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And guess who's here in your place. Please finger xyzzy@gnu.ai.mit.edu for information, or if you are a mail/news only site, mail xyzzy@gnu.ai.mit.edu with the subject line "SEND FINGER".
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You mean grep (Unix is case dependent) and awk (where did you get AUCK from?)
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I'm trying to turn on Xauthorization using MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE on my servers (CPU heads, HP700RX Xterminals), but I'm running into a couple of problems. First, at least one of our applications (Maple) doesn't seem to understand how to deliver the magic cookie, and won't run on a display with authorization turned on. S...
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EUROPEAN COMPUTER RESEARCH CENTRE Research Positions in 3D Graphics ECRC is currently expanding its research staff in three-dimensional graphics. We are looking for highly qualified researchers with a PhD in computer science and a proven ability to conduct highly innovative research. Preference will be given to candi...
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I'm writing a driver that needs to remap some I/O ports. This means virtual mode. Unfortunately virtual mode means it won't get along with expanded memory managers, so I need make it an EMM driver too. Does anyone out there have EMM code. Can any point me to an EMM code source? -Thanks, Morgan
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This is a fundamental aspect of Novell's business; they wouldn't be where they are if they didn't live up to their "Novell Does Printing" slogan. We run 6 printers of varying types off our Novell network; I'm sure there are places with hundreds. RTFM on the CAPTURE command, PRINTCON, PSERVER, and the sections of the...
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Did anyone install xdbx v2.1.2 on SGI workstation ? Thanks for your answer. Gildas PERROT.
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hi, is there anybody has some example programs about using the internationalization features in X11R5 ? Such as a small X program just to show Chinese texts in wondows, menu bar or icons... Thanks in advance.
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If you read the last couple of books in the series closely (well, #3 and #4 at least), there are at least two points at which the real Question is implied. Conversations proceed much like: Zaphod: What *is* the ultimate Question, I wonder? Arthur (not paying much attention to Zaphod, but needing a random seed for ...
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That's not all it says. The coverage of modifiers is in Chapter 8 of Volume Four (or chap 7 in older Athena editions), where there is about 10 pages on how to specify translations to capture various combinations of keys or buttons. The Xlib route uses XLookupString and there is a lot of coverage of how that works i...
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Development of what? In-house apps? Maybe, but certainly not apps to be sold on an open market. Statistics like that are laughable, because they may simply mean that there are not enough shrink-wrapped usable apps for UNIX and they have to be developed disproportionately often as compared to the installed UNIX ba...
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Try WinJPEG on oak.oakland.edu:pub/msdos/windows3/winjp210.zip It has more TIFF support than graphics workshop. It also converts to all the above formats...
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{> {> {> >What is the difference between the US Robotics Courier v32bis external and t {> >Sportster 14400 external? I see that the price of a Sportster has dramatical {> >dropped to below $200 but the price of the Courier remains above $400. {> > {> >Anyone with knowledge of both of these modems or anyone that owns...
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Does any one know of a decent quality library of routines for performing 3D graphics modelling on the PC? Ideally the routines would be embeded in our application program. Requirements (wish list): - flat surface modelling (simple phong shading optional) - ability to plot hidden-line drawings - Texture mapping -- bot...
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Archive-name: Intel-Unix-X-faq Last-modified: 30 Mar 1993 Note: This is a major re-organization (and replacement) of my "Frequently Asked Questions About X386" FAQ list. This article includes answers to: I) What options do I have for X software on my Intel-based Unix system? 1. Free options 2. Commercial opt...
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This image is copyrighted. Early in another news group it was being used as a texture map in a planet orbiting simulation. That program was being freely distributed but the texture map picture for the earth had to be pulled because of copyright infringement issues. mp....
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I read a mesg. somewhere on GENIE about Intel coming out with a graphics standard called PCI, which would supplant VESA standards. Is this a rumor, or is there some substance to it. If any of y'all have heard of this "standard" please e-mail me on how I might obtain more info
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I cant get through to the author of rtrace. His site is inaccessible can he upload the new version somewhere else please?
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Hello, I've been on the DKBtrace/PoVray mailing list out of trearn.bitnet for some time now, but when I tried to post the other day the listserv told me that the list doesn't exist! So I got a global list of groups from the listserv and - - NOTHING! I grepped every string I could think of. If Frank, Ville Saari, A...
