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<H4>"Linux Gazette...<I>making Linux just a little more fun!</I>"</H4>
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<H3>Contents:</H3>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_bytes16.html#general">News in General</a>
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<li><a HREF="./lg_bytes16.html#software">Software Announcements</a>
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<center><H3> News in General </H3></center>
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Hardware Forums in Dallas, Texas
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<p> Readers in the Dallas, Texas area may be interested in two forums for
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purchasing hardware that may not exist in other areas. The first is the
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North Texas PC Users Group meeting. This monthly meeting is held at the
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Infomart in Dallas (I-35E at Oak Lawn). The meeting is held on one
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Saturday a month and opens at 8:00 AM. A number of reputable local
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vendors show up to sell hardware and software. (In fact, a few months
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ago the vendor area was moved from the basement to a larger room because
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they were running out of space.) Prices at the NTPCUG meeting are
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generally cheaper than these vendors have in their own stores, and these
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vendors offer warranties and support as well. Call NTPCUG at ? to find
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out when the next meeting is. And stop by the local Linux User's Group
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booth and say hi, or ask them to load Linux on your newly purchased
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machine for free.
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<p> The other venue is truly unique. The First Saturday Sale is a monthly
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flea market held (surprise) on the first Saturday of every month. It is
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held outdoors under the Ross Street bridge. Take the Pearl Ave. exit to
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get there. Hang a left on Ross and follow the crowd. Selling officially
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starts at 6:00 AM, but feel free to show up earlier.
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Again, many of the vendors own local storefronts and offer
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the same service and warranty their storefront customers receive.
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<p> While these markets may not be the best place for a beginner to shop, a
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knowledgeable buyer can walk away from either of these markets with a
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crate of new gear at significant discounts.
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-Matthew Mucker
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<p> Bedford, Texas
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COMDEX/Spring '97
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<center> Come For</center>
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<center> the Linux Pavilion at COMDEX/Spring '97</center>
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<p>Linux International (LI) will be hosting a Linux Pavilion at
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COMDEX/Spring '97, which runs from June 2 - 5 in Atlanta, GA.
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<p>On June 7 & 8, the weekend following COMDEX/Spring '97, LI and
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the Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts (ALE), in cooperation with COMDEX,
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will be hosting the Atlanta Linux Showcase.
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The Atlanta Linux Showcase will feature vendors of Linux
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hardware, software, and services as well as conference sessions
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on various Linux topics.
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Attendees of COMDEX will be admitted to the showcase floor for
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free, and pre-registrants to the Atlanta Linux Showcase will
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receive free passes to the COMDEX trade show floor.
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<p>Some of the vendors on the showcase floor are:
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<li>Red Hat Software, Inc.
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<li>Caldera, Inc.
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<li>Linux Journal (Specialized Systems Consultants, Inc.)
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<li>Linux Hardware Solutions
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<li>Digital Equipment Corporation
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<p>The Atlanta Linux Showcase will be held at the Inforum in
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downtown Atlanta, GA, just a few blocks away from the Georgia
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World Congress Center, site of COMDEX/Spring '97. The show floor
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will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 7, and from
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9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 8. The conference sessions will
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run concurrently.
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<p>The Inforum is located at 250 Williams St., Atlanta, GA.
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<p>More information on the Atlanta Linux Showcase can be found
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at
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<a href="http://www.ale.org/showcase"> http:www.ale.org/showcase</a>
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<p>More informaiton on COMDEX/Spring '97 can be found at
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<a href="http://www.comdex.com/comdex/owa/event_home?v_event_id=26">
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http://www.comdex.com/comdex/owa/event_home?v_event?id=26 </A>
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Announcing IT Horizon '97 Symposiom
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<p>The Fisher Center for Information Technology and Management, Walter A.
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Hass School of Business , UC Berkley announces:
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<center>IT Horizon '97 Symposiom, Workshop and Solutions Showcase</center>
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<center>"From the NC to the Networked Enterprise:</center>
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<center>Thin Clients, Robust Servers, Universal Access"</center>
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<center>June 9-11</center>
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<center>Red Lion Hotel, San Jose, CA</center>
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Send you submission(s) by April 4, 1997 to Deborah Murray,
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Director-Professional Training, UniForum Association, 2901 Tasman Drive,
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Suite 205, Santa Clara, CA 95054 -OR- E-mail to <a
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href="mailto:dmurray@uniforum.org"> dmurray@uniforum.org</a>
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Linus News
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<p>Linus Torvalds
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received Uniforum's "Lifetime Achievement Award" for his work on Linux.
