be good.

Finally, can the server hosted software be used on more than one SCO ODT 1.1
system (we have licenses for two BASE, SERVER & DEVELOPMENT systems) -- or is
the software branding such that we can only use it on one system?

Thanks, Merlin

                              Never let it be forgot
The Magician                  That there once was a spot
King Arthur's Court           For one brief shining moment
Camelot                       That was known as Camelot
From: marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Sys Admin)
Subject: What are/is /dev/sxt??
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX System (416-249-5366) 24hrs.
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:00:22 GMT

Hi...

	I got that shm program that Bruce Momjian is testing
because it seems to do what I wanted...multiple sessions for
a dial in user.  It sounded great...not tested on tcp/ip, so 
I don't have to have that installed yet...supposed to work 
on SVR3.2's as they have /dev/sxt...what is that??  I'm
running ISC and can't find that.  

Marc
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Subject: Re: kermit alternatives
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 20:56:40 GMT

In article <1992Aug23.180723.58340@cc.usu.edu> jrd@cc.usu.edu writes:
>	Performance depends strongly on a) which Kermits are being run, and
>b) how they are configured.

Is there any way to use MSDOS kermit as a transport for a full-machine
backup?  With the unix version you can pipe cpio or tar's output
through a pair of kermits to either duplicate the files or store them
on a remote device, but since MSDOS pipes use temporary files that
isn't a practical way to copy the whole machine.

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us
From: shih@birch.eecs.ucdavis.edu (The Nomad)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: TeX, LaTeX for SVR4 386
Date: 25 Aug 92 23:47:11 GMT
Distribution: comp.unix.sysv386
Organization: U.C. Davis - Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science



Hello NetLanders:

Sorry if this seems a dumb question. But it has bother me for
a very long time.  I found the software package TeX for SVR4 386
on two different sites. Strange thing is that one is 3 meg byte size
while the other one has 15 meg byte size. Can anyone tell me
what's the difference?  Since disk space is a precious sresource, I am
hesitate about getting 15meg but if 3meg version is not complete...

Any information will be greatly appreciated.


-- 
|   ALAN SHIH  
|   UC.Davis EE dept
|   "When I realized my life is full of sh*t, it was good;
|      because I can start cleaning it UP."
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: disk mirroring
Organization: W. J. Vermillion - Winter Park, FL
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 13:10:02 GMT

In article <1992Sep01.161751.19668@Celestial.COM> bill@Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:
>In <1992Sep1.031715.10572@bilver.uucp> bill@bilver.uucp (Bill Vermillion) writes:


>:I'll say they are.  I have a client running SCO Unix, and we
>:measured 2meg/sec using iozone on a 16 meg file!

>I haven't run benchmarks, but do know that the transfer rates
>reported by CTAR on an Intel 403/E (486-33 EISA) with Archive
>Python 1.2GB DAT drives is consistently around 9.5MB/min using
>Chantal drivers under SCO UNIX 3.2v2.  I don't have a consistent
>basis for comparison with other systems since this is the only
>DAT tape drive I've installed.  I see about 5MB/min using SCO
>drivers under 3.2v4 with an Archive 2150S tape drive on the Intel
>403/E.

One more reference point.  The files rates were using iozone.  CTAR
reports 10.9 MB/minute to the Sankyo 525.  (SCSI device that is rated
at 11MB/minute).  This is consistant.         

So the limitation is the Sankyo tape drive as CTAR is withing .1
MB/Minute of the Sankyo published rates.  Probably a DAT with hardware
compression would get more.  I put one DAT on a sysstem like that, but
the file system is slow - 2.3 Xenix - so we are hardware limited going
to the DAT.

-- 
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From: tempel@sun490.fdu.edu (Philippe N. Tempel)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Can't boot ISC 2.0.2
Keywords: ISC 2.0.2 bot
Date: 31 Aug 92 17:35:01 GMT
Organization: Fairleigh Dickinson University

In response to my own question,  I found out that it wasn't the AMD 386-40
motherboard at all.  It was the Genoa SuperEGA HiRes+ card that gave me
trouble booting ISC 2.0.2.  If anyone else has this card, then just get rid
of it!

