-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 CA> Roy doesn't seem to be aware that we are discussing
 CA> much-modified installs of Slack v3.5 and Slack v8.1 here.

 CA> The 'norm' for the LINUX echo is to make the installs even MORE
 CA> complex when reduced size of the install is the goal. :-)

Yeah, I am going to get X-Win running on my old release,
save the config file for reference than check back on the site where 
I got the 26 Meg. 8.1 for the package listings for minimalist
X-Win and replace my release with that one :-)
I believe I'm close to getting X-Win up as I've standard
hardware. The only stumbling blocks, I think, are the directory
refered to in the book that had the CD does not exist
and I ran XF86config before I set the environment
thus the generated file's not linked.
3/4's of what's under /slackware/x is not required
from what I can see, a bit more if you're running a
full featured browser in a GUI.

 CA> --8<--cut

 CA> Not being modest. I really am quite ignorant of the specifics.
 CA> I did manage to combine three versions of BasicLinux to
 CA> accomodate my hardware and rewrite the PPP dialup routines plus
 CA> add a second ramdrive, ATP OLR, ztelnet (before it was an
 
I've been meaning to look  for ATP and I need to configure
a upload and download directory for 3.5.
I'll do a search for it shortly.
 
 CA> optional addon), and get the whole thing working with QWK
 CA> packet up/downloading but I've been at the CLI for so many
 CA> years it's not that difficult for me once I know the names of
 CA> the binaries and config files.

I ain't there yet.

 CA> I recommend the SoftCON elist. The 'tmonroe' list is a bit
 CA> different.

Yeah, I saved that post from you in url.txt.
 
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