On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Alistair Riddoch wrote:
> Larry Howard Mittman writes:
> >
> > I have an old AT&T PC6300. It has 640Kb RAM and a 40Mb RLL Hard
> > drive. The processor is a NEC V20. I would like to use the machine
> > for something other than a oversized door-stop.
> >
> > 1) Will ELKS work on this machine?
>
> Yes, almost certainly.
>
> >
> > 2) What do I need to download to get the entire ELKS package
> > (including an Xwindow environment package)?
>
> Initially if you want to just install binaries you will need the images.zip
> file from the latest kernel release. If you want to install more software
> you will need the source for the development environment, and the source
> for the user programs. See info in the FAQ and on the website for more
> details of how to get these. There is no X windows port to ELKS, mostly
> because it is too big, but nano-X/microwindows, while still under
> development, worked well under ELKS last time I checked.
>
> >
> > 3) Where do I find the package(s)?
>
> ftp://ftp.ecs.soton.ac.uk/pub/elks
>
> >
> > 4) What, if any, documentation is available?
>
> Not much. See the FAQ for what there is.
>
> >
> > 5) What is the current state of interconnectivity in ELKS (ie:
> > ppp, terminal emulator, TCP/IP, etc...)
>
> The serial and parallel drivers both work, but that is about it. No TCP/IP
> yet. Getting a terminal emulator to work should be easy, but I don't know
> of one that has been ported yet. I have tested hooking up a terminal to the
> serial port of an ELKS machine, and that works fine.
>
> Al
>
I have a term.c here that compiles and runs on elks. It was being kicked
around the list a while back - before select() arived. Anyone want it?
Luke(Boo) Farrar.
