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  • From: Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: Re: [BL] word processing
  • Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 13:32:59 -0400 (EDT)

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Will Hatch wrote:

> 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

There is a free ISP (free for the first 10 hours/month and I think you
need to sign up with a credit card) that a neighbor told me about,
something like www.accessforfree.com. You could use that with the BL ppp
setup and a plain hardware modem (not a winmodem). Maybe someone else on
the list knows how to set up linux to work via a hub. There have been
several discussions on networking that you can look up in the archives
(search on ethernet or network).

> >
> > 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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