Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 22:22:58 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>, Joshua Goodall <joshua@roughtrade.net> Cc: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>, Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Compaq (was: DOH! Something PCI-related recently broken in -STABLE) Message-ID: <01082022225802.00565@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <20010820111012.A19173@freeway.dcfinc.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32.0108191152170.20476-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108192317200.27784-100000@elm.phenome.org> <20010820111012.A19173@freeway.dcfinc.com>
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On Monday 20 August 2001 14:10, Chad R. Larson wrote: > Yes, but that dosn't alter the fact the someone at Compaq smokes > crack. And that they don't really care about compatability. > > Early Compaq desktops had a hack in their BIOS that looked for a > specific signature on the hard drive, and wouldn't boot if the drive > didn't come from Compaq. No upgrades from Fry's for you! > > That has changed, but the attitude that allowed it has not. I bought a compaq laptop just under two years ago. I called to complain that it wouldn't *power* *up*. I let it drop that I had installed another O/S. The tech support guy told me that they don't offer support if you install non-compaq *software* on the computer. I said "you mean non-Compaq operating systems, right?" He said, "No, any non-Compaq software." Luckily it was the second time I ever booted it, so I got a RMA and sent it back. Compaq doesn't even sell *computers* or at least they claim not to, since a computer is a programmable device. They don't sell those. They sell information appliances or something, but if you run any *software* on it other than what they provided, and it happens to do anything useful, it's a complete surprise to them, apparenly. > I avoid Compaq when I can. Like the plague. > > > Joshua > > -crl > -- > Chad R. Larson (CRL15) 602-953-1392 Brother, can you paradigm? > chad@dcfinc.com chad@larsons.org larson1@home.com > DCF, Inc. - 14623 North 49th Place, Scottsdale, Arizona 85254-2207 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) --------------------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! <------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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