4 Jan
2002
4 Jan
'02
6:27 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Finnegan [mailto:pat@purdueriots.com]
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
> If it doesn't have wheels, it isn't really a computer.
Actually if i wanted to get a new tower case, i COULD
get a tower case
with casters already attached for about $300 new.... but i
like to save
money for other things..........
I would add that a real computer must have a console monitor in firmware, and have the
option of attaching an independent single device (as in a serial terminal) to use for a
console. KVM switches don't count, of course ;)
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
4 Jan
4 Jan
7:31 a.m.
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:
I guess then, if i went to the store and mounted casters on my Sun
SparcStation 1, it'd be a 'real computer'. Of course if nothing else,
it'd be a 'really slow computer' that rolls faster than the framebuffer
can scroll text. (hehe)
-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Finnegan [mailto:pat@purdueriots.com]
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
> If it doesn't have wheels, it isn't really a computer.
Actually if i wanted to get a new tower case, i
COULD get a tower case
with casters already attached for about $300 new.... but i
like to save
money for other things..........
I would add that a real computer must have a console monitor in firmware, and have the
option of attaching an independent single device (as in a serial terminal) to use for a
console. KVM switches don't count, of course ;)
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl
Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
10:18 a.m.
New subject: Speeding up a SPARC1? (was RE: FreeVMS)
--- Pat Finnegan <pat(a)purdueriots.com> wrote:
I'm tempted to do that. myself, just to take a picture of it.
Does that mean the best way to accelerate a SPARC1 is to put wheels
and an Estes engine on it? (Remember the joke about accelerating
a Macintosh is best done at 9.8m/s^2?)
> On Fri, 4
Jan 2002, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
> > If it doesn't have wheels, it isn't really a computer.
I guess then, if i went to the store and mounted casters on my Sun
SparcStation 1, it'd be a 'real computer'. Of course if nothing else, it'd be a 'really
slow computer' that rolls
faster than the framebuffer can scroll text. (hehe)
Try replacing the CG6 with a CG3. The scroll speed on a SPARC1 + CG3
is painful. I'd rather scroll text on a PET. If you need a dual-width
CG6, make me an offer. I have spares.
-ethan
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