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  1.    Size File Arrival Filename           Description
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  3.  231749 Sep 10 22:28 3c5x9cfg.exe       3Com's configuration utility for 3C509
  4.                                         series ethernet cards, extracted from
  5.                                         the EtherDisk archive for convenience.
  6.                                         MS-DOS proprietary binary.  From:
  7.                                         ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c509/
  8.   14035 Sep 10 22:32 3c5x9setup         Donald Becker's configuration utility
  9.                                         for 3Com 3C509 series ethernet cards.
  10.                                         Linux i386 binary under the GNU GPL.
  11.                                         From:
  12.                                         http://www.scyld.com/diag/
  13.                                         3c5x9setup.html
  14.   16851 Sep 10 22:32 3c5x9setup.c       Donald Becker's configuration utility
  15.                                         for 3Com 3C509 series ethernet cards.
  16.                                         C source code under the GNU GPL.
  17.                                         From:
  18.                                         http://www.scyld.com/diag/
  19.                                         3c5x9setup.html
  20.  123534 Sep 22  1999 3d66.exe           Flash ROM upgrade for Hayes Optima 
  21.                                         modems to support 33.6 kbps.
  22.    6115 Jan  1  1997 bluenotes-editorial-1996-08
  23.                                         Rick Moen's draft editorial that he 
  24.                                         had in preparation for Blue Notes in
  25.                                         preparation for the August 1996 issue.
  26.  611299 2005-02-14 00:47 bootit-ng-1.71.zip
  27.                                         TeraByte Unlimited's BootIt Next
  28.                                         Generation.  Provided is a raw floppy
  29.                                         image that you write to a floppy disk
  30.                                         using any means you have (e.g., dd on
  31.                                         Unix or the provided bootitng.exe
  32.                                         utility or a Rawrite version on MS-DOS.
  33.                                         You boot that floppy, which then lets
  34.                                         you resize FAT or NTFS.  Optionally,
  35.                                         you can install files onto a hard
  36.                                         drive to allow both multiboot mgmt. and
  37.                                         further resizing without the floppy,
  38.                                         plus support of more-flexible partition
  39.                                         structures.  Fully functional
  40.                                         trial version; obligation to register
  41.                                         for US $35 if used after 30 days.
  42.                                         Proprietary binary code.  From:
  43.                                         http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/
  44.   14732 Oct 26  1997 chart.txt          Rick Moen's article "The Nerd Chart" 
  45.                                         on how to track PC hardware resources.
  46.  ----- removed ----- cloneit-bootdisk.gz
  47.                                         Diskette images based on a mini Linux
  48.                                         distribution to clone hard disk 
  49.                                         partitions across a network, or for
  50.                                         backup and restore.  Built and
  51.                                         reconfigurable using the Yard utility.
  52.                                         Uses the Netpipes utilities to copy.
  53.                                         You'll also need the rootdisk image.
  54.                                         From: 
  55.                                         http://www.ferzkopp.net/Software/
  56.                                         CloneIt/CloneIt.html
  57.  ----- removed ----- cloneit-rootdisk.gz
  58.                                         Diskette images based on a mini Linux
  59.                                         distribution to clone hard disk 
  60.                                         partitions across a network, or for
  61.                                         backup and restore.  Built and
  62.                                         reconfigurable using the Yard utility.
  63.                                         Uses the Netpipes utilities to copy.
  64.                                         You'll also need the bootdisk image.
  65.                                         From: 
  66.                                         http://www.ferzkopp.net/Software/
  67.                                         CloneIt/CloneIt.html
  68. 2297719 2008-02-18 12:17 ctcs2-2.0beta-2008-02-18.tar.gz
  69.                                         Damon Chitsaz and Jim Belton's "CTCS2"
  70.                                         Feb. 18, 2008 beta pre-2.0 release,
  71.                                         updating Jason T. Collins and Sam 
  72.                                         Flory's va-ctcs hardware-burn-in 
  73.                                         testing suite, used at VA Linux Systems
  74.                                         to validate and test Linux systems 
  75.                                         before shipment.  va-ctcs is also
  76.                                         available in this directory.
  77.   11316 May 29  1998 eide.txt           Rick Moen's article "All about EIDE".
  78.    6504 Mar 27 02:40 el3-diag           Donald Becker's utility to test and 
  79.                                         report basic functioning of a 3Com
  80.                                         3C509 or 3C509B ISA ethernet card.