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<p>Linus (as always) pointed out that he would accept the award, but that it
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really belonged to the entire Linux development community.
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<p>The award, which has been presented annually since 1983, recognizes individuals
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or groups whose work has significantly advanced the cause of open systems over
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time, or has had an immediate and positive impact on the industry with long
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term ramifications.
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<p>To give the idea of others who have received it, James Gosling also accepted
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an award at this meeting for his work on Java. Linus was in good company.
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<p>You can see pictures of him receiving the award at:
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<p><a href="http://daily.comdex.com/events/uf97/photos3.htm">
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http://daily.comdex.com/events/uf97/photos3.htm</a>
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HOWTO Update
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<p>A major update of the Linux Commercial HOWTO, a listing of commercial
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software products for Linux, has been published. The new release
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includes new categories, descriptions of more software packages than
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ever and updates of existing entries.
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<p>The listing can be obtained from its primary site at
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<a href="http://www.cyrius.com/tbm/Commercial-HOWTO">
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http://www.cyrius.com/tbm/Commercial-HOWTO</a> and from LDP mirrors
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all around the world.
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<center><H3> Software Announcements </H3></center>
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Announcing Decision PCCOM8
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<p>Announcing the availability of a Linux driver for the
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Decision PCCOM8 multiport serial card.
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<p>Signum Support, a company specialising in free software support and
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Linux, was approached by MYDATA Automation AB, a Swedish robotics
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company, to write a Linux device driver for the Decision PCCOM8
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multi-port serial card. The driver and was written by Christer
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Weinigel (wingel@signum.se) and Mikael Cardell (mc@signum.se).
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Any questions regarding this driver can be sent to <a href="mailto:pccom8@signum.se">
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pccom8@signum.se</a>
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Announcing the Shuttle Connection (EPST)
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<p>Signum Support, a company specialising in free software support and
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Linux, was approached by MYDATA Automation AB, a Swedish robotics
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company, to write a Linux device driver for a parallel port SCSI
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interface. This driver for the Shuttle Connection was written by
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Christer Weinigel<a href="mailto:wingel@signum.se">wingel@signum.se</a> at Signum Support.
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<p>This driver can be found as <a href="ftp://ftp.signum.se/pub/epst/epst-0.9.diff">ftp://ftp.signum.se/pub/epst/epst-0.9.diff</a>
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<p>The diff was made against a version 2.0.29 kernel. This driver (probably)
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still contains bugs and should be considered as ALPHA software.
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<p>Please note that there exists two incompatible devices, both which are
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called `Shuttle Connection'. To find out what model you have, take a
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look at the sticker on the back of the device, you ought to see either
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`EPSA' or `EPST' written on it.
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<p>This driver is works with the EPST model; if you own an EPSA model,
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take a look at <a href="http://www.torque.net/epsa.html">
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http://www.torque.net/epsa.html</a> where you'll find a
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device driver for that device.
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<p>Any questions regarding this driver can be sent to
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<a href="mailto:epst@signum.se"> epst@signum.se </a>
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New Release of mtools
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<p>Announcing a new release of mtools, a collection of
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utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without mounting them.
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<p>Mtools-3.3 fixes a typo in mdel, which made it command unusuable.
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<p>Mtools supports Win'95 style long file names, OS/2 Xdf disks and 2m
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disks (store up to 1992k on a high density 3 1/2 disk). The most
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notable new feature (over 3.1) is FAT 32 support. There is also
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mpartition, a simple partitioning programing to setup Zip and Jaz
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media on non-PC machines (SunOs, Solaris and HP/UX).
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<p>Mtools can currently be found at the following places:
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<li><a href="http://linux.wauug.org/pub/knaff/mtools">
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http://linux.wauug.org/pub/knaff/mtools</a>
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<li><a href="http://www.club.innet.lu/~year3160/mtools">
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http://www.club.innet.lu/~year.mtools</a>
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</ul>
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<p>and soon at:
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<li><a href="ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/mtools-3.3.src.tar.gz">
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ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/mtools-3.3.src.tar.gz</a>
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<li><a href="ftp://pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/mtools-3.3.src.tar.gz">
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ftp://pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/mtools-3.3.src.tar.gz</a>
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<li><a href="ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/mtools-3.3.src.tar.gz">ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/wources/usr.bin/mtools-3.3.src.tar.gz</a>
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</ul>
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<p>There is an mtools mailing list at <a href="mailto:mtools@linux.wauug.org">
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mtools@linux.wauug.org</a>. To
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subscribe to it, send a message containing 'subscribe mtools' in its
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body to <a href="mailto:majordomo@linux.wauug.org">majordomo@linux.wauug.org.</a>
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gv 2.9.4 Announcement
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gv 2.9.4 is now available. gv allows to view and navigate through
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PostScript and PDF documents on an X display by providing a user interface
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for the ghostscript interpreter. It may be obtained either from its homepage at:
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<a href="http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~plass/gv/">
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http://wwwthep.physic.uni-mainz.de/~plass/gv/"</a>
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or via anonymous ftp from:
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<a href="ftp://thep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/gv/">
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ftp://thep.physik.uni-mainz.de/pub/gv</a>
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<p>Please note that gv is derived from Tim Theisen's ghostview 1.5.
