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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

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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