HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: AMD386 vs. Intel386 & external cache problems
Keywords: AMD 386 Intel cache
Date: 16 Aug 92 05:16:31 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

In article <1992Aug15.221834.25074@crd.ge.com> davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen) writes:
>In article <1992Aug15.071904.27918@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>, callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) writes:
>
>| If it _is_ a problem with the AMD chips, it's only on their 40Mhz chips;
>| I have a bulding full of PCs with AMD386 processors, and not a one of them
>| has given me any trouble. Including the AMD386DX-33 in my machine (which
>| has run everything from Linux to OS/2 2.0 to NetWare 3.11).
>
>  I wouldn't run OS/2 on /my/ system, I'm afraid I'll corrode the bits!

Hell, the thing withstood DOS _and_ Windows; it'll hold up to OS/2. :-)
(Actually, I need OS/2 to run some NetWare Management utilities. And I actually
like it. Sure, it's not Linux, but it's better than Windows!)

					James

James P. Callison       Microcomputer Coordinator        OU Law Library 
Callison@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu   /\        Callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor
	constellation!biglaw!callison@mailhost.ecn.uoknor.edu
DISCLAIMER: I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work...
	Here's to all the soldiers who have ever died in vain,
	The insane locked up in themselves, the homeless down on Main
	To those who stand on empty shores, and spit against the wind
	And those who wait forever for ships that don't come in
		--Joe Diffee, "Ships That Don't Come In"
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: klaus%elc692.dnet@esu36.cfsat.honeywell.com (Let there be MORE light!)
Subject: (none)
Reply-To: klaus%elc692.dnet@esu36.cfsat.honeywell.com (Let there be MORE light!)
Organization: The Internet
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 23:44:38 GMT

|I was considering get a 256k cache for my i486-33 and I was wondering
|if anyone has had any problems with caches on these faster machine.
|I can't understand why there would be a hardware probelm depeendant
|upon software. The only problem I've ever had with a machine being TOO
|fast is playing video games :)
|
|Later
|
|--
|MaThiEu a. LeWis
|Thieves Like Us
|mal11@po.cwru.edu

I have a 486/50MHz with 256k cache w/ no problems (Linux 0.97)

klaus%eccx.dnet@esu36.cfsat.honeywell.com
From: viggo@diku.dk (Allan Kim Schougaard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Bus Mouse Tester > not working
Date: 17 Aug 92 23:47:50 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

gt6698a@prism.gatech.EDU (Andrew Hobson) writes:

>I have a bus mouse, but linux 97 patch 1 does not recognize it.

Me too also not working. ;-(

I have tried :

# cat /dev/bm
cat: bm: Try again

And:

# mouse Microsoft /dev/bm
Play with mouse. Press Ctrl-c to ...
{nothing happens}
Finished


During boot Linux displays the message:

Busmouse detected and installed.

The jumpers are installed at IRQ3 port 02c8 (not sure about the port)
and the mouse workes perfectly in dos.

What is going on here ? I do think the mouse is suppose to work.

BUT I'm not complaining, Linux is GREAT !

		Allan Schougaard
		Viggo@freja.dk

/ Let's not waste power transmitting silly signatures \
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald)
Subject: Re: HELP! -- Internal Compiler Error
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. CANADA
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 00:17:10 GMT

In article <l90346INN8sa@ozona.cs.utexas.edu> jefftep@cs.utexas.edu (Jeffrey Grills) writes:
>In article <1992Aug17.153437.25068@cs.tu-berlin.de> mackpei@cs.tu-berlin.de (Xue-Jun Pei) writes:
>>
>>I got the following error while trying to recompile 0.96c with GCC
>>2.2.2:
>>
>>Usage: date [-q] [[MMDDYY]hhmm[ss]]
>>touch include/linux/config.h
>>gcc -E -traditional boot/bootsect.S -o boot/bootsect.s
>>as86 -0 -a -o boot/bootsect.o boot/bootsect.s
>>ld86 -0 -s -o boot/bootsect boot/bootsect.o
>>gcc -E -traditional boot/setup.S -o boot/setup.s
>>as86 -0 -a -o boot/setup.o boot/setup.s
>>ld86 -0 -s -o boot/setup boot/setup.o
>>gcc -Wall -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -c -o init/main.o init/main.c
>>gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
>>make: *** [init/main.o] Error 1
>>
>>Sorry for it has been mentioned before, I couldn't find it.
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated!
>>

Seems I am seeing the same problem, since I have started using
2.2.2d.

