HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (Nathan F. Janette)
Subject: Re: The Next OD and SCSI - One last time - HOW??
Reply-To: nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu
Organization: Yale University, Department of Computer Science, New Haven, CT
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 18:24:43 GMT

In article <hillman.712376196@pv1649.vincent.iastate.edu> hillman@iastate.edu  
(Matthew C Hilleman) writes:
> I have one of the original OD from a NeXT cube. I know the interface is some
> sort of prop. ESDI.                                                         
>                                                                             
>       Has anyone got the Next's OD to work with SCSI-I?                     
>       (Do you use a ESDI - SCSI converter or what?)                         
>                                                                             
> p.s. If I can't get it to work with SCSI-I I am going to have to sell it!!  
>                                                                             

Better get writing the "for sale" post, because there ain't no
reasonable, cost-effective way to do it.

--
Nathan Janette		"I'm a NeXTstep man,
Dept MB&B, Yale Univ	 I'm a NeXTcube guy"
New Haven, CT
nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu (NeXT)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From:  Neil Greene <deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu> 
Subject: Re: EXB-8500 8mm tape drive
Reply-To:  Neil Greene <deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu> 
Organization: ARCI, Inc.
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:06:37 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.134613.22629@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>  
afortin@next532-1.gsfc.nasa.gov. (Andre Fortin) writes:
> 
> Hello:
> 
> Has any one hooked up an Exabyte EXB-8500 (5 GB 8mm tape drive) to their  
NeXT?   
> Will I need any "drivers".  I called a local dealer asking for pricing and  
> availability and he said that I might need a driver.   NextWorld (Fall 1992)  
> didn't mention anything about drivers, just software to get around the UNIX  
> dump, restore, and tar.
> 
> 
> Andre Fortin
> NASA/GSFC
> Greenbelt, MD 20771

I have an 8200 (2.5G) drive which is probably the same as the 8500, unless they  
have changed something I am unaware of.  You do not need any special drivers,  
just set your scsi id # (be sure to pick one which is not in use and don't use  
7 or 1 since that is the cpu and default id for your internal hard disk.  If  
you have other scsi devices check your numbers).  

Once the scsi drive is connected you can begin using it.  
-- 
Neil Greene
ARCI, Inc.
President, Kentucky NeXT User Group, Inc.
Phone: 606.254.4060
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: zenon@resonex.com (Zenon Fortuna)
Subject: Re: Monitor is too dim (SOLVED!)
Organization: Resonex Inc., Sunnyvale CA
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:47:05 GMT

In article <1992Jul23.190703.10741@julian.uwo.ca> vesely@next.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Ivan Vesely) writes:
> ...
>Gosh, we're impressed down here! 
>
>Within a couple of hours of my posting, I got e-mail from NeXT.  They are going  
>to send me a free monitor to replace my bad one. Apparently they had a bad  
>batch of monitors and the serial number on mine checks out.  It will be here  
>next week.  
> ... Keep it up NeXT...
>

Great feeling.
It is a thread in "comp.sys.next.advocacy" about (close)future $$$$$s demanded
for support from NeXT. Here, however, we see, that NeXT not only watches
the net, but also *gratis* reacts with help. Such a strategy may soothe wounds
caused by the new policy. Will this policy stick to NeXT ?
In the comp.sys.hp the activity of the HP members is stronger, but also the
other company is bigger. (and cares about its users proportionally).

Anyway, thank you, NeXT, for NeXT encouragement.

	-Z.
From: busby@phoenix.ocf.llnl.gov (lee e busby)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: vnode_pageout failure?
Summary: Anybody else encountered this?
Date: 28 Jul 92 20:12:39 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

I rebooted my NeXTCube (68040, 2.1, 660MB hard disk) a couple
of days ago and it got stuck in the "Loading From Disk" phase.
Stuck a lot longer than any fsck would have taken, and no
apparent disk activity going on.

So I went to the monitor and tried again.  The system came up
this time around, and *looks* pretty normal.  However, I'm
getting some new messages in /usr/adm/messages:

[timestamp] [myhost] mach: vnode_pageout: failed!

