This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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#2113-Writing C Humphery
Message #2158
You can also reach Charlie by phone at Ziff Davis. 212 503 3500.
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Quotes From G. Morrow
Message #2144
Because we live in an age that knows not the wisdom of George Morrow I thought it might be nice and informative to put a weekly quote on line from the Red Book entitled "QUOTATIONS FROM CHAIRMAN MORROW" So here is the first: "The Formula for a successful software product…
CHEAP unix/Motif!
Message #2142
hello again… I just saw an ad in DDJ, #186 Mar 1992, p 15; Consensys (800-387-8951) is selling a complete SVR4 X11r5 developers' kit for $495 (on tape; $575 on floppies)! From the ad, it appears to be nearly identical to MST, except the later X11 release. It looks to…
#1990-Bit the bullet
Message #2139
Howdy! MST Unix works– I've taken RISC/6000 tar files on floppies, uncompressed them, tarred, compiled, and run them under X11/Moti f (pardon the screen screw-up); my favorite is xroach, which makes squishable cockroaches that run around and hide under your windows. The down side of MST Unix: no printed manuals!…
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#2113-Writing C Humphery
Message #2117
Charles hasn't joined us here online. If you don't mind writing publically, you can post a message in Section 2, Feedback/Letters, and it will be treated like a letter to the editor and forwarded along. If you want a bit more privacy, you'll have to resort to U.S. Mail (I…
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#Writing C Humphery
Message #2113
Does anyone know where I can contact Charles Humphrey? He wrote the article "The second battle to take Atlanta" on page 112, of the Febuary Computer Shopper. I can't find him listed in the directory. Thanks, Rick Lingelbach
#2048-Mouse Trouble!
Message #2067
I am happy the good Doctor got around to it. I was going to propose it to you, then I said Nah! Its not enough for an article.. I suppose thats why he is syndicated. He though of padding it out with the theory! I always thought it was magic!
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#2039-Mouse Trouble!
Message #2051
That could be the first documented case of a cat using hairballs to kill a mouse (Yuck). Ed
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#2027-#Mouse Trouble!
Message #2048
Stan, Check out the April issue (when it appears). In the Tech Section we have a Mouse maintenance and theory of operation article by John Heilborn…. Rich S.
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#2038-#Mouse Trouble!
Message #2039
If you cover Samantha with a fine layer of epoxy, you won't have that nasty shedding problem any more. Aren't cats supposed to be mouse killers though? She's only doing her job. — T.
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#2035-#Mouse Trouble!
Message #2038
There is a female member of my family with long golden hair named Samantha and her greatest delight is walking across my keyboard or just sitting next to me when I work. She doesn't take much room but she insists on cleaning herself while I work. A lot of the…
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#2027-#Mouse Trouble!
Message #2035
Stan, you've gotta quit shedding near your computer! — T.
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#Mouse Trouble!
Message #2027
The other night while sitting at my computer and working away I found my self slowing down to a snail's pace and I couldnt figure out why! Suddenly it dawned on me. It was my mouse! The lttle rodent was becoming slugish and failing to point where I was directing…
#1987-#Bit the bullet
Message #1990
Well good luck with your new OS. Do let me know how MST turns out for you. Steven [Shopper]
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#Bit the bullet
Message #1987
Actually, it turned out to be $700 for complete system! I've corresponded via e-mail with someone who's using it, and seemed pretty happy, so I bit the bullet and put it on plastic. I'll set up MST Unix in about two weeks; I'll let you know how it works out!…
#1978-Cheap Unix for 486 ?
Message #1983
"Micro Station Technology" I'm afraid that I don't know a thing about them. The price sounds reasonable though. You might want to give them a call and see exactly what comes in their package and who did the porting. Other things to check on are: distribution format (if the only…
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#Cheap Unix for 486 ?
