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

Steven, if it turns out that SW4.0 X_SVGA and X_S3 server do not work 
properly for you on any TrioXX card with BL3 and Opera, could you compile 
X_S3 from the SW71 or later source code, to work with libc5/BL3?  BL2 
X_SVGA was hopeless with my S3 card (barcode instead of text).  S3 is a 
very common video card.

SW71 X_S3 worked in BL2.

Today we finished setting up the Gateway with Trident, Xvesa, and BL3 and 
Opera, and an external Supra modem.  New out of the box, had to use a 25 
to 9 pin adaptor to the serial port which did not give a very good 
connection and the power supply fell apart while I was unplugging it.

I showed our friend how to use Win98 with Opera, and BL3 with the same 
Opera, also links graphical, links nongraphical, and lynx.  She uses 
hotmail and it only worked with Opera.  I showed her 'wp' and 'sc' and 
offered Abiword but not interested. No need to view images.  Don't want a 
digital camera.  No games.  This is typical, people only want to do email 
at home.

She chose BL3 with Opera.  It boots much faster and does not crash.
I made 'x' and 'h' for startx and hangup.  She has diabetic carpal tunnel 
syndrome and linux was easier on her wrists than Windows.

Linux was running on a much slower 170MB drive (set as slave) and Win98 on 
the 700MB faster drive but linux still won.

We removed the external modem and put in a USR 28.8K.

Her partner will use the Windows part for spreadsheets (unless he wants to 
learn sc) and wordprocessing (or I can show them how to copy an .rtf file 
to Windows for later printing, or install gs and hope they don't have a 
Windows-only printer).  She is not interested in sound but I put in an 
SB16.

Sindi