Re: Wordperfect files in linux

1997-10-11 Thread Ted Harding
On 10-Oct-97 C.L. Daugaard wrote: >Status: > >I thought all that was being asked for was a program to read WP files, >not write them. Even "M$" makes available a program to read MS Word >files. > >C.L. Daugaard >[EMAIL PROTECTED] It depends what you want to include in "read" and "WordPerfect

Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO (regular posting, updated)

1997-10-11 Thread Scott K. Ellis
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Debian libc5 to libc6 Mini-HOWTO Scott K. Ellis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] $Id: libc5-libc6-Mini-HOWTO.sgml,v 2.8 1997/10/11 03:02:12 storm Exp $ 1. Introduction The Debian project is currently in the process of putting together the next release of the D

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

1997-10-11 Thread John Goerzen
I've had nothing but good luck with Seagate and Western Digital. Conner, I agree has horrible problems. Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Right now, my personal system has a Micropolis Stinger (5400rpm 4.3GB, > Ultra SCSI), and hasn't had any problems. The drive is a bit noisy, but > see

Re: Wordperfect files in linux

1997-10-11 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Ted" == Ted Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Ted> On 10-Oct-97 G. Kapetanios wrote: >> Does anyone know of a program that will read WP files in linux ?? Ted> Yes. It is called WordPerfect. WordPerfect-6.0 (Novell) for Linux Ted> has been available for a good while from Caldera Ted> (ht

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

1997-10-11 Thread Bruce Perens
Although I don't have a 4GB one, I have had good luck with the smaller Quantum Fireball IDE drives. My Western Digital drives have had squeaky bearings right out of the box. Although some have reported problems with them, my Conner SCSI drive has been OK, and I think I have a Conner IDE that's OK t

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

1997-10-11 Thread Simon Karpen
Which WD drives have you had good luck with? I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year... --Simon On 10 Oct 1997, John Goerzen wrote: > I've had nothing but good luck with Seagate and Western Digital. > Conner, I agree has horrible problems. > > Simon Karpen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writ

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

1997-10-11 Thread Simon Karpen
I have had bad and good luck with conner IDE, actually; a CFA series 528MB drive that's 3yr old and still going strong, but a CFS series (slower, cheaper) 850 that died after about a year. RPI ACM (not speaking for them) has had a relatively recent (18mo old?) Conner 2GB SCSI drive have problems t

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

1997-10-11 Thread Joey Hess
Simon Karpen wrote: > Which WD drives have you had good luck with? > I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year... How recent? Looking around, I notice I have a lot of WD drives: 4GB, 4 months old 1.6GB, 1 year old * 1.6GB, 2.5 years old 800MB, approx 4 years old (got second hand) 200M

Re: Please recommend a quality 4GB hard drive

1997-10-11 Thread George Bonser
On 11-Oct-97 Simon Karpen wrote: >Which WD drives have you had good luck with? > >I have yet to see a recent one last more than a year... > I replaced a WD last weekend. I have Maxtor, Quantum and Samsung in my systems currently. The oldest is a used 300MB Maxtor that has to be at least 5 years