On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:49, you wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a programming tool that is reasonably easy to
> understand and preferably cheap...like free
> Any suggestions please??
Python.
It is powerful, easy to learn and use, well supported, and free.
For your database, you can connect Pyth
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 13:46, you wrote:
> My neighbour is happy to convert from XP to Linux and I've installed
> Kubuntu 6.06.1 for him, but I'm struggling with getting KPPP to work
> (sadly he doesn't have broadband).
I've been away for a few days, but I feel I've stepped back in time...
Aaargh!!
On Sep 16, 2006, at 1:49 PM, Alan wrote:
Can anyone suggest a programming tool that is reasonably easy to
understand and preferably cheap...like free
There are hundreds of free and wonderfully functional programming
languages available for Linux. However with a migration from Clipper it
On Saturday 16 September 2006 17:58, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> An external modem is the simplest and most futureproof solution.
> Secondhand externals go for less than a new internal.
>
> If you want to make the software work because buying new hardware is
> against the grain, do not recompile the k
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> kppp does not use wvdial. it is strictly a front end to pppd.
Ah ok thanks Nick, in that case I put kppp back into the chain of things
to be suspect about.
Is there any alternative to kppp for those who don't have SUSE?
> worth trying wvdial in any situation like this, both in regular and stup
On 10:22 pm 09/16/06 Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [heaps of pppd info]
>
> Thanks Ross, but no, it doesn't answer what I was after, which I spelt
> out as:
>
> 1) confirmation that kppp does use wvdial
kppp does not use wvdial. it is strictly a front end to pppd.
> 2) whether wvdi
[heaps of pppd info]
Thanks Ross, but no, it doesn't answer what I was after, which I spelt
out as:
1) confirmation that kppp does use wvdial
2) whether wvdial is needed to be put into "stupid mode"
:)
> [1] My ISP is Snap, but Snap & inet are the same outfit.
I didn't quite understand why the
On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:21, Tom Munro Glass wrote:
> Yes it is inet.net.nz.
Ah-ha! This is my ISP.[1]
Here is the contents of my /etc/ppp/options file
---
lock
noauth
noipdefault
usepeerdns
mtu 1456
mru 1456
Hello Alan,
If your familiar with Delphi then Lazarus/FPC Free Pascal Compiler are very
good with plenty of support for Database's. The Lazarus Ide is very good and
supports Firebird,Postgre, Mysql,Sqlite and Tdbf. The firebird database is
based on Interbase and has both client/server and embed
To port your clipper program to linux try using
http://www.harbour-project.org/
It is incomplete like it doesn't have a BROWSE like function, but
otherwise should do the job.
If you'd like to re-write it, any combination of languages and (R)DBMS
engines recommended by the list will do. I've done
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