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Regarding the horror stories about DOS6/DOUBLEDISK and STACKER 2.? killing hard drives:
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Then again, maybe $2445 for the gateway system isn't too cheap. I have a system from Micron computers:
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I am using an ibm dx-50 with EISA and local bus....and I need to get a local bus video card.... The only hitch is that I need one that will allow me to do the fastest anims (or flics) from ram. I have 64-megs of ram in 16-meg simms I am using 3D-Studio from Autodesk and Imagine from Impulse... They both write out in ...
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Suppose you want to change the particular icon for a program in windows such as the MS-DOS one. Would someone let me know how you can do this? Thanks a million.
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Can anyone give me information or lead me to electronic information (not books; I'm too poor...) regarding programming the standard graphics modes? 320x200x4 and 640x200x2 are easy enough, but I'm not so sure about the rest. Something about planes or something, and writing to ports and the like, but I don't know the n...
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I have a 486/33 IBM clone with two serial ports (com1, com2) and mouse port. Both the serial ports are directly sitting on the mother board. I tried to install a 2400 buad Hayes internal modem, but it doesnt work. Once I dial any number the system locks. I do not hear any click or ring before it the system hangs. T...
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I'm in need of a videotaped copy of a pc (pd) program. Please let me know if you can do this.
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I don't think the question is: "will OS/2 X.X run Windows Y.Y apps now?" A more important question is: "will subsequent OS/2 versions continue to run apps from subsequent Windows versions in the future?" -- John A. Grant jagrant@emr1.emr.ca Airborne Geophysics Geological Survey...
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I need the tool described in the subject line. Is there such a tool available via ftp? If so, I'd appreciate it if someone could e-mail me the location and pathname. Thanks. ------------- Saad Mufti Personal Library Software
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Does this mean they can either do alpha or stenciling, but not both simultaneously? ^^ Same question again, does this mean they can either do double buffering or stereo, but not both simultaneously? --
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After hearing endless debate (READ: name-calling) over which os is better, dos and windows or OS/2 and finally having enought resourses to play with a couple of different operating systems, I have decided to put the two products to a head to head test, as so many fellow newsposters have suggested. I have, ...
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Hi all. I'm looking for datasets of a human body or head in any of the popular formats. I'm doing a presentation tomorrow which could be greatly enhanced by bringing in this 'human' factor. I've looked around the net with no sucess so far. Anyone got any ideas? I'd also appreciate info on the location of datasets ...
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Yamanari, ---Hey isn't it funny how betas have bugs in them.... Hey...do me a favor and don't put up stupid posts.
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: Hello : I've got an old Trident 8800CS SVGA card, but lacking suitable drivers : for windows 3.1. The drivers for the 8900 series seem to be incompatible. : Does anyone have an idea of where to get these drivers? Address for an : ftp-site would be nice. : Thanks in advance : Jouni : _____________________________...
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Hi Netters, Having inherited a Solbourne (S-4000 : Sun 4 Compatible), I was wondering if somebody has ported X11R5 to this beast. Since Solbournce Computer Inc. folded up I don't know where I can get the kernel to move from R4. Since they never joined the MIT Consortium, the regular distribution doesn't work. Any poin...
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Host swdsrv.edvz.univie.ac.at Location: /pc/dos/graphics FILE -rw-r--r-- 21525 Mar 7 18:00 uvesa31.zip Host plaza.aarnet.edu.au Location: /micros/pc/garbo/pc/screen FILE -r--r--r-- 21795 Apr 4 00:00 uvesa31.zip Location: /micros/pc/oak/graphics FILE -...
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Not unreasonable, since the SMARTDRV packaged with DOS 6 is version 4.1. Make sure that all your drivers (HIMEM, EMM386, SMARTDRV) are being executed from the DOS directory. Loss of the cache provided by SMARTDRV could be your problem; if not, I don't know what might cause the startup delay. My testb...
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I have a Always IN-2000 SCSI card for sale w/manuals, software, and cables. Make your best offer on this...
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We're looking at various X11 clients for PC's and we're looking for some information about the relative efficiency of different products. Are any notably efficient (fast)? Are any notably inefficient? I assume that a Graphics Accelerator makes them significantly faster (right now I'm looking at ico running on Xoftwa...
