Re: There is a cat somewhere in my computer

1998-05-12 Thread Lindsay Allen
On Tue, 12 May 1998, C.J.LAWSON wrote: > > /bin/cat :) > > > great kidder, now that cheered me up > > thanks > > Jonathan I think I have the solution. Just run mandb. elm# mandb Processing manual pages under /usr/man/de... Checking for stray cats under /usr/man/de.

Re: There is a cat somewhere in my computer

1998-05-12 Thread servis
>> One of my serial ports died when lightning struck the telephone line the >> modem was connected to. (I didn't think of disconnecting telephones as >> well as the mains.) Also, hardware handbooks often say that you >> should turn off equipment at both ends before disconnecting things. I read s

Re: There is a cat somewhere in my computer

1998-05-12 Thread C.J.LAWSON
> /bin/cat :) > great kidder, now that cheered me up thanks Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: There is a cat somewhere in my computer

1998-05-12 Thread C.J.LAWSON
Thanks Oliver, I had already checked the connections and stuff like that and I don't believe in luck. That notwithstanding, I take your point that my port is knackered ... The thing is where on earth am I going to find someone to fix a 486 motherboard and at what cost .. I asked scan for th

Re: There is a cat somewhere in my computer

1998-05-09 Thread Michael Beattie
On Fri, 8 May 1998, C.J.LAWSON wrote: > Hi, >I wonder if anyone knows what exactly is the matter with my linux box. > I have been running Linux now for well gone three years starting with a > 4mb DX2-66 and graduated to a 128mb DX4-133 (in textmode). > > Of recent, though I have lost two mic

There is a cat somewhere in my computer

1998-05-08 Thread C.J.LAWSON
Hi, I wonder if anyone knows what exactly is the matter with my linux box. I have been running Linux now for well gone three years starting with a 4mb DX2-66 and graduated to a 128mb DX4-133 (in textmode). Of recent, though I have lost two mice within two months. At first, I thought the reason