I got the screen on my laptop working now. Turns out I had to use the vesa driver instead of the ATI driver. As always, it’s something simple that trips everything up. I’m still working on getting the wireless and ethernet connections working, but that’s a less pressing matter. At least until the movers come and take my desktop system, anyhow.
Tag: Software
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Wisdom from the pearly Gates
Originally published in the Fullerton College Hornet, Vol. 78, Issue 24; 5 May 1999 and The Orange County Register, 4 July 1999
Brothers and sisters, lend me yo’ modems.
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Linux explored: Operating system offers alternative to Windows
Originally published in the Fullerton College Hornet, Vol. 78, Issue 17; 3 Mar 1999
In the midst of the Microsoft antitrust trial, a true competitor has arisen.
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Y2K Investigated: Y2K explained in plain English
Originally published in the Fullerton College Hornet, Vol. 78, Issue 15; 17 Feb 1999
Exactly 317 days are left in the millennium. This could spell disaster for anything computer controlled that is not prepared for the turn of the millennium.
What is the Year 2000, or Y2K, problem and how did it come about?