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- Subject: Re: What is aXe?
- Message-ID: <92310.214848PINHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- From: David Pincus <PINHC@CUNYVM.BITNET>
- Date: Thursday, 5 Nov 1992 21:48:48 EST
- References: <Bx88Kw.BBC@news.cso.uiuc.edu><1992Nov6.014429.9980@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center
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- Hey there, I'd like to abandon MS-DOS / WIN3.1 for linux. I'm not of the
- faint of heart but never have had any unix experience. My system is as follows
-
- 80386/33 w/fpu
- 8megs ram
- an 80 and 20 meg HD's(MFM) linux will go on the 20 to start
- tape backup (colorado jumbo internal)
- Plain vanilla 640x480 vga
-
- I have some questions:
- 1) I can ftp to tsx-11 but what files do I need? The directory listing
- is truly overwhelming.
- 2) Is there windowing program out there compatible with linux?
- 3) What telecommunications software would I need to access my U.'s vm/cms
- system?
- 4)at tsx-11 I see files in bold such as "README" how do I read them?
- (I've tried "get README" but to no avail.
- 5) Is there software pd and or copyleft that is like word for windows,
- wordperfect etc.?
- 6) Can I set up my system so that I have a choice as to which operating
- system will boot? I don't think I'll be able to do away with DOS
- completely as I do DOS support for several clients.
-
- 7) To reiterate #1) If someone could email or post a list of ALL the files
- neccessary to start I'd love to devote a weekend/week to installing linux
- and some word processing/telecom/mail software.
-
- Thanx 10^6th I hope to become a linux fanatic in the months to come, as
- I think it's time to learn un*x finally *sigh*.
-
- Later - Dave
-