How did you get that Parallel port tape drive to work in Linux?
I have one here and can't get it to work?
Jeanette
Franki wrote:
>
> have you tried to find windows 2000 or ME or XP drivers for lots of legacy
> stuff? I have, and have had many failures in doing so...
>
> MS have their own policy... try running win2000 on a P100, I dare you.......
> (I have a mandrake box doing that just fine.)
>
> As an example, I have a really nice Seagate tape backup drive that uses the
> parallell port, slow, but who cares it did unattended backups over night....
>
> I am unable to use it now in win2000 I have to have a win95 machine on the
> network and back up to that....
> That is just one of my stories of woe..... linux still supports most old
> hardware.... windows just drops it entirely and tells you that you should be
> using something newer anyway....
>
> I think its only a matter of time before that becomes obvious to people,
>
> Have a look at the minimum specs for WinXP, and then read about what all the
> testers are saying the REAL minimum should be to actually use the software
> productivity...
>
> just thought I'd add my 10 cents worth...
>
> rgds
>
> Frank
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Pablo García Durán
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 June 2001 6:05 AM
> To: Mandrake Newbie
> Subject: [newbie] paranoia and a letter
>
> Dear guys:
>
> Yes, I misused the word "paranoia" (I gave it the sense it nowadays has in
> slang Spanish) so probably I got slightly misunderstood. Sorry for that.
>
> But it was a critic anyway.
>
> Again I want to declare my sympathy towards the Linux community. It's a
> nice idea that matches part of what I think computers should be. But again
> don't expect the crowd to abandon their Windows-based machines at this time.
> Most people will pay to be able to click the "add any hardware" icon and
> start printing, scanning or connecting to the Internet immediately.
>
> I'm not saying you surrender. I'm just saying: read History and learn the
> Macintosh lesson.
>
> I leave you with an open letter I found, about the real importance of an
> operating system.
>
> --
> Pablo Garcia-Duran
>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> A letter to operating system designers
> Written By: Timothy Nordloh
> Linux, Microsoft, Apple! It's so confusing! which operating system is
> best? I'm here to tell you, as briefly as possible, that it doesn't matter.
> First of all, the majority of users are like me; they see their operating
> system for no more than three seconds, before launching their favorite
> application. Second, we know you all want money, even the Linux companies.
> also, we know you're in bed with the hardware companies.
>
> After reading the line on the bottom of the new Mac OS X, display box, I
> now know that it is the "Most Advanced Operating System in the World". All
> this statement tells me is that even Apple can't be trusted to be completely
> honest.
>
> I worry that the chief operating system companies out there are getting
> away from the true meaning of 'operating system.' I think back on the days
> of DOS. I typed 'edit', and I'm editing documents. I typed 'menu' and I got
> a menu. Best of all, I got a printed instruction manual that told me these
> things. What ever happened to instruction manuals? They went from explaining
> the ins and outs of DOS to describing how to double-click.
>
> We need to examine the computer of yesterday. It was simple and reliable.
> We could print our documents. There were about 20 options on any one
> product. Anyone could jump in and be 'certified' on a word processor in
> under thirty minutes. An example of how computers have gotten away from
> simplicity; back in 1990, if I pressed the button labeled 'print screen',
> guess what happened? the words on my screen were magically transported to my
> printer! I miss that. Also, my computer booted up in less than two minutes.
>
> When did we lose sight of that simplicity? Stepping back to the present, I
> have a computer that forgets what kind of monitor I have in Windows, and
> doesn't shut down properly in Linux. I still have the default background on
> my computer. I think it's light blue, but I'm not sure. The only time I see
> my background is during the two seconds it takes me to click on an
> application icon. I also don't spend a lot of time personalizing my
> settings. I sit down and start typing on a word processor. Or I install the
> latest version of Quake. Or I surf the internet.
>
> Typically, the only part of the operating system I see is the taskbar.
> I've seen the pretty Whistler screenshots, and I like the lovely Mac OS
> interface, but it's all going in the wrong direction. I want to get to where
> I'm going in one click, or with a simple typed command. No menus, no
> searches, just give me my games or my web browser.
>
> What's up with the .NET concept? First of all, it's silly to think about
> selling me the chance to use Microsoft Word; I already paid 300 bucks for
> the 4 year old version, and it has more features than I'll ever use!
>
> Do you think you're fooling us, Microsoft? We know you're scheme; you're
> trying to take over the entire internet! You're going to sell us entire
> dictionaries, gaming networks, and information sources; I'll be able to
> download music and movies, I'll get regular software upgrades, all for one
> low monthly fee. Someday soon, I'll log on to Hotmail, and discover that in
> order to continue using my e-mail, all I have to do is submit credit card
> number to .NET.
>
> If I buy a cell-phone, it just works. I don't know or care who wrote it's
> operating system, and the whole instruction set is nicely stored on a
> silicon chip. With a computer, I have to pay to get my hardware to even
> work! That's right, it costs me money to activate features! I want my next
> computer's operating system to be on a rom chip, and I want it to boot up in
> less than a second, like a cell phone.
>
> The other day, I caught my wife using Netscape Communicator to create a
> document. At first I laughed, but then I realized it was a damn clever idea.
> It's got word wrap, which is more than I can say for notepad. And she always
> has her e-mail open anyway. It was a natural step for her. This whole time,
> it's been taking me two or three clicks to open a word document, and she's
> doing it by clicking on 'new'.
>
> For many of us, the computer is a novel toy, and it's fun to see all the
> neat things it can do, but let's face it; the computers of the future are
> going to be like the Sega Dreamcast, and web tv. We'll take palm-tops over
> laptops. Most people simply don't need or use much of their computers'
> potential power. Case in point, there are a hundreds of thousands of people
> using wasted cpu idle time to process Seti records. Let's face it, none of
> us need a big chest full of tools to change the oil in our cars, and we
> don't need a 3,000 dollar computer to check e-mail. Besides, most of us pay
> someone else to change our oil.
>
> It's time for all operating system companies to think about streamlining
> their software. Stop building operating systems that eat 10 percent of my
> computer's resources. I'm not launching my pc into space, so it doesn't
> matter too much to me if the operating system in 'outer space' capable. Get
> a low profile. The average user wants nothing more than a simple interface
> and a speedy response. Some of us spend a lot of time in online communities;
> I have a friend who uses his computer almost exclusively to chat on Yahoo.
> Others create databases of their cd collections, or browse pictures on the
> web. We like drawing pictures and editing photos.
>
> We want to frag the our opponents, and play chess. But we don't care too
> much whether our desktop background is centered or tiled. We don't even
> freakin' notice when the mouse changes as we roll it over an icon! My advice
> is this; go back to the drawing board and make my computer simpler. Make it
> quicker. Where do I want to go today? Today I want to go play Quake III. I
> don't care if your name is Bill Gates, I don't care if your name is Steve
> Jobs. Just get me there in under ten seconds. But if you're name is Linus,
> I'll give you fifteeen seconds, because I like penguins.
