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Re: Win98

#187
From: Dennis Herndon
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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