It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a host processor with apparatus for enhancing the operation of a microprocessor which is less expensive than conventional state of the art microprocessors yet is compatible with and capable of running application programs and operating systems designed for other microprocessors at a faster rate than those other microprocessors. Whooh baby. Sounds cool.
I spent Friday and Saturday trying to install OpenLinux2.2 (with Lizard) on two different machines. The first one installed fairly quickly, walked me through the setup, and got me into the X86Setup where it promptly failed to connect to the X11 server. I had been pleased with the install up to this point, but from there it took me about four hours to get a display larger than 320x204! Finally I had to be satisfied with 640x480x4 because apparently the driver support for the S3Trio3D is not yet complete. Ugh. My second install attempt was even more irritating. My first obstacle was that Caldera's setup program apparently launches some 16-bit app that barfed under Windows98 when launched from the CD. After copying each directory under the Winsetup folder by hand to a directory on my harddrive (since Windows kept bailing with a 'autoexec.bat already exists' error) I was able to run the setup program, however every time I installed the Wininstall utilities to my C:\, they wouldn't launch correctly because Win98 couldn't find the correct path. FINALLY I was able to get the Windows* side of things working correctly to be able to boot the Linux CD. The kernel loaded fine, but since I was using a SiS570 graphics card which can't even handle the VGA16 X11 driver, I wasn't able to see the Lizard setup screen. Gah... Finally, probably six hours after I started, I was able to get Linux to install with LISA. I've left out the pain in the ass of LILO (my NT machine (the first box) won't boot correctly now since the Caldera linux install does that very last, and I had to reboot before finishing configuring), and the pains of setting up the Linux partitions (Linux fdisk is more adequate for the task than is the Caldera edition of Partition Magic). Easier to install? Parts of it are, but none of you should fool yourself into thinking that it's easier than Windows. Windows is clunky, but it was designed so that even a newbie could install it under most circumstances. *Yes, I know Windows is an ugly unreliable OS and could be blamed for some of my install problems, however a well written installer should take those potential problems into consideration and work around them. After all, isn't Linux about ingenuity?
I was at a new chain cyber-cafe called CyberSmith at our local mall, and they had a Dreamcast unit that could be rented out at $9/hr. I had the chance to play with it a little, although the only program running on it was a fighting title still in development (Kinda cool to see the controller responses scroll down the screen).
The joystick layout isn't too much different than a Playstations. The graphics were pretty sharp. I'd compare them to the Playstations High-Res mode, but faster. I'll probably not buy one, but it looks like it might be an okay box.
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It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a host processor with apparatus for enhancing the operation of a microprocessor which is less expensive than conventional state of the art microprocessors yet is compatible with and capable of running application programs and operating systems designed for other microprocessors at a faster rate than those other microprocessors. Whooh baby. Sounds cool.
I spent Friday and Saturday trying to install OpenLinux2.2 (with Lizard) on two different machines. The first one installed fairly quickly, walked me through the setup, and got me into the X86Setup where it promptly failed to connect to the X11 server. I had been pleased with the install up to this point, but from there it took me about four hours to get a display larger than 320x204! Finally I had to be satisfied with 640x480x4 because apparently the driver support for the S3Trio3D is not yet complete. Ugh. My second install attempt was even more irritating. My first obstacle was that Caldera's setup program apparently launches some 16-bit app that barfed under Windows98 when launched from the CD. After copying each directory under the Winsetup folder by hand to a directory on my harddrive (since Windows kept bailing with a 'autoexec.bat already exists' error) I was able to run the setup program, however every time I installed the Wininstall utilities to my C:\, they wouldn't launch correctly because Win98 couldn't find the correct path. FINALLY I was able to get the Windows* side of things working correctly to be able to boot the Linux CD. The kernel loaded fine, but since I was using a SiS570 graphics card which can't even handle the VGA16 X11 driver, I wasn't able to see the Lizard setup screen. Gah... Finally, probably six hours after I started, I was able to get Linux to install with LISA. I've left out the pain in the ass of LILO (my NT machine (the first box) won't boot correctly now since the Caldera linux install does that very last, and I had to reboot before finishing configuring), and the pains of setting up the Linux partitions (Linux fdisk is more adequate for the task than is the Caldera edition of Partition Magic). Easier to install? Parts of it are, but none of you should fool yourself into thinking that it's easier than Windows. Windows is clunky, but it was designed so that even a newbie could install it under most circumstances. *Yes, I know Windows is an ugly unreliable OS and could be blamed for some of my install problems, however a well written installer should take those potential problems into consideration and work around them. After all, isn't Linux about ingenuity?
I was at a new chain cyber-cafe called CyberSmith at our local mall, and they had a Dreamcast unit that could be rented out at $9/hr. I had the chance to play with it a little, although the only program running on it was a fighting title still in development (Kinda cool to see the controller responses scroll down the screen).
The joystick layout isn't too much different than a Playstations. The graphics were pretty sharp. I'd compare them to the Playstations High-Res mode, but faster. I'll probably not buy one, but it looks like it might be an okay box.