5 Aug
2006
5 Aug
'06
4:51 p.m.
Ray Arachelian wrote:
Exactly. Last time I checked (a few YEARS ago), there wasnt
support for the CCFL's (the ides of leaving the display on
24/7 isn't appealing)
The pagan rites of solaris installations, running with diag-switch?=true
and of course swapping parts. :-)
And maybe sacrificing a 386 or two. >;-)
With bits flying EVERYWHERE!! :>
Don Y wrote:
I've learned NOT to rely on that! :>
But, a friend dropped off several hundred NiMH cells some time
ago so I just rebuild the battery packs. Cosmetically not
pretty but the machines will end up in the trash in short
order anyways...
Amazing how a few computers meets with disdain...
yet a
closet full of *shoes* doesn't! :-/
(and shoes are so BORING! Hell, if it doesn't have blinkenlights,
what good is it??)
Yeah, we all have our hobbies.
Yup. I have mine on a small UPS so that I could
dial out, etc.
even if there's a power outage. But, we have so few outages
here (and never any of more than 30 minute duration) *and*
I now have laptops to throw at that problem so it's kind of
just taking up space... :-(
And old laptops with somewhat weak batteries can be
considered to have
their own built in UPS's. :-) With a build in ethernet port, and two PC cards, you
can create quite a
nice router. Just set them up
to not go to sleep when you close the lid, and you're set.
I *should* look into that as they are probably even more energy
efficient than the LX. But, often they have oddball I/O's
that really are only addressed in the MS world. :-(
I had hoped
NetBSD would eventually bring their support up to a
level that would let me replace Solaris on that box (since NBSD
seems pretty respectable on older SPARCs) but that hasn't yet
happened.
Yeah, the custom hardware is a bit difficult to find drivers for. I got rid of most of my sparcs, but held on to a few
interesting
ones... For a short while, my house was "sparc-henge."
Makes one wonder
what sort of rituals took place on the equinox... just kidding.