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COMPUTAX tommorow - IMPORTANT
hi
it seems that it's unknown who will be at the show tommorow.
i myself had to come today instead of tommorow for various reasons
(mostly having to do with work limitations, but not only), so i'm sorry
for this.
in any case, to make sure it's known - there are 4 PCs at the show, all
have at elast two accoutns:
1. login 'guest' and password 'guest',
2. login 'root' and password 'logout' (or 'Logout') except for one (the
one ilan aisic brought' whose root password is 'Israel'.
on all machines, start X windows using 'startx', and NOT 'xinit'. no
ilan's machine - do it from login 'guest', and not from root. the others
- check for which user it's configured o.k.
Ilan's machine HAS to be booted off the floppy in it, so do not remove it.
(ilan;s machine is the one in the corner with a 17 inch screen).
computax2 (the dx/4 machine which stands on the front table NOT near the
wall) is the internet router, and contains a mdoem. to start the network
conenction, log in as 'root', then do:
cd /etc
dip train.dip
wait to see that the script is completed and sais it is connected. if it
sais SLIP to actcom failed, try running it again. if nothing helps, call
me at phone number 04-676115, or dial in using minicom and send me urgent
email or talk request to choo@actcom.co.il .
dosemu is installed on computax1 and computax2. dunno about the other two.
on ilan's machine (computax3) there is a directory 'movies' under the
'guest' home directory - it contains several AVI files - the machine has
P90 and 32MB ram, so it can easily handle 3 xanim plus netscape - abuse
this ability to show multitasking at work.
we also demonstrated (even if as an accident) running processes one
remote machines or from remote machiens.
harvey set up (after alot of wasted time by us) that ilan's machine will
play clasicall music through the SB and the amplifier and speakers. check
it out there... i don't know where he instaled it.
computax2 also has executor - a macintosh emulator. do not run it
together with dosemu - it got the machine stuck.
also, sdoom on computax3 (~ilan/games/doom/doom-1.8/...) got the system
stuck twice, so try using xdoom instead.
i posted a message in il.board (hope it's propagated by now) about us
linuxers at computax, and invited peopel to log in to the guest account
and bug the linuxers with talk requests - try to keep an eye on those.
it'll also be nice if someone uses IRC there to talk to the world - i
trieds today (using zircon on computax2 - DONT run it as root cause the
server will reject u - run it as 'guest') but then got some people on my
head, and forgot it was running (and loading our link i assume).
about closing up the 'basta' after the show - could anyone check up with
gili's amplifier and large speakers - someone from tel aviv or from
rehovot (rehovot would be better, since gili lives there) could get them
to his home and send a note about it to gili ?
if there will be a real problem with picking up the equipment , i *might*
be able to come to the show at 7pm (closing time) and help up with it -
but only if it'll be impossible any other way (it's far from haifa after
all).
well, that's all for now. after the show , we'll be able to learn a few
lessons, so next time (assuiming there will be a next time) we'll be much
wiser and mroe organized
guy keren
choo@actcom.co.il