Archive-name: 3b1-faq/part1
Version: $Id: 3b1-faq-part1,v 2.5 2000/09/05 19:17:48 jbunch 

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| Answers to some frequently asked questions about the AT&T UNIX PC, |
|     as well as some frequent problems, hints, and solutions.	     |
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Section Contents

• News Headers
• 0.1. Table of Contents for part 1 of the faq.
• 1.0. General
• 1.1. What exactly are the AT&T UNIX PC, PC7300, and 3B1?
• 1.2. What is the operating system? Its origins?
• 1.3. What are the "OSU Archives"?
• 1.4. Who supports these machines? Are there any user groups?
• 1.5. Where can I get my machine serviced or fixed?
• 2.0. Software
• 2.1. How do I get my free Personal Calendar program?
• 2.2. What is "THE STORE!" and how can I access it?
• 2.3. Is there any GNU software available?
• 2.4. Is the X Window system available for the UNIX PC?
• 2.5. What's MGR?
• 2.6. How can I get a full 360kB when I format a MS-DOS floppy on the UNIX PC?
• 2.7. Are there any other utilities for fiddling with MS-DOS floppies?
• 2.8. What commercial software was available for the UNIX PC?
• 2.0. Software Development
• 3.1. Can I use the GNU C compiler in place of the hard-to-find development set?
• 3.2. What do I with old object-file archives?
• 4.0. Administration
• 4.1. How do I restore from a backup when one of the floppies is bad?
• 4.2. How can I make a floppy-disk-based UNIX for fsck'ing the hard drive?
• 4.3. How can I get the machine to ask the device and program to boot from?
• 4.4. How do I get multiple login windows?
• 4.5. What the heck is a +IN suffix on a file?
• 4.6. What do the HDERR (FDERR, or TPERR) messages in /usr/adm/unix.log mean?
• 4.7. Why are the header files missing after an install of the Development Set?
• 4.8. Why is the machine is booting over and over?
• 4.9. Is HoneyDanBer UUCP available to replace the stock uucp software?
• 4.10. Why doesn't the On-Board Modem (OBM) work with some other modems?
• 4.11. How do I get my on-board modem to be a dial-out-only modem?
• 4.12. Does the on-board modem support 2400 bps?
• 4.13. Why aren't the lpadmin, accept, and reject commands working right?
• 4.14. Why are all the jobs on the printer always followed by a formfeed?
• 4.15. Why can't I send bitmapped images to the printer correctly?
• 4.16. How do I configure a Hayes compatible external modem on the UNIX PC?
• 4.17. Any tips on building Cnews?
• 4.18. What are lipc and nipc, and how can I use nipc instead of lipc?
• 5.0. Upgrading
• 5.1. What third-party hardware is available?
• 5.2. Can I put a 68881 math coprocessor in my machine?

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