chmod +t

1999-05-24 Thread rwk
Can anyone tell me if the "t" mode for executables does anything. Sometimes referred to as the "sticky bit", it is supposed to make an executable stay in swap space after it is run, so the next time it is run it simply swaps in and executes. I have serveral questions: 1. If Linux works like BSD,

ELKS 0.0.76 Released

1999-05-24 Thread Diversia
Hi all, Where can I find the newest ELKs, for I can't find it on the ftpsites yet... Erik (AKA Diversia)

LPD, printing filter, terminal program and other tools

1999-05-24 Thread Blaz Antonic
Now that i've finally got that lp driver to print on my inkspitter (= it should work 100% on other parallel printers too) it's time to write some userland tools. Since select(2) is said to be woring now i'd like to know if anyone is interested in writing any of the tools mentioned in subject ??? O

Re: ELKS 0.0.76 released

1999-05-24 Thread David Given
[...] >This is a kernel only release. For userland sources and binaries, and disk >images please see release 0.0.75. [...] We have pipes, and signals, and select() --- this sounds suspiciously as if we now have a kernel that's actually usable. All that's needed now is a method of generating int

Re: LPD, printing filter, terminal program and other tools

1999-05-24 Thread Riley Williams
Hi Blaz. >>> Now that i've finally got that lp driver to print on my >>> inkspitter (= it should work 100% on other parallel printers >>> too) it's time to write some userland tools. >> Does this mean that, other than the actual networking code, >> ELKS is ready to act as a transparent prin

Re: ANSI C compiler for CP/M <--> Re: ELKS in AppleII+

1999-05-24 Thread Luke (boo) Farrar
On Fri, 21 May 1999, Angel Martin Alganza wrote: > > On Thu, 20 May 1999, Jakob Eriksson wrote: > > > You are both interested in a C compiler for the Z80. > > I am crossposting this for all of you to read. > > (Maybe a few Amstrad people will also be interested in ELKS, > > an attempt to po

RE: ELKS video drivers...

1999-05-24 Thread jose
> > > 1. IBM MDA. > > no graphics support... > > Umm, are you sure? We used to run windows 3.0 on amber monochrome > monitors at college. it was probably connected to either a cga or hercules card, as far as i recll, the MDA is strictly text mode (and ansi graphics)

Re: LPD, printing filter, terminal program and other tools

1999-05-24 Thread Alistair Riddoch
Blaz Antonic writes: > > Now that i've finally got that lp driver to print on my inkspitter (= it > should work 100% on other parallel printers too) it's time to write some > userland tools. Since select(2) is said to be woring now i'd like to > know if anyone is interested in writing any of the

ROMable ELKS

1999-05-24 Thread Anonymous
Please forgive me if this subject has been covered before. I did a search through the mailing list and didn't come up with the answers that I was looking for. I am working on a project that uses custom built hardware based on an Intel 80C186EA chip. The system is very special purpose and has li