Peter.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: tyrone@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (tyrone.shiu)
Subject: Few questions.
Organization: AT&T
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 09:56:26 GMT
Keywords: rootimage, mouse

Hi everyone:
I have gotten the 0.97+pl1 to compile with relative no problems. Very nice.
I have a couple of questions:

1. I know 0.97 rootimage is available, but how can I upgrade my system?  Do I
   have to reload everything or can I just copy the files or there is an
   install program to do that for me? Initially, I have used MCC-Interim
   verison to install linux with some minor updates from 0.96 rootimage.

2. I have an ATI Ultra board with mouse built-in.  Linux doesn't recoginze
   it at all.  Am I missing some setup procedures?  The MSD command in DOS
   says that it is an "Inport Mouse".

3. Some one mentioned that patch 2 for 0.97 just out on Monday, but I can't
   seem to find it anywhere.  BTW, what is new with patch 2?

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

:-) Tyrone Shiu			tyrone@cbnews.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Problems installing GCC-2.2.2d
Date: 16 Aug 92 23:13:58 GMT
Organization: Washington State University

I screwed up the last one.


-- 
H.J.
Gcc/libc maintainer for Linux.
--------------------------
*** install.2.x.old	Sun Aug 16 15:33:24 1992
--- install.2.x	Sun Aug 16 16:05:31 1992
***************
*** 24,35 ****
  # install jump table
  jumptable ()
  {
!   VERSION=$1
!   RELEASE=$2
!   MATH=$3
  
!   mv libc.so.${RELEASE} /lib
!   mv lib${MATH}.so.${RELEASE} /lib/libm.so.${RELEASE}
  
    ln -s -f /lib/libc.so.${RELEASE} /lib/libc.so.${VERSION}
    ln -s -f /lib/libm.so.${RELEASE} /lib/libm.so.${VERSION}
--- 24,36 ----
  # install jump table
  jumptable ()
  {
!   DIR=$1
!   VERSION=$2
!   RELEASE=$3
!   MATH=$4
  
!   mv $DIR/libc.so.${RELEASE} /lib
!   mv $DIR/lib${MATH}.so.${RELEASE} /lib/libm.so.${RELEASE}
  
    ln -s -f /lib/libc.so.${RELEASE} /lib/libc.so.${VERSION}
    ln -s -f /lib/libm.so.${RELEASE} /lib/libm.so.${VERSION}
***************
*** 395,405 ****
  $RM -f $LIBDIR/libm.a $SHAREDLIBDIR/libm.a
  $HDLN $LIBDIR/lib$MATH.a $LIBDIR/libm.a
  checkreturn "$HDLN $LIBDIR/lib$MATH.a $LIBDIR/libm.a"
- $HDLN $SHAREDLIBDIR/lib$MATH.a $SHAREDLIBDIR/libm.a
- checkreturn "$HDLN $SHAREDLIBDIR/lib$MATH.a $SHAREDLIBDIR/libm.a"
  
  echo install jump table.
! jumptable $JUMP_VERSION $JUMP_RELEASE $MATH
  
  $RM -rf /usr/lib/cpp /lib/cpp
  
--- 396,407 ----
  $RM -f $LIBDIR/libm.a $SHAREDLIBDIR/libm.a
  $HDLN $LIBDIR/lib$MATH.a $LIBDIR/libm.a
  checkreturn "$HDLN $LIBDIR/lib$MATH.a $LIBDIR/libm.a"
  
+ #$HDLN $SHAREDLIBDIR/lib$MATH.a $SHAREDLIBDIR/libm.a
+ #checkreturn "$HDLN $SHAREDLIBDIR/lib$MATH.a $SHAREDLIBDIR/libm.a"
+ 
  echo install jump table.
! jumptable $JUMPLIBDIR $JUMP_VERSION $JUMP_RELEASE $MATH
  
  $RM -rf /usr/lib/cpp /lib/cpp
From: newbie@dylan.camb.inmet.com (Chris Newbold)
Subject: Troubles compiling lilo v3
Organization: Intermetrics, Inc.
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 02:43:17 GMT

I know there has been a blizzard of questions about how to get lilo up and
running, but I jumped on the bandwagon a bit too late. I can't find any
of the messages about setting it up on our site. I know I remember there
were a couple of changes needed before it would compile...

Anyhow, I'm having major trouble compiling it. There is a massive conflicy
between the linux/include types.h and the include/sys/types.h ... I'm sure
all of this was covered... If someone would be kind enough to point me
in the right direction, I would really appriciate it.

