APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Tue May 7 11:28:21 2002

I wasn't aware of that ... the one's I fiddled with all had Celerons.

The guys who have 'em are still smiling.

more below ...

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc" <doc_at_mdrconsult.com>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor


> On Tue, 7 May 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> > I just started the procedure a few mintues ago and it does, indeed require
you
> > tell it to partition your drive, but now that it's on its way, its
automatic,
> > i.e. it should do the rest by itself, using all the default settings. (I
> > think ... If I'm wrong, I'll know pretty soon, since its only formatting a
> > small drive).
>
> Not my experience at all. How do you get past the clockset, type of
> install, and all that?
>
> > Well, it does require one tell it not to name the partition when it's done
> > formatting. I guess the last one (I don't have to do this often) must
have
> > been formatted already. In that case, at a friend's house, I started the
> > process from the CD and then helped him change a tire. When we were done
so
> > was the computer, IIRC. That was on one of those $239 666 MHz eTowers
that
> > were spammed to the list. I was involved with several of them. They were
an
> > excellent buy for $239, with a DVD, 256 MB, 20GB HDD, modem, sound, video,
all
> > built in. The install went slicker'n snot on a doorknob.
>
> I've repaired a bunch of those boxes. All that hardware and a 90W
> PSU.... Plus, the 350-500MHz were K6-2 processors, installed with a
> very cheap heatsink & fan, and no thermal goo whatsoever. Can you say
> random crash?
>
> > Last time I went through the Linux cycle, I did it with RedHat v4, "Open
> > Linux," Linux Pro, and Slackware. All those had been sent to me gratis,
and I
> > tried 'em all, but was pretty focused on getting the MARS NWE to work,
which
> > it didn't, so I punted 'em all after failing to make sense of the
documents
> > and running in to several self-contradictions.
> >
> > Maybe it's time to take another look.
>
> Yup. Comparing RedHat v7.2 to RedHat v4.2 (first RH I tried) is like
> comparing Windows 2000 to NT v3.1. You _will_ probably have to do some
> research if you want to run Novell services. If you are just a client,
> it'll be pretty easy.
>
That's where my previous ventures into the Linux world fell apart, because the
documentation and the behavior/messages I saw from the software didn't even
remotely align. The need for Netware compatibility arises from the DOS
applications I use every day. They won't run with a driver the size of what
most network shells compatible with SMB or NFS, etc, require. They will,
barely, run with the Netware shell. That's a deal-breaker, though, since
networking that won't allow the DOS app's I use to work on the LAN is quite
useless to me.
>
The earliest I used was NT3.51.
>
> > How would a Mac do at running Linux or the like?
>
> Well, the SE/30 is running Apple's original Unix - A/UX.
> My LC 475 runs mklinux (slowly), my 4400/200 (aka Starmax) is pretty
> snappy in Yellowdog Linux. My newer 8500 is fixing to get Xed - Mac OS
> X is unix-based.
>
> Doc
>
>
Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 11:28:21 BST