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<p>gv surely works on
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<ul>
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<li> Linux (gcc 2.7.2.1)
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<li> OpenVMS AXP (DECC 5.2,DECC 5.0)
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</ul>
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<p> I also got reports of happy users on
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<li> Solaris
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<li> FreeBSD
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<li> NetBSD
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<li> Digital UNIX
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<li> SunOS
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<li> HP/UX
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<li> Irix
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<li> OSF/1
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</ul>
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<p>gv requires Kaleb Keithley's Xaw3d widget set.
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VMS users will find everything needed to install this widget set at
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the locations listed above.
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<p>For Unix users working on a system not equipped with this widget set
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the page <a href="http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~plass/gv/Xaw3d.html">http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~plass/gv/Xaw3d.html</a>
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may
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provide some assistance when trying to install it.
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SafePassage Web Proxy
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<p>Oakland, CA -- C2Net Software, Inc., and UK Web, Ltd., announced
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the 1.0 release of a new product, "SafePassage Web Proxy." This
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product, developed entirely outside of the United States, provides
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full-strength, non-escrowed cryptography for users of any standard
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web browser.
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<p>SafePassage is an enhancement for "export" browsers, an add-on product
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that works with any standard web browser. Acting as an intermediary,
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or proxy, it intercepts weakly encrypted connections on their way out
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and transforms them to use full-strength cryptography. "The weak
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connection never leaves your PC," explains Parekh, "it gets decrypted
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and then re-encrypted with a full-strength cipher."
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<p>SafePassage provides secure connections using strong cryptography for
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any browser that supports standard SSL tunneling, a feature normally
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used by firewall software. It currently runs on Windows 3.1, Windows
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95, and Windows NT.
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<p>Evaluation versions of SafePassage can be downloaded at no cost from
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UK Web's site at:<a href="http://stronghold.ukweb.com/safepassage"> http://stronghold.ukweb.com/safepassage</a> It is
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currently unavailable for distribution within the US and Canada, but a
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domestic version will be made available in the near future. A single-
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user license is $49, prices for volume licensing start at $995 for
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fifty users.
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Announcing Turbo Vision 0.3
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<p>Turbo Vision (or TV, for short) is a library that provides an application
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framework. With TV you can write a beautiful object-oriented character-mode
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user interface in a short time.
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<p>TV is available in C++ and Pascal and is a product of Borland International.
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It was developed to run on MS-DOS systems, but today it is available for many
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other platforms (ported by independent programmers).
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<p>This port is based on the Borland 2.0 version with fixes.
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<p>Main changes from version 0.2 to 0.3
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<ul>
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<li>Added support for the FreeBSD operating system.
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<li>Added support for colored output.
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<li>evMouseAuto event fixed.
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<li>Some bugs fixed.
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</ul>
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<p>Where to download the library
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<ul>
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<li><a href="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/incoming/Linux">ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/incoming/Linux</a>
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<li><a href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/incoming">ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/incoming</a>
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</ul>
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<p>If you don't want to wait the file to be moved to the destination
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directories, you can download a copy of it from:
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<p><a
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href="ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/tvision-0.3.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/incoming/tvision-0.3.tar.gz</a>
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Announcing the Release of TeamWave Workplace 1.0
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</H3>
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<p>TeamWave Software Ltd. is pleased to announce the release of TeamWave
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Workplace 1.0, an Internet groupware product that lets you work
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together with colleagues in real-time or asynchronously, using Macintosh,
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Windows or Unix platforms.
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<p>Check us out at <a href="http://www.teamwave.com">http://www.teamwave.com</a>
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Release of Samba SMB File Server
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<p>The release of Samba SMB File Server has been announced. The server
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includes support for Western European Languages in filenames served by Samba,
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allowing Western European users of Microsoft Windows(tm) products to store
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native language filenames on their UNIX file servers.