These come along every few hours, apparently in bursts.
Another new message is

[timestamp] [myhost] mach: spurious DMA interrupt - state=1000000 @ 2000110

Anybody else seen messages like these?  What mean they?
What happened next?
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From: davis@ee.rochester.edu (Al Davis)
Subject: Re: Cleaning an Optical Drive (OD)
Organization: Univ of Rochester, College of Engineering and Applied Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 05:19:10 GMT

I used a tiny piece of tissue on a stick.  Bend it (the tissue) so it sticks
down a bit, into sort of a point.  Hold the door open.  Reach in with the
stick and gently wipe the lens.  Use a flashlight so you can see where the
lens is.  No disassembly required.

al.
From: jules@rafos.UUCP (Julia Hummon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: floppy drives for NeXT
Date: 21 Jul 92 19:46:05 GMT
Organization: School of Oceanography, URI, Narragansett, RI

Hi -

We have a cube at home and am connected with school by a 1200 baud phone
line.  Transfers are really slow.

We want to buy a floppy drive so we can download commercial software and
tar files we put on floppies from a Sun.  I haven't seen much about
floppy drives for the NeXT lately - do they work? Who know about any
good ones, or what to look for?  Are there third party vendors for the
drives? for the floppies?  Can we do the tar file --> sun floppy -->
NeXT thing?...

Please e-mail me as I don't check into the news very often - I'll post a
summary of info if it is appropriate.

Thanks


Xref: sparky comp.sys.next.hardware:1157 comp.sys.next.software:872
From: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software
Subject: Re: OCR Servant - ODs - 2.1 Strangeness
Date: 27 Jul 92 11:16:18 GMT
Reply-To: rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us (Bob Peirce #305)
Organization: Cookson, Peirce & Co., Pittsburgh, PA

I posted the original question.

It has been pointed out to me that a space in a file name or a directory
name in the path will cause this problem.  It had nothing to do with the
OD or with 2.1.

-- 
Bob Peirce, Pittsburgh, PA         rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us         412-471-5320
venetia@investor.pgh.pa.us [NeXT Mail]  !uunet.uu.net!pitt!investor!rbp [UUCP]
From: sphere@netcom.com (Sam Goldberger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: Super Cubes...'030 and '040 boards...
Date: 21 Jul 92 07:25:56 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

m@crito.Stanford.EDU (M Carling) writes:

>In article <1992Jul18.164050.4120@ringer.cs.utsa.edu>  
>dan@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu (Dan Shelton) writes:
>> From what I understand, the kernel in the operating system is only set  
>up  
>> to handle one motherboard in it.  NeXT will have to change the kernel to  
>> support the multiple boards.

>The kernel is set up to handle one processor on the board. Multiple boards  
>in the same cube each run their own kernel and are connected via ethernet.

>M Carling
>Director, Bay Area NeXT Group

What he said. Rather than making a blatantly self-serving plug, I refer
interested readers to the most recent issue of NextWorld, p. 19. Note,
however, that the phone number is wrong: it should be--415-383-7512.
You can also reach me at sphere@netcom.com.

Sam Goldberger
Spherical Solutions
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From: a74k110@titan.ucc.umass.edu (Chris Lloyd)
Subject: Re: Monitor is too dim (SOLVED!)
Organization: University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 02:44:45 GMT

In article <1992Jul24.174803.17812@ohm.york.ac.uk> nigelm@ohm.york.ac.uk (Nigel Metheringham) writes:
>Has anyone got a list of the old and dying monitors - we have one
>just over a year old and too dim to read, and have been unable to
>persuade NeXT to fix it, despite making noises about the US people
>getting free replacements etc...
>
>So what is the range of affected serial numbers?

I saved this post from a while back. Maybe I'll find my original purchase
slips someday and get mine replaced, bleh...

----Begin saved postola
From: jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu (Jeff Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
Subject: NeXT mono monitor service alert (dimming monitors)

Hi NeXT'ers

Thought I would post this as a public service. I noticed that some of you are  
talking about dimming monitors. I am the NeXT tech for the college here, and  
have the service bulletin. Here is the straight poop:

They have extended the 1-year warrenty on specific mono monitors to 2 years.
What you need to do if your monitor is dimming is as follows: check the model  
and serial number on the back of the monitor. If it is a Model 4000, the  
applicable serial numbers are: AAA5XXXXXX (Anything starting with AAA5). If it  
is a model N4000A, the applicable serial numbers are: AAA70000001 thru  
AAA7003200. 

Just contact your nearest NeXT service-type person, tell him the problem, and  
you should get a new monitor when it becomes available. I state "when  
available" because there is a back order on these replacements. I know this  
because we have called in 45 of our own for replacement.

