Re: TI-H: Re: OS OT
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Re: TI-H: Re: OS OT
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Bernard
----- Original Message -----
???: "Robin Kirkman" <misty@drrobin.yi.org>
???: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
????: Thursday, April 27, 2000 19:02
??: Re: TI-H: Re: OS OT
>
> get yourself one of the single floppy disk sized linux distros ;)
> --robin
>
>
> Bernard wrote:
> >
> > i'd do all these things but the problem is my computer is a stand alone
no
> > connetion to any lines, and if i could get a phone line onto it still
> > wouldn't work cause everything is so messed up (the system) otherwise i
> > would go online and download BeOS and/or Linux and/or BSD right now also
we
> > have no zip drive so the only way i can get anything downloaded from the
> > internet to my computer is a 1.44 disk which limits my possibilities by
> > alot (that's why i'm going to buy linux next time i go out). but i'm
taking
> > as much input as possible from everyone for when i do get an upgrade (OS
or
> > hardware either way i need one). otherways i'd be more helping but i'll
> > still contribute as much as i know.
> > from our experence with Norton there've been a few problems (quite a
few) so
> > we just got rid of it formated the disks (when they were disks) for
reuse.
> > the disks were good, but we've stayed away from norton.
> > Bernard
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > ???: "Aaron Peterson" <happy_cobbler@bigfoot.com>
> > ???: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
> > ????: Thursday, April 27, 2000 16:36
> > ??: TI-H: OS OT
> >
> > >
> > > got Linux Mandrake 5 or 6... I feel like a dumb dumb trying to use
it.
> > It
> > > keeps on saying it can't change the lilo... and all I did was use a
gui
> > > floper to choose dos as the default thing to be loaded.
> > >
> > > I got win98 SE and all the tools. (msdn subscription)
> > > It is cool stuff.
> > >
> > > My computer has been VERY stable since I installed win98 (er... got
rid
> > of
> > > Norton)... even more so since win98SE... I get uptimes of 10-15 days.
> > then
> > > I reboot cause some prog didn't give its memory all back... and it is
a
> > > clean reboot... And I've been running sloppy emulators (Apple IIgs,
Atari
> > > 800) (VTI is not sloppy)
> > >
> > > When I run the linux... The configurer doesn't detect my cards
properly, I
> > > can't remember the capitalization of the file I want to edit... (I
love
> > the
> > > man's though)
> > >
> > > I can get my modem to dial... but I can't connect to my ISP with it.
I
> > have
> > > searched for the info... no can find. (external USrobotics Courier)
> > >
> > >
> > > But I do have to say that my moms computer crashes a lot... She still
has
> > > Norton installed. (and its got the funky power saving features)
> > >
> > > I am downloading BeOs as we speek. I am going to install the IIgs
> > emulators
> > > on it... (and if I can ever figure out how to) and on my Linux.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
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