The problems: Both /usr/src/linux/include/linux/types.h and /usr/include/sys
/types.h get included. I tried to fix this by linking /usr/include/sys
to /usr/src/linux/include/linux. This seems like a hack, but I don't really
know. Didn't reall help.

Could somebody tell me how I _should_ have the include directories set up,
and what files should be in them?

I'm sorry these are such naive questions, but I'm a real newbie at this
stuff.

Thanx again.

-Chris

-- 
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   Intermetrics, Inc.	>  		  will screw it up."		     <
  Opinions and statements expressed are MINE and do NOT represent my employer
			newbie@inmet.camb.inmet.com
From: zlsiial@uts.mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: root disk vs. mj disk, also hd.c patch
Date: 13 Aug 92 07:56:29 GMT
Reply-To: LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk (A. V. Le Blanc)
Organization: Computing Centre, University of Manchester

In article <1992Aug12.011334.17155@ultb.isc.rit.edu> axi0349@ultb.isc.rit.edu (A.X. Ivasyuk ) writes:
>Third, where is the one-line patch to hd.c (0.97) that everyone has been talking
>about?  I think I missed it on the net.  Could someone send it to me, please?
>(I already applied patch1 and the buffer patch, and it did improve performance
>noticeably, esp. patch1 - Thanks Linus!!!)

I have put this patch for anonymous ftp from ftp.mcc.ac.uk in
/pub/linux/linus/97.bug1.

     -- Owen
     LeBlanc@mcc.ac.uk
From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald)
Subject: Job control flakey?
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, CANADA
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 22:32:08 GMT

Been meaning to post this for some time, but since I have upgraded to .97 and
am still seeing the problem...

It seems that sometimes the console ignores ^C and  ^Z.  I have seen this
during "make" and during "tail".   But at other times it works just fine.
For example, doing a kernel "make", sometimes I can ^C it and sometimes
I can't.  Does anybody have any idea whether this can be due to my own
foolishness, or is it possibly a (shudder) bug?

PS: For Motif emulation under SLS, log in as "user1", and type startx.

pmacdona@sanjuan.uvic.ca
From: jjk1@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Konsultant Josh/fuzzy.happy.green.box)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: EISA bus machines
Date: 22 Aug 92 22:59:08 GMT
Organization: Lehigh University

In article <BtE228.D6J@kingston.ac.uk>, cc_s525@kingston.ac.uk (Francis Bell) writes:
>Hi Linuxers,
>       The FAQ says that Linux won't run on EISA machines. Can anyone
>explain why, and suggest how difficult it would be to remedy ?

The FAQ lies...  (all due respect to FAQ maintainers :-)

It's not that Linux will not RUN on an EISA machine, it's just that at
current there is no real advantage to having EISA over ISA in regards
to Linux.  I believe at least one person is working on an EISA
specific thing now though (a SCSI driver).

You should just get ahold of the root/boot disk combination, and try
booting up.  If you can, and you can start fooling around, you're
compatible (enough).

-- 
____________------------===========------------____________
                     from: Josh Kopper
                      jjk1@lehigh.edu
    
  Computer Engineering, EECS Department, Lehigh University

  Systems Programming - Lehigh University Computing Center
From: scottd@cs.hw.ac.uk (Scott Dunn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: XView, olvwm, and OLIT
Date: 13 Aug 92 14:21:41 GMT
Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

I am also looking for xview.  I do have the source and when gcc2.2.2d is
released I am going to attempt to make it.  Assuming, that is, that noone
has already done it.

When will gcc2.2.2d be released?

Also, gwm, where can I find it?
And when I do find it, how do I compile the lisp files?  
Having looked at it at uni, it seemed rather slow, but that was 
probably largely down to the fact that all the lisp files were
not compiled.

Scott.
From: cgwillme@cybaswan.UUCP (r b willmersdorf)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Tar to write proctected floppies ?
Date: 19 Aug 92 19:38:51 GMT
Reply-To: cgwillme@pyr.swan.ac.uk (r b willmersdorf)

Hi,

If i put a write protected floppy in drive a: I can do:

%tar cvf /dev/fd0 files   # lists files as if they were being written to
			  # the floppy. Of course, they aren't.

%mkfs -c /dev/fd0 1440    # It _migth_ be fdformat, but I don't think so.
			  # My stuff is at home. It happyly reports progress.
			  # Nut I don't think it does.


Is it only me? Is this a feature :) ? It already got me a few times, 
I deleted some files I thought were backed up when they weren't.

