Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 09:55:24 -0600 (CST) From: Nathan Mahon <vaevictus@socket.net> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ECC RAM useless with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912300954480.3525-100000@nathanm.office.socket.net> In-Reply-To: <199912301550.IAA24298@mt.sri.com>
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Aren't we talking about laptops for astronauts? they're going to be used in zero-gravity right? so what does it matter what they weigh? n8 On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Nate Williams wrote: > > >> I said military version, I didn't say mil-spec. > > > > > >It goes without saying that to be a military version, it must also be > > >mil-spec. > > > > Fortunately for Danish tax-payers our government doesn't work that way :-) > > Then why was it heavier than the standard version? Otherwise, they > could have used the 'stock' versions (which we ended up doing, but then > we added titanium outer cases custom made for SRI to make them more > rugged). > > > >> >The only laptop that is even close to mil-spec is made by Panasonic. > > >> > > >> Anyone remember the "Grid Tempest" ? > > > > > >I don't consider it a laptop, and it pre-dates the Thinkpads. We (SRI) > > >owned one of the original thinkpads made (it's sitting around here > > >somewhere), which was bought in preperation for a military contract. > > > > Why wouldn't the tempest be a laptop ? It most surely were on. > > I was being sarcastic. 'Laptop' implies something you can stick on your > lap. > > > Nate > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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