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From: Berry Kercheval kerch@parc.xerox.com
Subject: Out of VGA Hell
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 19:50:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <19950927235050.gWG8zSm9Im3Sqd6uT8bnbIuLAMNbk27xQ7QahiHCxhM@z> (raw)

Allright!  After I got my ATM driver working (for SunOS, sorry -- it's my 
*real* job) I spent a few minutes with the new VGA card I got after doing the 
trade-off "How much does Xerox pay me?  What do VGA cards cost?  
Waitaminnit...boss?  Hey boss?"

So, it still doesn't start the window system automatically, but once I figured 
out how to type the 1/2 symbol, it came up and I can run acme and everything.  
Now I need a 3-button mouse.  Sigh, life at the bottom of the food chain.

I didn't start this to whine; I really have a question:  Has anyone managed to 
install stuff from the Plan 9 CDROM over the net?  If I mount the disc on a 
SunOs 4.1.3 machine, can I read the bits from bela, my plan-9 box?  

Or do I need to scrounge a CDROM drive too?  It can be done, it will just take 
longer.


  --berry

Berry Kercheval :: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center







             reply	other threads:[~1995-09-27 23:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1995-09-27 23:50 Berry [this message]
1995-09-28  2:51 Steve

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