The January issue of Linux Journal (#33) will be printed 20 November 1996 and will be mailed from the printers on 25 November 1996. Subscription orders received by 3:00 pm PDT Monday, 11 November 1996 will start with issue #33. Call during normal West Coast business hours at 206-782-7733. TABLE OF CONTENTS LINUX JOURNAL #33 JANUARY 1997 FEATURES Let Linux Speak How an ad for a speech synthesizer led to the development of a speech server under Linux. by David Sugar Using Linux with Programmable Logic Controllers Combining programmable logic controllers with Linux can be a cost-effective and robust method for providing specialized control systems. J.P.G. Quintana Booting Linux from EPROM A quick look at making Linux bootable from EPROM on a 486 single board computer. by Dave Bennett NEWS & ARTICLES Disk Maintenance under Linux by David A. Bandel Satellite Tracking with Linux by Kenneth E. Harker Washington, D.C. Local Users' Group Installfest by LJ Staff Free SCO OpenServer Has Its Place by Evan Leibovitch Caldera's Bryan Sparks by Phil Hughes WWWsmith Java and Client<\\>Server How Java can be used in small Client-server applications. by Joe Novosel At the Forge: CGI Programming A look at one of the most common uses for CGI programs---saving data to files on disk. by Reuven M. Lerner COLUMNS Letters to the Editor Take Command: unzip New Products Product Review: Netactive Linux Gazette: Two Cent Tips DIRECTORIES Consultants Directory Advertisers Index UPCOMING: Linux and the City of Garden Grove On-Line Man Pages in HTML Linux Journal is carried by some newsstands (including all Computer Literacy stores in Silicon Valley) and is delivered to newsstands by two newsstand distributors. If you know a place selling magazines that you think should stock LJ, send e-mail to dist@ssc.com or have them call SSC at 206-782-7733. Getting LJ on newsstands is one of the best ways we can show the non-Internet crowd that Linux is for real. Subscriptions are: US$22/year U.S. US$27/year Canada US$32/year Foreign US$39/2 years U.S. US$49/2 years Canada US$54/2 years Foreign Linux Journal P.O. Box 85867 Seattle, WA 98145-1867 Fax: +1 206-782-7191 Tel: +1 206-782-7733 E-mail: subs@ssc.com URL: http://www.ssc.com/lj/ Our public key (for encrypting your credit card number) is available by fingering info@ssc.com. Subscriptions begin with the *current* issue. Back issues are available (except for Issues #1, #3, #4 and #17---we're out) for $4 each, or $6 each non-North American airmail. ***Note: All funds should be in U.S. dollars*** Other questions/comments can be sent to: linux@ssc.com