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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

> > So it might be the phoneline?  Sometimes downloads go as fast as 5K/sec
> > and my connection speed is 50 kbits/sec.
> > I have problems at three phone numbers too.
> > Old phone lines.
>
> http://www.hayesmicro.com/Products/accura-prod-v92.htm

We have the same problems with all of our 56K modems, internal and 
external.  Why is upload speed only about 1.6-1.7K but download can be 5K?

> do yourself a big favor and buy the external.....
>
> then goto radioshack and buy an RS232 serial port tester and put it
> between the modem and its cable.... (to add a CS indicator)...
>
> when the buffer in the modem gets full it tells the comp to stop
> sending data (CS) and this.. combined with the unbalanced speed of 56k
> (or even some 33.6k) modems can make for a rather unstable
> connection....
>
> install curl and use its software bandwidth throttle to slow the
> upload to 2k/s ... wont be as fast but will be stable...

It can't be any slower than the 1.6-1.7K upload I am getting now.
Somehow it uses up all the bandwidth so I can't do any browsing at the 
same time at reasonable speed.

I looked at the description and curl works with HTTP FTP TELNET but I am 
trying to mail things with SMTP.  Would FTP upload go faster?

> in case you are wondering where curl came from i had to
> compile/install it before ogg123 would compile/install so a link to it
> should be somewhere on xiphophorus'  website... it has some rather
> interesting uses...
>
> >

> > Loadlin is easier.  Can lilo let you boot into DOS?
>
> yep... and windows NT....

I will learn how some day if I ever need to access with Win98 partition 
that I made inactive.

> > > one computer for linux (only linux)
> > > one computer for the 'doze (and only the 'doze)
> > > and a third for DOS (and only dos)
> >
> > Where do you find the space?  Why not put three drives on one computer?
>
> the server has  2 hdds and one cdrom... the wintendo 3 hdds 2 cdroms
> and an IDE LS120 drive... (using the ide controller on the
> soundblaster AWE for the extra stuff) .. the 'main' linux box has 2 cd
> drives one a burner... (and 2 hdds of course) .. i dont partition
> harddrives... if i want a new drive letter or /dev/ entry i add a
> drive...  swap is not on the server (103mb ram).... tho it is turned
> on -  on the main linux box it can be turned off with no noticable
> change.... and it only has 128mb of ram ;) .. windoze is so bloated
> that i had to add an extra drive for swap just to get it to boot (no
> extras... just windows...) and it has 160mb of ram...  the dos box has
> 2 hdds one cdrom and 48mb of ram...


Since you advocate spending money (on new cameras, film, developing, etc.) 
why not buy yourself and put in two new large drives with 4 partitions on 
each, and one DVD drive that also burns CDs, and one LSI drive?  Use lilo 
to boot to DOS, Win, or linux.  Put all the RAM that will fit into this 
one computer (buy 1G).  Use a swap file instead of partition for Windows.
Run a linux that takes up 50GB.

> where do i keep them? all on the same desk...  all but the dos box
> that is... i set it up on occasions when i want to play tunes in adlib
> tracker or run old demos like hplus+  (www.pouet.net)
Adlib won't work under dosemu?


> if you are curious how i stuck 3 computers a dvd player and stereo on
> the same desk ask... ill send pics... (no.. the desk was not modified
> and no... nothing is sitting on the floor)

Post the URL.  I once posted my dual-head 9" VGA and 12" TTL setup with 
both monitors sitting on top of the computer (having just compiled PhotoPC 
for linux to download the photo with).


> ive seen all of one scsi scanner in my entire life... i have scsi
> drives but they are too small to use and are currently stuck in
> macintosh systems that are in storage... i dont have a ISA/PCI card
> for them....
ebay has them.
That would let you add even more hard drives to your computers for swap 
partitions.

> > > bochs works good too.....
> > >
> > > http://bochs.sourceforge.net
> >
> > Some day I will try it.
>
> http://mephitus.renamon.org/bochs_qb.png

Why the URL for a png?  I found bochs.sourceforge.net.  Mandriva bought it 
and made it open source.  Some of the links there are broken.

Does it support upper ascii characters in CLI mode?  Can you type, for 
instance, Alt plus a number between 128 and 255 and get an upper ascii 
character to display?

I would also like Ctrl key combinations to work properly.

They are working on USB device support now.

How hard was it to compile?


> DOS 6.22 and qbasic 1.1 running in bochs... (system only online
> between 10pm and 10am CST...)
Your own server.

> btw, i compiled bochs... didnt come on cd.... quite a lot of what ive
> added has been compiled... for those of you out there who dont think i
> know how... (read it somewhere in one of the messages in this thread)

Could you find space on some drive to install BL3 and compile Bochs for 
it?  Enlarge the 20MB fs.img in loop BL3 and add compiler.

> > > > I tried VDE, which works well in DOS but under DOSEMU does not support
> > > > upper ASCII, and some of the Ctrl-key combinations don't work - Ctrl plus
> > > > arrow key for moving one word at a time, Find, End of File.

I would really appreciate if you would download VDE and try it out under 
Bochs.  F1 for a menu, try the Find (Ctrl-Q?) and Ctrl arrow combinations.

VDE is not working in CLI mode with vesafb even with switch -V.  I see 
only the cursor (and I can exit the program and see what I type again).
Check this out too if you have a framebuffer kernel and card (VESA 2.0).

It works with xdosemu under X but at full screen the font looks awful.

What I really want is for WP51/DOS to work under it.  (Which still does 
not fix the lack of bold and reverse video on TTL in linux).

> > I also use 84-key keyboards with accessible F keys.  I was able to
> > customize the CLI and X keyboards.
>
> i prefer 102 key keyboards (no windoze keys but a 'normal' layout)

I lose my place on the keyboard hitting F keys (needed in WP51/DOS).


(Just had a 20 sec freezeup - would curl fix this somehow?)


> > I prefer not to heat with computers, or listen to them all the time.

You did not address this problem.  Do you live in a climate where you need 
heat all summer, and generate your own electricity from hydropower 
installations?  I like the 14 sec BL boot, so I can keep my computers off 
when not in use.

> when im awake i cant hear the fans or hdds over the stereo (if im
> awake... its playing...)

> > > dont have to worry about that new NIC i install not being supported...
My NICs are all rather old.  I thought you said yours was too.


> > One linux (Mandrake?) we tried to install on our newest computer refused
> > because it did not like our video.  Slackware is better than most.
> > BL has worked on every video card, Xvesa on all but one (needed X with a
> > special set of modelines) and it is unstable on my ET6000 cards.
>
> used the standard install?
I don't understand your question, please expand.
xf86config for X.

> > > and it also means i dont have to spend hours downloading 'extras' like
> > > the GNU GCC over a 5k/s connection since its already on a CD...
> > So buy some CDs and use them to add packages to BL.
>
> lol... why would i want to buy CDs to add to BL... would be better to
> install what was on the CD...
If you have a large hard drive and don't mind it being stuffed full of 
things you never use.


> > They are smaller and therefore work less than 100% of the time.  You don't
> > need to replace them unless they don't work for you.  I replaced them.
>
> i installed working ones the first time around... (has my point been made?)

Your point is that you like to have your drive full of things that you 
don't usually use, or never use.   I don't.

> > Do you also buy 100 piece toolkits instead of just the tools you need?
>
> when it comes to software? yes... and then i use the 10 or so peices i
> need and save the rest (on the CD) for possible future use...

I save it all on the CD too, and only install replacements for busybox 
programs that don't do what I want them to do.

> > Sindi