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Thanks for all the responses. I've made contact with the UK distributor :-)
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Has anyone had experience buying computers from Comtrade? When I asked about TC, I got one reply describing problems returning a defective hard drive. Should I expect any problems from Comtrade? Thanks,
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It first depends on what an idle cpu is doing! I'm not sure about DOS, but many multitasking OSs have an loop like this loop: is there anything to do? YES -> do it; goto loop NO -> goto loop The CPU is not doing any work but it is still processing instructions... It will also respond to interupts... Guy
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Ignore the attacks and look at the sales numbers and the MS stock price if you need some gratification. Just keep doing the great job you have done in the past. Thx Dave L
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Hi. I'm looking for information on how to directly manipulate video memory. I have an application that I would like to use this for, because it is much faster than going through the BIOS. I know that video memory ispart of the system area above the first 640K, so I guess I am looking to find out exactly what se...
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I currently have some grayscale image files that are not in any standard format. They simply contain the 8-bit pixel values. I would like to display these images on a PC. The conversion to a GIF format would be helpful. This conversion can take place either on a PC or on a UNIX system and I could then download it t...
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Check out a program called PC-Xview. I've used it before, and from what I can tell, it's exactly what you're looking for. Last I checked, you should be able to find it for about $160 a copy. -Eric
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My PC is a 486-33DX (ISA) with AMI BIOS and OPTI chipset. I am thinking of replacing the AMI BIOS chip (dated 6-91) with an up-to-date one (not for any reason, just messing around). My questions are: 1. Do I just take out the old one and plug in a new? 2. Anything else I have to take care of? What precautions should ...
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caching drive for?
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Can somebody help me out of this..... I just installed the Version 104 of McAFree anti-virus program and when i tried to scan the entire hard disk, i got the message of "Sorry, I can't open xxxx" for a couple of files, including the WScan104.exe. This didn't happen before (in previous version) nor appear on my frien...
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Hi Does anyone know of a direct way to print an image of an .xbm file. Please reply directly and I'll post a summary. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Any opinion presented here is my own, and does not reflect the policy of my employer, NASA, or the Ames Research Center. Roger S...
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We are looking for GL source code, which was developed by Silicon Graphics (SGI). We would like to compile it on Sun and HP 9000/700s. If there is anyone already supporting GL on HP and Sun, please respond. Also please respond if anyone knows where the source code is available. Thank you
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-| -| Alas, we too will have to stop using it. -| -| Brian -| -- -| Brian Glendenning - National Radio Astronomy Observatory -| bglenden@nrao.edu Charlottesville Va. (804) 296-0286 It says in the licence that non-profit organisations have the rights to copy, use, distribute etc.. Does that ...
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Hi all, I am working on a project in which I need to brake an image into sub-bands and then work with them. Since I have never done anything like this, don't even understand the concept of sub-bands, I was wondering if there is some software out there that would allow me to do this. Any hints? Thanks, --
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SUBSCRIBE XPERT skji@eve.kaist.ac.kr
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Not very -- you just type "xloadimage" or "getx11" instead of "xv". --
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Hi, Does anyone have a source for 386DX/25 Motherboards? I've been calling around the local stores and everyone appears to be only stocking the 386DX/33/40 or 386SX/25/33 motherboards. How difficult is it to modify a 386DX/40 motherboard to run at 25 MHz? Is it as simple as replacing the system clock with a slower ...
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How do you solve the problem when the message "Cannot perform malloc" shows for XtCreateManagedWidget call? I have the application written in X11R5 running on DECstation using Athena widgets. As soon as I added codes to do Remote Procedure Call, the program refused to work. I also have my program working using just ...
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After setting up a very large (>4 pages) table in Word for Windows I asked word to print it to my HP laserjet II -- worked fine at first. After much editing of the table contents (but not structure) output requests now kick the LJ into manual feed mode for the document containing the table. Other documents without tab...
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N(P>Just got a 66MHz 486DX2 system, and am considering getting a fan for the N(P>CPU. The processor when running is too hot to touch so I think this is a N(P>fairly good idea. (long ago when I did some electronics training I read N(P>somewhere that the regions within a chip that define junctions/gates etc N(P>slowly di...
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And for the Commodore CDTV.
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I've installed many X apps, and have that many of them Imakefiles that have lines startingwith XCOMM in them. When I do a xmkmf to create the Makefile, the Makefile also has the XCOMM (comment?) lines in them. I always have to edit out these lines because the make command barfs on them. I was wondering what these lines...
