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  • ...'''DASD''', is [[International Business Machines|IBM]] jargon for [[random access]] [[secondary storage]] devices, such as [[floppy disk]]s, hard [[disk]]s,
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  • '''Random Access Memory''' (often given as '''RAM''') is slang term for a computer's [[main ...disk]] [[secondary storage]] (although technically disks are also [[random access]] - unlike, say, [[magnetic tape]] secondary storage).
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  • '''Direct Memory Access''', usually abbreviated as '''DMA''', refers to a now-very-common technique ...e. In the second, the memory has multiple ports, and the device has direct access to the memory via one of the ports.
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  • #Redirect [[Random Access Memory]]
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  • ...ion''' (often given as the acronym, '''CSMA-CD''') is a way of controlling access to a [[Local area network|LAN]] using a [[broadcast]] bus (i.e. a shared br
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  • #Redirect [[Direct Memory Access]]
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  • ...etimes '''response time''') is the time period between the start of a read access cycle, and the point in time when the data is returned to the requestor. ...n the request arrives, that can delay the memory's response - and thus the access time for that particular cycle.
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  • ...go to disparate [[address]]es without significant delays; in '''sequential access''' memories, only successive operations to following locations can be done
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  • #Redirect [[Random access]]
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  • ...[[bit]] parallel ports, one input, and one output; it uses [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data.
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  • [[Access time]] is 210-230 nsec for reads, and 90-120 nsec for writes; [[cycle time]
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  • ...[[parallel interface]] for the [[UNIBUS]], one which used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data to a user device. It was a single [[DEC card form fa .../www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/unibus/EK-DR11W-UG-004.pdf DR11-W Direct Memory Access Interface Module User's Guide] (EK-DR11W-UG-004)
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  • '''Media Access Control Addresses''' (usually shortened to the acronymic form, '''MAC Addre
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  • #Redirect [[Media Access Control Address]]
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  • ...int-to-point links only. Introduction of file transfer (FAL), remote file access (DAP), task-to-task programming interfaces and network management features. ...ntroduction of adaptive routing capability, downline loading (MOP), record access, a network management architecture, and gateways to other types of networks
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  • ...ude [[DIGITAL Command Language|DCL]] as a choice for the CLI, giving users access to essentially the same command language used in [[RSX-11]] and, later, [[V
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  • ...memory|ROM]] (1 Kword) and a small amount of [[core memory|core]] [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] (128 words). It is not clear if any of these machines were eve
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  • | access-date=September 26, 2016
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  • ...and [[peripheral controller]]s through read-write cycles, [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], and [[interrupt]]s, as well as in much of the low-level detail, such
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  • ...nd device [[register]]s; and the ability for devices to do [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfers to memory, and to [[interrupt]] the CPU.
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  • ==Register access==
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  • | memory speed = [[MM11-E and MM1-F core memories|MM11-E]]: 500 nsec [[access time]]<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1.2 μsec [[cycle time]]
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  • ...UNIBUS and the EUB for access to all of memory for UNIBUS [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices; without it, the UNIBUS [[address space]] was statically mapp ...ath for addressing information to flow from the UNIBUS to the EUB, for DMA access to main memory by devices.
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  • ...ut not [[address]] lines); [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices could gain access to the memory via a [[UNIBUS map]] which connected the two, and mapped UNIB
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  • ...em), or the -11/45's main UNIBUS (the 'A' UNIBUS), so that [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] devices on that UNIBUS could do [[input/output|I/O]] to the fast memo
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  • ...[[main memory]] via a new Main Memory Bus, and changes to the CPU to allow access to that much memory * A [[UNIBUS map]] to allow devices on the UNIBUS access to all of that memory
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  • | average access time = 49 msec
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  • The name of bit 6 has changed slightly from the RK11-C to the -D ("Access Ready" to "R/W/S Ready"), but it seems to be basically the same functionali
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  • ...dge [[disk]] [[drive]]s. All data transfers are done using [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]. Data is protected with a [[hardware]]-generated and checked [[error-
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  • | minimum access time = 258 16 μsec | average access time = 16.9 msec (60 Hz [[alternating current|AC]] power)<br>20.3 msec (50
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  • | average access time = 67.5 msec Some later drives have access panels which can be removed to gain to the solenoid. On older ones, one has
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  • ...ous later models added various instructions for Processor Status Word (PS) access, maintenance, etc.
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  • | average access time = 70 msec
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  • ...05 drives. It used the [[single cycle data break]] form of [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer data directly to [[main memory]]. It uses blocks of 256 w
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  • Memory: Includes 16K bytes of Random Access Memory (RAM)
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  • * [[ACCESS]], an on-line query system, allowing user-friendly access to a data-base via interactive terminals.
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  • ...had a priority from 0 to 3. A program on a lower ring was never allowed to access the pages on a higher ring. Programs which ran on rings 2 and 3 could use t ...rupt priority level|interrupt priority]] of the device. In [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfers the device would send a "REQUEST". The CPU would answer wit
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  • For [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], [[mass storage]] peripherals connected directly to memories (PDP-10 * [https://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/access/text/2023/07/102737607-05-19-acc.pdf DECsystem-10 Technical Summary/DECSYST
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  • ...s used. With this clever combination, a program running in one field could access data in the same field by direct addressing, or data in another field with All supported [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]], called "data break" in the PDP-8's. There were two types.