I'm running 0.97p1+

bye, (and obthanks to everybody involved in this project.)
--

Ramiro || cgwillme@pyr.swan.ac.uk
-- 
--

Ramiro || cgwillme@pyr.swan.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: dje@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca (Doug Evans)
Subject: Re: UUCP
Organization: Edmonton, Alberta
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 16:08:26 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
>jchaiken@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jarett  Chaiken) writes:
>
>: Hi all,
>: 	I just compiled the uucp package, and I have a problem.  When i run 
>: uucico -r1 -sxxxxx -x9  it just drops me back to the shell w/o doing anything
>: I guessed the setup stuff.  Could someone please help me out?

Jarett:
Try -xall. Ian changed the format of the debugging argument.
-x9 will set bits 0x04 and 0x01 (abnormal and handshake)
(but maybe you know this and that's what you wanted).

>There are several "hidden" changes to uucico that Ian made.  Try using "-f"
>to force the uucico to fire up.  It's probably blowing up because (1) you
>don't have the Devices file set up right, (2) the permissions on your serial
>device are wrong, or (3) there are still lock files in /usr/spool/uucp.

uucico detects and removes stale lock files.
-- 
Doug Evans               | "You're just supposed to sit here?"
dje@sspiff.ampr.ab.ca    |               - Worf in a mud bath.
From: rwb@Turing.ORG (Robert W. Bingler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: How safe is Mtools?
Date: 14 Aug 92 12:50:03 GMT
Organization: The Turing Project, Charlottesville Virginia.

Hey,
	Can anyone tell me just how safe it is to use mtools on my 130 meg
dos partition?  I don't want to have to go the expensense of messing it
up.  I have been hesitant in the past, so I just use a floppy.  It would
make things much easier if there is no real chance of damage being done.

Thanks,
Rob

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From: bazyar@teal.csn.org (Jawaid Bazyar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Ack! Ignore my GNU cp post..
Date: 16 Aug 92 05:12:04 GMT
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.

Please ignore my previous post in the "GNU cp" stream.  Of course
the Unix fs does sparse file handling.  It's been a long, long day.

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From: hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Logo in hand-hacked PostScript
Date: 15 Aug 92 03:51:31 GMT
Organization: Washington State University

I didn't get the time to see the first one. But I like what I saw this time.
I also got to view color PostScript under gs for the first time.

-- 
H.J.
Gcc/libc maintainer for Linux.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: tyrone@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (tyrone.shiu)
Subject: Need Help!
Organization: AT&T
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 20:29:01 GMT
Keywords: mouse, fsck, manpages

Hi:
I post a mail asking for help on get my mouse to be recognized by linux
so that I can at least use MGR. I have an ATI Ultra with the mouse port
on it. I need to know is there any patch or anything to get it to work.
I got quite a few replies that they are interested in knowing too.

I also need to know where can I get source/man/doc on the fsck used by
linux. I can't seem to find it on tsx.

Thanks a million in advance!!

+--------------------------------+
| Tyrone Shiu                    |
| Phone: 908-548-7852            |
| Email: tyrone@cbnewsi.att.com  |
+--------------------------------+
From: jochen@busybit.mrz.sub.org (Jochen Fahrner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Which mouse should I buy??????
Date: 18 Aug 92 17:12:59 GMT
Organization: Busybit's Software Labor, D-8068 Pfaffenhofen
X-Md4-Signature: ec2fa8cadde7f0c71d89963ad015c668

I can recommend the Logitech Pilot Mouse. It works fine with X386, all
three buttons work. This mouse ist 100% microsoft compatible but has 3
buttons (unlike the microsoft, which has only 2).
-- 
Jochen Fahrner, D-8068 Pfaffenhofen, jochen@busybit.mrz.sub.org
From: cljackso@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Chris Jackson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Repartitioning and using DOS again
Date: 18 Aug 92 02:47:07 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA


	I'm having a problem with partitioning for Linux.  First, after I
delete my existing partitn and create three new ones (DOS, Linux, and 
Linux swap),  I loose all my programs which isn't that bad.  Then when I
try installing DOS, and even though the DOS partition is flaged as boot, 
DOS (I'm using 5.0) can't figure out which partition to install on (C: ).
I like Linux but I need DOS till I get it running.

