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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.   11316 May 29  1998 eide.txt           Rick Moen's article "All about EIDE".
  69.    6504 Mar 27 02:40 el3-diag           Donald Becker's utility to test and 
  70.                                         report basic functioning of a 3Com
  71.                                         3C509 or 3C509B ISA ethernet card.
  72.                                         Reports existence and activation of the
  73.                                         card, only.  Linux i386 binary under 
  74.                                         the GNU GPL.  From:
  75.                                         http://www.scyld.com/diag/
  76.   10695 Mar 27 02:34 el3.c              Donald Becker's utility to test and
  77.                                         report basic functioning of a 3Com
  78.                                         3C509 or 3C509B ISA ethernet card.
  79.                                         Reports existence and activation of the
  80.                                         card, only.  C source code under the 
  81.                                         GNU GPL.  From:
  82.                                         http://www.scyld.com/diag/
  83.    4234 2003-04-08   hdutils            List of low-level formatting utilities
  84.                                         for various hard drive manufacturers.
  85.    9874 Dec 14  1998 optima-review.txt   
  86.                                         Rick Moen's review of a Hayes Optima
  87.                                         modem, with copious background about
  88.                                         modem technology.
  89.  ----- removed ----- partboot-1.4.21.img
  90.                                         GNU PartEd partition-editing program,
  91.                                         boot diskette image.  Resizes, copies,
  92.                                         checks, creates, recovers, destroys 
  93.                                         filesystems.  Resize support for FAT,
  94.                                         ext2/ext3, Linux swap, and ReiserFS
  95.                                         filesystems.  Standalone Linux i386 
  96.                                         binaries under the GNU GPL on a boot 
  97.                                         image supporting most but not all i386 
  98.                                         hardware.  (You may be able to build
  99.                                         support for other disk hardware using 
  100.                                         mkpart to make a bootdisk:
  101.                                         ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/people/
  102.                                         kent-robotti/mkpart/ )  You'll also
  103.                                         need the root filesystem image. 
  104.                                         From:
  105.                                         http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
  106.  ----- removed ----- parted-1.6.3.tar.gz
  107.                                         GNU PartEd partition-editing program.
  108.                                         Resizes, copies, checks, creates, 
  109.                                         recovers, destroys filesystems.  Resize
  110.                                         support for FAT, ext2/ext3, Linux swap,
  111.                                         and ReiserFS filesystems.  C source 
  112.                                         code under the GNU GPL -- known to 
  113.                                         compile and run cleanly on Linux- and 
  114.                                         HURD-based distributions running on 
  115.                                         Alpha, i386, PC98, PowerPC, and SPARC.
  116.                                         From:
  117.                                         http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
  118.  ----- removed ----- partroot-1.6.2.img GNU PartEd partition-editing program,
  119.                                         root filesystem image.  Resizes, copies,
  120.                                         checks, creates, recovers, destroys 
  121.                                         filesystems.  Resize support for FAT,
  122.                                         ext2/ext3, Linux swap, and ReiserFS
  123.                                         filesystems.  Standalone Linux i386 
  124.                                         binaries under the GNU GPL on a boot
  125.                                         image supporting most but not all i386
  126.                                         hardware.  You'll need the boot image.
  127.                                         From:
  128.                                         http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
  129.     922 2004-07-26 11:15 pcimodem       Initialisation script adaptable for any 
  130.                                         PCI non-winmodem on Linux.  Parses 
  131.                                         lspci output, then runs setserial 
  132.                                         accordingly.  Bourne shell script, 
  133.                                         adapted by Rick Moen from a long-ago 
  134.                                         fragment by a co-worker, and issued 
  135.                                         under GPLv2.
  136.   29007 2004-12-27 15:01 scsi-status-codes
  137.                                         Detailed explanation of SCSI device
  138.                                         hex messages and their interpetetation.
  139.    2850 Nov 10 02:35 system-info        Karsten Self's system-info shell script                                         v. 1.7, to examine an x86 system and 
  140.                                         report details of hardware found.  Bash
  141.                                         shell script under the GNU GPL.  From:
  142.                                         http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/
  143.                                         Main/LinuxSystemInfoScript
  144.   20712 Dec 12  2001 va1000fix.zip      Flash ROM fix for VA Linux Systems 1000.
  145.   23020 Dec  4  2000 win95-bn.html      Rick Moen's editorial columns at the 
  146.                                         time of MS-Windows 95's introduction.
  147.                                         Includes numerous damning indictments
  148.                                         of the underlying technology, including
  149.                                         the horrific "VFAT" filename extensions.
  150.  
  151.  
  152. Files related to the Dell Inspiron 7000 laptop -- see also
  153. http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/inspiron7000.html:
  154.  
  155.  1318875 2004-11-07 22:04 ts30i2-manual.zip
  156.  2437509 2004-08-02 01:31 dell-inspiron-7000-reference-and-troubleshooting-guide.pdf
  157.  6908532 2004-08-02 01:31 dell-inspiron-7000-service-manual.pdf
  158.  664664 2004-08-02 01:30 I7-A15.EXE
  159.