Thanks to all who replied,
Philippe
From: esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Good alternatives to vi on ESIX 4.0.4
Date: 27 Aug 92 03:20:09 GMT
Distribution: world

In <BtJDHH.LK@gator.rn.com> Larry Snyder wrote:
> bf687@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jim Murphy) writes:
> 
> >What is a good, fast editor with Wordstar compatibility and easy
> >compilability under ESIX 4.0.4? I have tried ted, jove, stevie, 
> >pico and a few others. The make files all seem to bomb out and I 
> >am no 'c' expert to go hacking at the code.
> 
> how about emacs with a WordStar key-mappings?

While this is the first thing I thought of, too, I'm...not sure it
qualifies as...fast... :-) :-)
-- 
					Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: ayr@gtech.com (Aleksey Y. Romanov)
Subject: Dell hardware
Organization: GTECH Corporation, West Greenwich RI
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 18:25:37 GMT


I saw Dell catalog, about 3 weeks ago. There are lmost no
cache machines. Is it true that cache technology is unavalable
from Dell or I had missed something


-- 
Aleksey Y. Romanov

DISCLAIMER: The views expressed are entirely my own and do not
necessary reflect those of my employer or anyone else
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: nbladt@autelca.ascom.ch (Norbert Bladt)
Subject: Re: Recommendations wanted on PC Unix system purchase
Organization: Ascom Autelca AG, Guemligen, Switzerland
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 09:05:05 GMT

davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:

>In article <1992Aug22.161009.16555@unixland.natick.ma.us>, bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser) writes:

[ discussion about costs for CD-ROM distribution etc. deleted - NB.]

>  I will state here that this whole idea about not being able to get a
>useful system on floppy is hogwash. The TAMU distribution of Linux was
>one boot and four base disks, including the o/s, utils, and even the
>source to the kernel. And full X11 on three more disks. If I couldn't
>put a useful UNIX on ten 1.44 floppies I'd go home. I might have to
Yes. 386BSD base system fits on ten 3.5" 1.44 MB floppies.
>install some unusual odds and ends from lots of other floppies, but the
>average person could install from a single box and have the usual things
>you want in UNIX.
I agree. In addition CD-ROM drives are expensive, i.e. the real supported
things like SCSI CD-ROMs, at least here in Europe. They are still about
$600+ even with heavy discounts. There are some special offers now
(Microsoft - mainly to promote Win/NT - and Toshiba). I guess,
when Solaris 2.0 will be ready for mass-shipment sometimes next year
SunSoft (or whatever they will call Interactive then) will have to offer a
CD-ROM drive with the first release for a special price. Otherwise, ... ?

Norbert.
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: pete@wvus.org (Pete Gregory)
Subject: make Xenix binary from ODT
Organization: World Vision U.S.
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 92 21:09:20 GMT

Hi - ODT 1.1 here...

I need to make a Xenix binary from an ODT 1.1 development system.
Because I rarely do any cross-compiling, I'm wondering if anyone can
advise as to how I would go about this.  I've read the cc man pages,
but cc/ld don't cooperate.  Thanks...

-- 

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: slangley@constant.demon.co.uk (Simon Langley)
Subject: X does not reset screen mode under ESIX
Organization: Home
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 10:11:00 GMT


I am having problems with X under ESIX SVR4 using a Trident 8900C SVGA card.

I am using the 1024x728x256 server.  The problem appears when I come out of
X or change to another virtual terminal the screen mode is not reset properly.
What I see is 8 fuzzy copies each shifted slightly to the right in very small
print of the prompt &c.

When I use the standard VGA resolution everything works as one would expect.

I have read of someone else having a similar problem with another card so it
is probably not a simple as the driver for the Trident being broken.

Can anyone help me?

-- 
   Simon Langley                   (preferred)   slangley@constant.demon.co.uk
   Hampstead, London                             slangley@cix.compulink.co.uk