[Dorset] The Complexity in Emulating Simple Hardware.

2011-02-26 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi, I thought this article may interest some on the list. It's about the lengths you have to go to in emulating seemingly simple hardware; the character-based screen of the TRS-80. http://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2010/6/92483-simplicity-betrayed/fulltext Cheers, Ralph. -- Next meeting:

Re: [Dorset] Belkin wireless USB

2011-02-26 Thread Peter Washington
Hi Ralph, On 26 February 2011 01:21, Ralph Corderoy ra...@inputplus.co.uk wrote: $ lspci -vmmnn | awk 'BEGIN {RS = } /Vendor:[^[]+*\[14e4\]/ {print $0, \n}' Slot: 00:0a.0 Class:        Network controller [0280] Vendor:       Broadcom Corporation [14e4] Device:       BCM4306 802.11b/g

Re: [Dorset] Xorg hangs on upgrade from Debian Lenny to Squeeze

2011-02-26 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:23:47 +, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk said: It's a pity this upgrade broke a pretty standard driver. Fair comment, but Debian do document this in the release notes. I would urge anyone upgrading to Squeeze to read the release notes (yeah, I know). -- Next meeting:

Re: [Dorset] Xorg hangs on upgrade from Debian Lenny to Squeeze

2011-02-26 Thread Tim Allen
Hi Keith On 26/02/11 16:37, Keith Edmunds wrote: On Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:23:47 +, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk said: It's a pity this upgrade broke a pretty standard driver. Fair comment, but Debian do document this in the release notes. I would urge anyone upgrading to Squeeze to read the

Re: [Dorset] Xorg hangs on upgrade from Debian Lenny to Squeeze

2011-02-26 Thread Keith Edmunds
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 18:28:19 +, t...@ls83.eclipse.co.uk said: out of interest where is it? I owe you an apology, Tim, sorry. It's mentioned here http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#nonfree-firmware, but it doesn't explicitly state that the