Re: New Compress -- needs bigger info flag readme whatever

On 6 Jun, rdkeys(a)unity.ncsu.edu wrote: NetBSD-current runs well on VAXstations 3100 and 4000m{60,90}. OK, it is no pure BSD in Michaels sense and it is not that lean. But it is a good OS, free, modern, ... -- tschüß, Jochen Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/ Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id CAA22104 for pups-liszt; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 02:55:02 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au) Received: from guildenstern.shaffstall.com (cisdn-2.on-net.net [206.229.84.2]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA22097 for <pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au>; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 02:54:56 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jasomill(a)shaffstall.com) Received: from localhost (jasomill@localhost) by guildenstern.shaffstall.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA06434; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:50:10 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: guildenstern.shaffstall.com: jasomill owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:50:10 -0500 (EST) From: "Jason T. Miller" <jasomill(a)shaffstall.com> To: Johnny Billquist <bqt(a)Update.UU.SE> cc: pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Subject: Re: RX50 on RQDX3 on 2.11BSD In-Reply-To: <Pine.VUL.3.93.1000607080633.9260B-100000(a)Zeke.Update.UU.SE> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006071140500.6407-100000(a)guildenstern.shaffstall.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Precedence: bulk After looking at the data, I'm not suprised, either -- I've proven, if nothing else, that the 'diff' command is not broken :) This command seek-whence was for illusutrative purposes; by far the strangest thing to me is the Interleave Problem. First R/W UNIX block device I've ever seen that's not bijective (to slightly abuse the term). -jtm On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, Johnny Billquist wrote: Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id DAA22172 for pups-liszt; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 03:20:49 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au) Received: from guildenstern.shaffstall.com (cisdn-2.on-net.net [206.229.84.2]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id DAA22168 for <pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au>; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 03:20:43 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from jasomill(a)shaffstall.com) Received: from localhost (jasomill@localhost) by guildenstern.shaffstall.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA06448; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 12:15:53 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: guildenstern.shaffstall.com: jasomill owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 12:15:53 -0500 (EST) From: "Jason T. Miller" <jasomill(a)shaffstall.com> To: "Steven M. Schultz" <sms(a)moe.2bsd.com> cc: pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Subject: Re: RX50 on RQDX3 on 2.11BSD In-Reply-To: <200006062245.PAA01871(a)moe.2bsd.com> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10006071150180.6407-100000(a)guildenstern.shaffstall.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Precedence: bulk It's the first PDP operating system I've enjoyed working with, and one of the coolest UNIX implementations I've had the pleasure of working with. Every programmer who writes 150MB bloatware should study it. I unearthed two Teac 55-G series floppy drives, and they're both broken (won't format w/verify) -- the RX50 isn't the only flakey floppy. I've got a few Toshibas and Matsushitas I'm gonna fool around with, though. Though I find that about 90% of what I learn about everything computer related involves one thing or another that doesn't work; so in a way I can thank DEC for screwball H/W. About 10 YA, I used a DECmate II with an RX50 on a daily basis, and had 0 problems; of course, I had preformatted DEC disks and no interchange (at the time I had two computers -- an Atari 130XE and DECmate II) Some is, some ain't. Aside from the also-mentioned "interleave problem," whereby the RX50 seems to interleave output data (isn't the hardware supposed to take care of this, if it is indeed hardware interleave, though I'm 95% sure I formatted 1:1...yes, unless the RQDX3 is unlike _every_ floppy controller I've seen in the past ten years) I, also, although I'm not going on vacation in the near future, and I don't have an 11/73 -- but, I suppose if I can find time to play with my PDP @ all (which I suppose I have -- it's now, courtesy of Network Address Translation and SLIP, not only connected to my Apartment Network, but also to the Internet. Now to find a Web browser that fits in 64K I space or segments well. Is CERN line-mode still being maintaned?), I'll work on this. I hope to be able to use the RX50 for sneakernet purposes, despite my network connection, as 19.2K is pretty damned slow, and while I'm excited at the prospect of diviplexing SLIP over all 40 ports on all five of my muxes, I'm somewhat less excited at the prospect of designing and coding it; besides, I only have three serial ports on my PC, and one's for the modem). Though Priority One is getting my LA75 working -- once again It Worked In RSX (much better than I did, I might add :). I will. Thanks. I didn't even know 2.11 had 'sysctl'. Cool. -jtm Received: (from major@localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id EAA22518 for pups-liszt; Thu, 8 Jun 2000 04:52:59 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from owner-pups(a)minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au)