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<p>Although this is a new minor version release, there have been
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many bugfixes and improvements from previous releases.
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<p>The new verson is available on a GNU gziped tar file from
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<p><a href="ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/samba-1.9.16p11.tar.gz">ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/samba-1.9.16p11.tar.gz</a>
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<p>and should be available from mirror sites throughout
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the world shortly. For details see the main Web site
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for information about Samba, at :
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<p><a href="http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba">http://samba.canberra.edu.au/pub/samba</a>
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Announcing UNIPEN-related Software Package
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<p>UPTOOLS3
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<p>This is to announce the new release of the UNIPEN-related
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software package (works great on Linux, too):
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<p>This UNIX software is mainly intended for researchers in on-line
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handwriting recognition. It allows for a hierarchical annotation
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of on-line handwritten data coming from XY digitizers or pen
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computers. The software is _not_ intended for processing off-line
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(i.e., optically scanned) handwriting data. The purpose of this
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software is to stimulate the use of the UNIPEN file format for
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on-line handwriting recognition research. This is the same data
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format as is used within the UNIPEN recognizer benchmark project
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<a href="http://hwr.nici.kun.nl/unipen/">http://hwr.nici.kun.ml/unipen/</a>
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<ul>
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<li>upview-An X-Windows program for quickly visualizing
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UNIPEN files.
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<li>upread-A program for transforming or extracting data
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from any UNIPEN file.
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<li>upworks-A large program using Tcl/Tk on X-Windows for
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browsing through UNIPEN files, and editing or
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entering .SEGMENTS. Time series of essential signals
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can be viewed. There are many options for changing
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graphical attributes (such as the color of segments).
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<li>uni2animgif-A program for transforming data from any UNIPEN
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file into animated GIF images.
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<li>unipen2eps-A program for transforming data from any UNIPEN
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file into encapsulated PostScript.
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</ul>
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<p>An introduction to UPTOOLS3 can be found at:
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<p><a href="http://hwr.nici.kun.nl/unipen/uptools3">http://hwr.nici.kun.nl/uniopen/uptools3</a>
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<p>The new software is available via ftp at:
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<p><a href="ftp://ftp.nici.kun.nl/pub/UNIPEN/tools/uptools3.tar.gz">ftp://ftp.nici.kun.nl/pub/INIPEN/tools/uptools3.tar.gz</a>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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Announcing Ghostscript System 0.2.0
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</H3>
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<p>The Display Ghostscript System is a free software implementation of a
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Display PostScript(tm) System. A Display PostScript System provides a
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device-independent imaging model for displaying information on a screen.
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The imaging model uses the PostScript language which has powerful
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graphics capabilities and frees the programmer from display-specific
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details like screen resolution and color issues.
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<p>The Display Ghostscript System is composed of a PostScript
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interpreter (Ghostscript), the Client library, and the pswrap
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translator.
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<p>The Display Ghostscript System uses a client/server architecture.
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Applications are linked with the Client library which communicates with
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the PostScript interpreter residing in the server. The application
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utilizes the procedures and data structures in the Client library which
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are independent of the actual PostScript interpreter.
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<p>The pswrap translator allows you to take custom PostScript language
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programs and wrap them with a C function interface thus allowing your
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applications to call them directly. pswrap programs are generally more
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efficient then performing the same PostScript program purely with the
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Client library procedures.
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<p>The dgs-0.2.0.tar.gz distribution file has been placed on
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<a href="ftp://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep">ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep</a>
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<p>The program requires gcc 2.7.2.1 or higher.
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<p>The `.tar' file is compressed with GNU gzip. Gzip can be obtained by
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anonymous ftp at any of the GNU archive sites.
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<p>For info about FTP via email, send email to <a href="mailto:ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com">ftpmail@decwrl.declcom</a>
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with no subject line, and two-line body with line one `help' and line
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two `quit'.
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<p>The most recent (not necessarily tested) snapshots of the library
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will be placed in <a href="ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu/gnu/gnustep">ftp://alpha.gnu.ai.mit.edu.gnu/gnustep</a>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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GA Plug-In for NExS Spreadsheet Available Now
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</H3>
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<p>X Engineering Software Systems (XESS Corp.) announces the immediate
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availability of a genetic algorithm (GA) plug-in for its NExS spreadsheet.
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Those interested in the genetic algorithm plug-in can download the source
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code and a PostScript manual from www.xess.com. A free, 30-day version of
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the NExS spreadsheet and the new conNExions-BETA API can also be downloaded
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for the HP/UX, AIX, Digital UNIX, SunOS, Solaris and Linux platforms.