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The best I've seen is Visio. Runs under Windows. It's not shareware however. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Gary Williamson aka wwilliam@polaris.orl.mmc.com Orlando, Florida
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Following up to my own article... I found that several people say that LAN Server clients can talk to WFW. Is this, then, also true for LAN Manager? (Don't LAN Server and LAN Manager share common roots?) Somewhat less so now... :)
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Here's a listing that I came accross a while ago. This question seems to come up often enough that I figured this would be of interest. Note that the server "X Appeal" for DOS is available in demo form on the internet via anonymous ftp. This is one way of quickly checking out the feasability of using your sy...
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Hello, I've raytraced and rendered and the only difference I've found is that raytracing takes a hell of a lot longer. Am I missing something?
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as far as simply mapping your logo or whatever onto a cube or sphere, it's quite easy. Just either copy the GIF you want mapped into the map directory or add a map path to the directory where it currently is. Then go into the materials editor and make a new material with that as the bit map, voila.. _____________...
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Everyone seems to think that this man's mouse problem is mechanical (its dirty) I have been having a similar problem with my mouse, and it only occurs when ru nning windows and therefore cannot be mechanical in nature. I'm running a mouse systems compatible mouse on a 486 66 DX2 with a trident 1 meg video card and a ...
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I have many icons in IconEdit and PBIcon format and I would like to convert them to PBM, PGM or PPM format. Do you know the formats of IconEdit or PBIcon?
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Wasn't the shareware fee a "suggestion" by John? Is so then it's up to the individual to make the choice whether or not to honour it and part with money. Personally if I was in his position I would do exactly the same thing, John has obviously put in lot of time and effort into xv and why shouldn't he receive some mon...
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I am having troubleloading my Logitech Scanman Driver (latest version) into high memory with the devicehigh command in MSDOS 6. It gives me an 'invalid parameters' message. Is it necessary to change some of the scanner driver parameters when loading high? Any help would be appreciated
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We need terrain data for a visualization research currently taking place in Tel-Aviv university. We have two databases that we are currently working on, but we would like to work on more databases, possibly more complicated and ones that will give prettier images. Before I describe what kind of data we need, let me m...
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If you are a user of Autodesk 3D Concepts, and are willing to answer a small number of short questions, then please send me Email.
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Corel Draw will do it; version 2 onwards. If you have version 1 perhaps an upgrade is in order. Another alternative would be to use a different bureau that can take PostScript. -- Chris Lilley ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Author, ITTI Computer Graphics and V...
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I am very interested in hearing from all of you who are using or implementing 3-D interactive applications what types of 3-D widgets you would like to have in your applications. A 3-D widget is usually located in the same scene as other 3-D objects of the application. It may let you - manipulate application data,...
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I have a little question: I need to convert RGB-coded (Red-Green-Blue) colors into HVS-coded (Hue-Value-Saturnation) colors. Does anyone know which formulas to use? Thanks!
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Hi, I recently got a tower-case for my Gateway 486/33 file server, mostly because we needed the extra drive bays and better power supply. This case has LED's for the processor speed, i.e. 33. Is there a place to plug this in on the motherboard? If not, is there anyway to hack something to make it work? TIA! -Eric
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I have been using both IDE (or MFM) and SCSI drives for years. I have 2 IDE and 1 SCSI on one system and the other with 2 IDE, 2 SCSI disk, and 1 SCSI CDROM. I currently using ALWAYS IN2000 SCSI card, but I also have a Future Domain, a Western Digital SCSI card, and I work with an ADAPTIC before. As I recall...
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I've been away for a couple of weeks and have become out of touch with the latest information on the Diamond Viper Card. Does anyone know if Diamond has come out with any Vesa Driver updates lately? Also, I was wondering what the latest Windows Driver version is up to now. Thanks in advance, Dan
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Danny... While working on my shareware toolbar, I found myself 'eating' resources, and a very wise person pointed me to the SDK, and specifically the debug kernel. Once you have all the SDK stuff installed, (this also comes with VC++), you run 'n2d' which does a 'normal-to-debug' swap. The debug kernel runs C O N...
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In fact, I'm looking for a possibility to connect different peaces of information (like in the windows help system). And no, I don't want to program such a system by myself. The necessary effort and afford should be as small as possible.
