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[Will Hatch <fhkms AT adelphia.net>]

Hi Sindi,

Can I use the internet off of a cable modem?  We currently have a 
peer-to-peer network setup with router and hub.  When I look at the pppsetup 
utility, it seems that its set up for dialup.  -Will
> 
> From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
> Date: 2004/06/23 Wed AM 10:00:18 EDT
> To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: Re: [BL] word processing
> 
> On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Will Hatch wrote:
> 
> > I guess I have to download abiword to another computer, burn it to a cd,
> > and then try to install it to my BL3 machine from the cd.  Or, I could
> > try to hitch my BL3 machine up to the internet and download it directly
> > (no clue how to do this).
> 
> Does your BL3 machine have an internal modem?  If not, do you have an 
> external modem that you can plug into a serial port?  BL3 comes with 
> internet software which is easy to set up and use.  Run pppsetup and ask 
> if you have questions.
> 
> If you don't have a modem that you can use in that machine, you can use 
> various transfer cables (serial - nullmodem cable, parallel, or network).
> 
> If you don't have cables, you can remove the hard drive from the machine 
> with the modem (assuming you can't simply move the modem from it, for 
> instance if it is a winmodem) and install it in the BL3 computer making 
> the first drive master and the second slave (with jumpers) and copy files 
> that way (between DOS partitions) using the DOS copy command.  Or use a 
> third small drive as a go-between, set to slave.  In most new drives 
> master and single are now set the same - the drive will probably be 
> labelled as to how to set jumpers.  
> 
> > 
> > Steven, you mentioned that making a server and adding thin clients to it
> > is a good way to use old pcs.  I'm actually beefing up the memory on our
> > best computer to be a server.  I have the K12LTSP (based on Fedora Core
> > 1), and I'm going to attempt to make a server/thin client network.  
> > Experimenting with BL3 I figure is good practice, but I like it enough
> > that I want to keep playing with it.  Again, adding a word-compatible
> > word processor and internet browsing are the only features my students
> > need.  Thanks for all the help! -Will
> 
> > > 
> > > From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
> > > Date: 2004/06/22 Tue PM 04:12:15 EDT
> > > To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
> > > Subject: Re: [BL] word processing
> > > 
> > > Will Hatch wrote:
> > > >
> > > > how do I install abiword?  
> > > 
> > > abiword.tgz is a package.  In BL1 and BL3 packages are
> > > installed with the pkg command:
> > > ---------------
> > > pkg abiword.tgz
> > > ---------------
> > > In BL2 (which uses the Slackware pkgtool), packages are
> > > installed with the installpkg command:
> > > ----------------------
> > > installpkg abiword.tgz
> > > ----------------------
> > > 
> > > > I downloaded the file.  do I have to use rawrite 
> > > > to write it to a floppy?  
> > > 
> > > abiword.tgz is 7mb in size.  Fitting it on a floppy 
> > > will not be easy.  :-)
> > > 
> > > BTW, abiword.tgz doubles in size when it is installed.
> > > It won't fit in the default fs.img for BL3.  
> > > 
> > > Cheers,
> > > Steven
> > > 
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