Message #1978
Hello again! I contacted Marc Snitily via E-mail, and he suggested (NOT recommended) I try a company called Micro Station Technology, in Cupertino. They sell a complete SVR4 system, with X11 development and Motif, for $1200…with Tom Roell's Xserver. I've found one satisfied customer, but I'm curious if you know…
#1950-Need advice on monitors
Message #1951
Given that mix I think money is better spent on an accelerator. SteveB
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#1949-#Need advice on monitors
Message #1950
Thanks for the advice on monitors! My intended use for the IIsi is about 50% in-house application development with Pascal and C (the end-product of which requires some color graphics, but nothing real fancy), about 30% HyperCard stack development, and the remainder split between word processing, spreadsheets, and of course,…
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#1945-#Need advice on monitors
Message #1949
Take a look at NEC's new 3FG. It should be 50 to 100 cheaper than the Apple and I like it a lot better. Sharper and brighter. No one really knows if monitor radiation is dangerous, thus no one knows if monitors are truly safe. Given that every bit of…
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#Need advice on monitors
Message #1945
Hi, was wondering if anyone out there could give me some advice on purchasing a 13 or 14 inch color monitor for my Mac IIsi? I was just about ready to drop $650 – $700 on the Apple 13" monitor, but thought I'd snoop around to see if there were…
#1882-Don Lancaster
Message #1905
Yuri- Thanks for your kind words. Iam putting it all together into a book As for your Guru, Don Lancaster, address a message to Rich Santelesa and he can tell you when Don will appear again. As to the cost of subscriptions north of the border,you will have to address…
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#Don Lancaster
Message #1882
It's an honour to be "talking" to an esteemed member of Computing history… I've been wondering what has happened to my GURU for quite a while… By all means, let's have Don back!!!! Computer Shopper is a great magazine as it is, but it was even better with D.L… By…
#1799-Unix 486 woes
Message #1806
Thanks for your time. I may try the BSD386 system (described in DDJ), but I'm told the production version won't come out until June. It will be about $1000. for everything, but it looks like I'll have to get a tape drive 1st (another $300.). I've decided to keep my…
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#1798-#Unix 486 woes
Message #1799
OK, none of these alternatives are cheap. The best approach might be to try to make your code as portable as possible. Again, X is just a windowing system. From the sounds of it, there's no real need to make your application a true X or OpenWindows application. If you…
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#1794-#Unix 486 woes
Message #1798
I'm sorry that the company gave you so much trouble. When people ask me why if Unix is so great why doesn't everyone use it, my answer is that the people who make Unix products are often clueless when it comes on how to market and/or support their products. If…
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#1763-COMPUTER SHOPPER
Message #1795
Glad to see the file has finally made it here. Now can you people get str aight WHICH library this thing is filed in? The book says library 7, you say in your note to me library 16, however I find that library 7 is not the tech tips forum–and…
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#Unix 486 woes
Message #1794
I called Snitily's (sp?) r.e. getting gcc and X11 binaries to run on top of a "minimal" SCO or Interactive system. I was a little disappointed by the response, which may just show my naivite about Unix. They told me that I would probably have to get the developers' system…
#1761-#COMPUTER SHOPPER
Message #1763
Hi, Alex … Owl Screen Lock hasn't made it to this forum yet. Since the column was written, the program author made some upgrades, and the filename is now OSLV.EXE and can be found in Lib 16 (Gen Utils) of the Utilities/Tips Forum (GO UTILFORUM). Not having the file available…
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#COMPUTER SHOPPER
Message #1761
Where is the program Owl Screen Lock (OSL) that is supposed to be "in the Tech Tips library [Library 7] of ZiffNet's Computer Shopper forum"? I've spent my time and money to enter this forum, but when I enter the file name, OSLV20.ZIP, I'm told that the file doesn't exist.…
#1745-Unix/X11r5 on 486's
Message #1749
For what you're trying to do, you don't need to worry about my struggles with X11R5 source code. I'm fighting with the raw code and patches as an exercise of my C abilities. In your case, what you need is the runtime executables from Snitily Graphics Consulting Services. Snitily's can…
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#Unix/X11r5 on 486's
Message #1745
I would like to set up a (moderately) inexpensive Unix/X11r5 system on my 486/33. My plan is to get a basic Unix 386 file system from SCO or Interactive, then buy pre-compiled binaries for gcc and Xwindows from Austin Code works. I have no idea if this will work as…
Left-handed screw
Message #1600
Again this month I went to the mountain to receive the saged meditations of Shopper. And again I screwed my courage to the sticking place, and vowed severe studiousness. And yet again I was betrayed, stabbed in the back. The expected article by Arlan Levitan in Trends & Technology I…