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  1. Re:Closer to VMS now... on Red Hat announces GFS · · Score: 1

    if you look more closely at the web page you'll see that a DLM (Distributed Lock Manager) included.

  2. Re:HHGTG reference on Suggestions for Unique Names for a Server Room? · · Score: 1

    All my boxes are named after Douglas Adams characters - though I took it further than just H2G2 and included characters from the games and "Dirk Gently" books.

    So how about "Starship Titanic" ?
    Just seems appropriate for a server room...

  3. VWS on What GUIs Came Before X11? · · Score: 1

    VAXstations in the 80s came with VWS (VAX Worksystem Software) which was a graphical environment.

    In fact a lot of people I worked with stuck with VWS when DEC introduced Xwindows (though they called it DECwindows) because X was just too clunky.

  4. disconnect set? on Processor Upgrades And SCSI Woes · · Score: 1

    Check you've got disconnect set ON in the SCSI BIOS.

    I had a similar problem when I put a new SCSI disk on my system - CPU intensive:fine, Disk intensive: hang. It turned out that disconnect was disabled by default for some devices (maybe DOS liked it that way??)

    I think Linux expects to be able to do disconnect.

  5. A solid netscape? on Linux Ported to IBM's Network Computer Terminals · · Score: 1

    The IBM Netstation we have currently runs NetBSD (1.3 I believe) and had the most solid Netscape I have ever seen on a Unix(like) system - even Java applets worked!

    I hope the new Linux-based netstation software has an equally good browser.

    Would it be too much to ask for IBM to make this version of Netscape more generally available...Please...

  6. libc on "GNU/Linux" vs. "Linux" · · Score: 1

    I think one of the biggest contributions the GNU project has made to Linux is libc - nearly ALL linux programs use it.

    Funny really, libc5 was not (totally) GNU code, but libc6 is, so Stallman's GNU/Linux claim is stronger now than it used to be.

    Patrick

  7. Illuminating... on Jargon File v4.1.0 · · Score: 1

    He's right VAXen are little endian.

    PDPs were middle endian (at least partly!)