Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!SNOW-WHITE.MERIT-TECH.COM!goss From: goss@SNOW-WHITE.MERIT-TECH.COM (Mike Goss) Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Subject: Re: Personal IRIS Neophyte asks dumb questions... Message-ID: <9004120227.AA00781@snow-white.merit-tech.com> Date: 12 Apr 90 02:27:35 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 55 > Date: 10 Apr 90 15:37:31 GMT > From: tim anderson > Organization: PolarServ, Seattle WA > Subject: Personal IRIS Neophyte asks dumb questions... > Message-Id: <1520@polari.UUCP> > Sender: info-iris-request@BRL.MIL > To: info-iris@BRL.MIL > Status: RO ... > First, I really really want to network my PC to this thing. What do > I have to do to get this working? I know step one is to get a WD8003 > ethernet card, but beyond that I am a bit lost... For cheap ethernet support, you can get NCSA Telnet for your PC. This software supplies Telnet and FTP commands, and comes with source if you want to roll your own application. It supports several different PC Ethernet adapters. I've used it some, and it seems to work quite well. The only thing really lacking is file sharing, ala NFS (but for free software, it's still pretty impressive). You can get this software via anonymous FTP from "zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu", or via US Mail on diskette if you don't have FTP (send me e-mail if you need US Mail address; I don't have it handy at the moment). ... > Third, I want a NON BRAIN DEAD EDITOR, I use BRIEF religiously on my PC > and will SORELY miss using it. I really do not want to get very good at > 'vi'... > Editors are somewhat of a religion; personally I'm an Emacs believer. Since I switch around alot between machines, I've adopted Micro-Emacs as my standard editor. It's not as powerful as GNU, but it runs on just about every machine in existence (PC, Mac, BSD Unix, System V, Amiga, Atari, etc.). You can get source for the cost of a phone call from the author's BBS (or for a nominal fee from some of the public domain software places). The author and BBS are: Daniel M. Lawrence The Programmer's Room FIDO 201/2 (317) 742-5533 24 hours 300/1200 baud If you want the full-up GNU Emacs (for the Iris; it won't fit on a PC), I think it's available via anonymous FTP at "prep.ai.mit.edu", along with other GNU stuff. It's pretty huge, so you might be better off finding someone who's already got it on tape. ------------------------------ Mike Goss Merit Technology Inc. (214)733-7018 goss@snow-white.merit-tech.com