Hope this helps.

And, if you do get into the back of the monitor, it is not a joke:  THERE ARE  
HIGH VOLTAGES BACK THERE;  IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, DON'T DO IT!

Jeff Davidson
jdavidso@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
NeXT tech and hardwaire guy extraordinaire

----End saved postola

la la la,
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:: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!! ::
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From: lemson@fnbc.com (David Lemson)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM question
Reply-To: lemson@fnbc.com
Organization: First National Bank Of Chicago, Chicago IL, USA
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 20:09:42 GMT

In article <cePUYnK00iUyQ6ZqIH@andrew.cmu.edu> ab39+@andrew.cmu.edu  
(Andrew Harrison Betts) writes:
> 
> 
>     My question is this, if I buy a CD player with a digital output can
> I use this as a CD-ROM on my NeXT turbo?  Thus saving me $500.

Good idea, but you would have to have a box that transformed that raw  
bitstream from the CD player and turned it into the proper output on a  
SCSI bus.  I've never heard of such a thing being sold separately, and if  
it did, it might cost more than you're saving.
Or, you can always use your NeXT CD-ROM player as an audio player (it has  
a headphone jack and can be controlled via software to play audio CD's)

--
David Lemson                                           (312) 732-4741
FNBC Sys Admin (Summer) UIUC NeXT Campus Consultant(rest of the time)
E-mail to: lemson@fnbc.com                          NeXTMail accepted
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From: rallan@gun.com (Robb Aley Allan)
Subject: clock delay
Reply-To: rallan@gun.com
Organization: Helical Systems, Ltd.
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 15:39:51 GMT

Anybody notice a clock delay of about 10 minutes per day on their color NeXTstation? Is  
this a hardware problem? If so, why does it appear to only show up under new versions of  
the operating system?

-- 
Robb Aley Allan, The Gulfstream Group
220 Sunrise Avenue, Palm Beach, FL 33480
voice: 407/ 832-4013   email: rallan@helical.com
Co-founder/director, Gotham Users of NeXT (GUN)
From: ccoprcd@prism.gatech.EDU (Bruce Coy Dillahunty)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: I have a dimming monitor, who do I call?
Date: 25 Jul 92 15:25:29 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

Well, it seems I have one of these monitors with the dimming problem.
The serial number fits with the previous posting.  Is there someone I can
call?  We don't have authorized NeXT dealers around here (that I can
find).

Thanks for any info.  Anybody from NeXT out there?

Bruce
ccoprcd@prism.gatech.edu
-- 
Dillahunty, Bruce C.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332  
uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!prism!ccoprcd
ARPA: ccoprcd@prism.gatech.edu
From: bhead@hfs.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Bradley Head)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: Fax / Modem Ring Detector?
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 06:34:05 GMT
Reply-To: bhead@hfs.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Bradley Head)
Organization: Headfirst Software, Vancouver, BC, Canada

In article <1992Jul21.165138.9313@dolphin.com> zac@dolphin.com (Zacharias  
J. Beckman) writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a need to put both a high speed modem and a fax on one telephone
> line (the phone company can't bring any more lines in here).  I've heard
> of devices which will answer the phone, decide whether the carrier is 
> meant for a fax or modem, and then shunt it in the right direction.  
> Does anybody know where I can get such a critter, and if they are 
> reliable, etc.?  Thanks in advance

Our local monopolistic telephone company has a service they affectionately  
call "Smart Ring" which allows two telephone numbers to be assigned to the  
same line. A $99 box available most everywhere here can detect the two  
distinctive rings and route the incoming call appropriately. This is ideal  
when you have a fax and voice on one line. Ask your local phone company.

...brad
-- 
Bradley Head, bhead@hfs.questor.wimsey.bc.ca (NeXTmail :-)
InStep Mobile Communications Inc., Vancouver, BC CANADA
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: lockhart@eecom.gatech.edu (John B. Lockhart)
Subject: Re: CD-ROM question
Organization: Computer Engineering Group, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
Distribution: usa
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 21:36:24 GMT

In article <#VT-LGA@engin.umich.edu> wjabi@libra.arch.umich.edu writes:
>In article <1992Jul24.200942.9644@fnbc.com> lemson@fnbc.com (David Lemson)  
>writes:
>>Or, you can always use your NeXT CD-ROM player as an audio player (it has  
>>a headphone jack and can be controlled via software to play audio CD's)
>Is there any difference in the sound quality/output??

