liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts) (02/04/91)
It looks to me as though comp.unix.aux is taking off, so I've been thinking about doing a "Top 10 Most Frequent A/UX Questions" posting: the kind of thing that you see on comp.unix.questions: I presume that the current version gets mailed every 2 months with a 3 month expiry time. I'm prepared to do something like that if it doesn't involve me in too much admin (or flaming!). What are the current questions (and answers)? Well, a tentative list is: 1) How do I format and partition my new SuperLarge Frizz-B disk drive for use with A/UX? Ans: Chat about partitions and dp. A/UX doesn't use the MacOS driver installed on the disk. Silverlining is currently the favourite utility. 2) My compressed file gets corrupted when I transfer it on a floppy Ans: File of type TEXT get CR/LF translations. Use type 'BIN ' instead. 3) How do I make a modem work properly with A/UX? Ans: Can't remember - is this still a problem with 2.0? 4) How can I use LocalTalk Macs as terminals to an A/UX machine? Ans: You can't. Speculation about ADSP. 5) How much memory/disk/chutzpah required to run A/UX? Ans: standard partition sizes, list of Macs capable of running A/UX, some annecdotal "we do this" examples. 6) Where can I get gcc, g++, emacs etc from? Ans: IP addresses for various FTP archives (apple.com?, wuarchive.wustl.edu and others?) together with known current versions and warning about sending bug reports to Stallman! 7) I can't compile this program because "table overflow"? Ans: A/UX cc, cpp and as have fixed sized tables, so you need to use the appropriate flag (-A?) or use gcc instead. 8) That uucp problem Ans: Can't remember, I'd have to look in the archives. It's been a few days since I had this idea (late one sleepless night), and I've forgotten what the other questions were. Please mail me with encouragement or abuse, with additional questions or some answers. If I get a generally positive response (apathy will be treated as negative) then I'll do it. -- William Roberts ARPA: liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk Queen Mary & Westfield College UUCP: liam@qmw-cs.UUCP Mile End Road AppleLink: UK0087 LONDON, E1 4NS, UK Tel: 071-975 5250 (Fax: 081-980 6533)
sramtrc@windy.dsir.govt.nz (02/06/91)
In article <2891@redstar.cs.qmw.ac.uk>, liam@cs.qmw.ac.uk (William Roberts) writes: > It looks to me as though comp.unix.aux is taking off, so I've been thinking I wonder if comp.unix.aux without the "comp.unix." part is taking off as well. > about doing a "Top 10 Most Frequent A/UX Questions" posting: the kind of Doesn't "Top 10" and "most frequent" contain some redundancy in there somewhere? How bout omitting the word "top". Shucks, why not omit the 10 as well. I think it is a good idea. It won't stop people asking the questions but it's still a good idea. And at least when people do ask the questions we can tell them to RTFFAQ. I have been thinking of writing more of my Tips, Hints, and Tricks for A/UX (subtitled Facts, Facets, and Fallacies) using hints culled from the c.u.a archives. This will not conflict with your FAQ list so no problem there. I'll make a deal with you: If you do the FAQ list I'll do the THT list. There is only one condition: I am not going to include any word in my THT's that contains two consecutive u's. Someone else can do that. I don't know anything about it, don't want to, and the archives are full of conflicts anyway. People are welcome to send me their favourite Tips, Hints, and Tricks to sramtrc@albert.dsir.govt.nz. All those who contribute and attend a 90 minute seminar are guaranteed to win a prize from category A below. All those who contribute within 11 days and attend a 90 minute seminar will also win a prize from category B. category A category B a 1GB hard drive a 21inch colour monitor with Apple 8.24 GC card 32 MB of RAM a Mac IIfx a Mac Tower a 5GB 8mm tape drive Every entry wins and if you don't send in an entry you don't win. Tony Cooper sramtrc@albert.dsir.govt.nz <- send to this address