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<p>Genetic algorithms (GA) solve optimization problems by modeling potential
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solutions as chromosomes which can breed with one another to produce better
|
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solutions through the forces of natural selection.
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<p>The GA plug-in provides one new NExS function: @GENALG(...) which optimizes
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a fitness function that is affected by a group of 1/0 variables in the
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sheet. Any NExS function or combination of functions can be used to specify
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the fitness function.
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<p>The GA plug-in interacts with the NExS spreadsheet through the
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conNExions-BETA API. The source code for the plug-in is being made available
|
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for modification and customization.
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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Annouunicing MkLinux DR2.1
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</H3>
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<p>We are pleased to announce the release of MkLinux DR2.1.
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DR2.1 includes support for the Power Macintosh 601/NuBus 601/PCI bus
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and 604/PCI bus systems: the Power Macintosh 6100, 7100, and 8100; 7200;
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7500, 7600, 8200, 8500, and 9500. (Support for 603-based systems is
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forthcoming but is not yet available. DR2.1 does not yet support
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Powerbooks or most Performas at this time.)
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<p>DR2.1 is our third Developer Release of MkLinux and the first Release
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to be included in our Reference Release, published by Prime Time Freeware
|
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(PTF). The MkLinux Reference Release consists of a 360-page book and 2
|
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CD-ROMs: the Apple MkLinux DR2.1 disc and PTF's Reference disc, packed with
|
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lots of interesting and useful reference material. (The two CD-ROMs are
|
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each also sold separately.)
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<p>The MkLinux Reference Release is available by mail order from PTF and other
|
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vendors, and is also available through many technical bookstores, as are
|
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the individual discs. Contact Prime Time Freeware for details at
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info@ptf.com or visit their Web site at www.ptf.com.
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<p>MkLinux is available both on CD-ROM and by anonymous ftp
|
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download from <a href="ftp://ftp.mklinux.apple.com">
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ftp://ftp.mklinux.apple.com</a> and our various mirror sites.
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(Please be patient with the mirror sites; it may take some of them a while
|
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to get DR2.1 ready for downloading!).
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<p>With the release of DR2.1, DR2 will no longer be available or supported.
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We will retain the DR2 "Help and Support" information on our Web pages,
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but DR2 itself will be removed from our FTP server.
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<p>Check out the Web site at:<a href="http://www.mklinux.apple.com/DR2.1">http://www.mklinux.apple.com/DR2.1</a> for more
|
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information on this release. All Readme files from the DR2.1 Distribution,
|
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including the Release Notes (Readme First) and the Installation Guide (How
|
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to Install MkLinux) are reproduced on our Web pages.
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<H3><IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/bolt.gif">
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Metro-X 3.1.5 Now Shipping
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</H3>
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<p>Metro Link is now shipping Metro-X 3.1.5. This is an updated version of
|
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Metro-X 3.1.2 for Linux, which is a commercial X server replacement for use
|
|
with XFree86. It contains various fixes and support for the following
|
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additional cards:
|
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<ul>
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<li>Diamond Stealth 64 Graphics 2200
|
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<li>Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM V1.xx (TI 3026 DAC)
|
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<li>Diamond Stealth 64 Video VRAM V3.xx (IBM DAC)
|
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<li>ELSA WINNER 1000TRIO/V (TRIO64V+)
|
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<li>ELSA Winner 2000AVI
|
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<li>ELSA Winner 2000PRO/X (TI 3026 DAC)
|
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<li>Number Nine I-128 series 2
|
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<li>Toshiba Tecra 720CDT (CHIPS 65550)
|
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</ul>
|
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<p>For a complete list of supported cards, see our cardlist:
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<p><a href="http://www.metrolink.com/products/metrox/cardlist.html">
|
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http://www.metrolink.com/products/metrox/cardlist.html</a>
|
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<p>For more details look at the complete product description:
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<p><a href="http://www.metrolink.com/products/metrox/ess.html">
|
|
http://www.metroling.com/products.metrox.ess.html</a>
|
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<p>PRICE FOR LINUX VERSION:
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<p>New Purchase: $99
|
|
|
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<p>Upgrade from earlier release: $69
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<p>CONTACT INFORMATION: <br>
|
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Metro Link, Inc.
|
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<a href="http://www.metrolink.com">http://www.metrolink.com</a>
|
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and <a href="mailto:sales@metrolink.com">sales@metrolink.com</a>
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<P> <hr> <P>
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<center>Published in Linux Gazette Issue 16, April 1997</center>
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