-=> MAURICE KINAL wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 MK> Hey WAYNE!

 MK> Mar 16 03:47 07, WAYNE CHIRNSIDE wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 WC> I still have physical issue and need to snag a low coffeee table or
 WC> cart
 WC> for beside the bed so I can play with the 486 and network it to
 WC> the Pentium.
 
 MK> No rush at this end.  I am still working out a few issues wrt 486 and
 MK> my workstation and have just booted up to the latest 64-bit ttylinux on
 MK> my workstation where I am currently responding to this message.  I am
 MK> hoping to make this the basis of all points working off the worldly
 MK> connected 486.  

That's cool.
Pretty much my plan too.
The 486 to the internet and network whatever to that.

I'm not really certain why but I want the full function of the internet
at the 486 firewalled and then to the Pentium to see it transparently and with
the multimedia apps limited to the Pentium.
I'm just weird.
 
 MK> This particular point is off a different server in NYS
 MK> so it needs to do things a tad differently and thus am needing to redo
 MK> things based on the last working setup.  I'll get there yet.  :-)

Well I've not needed to redo much of anything for quite a while.
Next month is shot to heck for the security on the power
as I've got to take it off the apartment business account.
I need to see about that next week.  
After that I want to snag that 933MH3 P-III as I'd said previously
and slap that other video card in to see what it is you rave about.

I'm actually looking more forward to getting the used machine than 
possibly getting a new one from Mad Tux as I'm familiar with the chip set
and Slackware will slide into it without the slightest difficulty. 

 MK> I am right about ttylinux.  However I have deviated from what the
 MK> master site says is needed since I do things a tad differently from the
 MK> norm, even with ttylinux.  

I imagine I'll be a bit deviant here too ;-)
With the software setup.
I'm rather opinionated about how to do things.
You have no idea how unlikely it was I'd fall into line with your line
of thinking as regards to Linux.
But there we are.

 MK> Having said that, it is a GREAT base for
 MK> 486's!!!  The one here is more or less following standard operating
 MK> procedures but had to add a few packages to bring it into sync with the
 MK> rest of the network here.

 ->> Even MS knows that.

 WC> i believe it to be purposely designed to be that way so as to lock
 WC> you
 WC> into that piece of crud OS.

 MK> That is known as 'user friendliness'.  They can keep it.

 They can stuff it somewhere I say.
 Hey, they run Linux on hte International Space Station. 
 I guess there was some concern about getting a BSOD with that up
 there where there ain't no air.

 WC> hope you are well.

 MK> Not too bad all things considered.  Been hurting quite a bit more then
 MK> usual but am grinning and bearing it ... so far.  The weather isn't
 MK> helping any.  I'd complain but it doesn't do any good so I won't.

Oh I've been pushing to hard too and paying a severe price but I'm 
just so darned mean it's just made me resolve to be that much tougher
and take an even cheerier attitude and outlook on things.
I'm weird but I take it you may have gathered that?


 MK> Not an issue with me.  I know we are doing the right thing from both
 MK> our perspectives.  You'll see when you're ready.

 WC> Thanks again and write about what you are doing with Linux.

 MK> See above.  It is getting quite interesting.  Even got stinkin' email
 MK> working with my evil, demented plan.  :-)

 Now there you go.
 I'm quite demented myself.
 Was invited to lunch with a lady a couple weeks back and made 
 myself useful :-)
 I wish I could share the line but this ain't the place for that.

 MK> Still need to take care of mplayer and mencoder but that shouldn't be a
 MK> problem.  I've done it before so I know it'll work out great.  Decided
 MK> to try mounting a usb flash disk partition on /usr/local on the ramdisk
 MK> to keep it under 16M and that way the more bloated apps and libs will
 MK> have a new home.  Am testing the Fido stuff on there which must work
 MK> since I wouldn't be responding to this if it didn't.

Cool.
I've thought about keeping everything on a flash disk and ramdrive
wit a few choice scripts to set it all up.
But for the foreseeable future I'll likely be on hard drives mostly.
New memory appearing on the retail scene soon I am hearing.
Latest bleeding cutting edge must have I am hearing.
Good for me, I'll get lots of the old useless stuff cheaper
and running  Linux run circles around most running that other OS 


 MK> Slackware is the best.  A tad bloated for my evil, demented plan though
 MK> which is why I am using ttylinux.  It was Slackware that got me to this
 MK> stage of the game so you're following a very good path for sure.  No
 MK> doubt about that.

I may wind up with bloat, and minimal installs and boot between them.
As things stand now there's absolutely nothing I *need*
but I do have some limited *wants* and desires.

Once I attend to them I've determined I shall will myself healthier
and then perhaps a Beowolf cluster 

On a more serious front, I really need to get after the source 
code for Lynx on my other two Slackware CDs and recode the output
to eliminate that blue prompt line.
It's hard on my eyes with the difference in contrast between that 
bright blue and the black background as causing a bit of 
a kind of eyestrain and headache.

I've always been quite serious about doing that but was 
overly optimistic on purpose about the timetable as I wasn't 
sure I'd have the time.
Figured if I set the goal I'd have to hang around as I've always done
my best to keep my word even if it's to myself.
Hey, it worked to keep my marbles when I took up with Linux

Shoot Maurice, I'm just too darn mean to die ;-)
Or too weird.
Or some ( per)mutation of both!



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