There are a number of ways to implement Linux IP Virtual Server, one of which from Red Hat Enterprise Linux is to make use of their Cluster Suite packages: ipvsadm and piranha. We are using most of piranha’s components to front-end clients into our Oracle Peoplesoft systems running on IBM BladeCenter: its service pulse for [...]
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Linux IPVS
Apr 30
TI-99/4A
Mar 5
Just got a few Ebay bundles (all TI oriented) this past week for about $99 shipped to satisfy my tinkering and nostalgic pleasures. An original TI/99 4A computer, boxed, 22 carts (mostly games, extended BASIC, and a couple of learning aids I can use when they put me in a retirement home), BASIC and extended [...]
Cygwin Xterm
Feb 21
One of the best features of Cygwin is its X display server. But the default attributes for its Xterm application leaves something to be desired for modern PCs and their HD displays. Below is my attempt to address that grievance; here’s a copy from my home directory .Xdefaults: XTerm*background: Light Cyan XTerm*colorBD: DarkBlue XTerm*colorBDMode: True [...]
A video of a wonderful presentation and ongoing project, currently reverse engineering the 6502 CPU, but the process and tools are a springboard for other chips (video, sound, i/o) and pcbs:
Fedora 14 Animated GIF fix
Nov 30
Oh dear, it seems that F14′s cairo package is not properly implemented by GNOME and Firefox web browser — if your Gnome is giving you fits with its pull-down menus not entirely rendering and if animated GIFs are only showing their 1st frame and the rest transparent equating to an annoying “blink” effect, then this [...]