Yes, CD-ROM players usually don't use as high-quality (read: expensive)
DACs and other components that give good audio output.  After all, the
play-cd feature is sortof an added bonus.

CD players with digital output would work too well because you need
something to control random access of the read head, and unless I'm mistaken,
there's a bodacious formatting difference between audio and data CDs.

--John

-- 
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::                                             --Possibly George P. Burdell  ::
::                                                                           ::
::                                                                           ::
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,cso.next,uiuc.sys.next
From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
Subject: Re: Anyone have a Wren VII on their NeXT?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 18:37:45 GMT

jeffo@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (J.B. Nicholson-Owens) writes:
>I'm looking at a Fujitsu 2266SA or a Wren VII (model number ST1400N)
>for hookup to a NeXT.  Since the Wren drive is about $200 cheaper than
>the corresponding Fujitsu, I was wondering why people didn't jump all
>over the Wren drive.
*----
The Fujitsu comes with a 5 year warranty.  The Wren is more expensive
from my suppliers, and only has a 1 year warranty.
--
	Mike Berger
	Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
	AT&TNET     217-244-6067
	Internet    berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: mek@guinan.psu.edu (Mark E. Kotanchek)
Subject: Re: PowerBook to NeXT?
Organization: Penn State Center for Academic Computing
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 92 13:49:03 GMT

In article <Bs8x5y.C4J@gate.demon.co.uk> asc@aclark (Alexander Clark)  
writes:
> > I've run into a few quirks with it; however, it appears to be the only  
> > game in town to convert my FrameMaker documents on the NeXT into  
> > WordPerfect for the MS-DOS world.
> > 

> Has anyone written a sed script or something to convert NeXT Charcter  
sets  
> to Macintosh ones? French accents and so on get mangled.
> 
> Or am I missing something obvious - I just copy things onto a DOS disk.
> 

While it is reasonably easy to transfer ASCII between the various  
platforms, FrameMaker does not have an ability to export a document in a  
machine-independent form other than its own ASCII "Maker Interchange  
Format". Alas, FrameMaker is the only program which correctly imports  
"mif" files--i.e., maintains all of the formatting. Thus, taking a Frame  
document over to Word on the Mac or WordPerfect on MSDOS involves a  
painful and extensive reformatting effort. What MacLinkPlus does is some  
of the file translation for you--with the physical transfer accomplished  
either via floppies or via the serial link cable. (I thought I'd better  
mention a cable so this is a legit post to next.hardware ;)

Mark.
--
Mark Kotanchek
Guidance & Control Dept - 363 ASB
Applied Research Lab/Penn State
P.O. Box 30
State College, PA 16804

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From: smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu (Dr. William V. Smith)
Subject: Re: New problem: SCSI error on power on
Organization: Brigham Young University-Math. Dept
Date: 28 Jul 92 07:14:07

I had this SCSI error problem haunt me with a WREN VI I had installed
in my cube at work.  The disk finally would never get past this(and
so it became impossible to boot the machine), so we
bought another drive (fujitsu).  Anyway, what you describe sounds
exactly like what happened to me.  Good luck.
-Bill
--
EMail:  smithw@hamblin.math.byu.edu  or  uunet!hamblin.math.byu.edu!smithw
SMail:          Math Dept. -- 314 TMCB; BYU; Provo, UT 84602 (USA)
NeXTmail:                   bill@mathnx.math.byu.edu
Phone:            +1 801 378 2061         FAX:  +1 801 378 2800
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
Subject: Re: EXB-8500 8mm tape drive
Organization:  Silicon Graphics, Inc.  Mountain View, CA
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 07:27:01 GMT

In <1992Jul22.163319.5176@midway.uchicago.edu> eer1@midway.uchicago.edu(Paul Woods) writes:

| In article <1992Jul21.190637.13451@deepthought.uucp> deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu  
| (Neil Greene) writes:
| 
| > I have an 8200 (2.5G) drive which is probably the same as the 8500, unless  
| they  
| > have changed something I am unaware of.  You do not need any special drivers,  
| > just set your scsi id # (be sure to pick one which is not in use and don't use  
| > 7 or 1 since that is the cpu and default id for your internal hard disk.  If  
| > you have other scsi devices check your numbers).  
| 
| Actually I think I saw an article that stated " The 8200 is based on a standard  
| video mechanism and the 8500 is based on a more robust data quality unit"  I  
| could be wrong though

