17 Oct
2008
17 Oct
'08
10:53 a.m.
2008/10/16 Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com>:
At 12:21 PM +0100 10/16/08, Dan Williams wrote:
No it's a 2000. It's a lot bigger, noiser and heavier then I was
expecting. I was thinking it was just a tower machine. I didn't
realise the depth of it.
Any idea how well these run with Solaris 10, do you know if it would
run any quicker with 8 or 9.
Dan
I have just bought a dual 900mhz Sparc machine with 2gb memory. for
?130. I haven't got it yet. But I am quite sure it will be fast enough
to use as a desktop machine. Also should be fairly quick at compiling
bits and pieces.
Is it a SunBlade 1000 by any chance? If so you'd better have a good A/C in
the room. :-( I've only been able to run mine in the dead of winter when I
could open the door and let cool air in.
Zane
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17 Oct
17 Oct
12:02 p.m.
On Oct 17, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
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Dave McGuire
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No it's a 2000. It's a lot bigger, noiser and
heavier then I was
expecting. I was thinking it was just a tower machine. I didn't
realise the depth of it.
Yes, it's a big box.
Any idea how well these run with Solaris 10, do you
know if it would
run any quicker with 8 or 9.
They are *fantastic* with Solaris 10. 10 is quite a bit quicker
than 8 or 9 for most workloads.
-Dave
12:23 p.m.
Is it a
SunBlade 1000 by any chance? If so you'd better have a good A/C in
the room. :-( I've only been able to run mine in the dead of winter when I
could open the door and let cool air in.
Zane
--
No it's a 2000. It's a lot bigger, noiser and heavier then I was
expecting. I was thinking it was just a tower machine. I didn't
realise the depth of it.
Any idea how well these run with Solaris 10, do you know if it would
run any quicker with 8 or 9. 
12:54 p.m.
Say,
Can anybody tell me how to subscribe to the classic computer list?
I don't know how it happened, but I accidentally got subscribed to this
unix/solaris/linux list.
Thanks a bunch.
3:01 p.m.
New subject: How to invoke the classiccmp aspect of the list (was Re: Sparc desktop vs x86 desktop)
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 11:54:56AM -0700, Eric Smith wrote:
Jim Battle wrote:
Try sacrificing a blue-blue-blue resistor by overdriving it until the
magic smoke is let out.
-ethan
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Can anybody tell me how to subscribe to the
classic computer list?
I don't know how it happened, but I accidentally got subscribed to
this unix/solaris/linux list.
It requires arcane rites involving ritual sacrifice.
Make sure you have
an elder sigil. 
4:40 p.m.
New subject: How to invoke the classiccmp aspect of the list (was Re: Sparc
It requires
arcane rites involving ritual sacrifice. Make sure you have
an elder sigil.
Try sacrificing a blue-blue-blue resistor by overdriving it until the
magic smoke is let out. 
5:16 p.m.
New subject: How to invoke the classiccmp aspect of the list (was Re: Sparc
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 09:40:48PM +0100, Tony Duell wrote:
> > It requires arcane rites involving ritual
sacrifice. Make sure you have
> > an elder sigil.
...
Might I suggest a blue-blue-blue-black-brown one, if you can find it?
(666 Ohms 1%). That'll be easier to find, easier to burn out, and
probably more effective.
And a lot of fun with some wax capacitors^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hcandles.
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18 Oct
18 Oct
12:21 a.m.
New subject: How to invoke the classiccmp aspect of the list (was Re: Sparc
On Friday 17 October 2008, Tony Duell wrote:
66 Megohms? I think yoy're likely to exceed the voltaeg rating and
cause flashover long before it burns out by dissipating too much
power.
Really? If my calculations are correct :), a 1/2 W resistor is would
only need to be just under 6000V to exceed the wattage rating, and I
think would be physically large enough to avoid flash-over in dry air
(30V per mil works out to 0.2in of gap at 6000V). A small neon sign
transformer should do the trick... Based on the my recollection of the
common size of 1/2 W resistors, (~1cm), you should be able to go up to
10kV or so, giving you 1.5W, and a good margin to help burn out the
resistor, in dry air.
In any case, you should be able to increase the gap between the leads
(and voltage rating) of the resistor by encasing it in paraffin or
epoxy.
Pat
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It requires arcane rites involving ritual sacrifice.
Make sure
you have an elder sigil.
Try sacrificing a blue-blue-blue resistor by overdriving it until
the magic smoke is let out.
5:14 p.m.
New subject: How to invoke the classiccmp aspect of the list (was Re: Sparc
On Friday 17 October 2008, Tony Duell wrote:
66 Megohms? I think yoy're likely to exceed the voltaeg rating and
cause flashover long before it burns out by dissipating too much
power.
Really? If my calculations are correct :), a 1/2 W resistor is would
only need to be just under 6000V to exceed the wattage rating, and I
Yes, I'll agree with that.
It requires arcane rites involving ritual sacrifice.
Make sure
you have an elder sigil.
Try sacrificing a blue-blue-blue resistor by overdriving it until
the magic smoke is let out. think would be physically large enough to avoid
flash-over in dry air
(30V per mil works out to 0.2in of gap at 6000V). A small neon sign
The voltage rating of resistors is lower than you might expect. For most
small wire-ended resistors it's only a few hundred volts. The main
problem is intenral flashover between parts of the resisive element --
it's not a uniform block of resistive material, it's more likely to be
helical in structure (possibly a resisive coating on an insulator with a
helical path cut in the coating, thus leaving a helical resistive coating
to form the actual resistor.
I suspect if you took a 66 Meg 0.5Wresistor and slowly increased the voltage
across it, it would fail from an internal flashover long before the
voltage was reached that should burn it out.
-tony
6:26 a.m.
2008/10/17 Jim Battle <frustum at pacbell.net>:
Say,
Can anybody tell me how to subscribe to the classic computer list?
I don't know how it happened, but I accidentally got subscribed to this
unix/solaris/linux list.
Thanks a bunch.
I promise not to talk about this machine on this list for another 4 years ;)
Dan
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