-------------Original Message: Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:13:39 -0600 From: Richard <legalize at xmission.com> Subject: Re: SGI Onyx - Three Phase to Two Phase conversion <snip> Given all the conflicting information and personal anecdotes that people swear by ("turning on a VT100 will destructively read the ROM") that others have not experienced, the conflicting warnings and advice have lead me to the conclusion of just generally ignoring all such warnings and advice from this list. ------------Reply: It's getting harder and harder to find any wheat in the chaff on this list; no doubt in part due to the fact that some of the people who used to contribute good hard info got tired of wasting time scrolling through the irrelevant stuff and left. Even Tony who has so often contributed valuable information seems to be spending more of his time preaching and arguing his various gospels lately... m