Re: Introduction

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On Sun, 20 Jun 1999, Steve Poling wrote:
> 
> if i recall correctly, i hit this problem, got flummoxed (like yourself)
> flailed around for a while w/o success, and then i didled with my BIOS
> settings in the CMOS setup and walla, it all started working el perfecto. if
> you've got a relatively new BIOS you'll have plenty of settings to tweak,
> try that. or wait a millisecond, and someone smart will come up with a
> better answer.

Actually the bios is quite old, it's apparently an old Packard Bell 386
machine that someone had upgraded to an i486.  The BIOS settings are
minimal at best...not even as detailed as my Acer Pentium, c.1995.  It was
a very low end computer when it was built (I believe), since you don't
tend to see too many 386 machines with Socket 7.

> oh, and i understand about steep learning curves, getting X running was
> all nighter. and the dialup on demand PPP stuff was a war. fortunately, i
> got good help from the list. good people haunt these parts. and they let me
> lurk, too.

I'm having a bad enough time using this Pine. :)  Maybe once I get PPP up
on my RH box, I'll see it a little more clearly in terminal mode..

Cheers!

-Brian