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Article #187Re: Win98
From: Dennis Herndon
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 03:01
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2001 03:01
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I took advantage of Comcast @Home service and then they went bankrupt! - however Comcast is fighting them and I'm still hooked up. The key is in the hostname you are assigned. I use LM8.1 (Linux-mandrake) and the setup was a piece of cake. Once you get your hostname you should be fine. DSL is I think Static IP, which could work to your advantage. David J. Aronson wrote: > pat wrote: > > >>"David J. Aronson" <dja2001@att.net> wrote in message >>news:3C05109F.8EE9BC0E@att.net... >> >>>Wanted to Buy: Windows 98, on CD, either full (preferred) or upgrade. >>> >>>I am taking >>>advantage of Verizon's "one month free and two months cheap" DSL offer, >>>they only send software for Windoze, and I'm not networking-savvy enough >>>to replicate the functionality under Linux. Any clues in that >>>department are welcome.) >>> >>>-- >>>David J. Aronson, Software Engineer FOR HIRE IN PHILADELPHIA AREA >>> >>Would it be cruel to muse that perhaps the first sentence is related to the >>last ;-) >> > > If you mean the last in the article body, not cruel, just observant; if > I could do this deal without Winblows, I certainly would. If you mean > the last you quoted, then again, not cruel, just a good guess; I want to > take advantage of the DSL offer now so as to get the job listings (and > do company research) faster, plus leave the phone line free in case > anyone with a job for me calls. B-) > >
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