Getting Colour ANSI Emulation to Work Properly When Connecting to a BBS With Telnet Under Linux
Written by Lawrence Woodman on 14th February 2010
Tags: ANSI, BBS, Linux, Retro, Telnet, Text Mode
A BBS Splash Screen I have noticed that the number of people interested in using telnet to access BBSs seems to be growing, which I'm really pleased to see.  However lots of people seem to be having trouble getting colour ANSI emulation working properly with telnet under Linux.  I have therefore put this tutorial together to show just how easy it is.

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Setting up a Beowulf Cluster Using Open MPI on Linux
Written by Lawrence Woodman on 2nd December 2009
Tags: Beowulf Clusters, Distributed Processing, High Performance Computing, Linux, MPI, Parallel Processing, Tutorials
I have been doing a lot of work recently on Linear Genetic Programming.  This requires a great deal of processing power and to meet this I have been using Open MPI to create a Linux cluster.  What follows is a quick guide to getting a cluster running.  The basics really are very simple and, depending on the size, you can get a simple cluster running in less than half an hour, assuming you already have the machines networked and running Linux.

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Connecting a Parallel Printer to a Modern Linux Machine Using a LogiLink USB to Parallel Cable‚ D-SUB 25pin
Written by Lawrence Woodman on 6th May 2009
Tags: Linux, Retro, Reviews

Amazon 		I have a number of older printers that I would like to connect to my modern machine, but have been unable to do so because my computer doesn't have a parallel interface.  After searching the internet for a review of a usb to parallel cable that works reliably with Linux, I pretty much drew a blank.  I then decided to look on Amazon and just give one a go.  Below is my brief review of the product that I found to work.  I hope that it is of some help to others who are looking for a similar cable.

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