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Date:      Thu, 24 Apr 1997 06:07:21 -0700
From:      mike allison <mallison@konnections.com>
To:        Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com>
Cc:        Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Announce: UNIX System V simulator version 1.0
Message-ID:  <335F5B09.133F1FB8@konnections.com>
References:  <Pine.SOL.3.96.970423022548.484D-100000@hamby1>

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It works under System 7, but the system refuses to run it.....    : -}

-mike

Jake Hamby wrote:
> 
> I should note that the System V simulator doesn't actually work under
> System V.  :)  Well, under Solaris, you can use /usr/ucb/echo instead of
> /usr/bin/echo, and change "hostname -s" to "hostname", and then it works.
> 
> If I was bored, I'd change the echo statements to make it a Solaris
> simulator.  Then you'd need a "sleep 60" at least.  :)
> 
> Cheers,
> Jake
> 
> On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, J Wunsch wrote:
> 
> > As S Sigala wrote:
> >
> > > Just uudecode the attached file, run with the shell (e.g.: `sh unix386')
> > > and enjoy!
> > >
> > > Warning: if you really want to waste time... ;-)
> > >
> > > begin 755 unix386
> >
> > :-))
> >
> > But, oh well:
> >
> > echo "The system is coming up. Please wait."
> >
> > sleep 2
> >
> >
> > This must become a ``sleep 30'' to look realistic, to the least!  You
> > also fail to simulate the disk rattling while this action was in
> > progress; you should consider replacing that sleep by a:
> >
> >       find / -print > /dev/null
> >
> > --
> > cheers, J"org
> >
> > joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
> > Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
> >



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