                            Thanks in advance,
                                     Chris

____________________________________________________________________________

Eail at cljackso@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu

________________________________________________________________________________
From: brand@addvax.llnl.gov (Hal R. Brand, LLnL, 510-422-6312)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: More info: mkfs -c /dev/hda3 results in Kernel panic during install to HD
Date: 19 Aug 92 00:57:00 GMT

>Message-ID: <18AUG199214433394@addvax.llnl.gov>
>Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
>News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.40    
> 
>Booting the Linux 0.97 bootimage gives:
>	Serial port at 0x03f8 (irq 4) is a 16450
>	Serial port at 0x02f8 (irq 3) is a 16450
>	8 virtual consoles
Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.40    

Somehow the following information got dropped from my original post so here
it is:

Machine is:
	ALR Power VEISA 486/33
	16 Mbyte RAM
	64 KByte cache
	Micropolis 1560A 660 Mbyte disk
	UltraStor EISA/ESDI 32 bit controller
	Pheonix BIOS V1.00.11A
	MS Bus mouse
	2 Serial, 2 Parallel ports
	1.2M and 1.44M floppies

Is there (possibly) something Linux doesn't like about the UltraStor
disk controller?

					Hal R. Brand
					LLNL
					brand@addvax.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: kennu@mits.mdata.fi (Kenneth Falck)
Subject: Re: Can I use dd on my UNIX system instead of Rawrite?
Organization: Microdata Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 00:30:41 GMT

In article <1992Aug12.063534.4178@muddcs.claremont.edu> jwinstea@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
>Not necessarily true - GNU cp contains the optimization that it will
>use lseek() to 'write' holes in a file instead of writing out all the
>individual null bits.  This is what causes shoelace to break for some
>people.  I'm not sure what effect this has on copying to a floppy with
>the cp command - but I *know* dd is safe.

How exactly does that lseek() writing work? If you lseek() past
the end of file, do some I/O routines automatically append the
corresponding amount of nulls or what? And why doesn't this
work with shoelace then...

Inquiring minds want to know (tm) ...

(Btw, is this optimization possible only for the unix/minix/linux
filesystems, or is it fs-independant and can be used on MSDOS too?)

-- 
kennu@mits.mdata.fi
From: pete@q106fm.UUCP (pete cervasio)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Need software/testers for the Xenix emulation alpha
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 92 22:40:31 CDT
Organization: WKBQ-FM Engineering Department

lfoard@Turing.ORG (Lawrence C. Foard) writes:

> The Xenix system call emulator for Linux finally seems to have signals
> working. I've tested it with a few xenix programs but I don't know what
> things people would be using it with mostly. If you want to try it out I can
> upload the program and a copy of my .96 kernel (I'm working on moving the
> changes to .97). If you have any PD Xenix software you use frequently tell
> me where I can ftp it and I'll try it on the emulator. 

Holy Cow!  Does this mean that VP/IX will run?  <grin>  Just kidding.
It _would_ be nice to be able to run Foxbase on Linux, though.  If I was
still working for my former employer, I could test this out on all kinds
of SCO stuff....Foxbase, Lyrix, the spreadsheet, WordPerfect, etc.  We
had quite a few Xenix packages in the store for demoing the wonders of
*nix over DOS.  (We were the only store pushing it, so they were OUR
customers once they were hooked).

Unfortunately I had the audacity to quit fixing/installing computers (a
good hobby, but...) and go back into Broadcast Engineering where I make
twice the money and have 5 times the fun, so they don't want to know me
anymore. :-(  Ah, well, it's their loss, not mine.

TTYL,
Pete C.

+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Pete Cervasio                | pete%q106fm.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu     |
| I fish, therefore I am.      | pete.cervasio@f1.n2250.z1.fidonet.org |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: magidj@cellbio.duke.edu (Jonathan Magid)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Ghostscript 2.5 has an S3 driver in it's DOS implementation?
Keywords: S3 X11 X386 SVGA
Date: 21 Aug 92 13:35:36 GMT
Organization: Duke University Medical Center, Dept. of Cell Biology

In article <1992Aug21.073823.1527@fys.ruu.nl> hooft@fys.ruu.nl (Rob Hooft) writes:
>I do not know who of you all is interested in writing an S3 driver for
>X386, but I just read something in the DOCS for the new ghostscript that
>it is supposed to use the S3 accelerator in its DOS implementation.
>May be you all could use this as a source for the long-wanted S3 
>documentation?

hi,
Does this mean that people have been having problems getting hold of S3
documentation?  When I requested the specs, they were sent to me in about
3 days by UPS (and were free to boot! :))

But, if people are having problems getting hold of the docs, and want to 
serious work on a S3 driver, you are welcome to my set of docs; I thought
about buying a S3 based board and working on a driver but it turned out
I didn't have the money I thought I did. :(

So, If you can't get hold of S3 docs for some reason, send me a email address
and I'll mail them to you by Snail...

jem.
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