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  • ...computers began to share memory between several CPUs. On these computers, access to the bus had to be prioritized, as well. The classic, simple way to prioritize interrupts or bus access was with a [[daisy chain]].
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  • hackers interested in operating systems and 386's with access to minix. >happening. However, for the time being I am without FTP access so I don't
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  • ...the drum to fetch it. And another 16ms if a complete turn was necessary to access the data address, y-addr. From this it is clear how a dedicated programmer
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  • ...tion on system state. DCL includes [[Conditional statement|IF-THEN-ELSE]], access to all the [[Record Management Services|RMS]] file types including stream,
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  • ...chnique sometimes used on computers whose [[main memory]] was not [[random access]], but sequential (such as [[delay line]]- and [[drum]]-based memory).
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  • Otherwise, from BASIC, you access the monitor by running: === Single Address Memory Access ===
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  • ...OM on the [[Central Processing Unit|CPU]] board, which prevents multi-user access to these computers.
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  • ...Level 8505 - Tur(n)key Level 4- Version 1.00, update 08 - Explains how to access the publicly available online demo system as well as a link to the download
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  • ...direct download on sourceforge.net]. To use uudeocde to decode it, simply access the [[boot42|article]], and copy the contents of the quoted text (the begin
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  • /usr/chris/dungeon/dtext.dat Text file in random access-format
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  • ...uploaded a copy onto this wiki in uuencoded format. To decode it, simply access the [[boot42|article]], and copy the contents of the quoted text (the begin
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  • *Access to Host OS filesystems using BetaDOS or MiNT native XFS driver
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  • ...with each other, and to use each other's machines. In those halcyon days, access was unrestricted; you could get on from any machine connected to the net, o .... jargon) could somehow be brought to more people. But very few people had access to the large computers that could run Zork. More and more people were begin
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  • ...] release. IBM had done their best to tune OS/2 to run in 4MB of [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] on a 386SX CPU. Warp also included the 'bonus pack' which inc These are the ones I currently have access to, or directly know about:
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  • ...'''DASD''', is [[International Business Machines|IBM]] jargon for [[random access]] [[secondary storage]] devices, such as [[floppy disk]]s, hard [[disk]]s,
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  • are available immediately through SunSoft. An early access release of
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  • Unlike [[Random Access Memory|RAM]], ROMs cannot be written to. At one point, ROMs are also typica
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  • They're not totally open access; you have to register with DDJ to get all of them. However, there is this:
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  • The [[User Datagram Protocol]] is used to provide access to an un-reliable datagram service, for [[application]]s which don't need t
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  • ...e [[S-100]] type machines, is that unlike the [[IBM PC]] the S-100's could access the full megabyte of RAM. According to Tim Patterson this feature was used
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  • the program to access remote mailboxes "xpop3" and 4: Access to file systems FAT-32 for more than 4 GB.
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  • * Separate [[access control list]]s for each 'file'
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  • With MS-DOS installed and able to access a CD-ROM, you will need a blank floppy image, in addition to either an ISO If you have access to [[Visual C++ 1.1]] or the [[Windows NT 3.1 SDK]] you'll be in luck as yo
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  • ...ts (ones that use TCP/IP are better!), sound settings and of course CD-ROM access. I'll update these topics in the future.
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  • ...3.5 and 3.51 include an update to NT 3.1's NTFS driver to allow NT 3.1 to access an NTFS partition that has been mounted by NT 3.5 or later.
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  • access as well as for the audio capabilities indicated. The following modems are supported for use with Remote Access Service.
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  • ...me fun, Murray teased David that David's new Windows 286 (Windows 2.x with access to the 64-KB HMA) was basically a joke. What one really should do was to ge With Windows now running in protected mode, that meant that people would have access to more memory (albeit in 64k chunks as both the 386 & 286 kept the 286's m
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  • ...a 3000 used ZIP RAM instead of DIP, at the time allowing for faster memory access. However the industry at large would shun the [[ZIP]] chip, and instead mo ...lemented a bit blitter in hardware. The original version of the chip could access 512KB of 'chip RAM', the fat Angus could up that to 1024KB, and the fatter
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  • ...rdware, emulates the intended function the real-mode program was trying to access, or terminates the real-mode program if it is trying to do something that c ...even checked the drive but simply will not permit the real-mode program to access it. Also, the V86 monitor can do things like map [[main memory]] [[virtual
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  • ...Basic were known for needing line numbers, and it allowed direct hardware access via PEEK,POKE keywords. Many of these programs were NOT portable, as the h
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  • ...lowing for a flat memory space where the entire 4GB of accessible [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] could be accessed without [[segment]]ation. The 386 was introd
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  • ...it had a 24-bit [[address bus]] to allow access for up to 16MB of [[Random Access Memory|RAM]], and a [[virtual address|virtual]] [[address space]] of 1GB. T
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  • access as well as for the audio capabilities indicated. The following modems are supported for use with Remote Access Service, and
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  • devices meant to be used for teletype access should (to should be taken to change the access modes (chmod(1)) on
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  • ...central processor is executing in the context of a process, there are four access privilege modes (user, supervisor, executive, kernel), each with its own st ...e-access port becomes the console. A terminal connected through the remote-access port can halt the central processor, boot it, diagnose it, etc.
