---------------------------------- mailto://jpolt@bradnet.demon.co.uk --- * Origin: (2:250/313) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: D3C00002 Date: 03/04/96 From: JOHN POLTORAK Time: 09:31am \/To: JACK STEIN (Read 7 times) Subj: cheaper systems Friday March 01 1996, Jack Stein writes to Yousuf Khan: JS> We've been running 10,000 users on our net, all with monochrome Unix JS> terminals, and just recently installed around 1000 PC's and the users have JS> been BITCHING up a storm, over the normal crashes, (our Unixes boxes JS> virtually NEVER crash) but surprisingly, they don't really like the lor JS> An inflexable, undependable, non-robust system is not simple to one JS> needing to keep a large network clicking. YK>> Whatever client/server solution you come up with nowadays JS> My secretary would beg to differ with you on that. She's been begging e JS> to give her her monochrome Unix terminal back, but I can't, unless I ive JS> her mine, which is not about to happen. You can always use a PC as a Unix terminal, either through a terminal emulation program or via Telnet. Whenever I am running Unix, I much preferring having a Telnet session in a text mode window on my OS/2 desktop rather than using the Unix terminal. It gives me the option of being able to cut and paste for one thing, and I can also have multiple Telnet sessions active concurrently so can be doing several things on Unix at the same time, as well as any OS/2 things. It's really an excellent way of using Unix. John ---------------------------------- mailto://jpolt@bradnet.demon.co.uk --- * Origin: (2:250/313) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: D3C00003 Date: 03/06/96 From: DARRELL BOWMAN Time: 02:52pm \/To: LAWRENCE GARVIN (Read 7 times) Subj: ISP Software //Just before the photon torpedoes from the Excalibur destroyed //his ship, Lawrence Garvin bellowed about Feed Change: LG>Although there are better ways to 'check the feed'. :) DB> Oh? There is? for us mere mortals??? :-) LG>Any on-topic message would have accomplished the same purpose. :) Well, I guess so, but I didn't want to have to put a lot of thought into a message. That's what happens when you're used to not seeing replies to your mail for about two months!... Any how,.... here's a question. We have a RISC/6000 at work running AIX, also just put in a P5-133 running SCO OS Ver.5.0. We have a 56K lease line to the state network and that gets me out to the Internet. Since that's the case, I was wondering, what kind of software would one need on one of those two Unix boxes, to give our employees dial up service to the Internet? I'm thinking about setting it up kind of like local service providers do, but only for our employees. What would do the trick? Excalibur Darrell Bowman Fidonet 1:3666/113 Internet bowmandl@smoky.dhr.state.nc.us darrell.bowman@f113.n3666.z1.fidonet.org * 1st 2.00 #6680 * I am Clinton of Borg: Hillary says resistance is futile. --- Renegade v10-05 Exp * Origin: Cer'rin BBS - Hickory NC - (704)328-2217 (1:3666/113) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: D3C00004 Date: 03/05/96 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 07:22pm \/To: JONATHAN NASH (Read 7 times) Subj: file space Jonathan Nash said in a message to All: JN> Is there a unix command to tell you how much space all the files in JN> a directory and all of its subdirectories take up ? I dont think ls JN> can do this ... thanks.... The 'du' command will tell you block usage by directory. The 'quot' command will tell you block usage by file owner. lawrence@garvin.hd.co.harris.tx.us --- * Origin: The Enchanted Forest | Houston, Texas (1:106/6018) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: D3C00005 Date: 03/07/96 From: ALLEN WITTENAUER Time: 12:1 am \/To: NEETI RAY (Read 7 times) Subj: Re: Linux anyone? In a message dated 05 Mar 96 11:17:00, Neeti Ray wrote: NR> *Is* there such a thing as a beginner's Unix? If you take Yousuf's theories on what an OS is, then the answer would be emacs. *ducks* --- DLG Pro v1.7/PDQMail v2.60 * Origin: Mental Vortex / Tucson, AZ / (1:300/311) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: D3C00006 Date: 03/06/96 From: TIM JONES Time: 11:56pm \/To: TERRY GOODE (Read 7 times) Subj: BOOT SERVER? Hello Terry! Replying to a message of Terry Goode to All: TG> can any one shed some light on setting my lx up as a boot server ,i TG> wish to set it up so i can makesetting up new machines easire and TG> faster that from cd. thanks,terry g. If you are running Solaris 2.X then maybe you want to configure it to be a Jumpstart server. Later, Tim! tjones@ccsi.com --- FleetStreet 1.12 NR * Origin: Trial Run - Austin, Tx - [512-280-6578] (1:382/107) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: D3E00000 Date: 03/08/96 From: MATT CRAWFORD Time: 12:25pm \/To: ALL (Read 7 times) Subj: ISP Could anyone tell me or tell me where I can get some information on the type of software and hardware for running an ISP? --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Cumberland BBS -TN- V34 (1:3637/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: D3G00000 Date: 03/10/96 From: DARRELL BOWMAN Time: 05:53pm \/To: STEVE ROY (Read 7 times) Subj: file space //Just before the photon torpedoes from the Excalibur destroyed //his ship, Steve Roy bellowed about file space: SR> sroy@jumppoint.com <-- (belly button account) Errr.. would you care to elaborate on this?? :-) Excalibur Darrell Bowman Fidonet 1:3666/113 Internet bowmandl@smoky.dhr.state.nc.us darrell.bowman@f113.n3666.z1.fidonet.org * 1st 2.00 #6680 * Misery no longer loves company; nowadays it insists on it --- Renegade v10-05 Exp * Origin: Cer'rin BBS - Hickory NC - (704)328-2217 (1:3666/113) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: D3G00001 Date: 03/11/96 From: BLAINE GREENWOOD Time: 06:50am \/To: ALL (Read 7 times) Subj: Multimedia programming Interested in finding out about good programs and / or courses to take for putting together multimedia packages for learning (ie, smaller versions of Encyclopedia on disk)..... anyone out there with information who can pass it on would definitely get my vote of appreciation..... thanks for the help. --- GEcho/32 1.20/Pro * Origin: The TERMINAL BBS (403)327-9731 Lethbridge,AB,Canada (1:358/1)