Exabyte has always claimed that the 8200 mechanism was redesigned from
the video mechanism.  The design still leaves a lot to be desired
though.  It remains to be seen if the 8500 will be better, as it hasn't
really been out all that long in volume.
--
Let no one tell me that silence gives consent,  |   Dave Olson
because whoever is silent dissents.             |   Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Maria Isabel Barreno                        |   olson@sgi.com
From: dylan@midiline.la.ca.us (Comrade D)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
Subject: Re: EXB-8500 8mm tape drive
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 19:56:23 PDT
Organization: MIDILine BBS - Altadena, CA - (818) 797-3285

deepthought!neil@ms.uky.edu (Neil Greene) writes:

> 
> I have an 8200 (2.5G) drive which is probably the same as the 8500, unless th
> have changed something I am unaware of.  You do not need any special drivers,
> just set your scsi id # (be sure to pick one which is not in use and don't us
> 7 or 1 since that is the cpu and default id for your internal hard disk.  If 
> you have other scsi devices check your numbers).  
> 
> Once the scsi drive is connected you can begin using it.  
> -- 
> Neil Greene
> ARCI, Inc.
> President, Kentucky NeXT User Group, Inc.
> Phone: 606.254.4060


We can confirm the 8500 works fine; no special drivers needed.

-------------------------------------------------------------------
Dylan Kohler
dylan@angst.com     (NeXTmail welcome)

Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: Monty Solomon <monty%roscom@think.com>
Subject: Re: Source for Telebit modem needed.
Reply-To: Monty Solomon <roscom!monty@think.com>
Organization: Proponent
Distribution: na
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1992 15:15:45 GMT

In article <5930@pdxgate.UUCP> pitakc@rhodamine.ee.pdx.edu writes:
> 
> Could someone tell me where is a good source to buy a T3000 Telebit stand  
alone
> modem ?  The best price that I know for now is from NeXT Connection ($669
> + shipping). The modem comes with 1 year warranty as state in ad section of 
> NeXTworld magazine. I am looking for a place that have a better deal.
> Please email me any source that you know of and I will summarize to the net.
> Thanks in advance for any reply.

UUNET Technologies usually has good prices on Telebit modems.

You can reach them at 1 800 4UUNET5 or modem-sales@uunet.uu.net



-- 
# Monty Solomon / PO Box 2486 / Framingham, MA  01701-0405
# monty%roscom@think.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
From: zachari@bobcat.ccsr.uiuc.edu (Haris Zachari)
Subject: monitor dimming
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 20:12:21 GMT

The maximum dimming setting on my NextStation Turbo does not darken the  
screen completely. It leaves the screen much more brighter than in other
monochrome monitors that I have seen. Since I have the machine on all the
time, I am concerned that the screen will be affected over time. Is there
any software that automatically dims the screen completely? (Backspace
won't work in this case since one has to be logged in for Backspace to
work). I do not understand why NeXT does not allow turning off the
power from the monochrome monitors while the computer is on. Is it because  
of some obsessive idea of not having any buttons on the monitors? Being  
able to turn the monitor off would save a lot of power too, since even  
with a dimmed screen the monitor does generate heat.

--
Haris Zachariades
3043 Becman Institute
405 N. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801

(217)244-5883
zachari@bobcat.ccsr.uiuc.edu 
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From: vernard@cc.gatech.edu (Vernard C. Martin)
Subject: Booting from external drive
Reply-To: vernard@cc.gatech.edu
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:42:40 GMT

One of our research groups here recently bougth  600 meg external Eclispse
hard drive because the internal 300 meg maxtor that came with the cube is
dying a slow death (and it sounds horrible). They want the cube to boot from
the external disk and use the internal disk as temporary storage until it dies.

From what I can figure out, the NeXT cube always boots from device 0 (or the
special case of the internal optical). I can set the external disks logical
unit number to 0 but then it should conflict with the internal disks drive?
Correct? I was wondering how I can change the internal disks SCSI unit number
so that the cube won't boot from it. We will are running NS 1.0 but are going
to upgrade to 2.1 before we do this disk change so any answers should be
based on NS 2.1.

thanks in advance for any advice. 

V 
Vernard Martin (vernard@cc.gatech.edu) Georgia Tech College of Computing 
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