[Gllug] new member....

[Gary Pownall]

Bring it along.  If the assorted eggheds can't get it working then no one 
can.

Gary

>From: Tom Hannen <tomhannen at gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk>
>To: gllug at gllug.org.uk
>Subject: [Gllug] new member....
>Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 15:11:12 +0100
>
>Hi,
>
>I've recently got hold of an extremely old laptop, with a view to
>learning about Linux. (only used OS X and windows before).
>
>I was wondering if I could lug it along to the next meeting?  Been
>having some trouble getting the PCMCIA ethernet NIC to work...
>
>Tried a couple of mini-distros designed for older machines - Delilinux
>and Blueflops...  Both look promising, but are having trouble
>detecting the NIC, which is a shame as I really need it in order to
>install stuff (no CDROM drive in the laptop).  I realise it is
>ancient, but was just hoping to run Links on it for web browsing...
>
>The details:
>
>Compaq Contura 410C 486DX2 50MHz
>20MB RAM
>400MB HDD
>1.44MB FDD
>Two Type II PCMCIA slots currently hosting a:
>Sitecom Fast Ethernet PCMCIA 10/100MBps NIC
>
>
>
>
>
>On 8/3/05, Christopher Hunter <chrisehunter at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 02 Aug 2005 22:07, you wrote:
> > > On Mon, 1 Aug 2005, Christopher Hunter stipulated:
> > > > The American FCC have some really bizarre rules since they passed a 
>Law
> > > > preventing the export of "encryption devices".  It's probably true!
> > >
> > > The FCC have nothing to do with munitions export regulations.
> >
> > The FCC has responsibility for everything to do with "communications", 
>and
> > "cryptographic devices" fall under that category.
> >
> > An American company I dealt with fell foul of the FCC when trying to 
>ship
> > software which included rudimentary security facilities (and didn't work
> > under Windows).
> >
> > It appears that any software that doesn't work in the Windows world is
> > considered to be encrypted - Apple fell foul of the FCC under these 
>spurious
> > rules a few years ago.  Open Source software is considered as even more
> > suspect - the fact that the source code is often included and easily 
>legible
> > seems to make no difference.
> >
> > Chris
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