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Hmm your CD-Rom program must be using some oddball VGA modes. I think they are trying to get it out by the end of this month, when it is released though it'll be in limited quantities, I think they have quite a back order right now (the 2 megs version will come out a bit later). Since you have a Viewsonic 17 (...
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Greetings, We have a network of ~20 Sun Workstations, running SunOS 4.1.1 and Openwindows 3. 7 of these are Sun 3's that we have modified to run Seth Robertson's xkernel image, effectively turning them into xterminals. We use xdm (X11R4) to manage the displays. When we had 3 xkernel machines, things worked fine, b...
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RE: Irish/Gaelic TrueType Font wanted - synopsis Many thanks to those who responded to my question. Unfortunately I have had no luck in actually getting such a font, and a lot of people interested in geting one, and so I have decided to create my own truetype font fitting that description. This font is based on t...
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I suppose you don't know what about we have discussed. We discussed about error(s) in XV 2.21 which shows images only as 8bit, and my suggestion above works perfectly with it. So far I have seen a colormap editing window in XV -- that is, there must be a colormap anyway. The problems you present are exist anyway, and...
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C A L L F O R V O T E ------------------------- This is the official Call For a Vote on the creation of 3 newsgroups for those engaged or interested in all areas relating to the PUBLISHING OF ANY SORT OF CDROM MATERIAL. Please repost this CFV to any newsgroup, listserver or reflector that you think might have a g...
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Shareware is available from the net, magazines, distributors, clubs, friends, and bulletin boards. I don't think people have any problems getting hold of it. Fill gaps in Dos? There's no need for many people - Dos 5 provides more services than I need as it is. I just run Windows on top of it. BTW, my Windows must b...
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I tried to send this as private mail, but mail to benj@ossa.hq.nasa.gov was rejected, so here it is: Here is an extract from the README file that comes with MacX: Users of remote commands with Sun machines may find that their remote commands appear to do nothing and there is no output from the Sun machine. Thi...
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The difference is that the 16550 got bugs while the 16550A can be used whithout problems even in fast serial communications. Other sources say that only the 16550AFN from Nat Semi (i.e. not: second sources) is really OK. Best wishes
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Hello *.*, I'm looking for a good explanation and example of the usefulness of the -S option for xterm: slave mode on file descriptor xxx. Sure, but xterm -Sp00 does not seem to grab what arrives on my window. Where is my misunderstan- ding ? TIA. Fred. ==============================================================...
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hello all- i have a problem with my micro solutions backpack- sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt. i will either start a backup, or start a tape format, and at about 20 percent i get an error either saying the tape is bad or the backup/format has aborted for an unknown reason. if i turn everything off and wait a...
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How about the GNU people, handing out very good, free software? I've also distributed two decent-sized programs myself, the Go player Fumiko (at ftp.u.washington.edu) and the Genetic Neural Network Programmer CEREBRUM (somewhere out there). I've only had time to write these programs because of scholarships and grant...
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As soon as I am logged into Linux, I type # xinit Setting TCP SO_LINGER : Protocol not available no SIOCGIFCONF XFree86 Version 1.2/X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) configured drivers: VGA256(256 colout SVGA): et4000, et 3000, PVGA1, gvga, ati, tvga8900c, tgva9000 (using ...
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Hi Xperts! How can I move the cursor with the keyboard (i.e. cursor keys), if no mouse is available? Any hints welcome. Thanks.
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The problem is that the process is inherently complicated ! The IJG's code is pretty good if you ask me, and I have watched it go through many many cycles of revision. Try getting a good book on the subject, that will explain the algorithms. Specifically "JPEG Still Image Compression Standard" by Pennebaker & Mitch...
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Our group is interested in using a 'pixmap' format for multi-colored icons/buttons etc that is easily converted to and from other format from 'resource' files. Using pbmplus we can easily move to/from Xpm to our other environments of MS-Windows and OS/2 PM :-(. We were wondering if Xpm or some other format is under con...
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Bristol Technology announces the availability of its HyperHelp(tm) and Xprinter(tm) demo for downloading. This demo showcases the two products in the form of a diagram editor called DE. Download the demo and see some of these exciting features for yourself: o Complete on-line context sensitive help system. o ...
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It seems silly, but while I've located things like tgif that can edit gif files, and various tools to convert to/from gif format, I haven't been able to locate a program that just opens a window and displays a gif file in it. I've looked thru various faq files, also to no avail. Is there one lurking about in some ...
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