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  • ...lso gives each DOS application up to 640 K random access memory (RAM) plus access to expanded memory through use of a built-in LIM software driver.
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  • with. As far as I know, both SCSI and ST506 access are integrated on the A2090a to J5. However, others have noted the SCSI access circuitry as
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  • ...though effectively 2MHz there as well due to [[wait state]]s to give video access to system bus. In C64 compatibility mode the 8502 dropped down to 1MHz.
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  • ...system generation to the front of the system namelist for quicker access. devices meant to be used for teletype access should (to avoid confusion, no other reason) be named /dev/ttyX, where X
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  • .... It could only [[execute]] code out of [[Read-only memory|ROM]], [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] was only used for storing data, and this complicated the life
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  • '''Random Access Memory''' (often given as '''RAM''') is slang term for a computer's [[main ...disk]] [[secondary storage]] (although technically disks are also [[random access]] - unlike, say, [[magnetic tape]] secondary storage).
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  • '''Dynamic RAM''' ('dynamic random-access memory'), usually abbreviated as '''DRAM''', is currently the ubiquitous [[ ...he idea which led to IBM's 1968 patent on single-transistor dynamic random access memory
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  • ...rd), protected by [[parity]]; cache control logic inspects [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] transfers on the QBUS and invalidates cache entries for [[main memory
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  • ...terrupts, or either can be used to provide the device with [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] capability.
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  • library suitable for one-pass access by _l_d(1).
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  • -u Use time of last access instead of last modification
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  • must be mounted read-only or errors will occur when access
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  • access permissions to files are performed with respect to
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  • A access time must be corrected
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  • ...lared `token names'. This allows source files other than '''y.tab.c''' to access the token codes.
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  • ...Subsystem]], along with a [[TS04 Tape Transport]]. It used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] to transfer both data, and 'command packets', which are commands to t
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  • ...ntroller|SPC]] slot. Data is transferred to the host using [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]]; installation of a TUK50 thus requires removal of the [[Non-Processor
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  • ...ich automagically corrects single-[[bit]] errors (at a slight penalty in [[access time|response time]] when an error occurs), and detects double-bit errors.
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  • ...]], the '''M7546'''; data is transferred to the host using [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]].
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  • ...erface|RS-232]] [[asynchronous serial line]]s. Output used [[Direct Memory Access|DMA]] (with each line having its own [[buffer]] [[pointer]] and count); inp
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  • ...uploaded a copy onto this wiki in uuencoded format. To decode it, simply access the [[boot42|article]], and copy the contents of the quoted text (the begin
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  • ...uploaded a copy onto this wiki in uuencoded format. To decode it, simply access the [[BootHP|article]], and copy the contents of the quoted text (the begin
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  • ...ssor, a variant of the [[MC6800|6800]] with 128 bytes of internal [[Random Access Memory|RAM]] and an internal [[clock]] oscillator. There were also five [[6
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  • ...ns, and watchpoints) instead of writing your own. And the UI provides GUI access to that memory, plus the ability to load/store/modify/examine the memory co
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  • ...3,741,824), and a 24bit memory bus (2^24 is 16,777,216), allowing users to access 16MB of RAM. ...build your applications, link with the DOS Extender and now you could have access to 16MB of RAM!
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  • ...disks|drives]] were cheap to manufacture; unlike tapes, they are [[random access]]. The media isn't rigid, unlike the [[platter]]s in [[Disk#Recent developm
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  • hackers interested in operating systems and 386's with access to minix.
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  • devices meant to be used for teletype access should (to should be taken to change the access modes (chmod(1)) on
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  • teletype access should be named /dev/ttyX, where X is any should be taken to change the access modes (chmod-I) on
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  • granite is a verb! how to use it? should give access to thief's hideout from to remove it and provide access to the Volcano. Be sure
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  • <!-- | average access time = xx msec --> It had two heads per surface; not rotationally opposed (to halve maximum access time), but two on each arm; there thus 2,516 usable tracks on each data sur
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  • We recommend creating a non-root account and using su(1) for root access.
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  • one of the files is corrupt and have access to a
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  • io port access from user processes doesn't randomly work/fail. now must open /dev/mem to get access. (cgd)
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  • project and access to its works are open to everyone. The project is
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  • project and access to its works are open to everyone. The project is
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  • .../M]]! The [http://www.tramm.li/i8080/ project homepage is here], while to access it, just click [http://www.tramm.li/i8080/emu8080.html here].
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  • their inability to obtain access to 386BSD, whether licensed with, interested parties could have access to SUPPORTED ver-
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  • If you do not have access to the internet and electronic mail is your
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  • Someone gave me access to a SYSVr2 machine!..
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