  81.                                         Reports existence and activation of the
  82.                                         card, only.  Linux i386 binary under 
  83.                                         the GNU GPL.  From:
  84.                                         http://www.scyld.com/diag/
  85.   10695 Mar 27 02:34 el3.c              Donald Becker's utility to test and
  86.                                         report basic functioning of a 3Com
  87.                                         3C509 or 3C509B ISA ethernet card.
  88.                                         Reports existence and activation of the
  89.                                         card, only.  C source code under the 
  90.                                         GNU GPL.  From:
  91.                                         http://www.scyld.com/diag/
  92.    4234 2003-04-08   hdutils            List of low-level formatting utilities
  93.                                         for various hard drive manufacturers.
  94.    9874 Dec 14  1998 optima-review.txt   
  95.                                         Rick Moen's review of a Hayes Optima
  96.                                         modem, with copious background about
  97.                                         modem technology.
  98.  ----- removed ----- partboot-1.4.21.img
  99.                                         GNU PartEd partition-editing program,
  100.                                         boot diskette image.  Resizes, copies,
  101.                                         checks, creates, recovers, destroys 
  102.                                         filesystems.  Resize support for FAT,
  103.                                         ext2/ext3, Linux swap, and ReiserFS
  104.                                         filesystems.  Standalone Linux i386 
  105.                                         binaries under the GNU GPL on a boot 
  106.                                         image supporting most but not all i386 
  107.                                         hardware.  (You may be able to build
  108.                                         support for other disk hardware using 
  109.                                         mkpart to make a bootdisk:
  110.                                         ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/
  111.                                         kent-robotti/mkpart/ )  You'll also
  112.                                         need the root filesystem image. 
  113.                                         From:
  114.                                         http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
  115.  ----- removed ----- parted-1.6.3.tar.gz
  116.                                         GNU PartEd partition-editing program.
  117.                                         Resizes, copies, checks, creates, 
  118.                                         recovers, destroys filesystems.  Resize
  119.                                         support for FAT, ext2/ext3, Linux swap,
  120.                                         and ReiserFS filesystems.  C source 
  121.                                         code under the GNU GPL -- known to 
  122.                                         compile and run cleanly on Linux- and 
  123.                                         HURD-based distributions running on 
  124.                                         Alpha, i386, PC98, PowerPC, and SPARC.
  125.                                         From:
  126.                                         http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
  127.  ----- removed ----- partroot-1.6.2.img GNU PartEd partition-editing program,
  128.                                         root filesystem image.  Resizes, copies,
  129.                                         checks, creates, recovers, destroys 
  130.                                         filesystems.  Resize support for FAT,
  131.                                         ext2/ext3, Linux swap, and ReiserFS
  132.                                         filesystems.  Standalone Linux i386 
  133.                                         binaries under the GNU GPL on a boot
  134.                                         image supporting most but not all i386
  135.                                         hardware.  You'll need the boot image.
  136.                                         From:
  137.                                         http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
  138.     922 2004-07-26 11:15 pcimodem       Initialisation script adaptable for any 
  139.                                         PCI non-winmodem on Linux.  Parses 
  140.                                         lspci output, then runs setserial 
  141.                                         accordingly.  Bourne shell script, 
  142.                                         adapted by Rick Moen from a long-ago 
  143.                                         fragment by a co-worker, and issued 
  144.                                         under GPLv2.
  145.   29007 2004-12-27 15:01 scsi-status-codes
  146.                                         Detailed explanation of SCSI device
  147.                                         hex messages and their interpetetation.
  148.    2850 Nov 10 02:35 system-info        Karsten Self's system-info shell script                                         v. 1.7, to examine an x86 system and 
  149.                                         report details of hardware found.  Bash
  150.                                         shell script under the GNU GPL.
  151.                                         Formerly at:
  152.                                         http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/
  153.                                         Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript
  154.   20712 Dec 12  2001 va1000fix.zip      Flash ROM fix for VA Linux Systems 1000.
  155.   23020 Dec  4  2000 win95-bn.html      Rick Moen's editorial columns at the 
  156.                                         time of MS-Windows 95's introduction.
  157.                                         Includes numerous damning indictments
  158.                                         of the underlying technology, including
  159.                                         the horrific "VFAT" filename extensions.
  160.  
  161.  
  162. Files related to the Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop -- see also
  163. http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/inspiron7000.html:
  164.  
  165.  1318875 2004-11-07 22:04 ts30i2-manual.zip
  166.  2437509 2004-08-02 01:31 dell-inspiron-7000-reference-and-troubleshooting-guide.pdf
  167.  6908532 2004-08-02 01:31 dell-inspiron-7000-service-manual.pdf
  168.  664664 2004-08-02 01:30 I7-A15.EXE
  169.