Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 12:03:02 -0500 (CDT) From: John Sconiers <jrs@enteract.com> To: slpalmer@email.com Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Newbie (to development) would like to help Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981021120039.29735A-100000@adam.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <9810211141364G.14328@webc02.globecomm.net>
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On Wed, 21 Oct 1998 slpalmer@email.com wrote: > > Greetings! > I would like to join in on the FreeBSD project in whatever way I could. I don't know what the best route to go about this is, so I'll just give a quick list of what (I think) I'm capable of, and solicit suggestions. > > BACKGROUND: > I first tried to run BSD/386 in '92 or so but had only a MicroChannel machine, and proting to a new arch was beyond me. I've run various GNU/Linux systems since .9x kernels, and used FreeBSD since version 2.1. > I work for Sprint Paranet as a UN*X Technical Analyst doing everything from System Administration to Perl Development, and general UN*X Support. > I am proficiant (not a wizard ;) at Perl5. I can read and understand most C code, although I'm not good at developing in C from scratch. > > HARDWARE: > My home system is an AMD K6-233 w/ 64 meg of RAM and a Western Digital 6.4 gig Hard Disk (IDE/UDMA). I have a Zoom parallel-port full-motion-color camera (Like a Connectix color QuickCam) that I've not yet tried under FreeBSD, a small 10baseT network, HP JetDirect External, RIVA TNT based video card (I'm running the VGA16 server until it's supported). Thus shoulf help you fix the support of XFREE86 http://www.nvidia.com/Marketing/Developer/OpenDrvDwn.nsf > > My system stays connected to the net (56k) from 8:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST. I CVSup FreeBSD-CURRENT and make world daily. (Since 3.0-RELEASE) During business hours my system can be reached at http://midearth.dyn.ml.org > > Any suggestions on how I can be more helpful? > > Stephen L. Palmer > slpalmer@email.com > > > ----------------------------------------------- > FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com > Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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