Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:41:34 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@berklix.com> To: Allen <GedankeZauberer@comcast.net> Cc: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD gear (Clothes, machines) Message-ID: <200909262141.n8QLfYeX044527@fire.js.berklix.net> In-Reply-To: Your message "Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:01:04 EDT." <4ABE56E0.5090303@comcast.net>
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Hi, > From: Allen <GedankeZauberer@comcast.net> Allen wrote: > >> PS; not to sound weird, but does anyone here have any neat hardware > >> configurations? Like a machine running FreeBSD that has like CD/DVD/Tape > >> /Cool hardware you're proud of? Thanks! > > > > http://berklix.com/scanjet/ FreeBSD inside a scanner. > > OK now THAT is awesome ! Heh, it's neat to think that someone sat there > one day and thought "Why the hell am I running scanner software that > can't even be updated anymore? Hmm, BSD!" wow... Well, 2 chaps at a German University did Linux first, then David Malone did FreeBSD, but in essence, Yes :-) People are encouraged to click & glance at the photo, then if one turns up some time in company junk room, rescue it. Companies find the original NT software useless, but the sheet feader + scanner + BSD inside works well. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Mail ASCII plain text not HTML & Base64. http://asciiribbon.org Virused Microsoft PCs cause spam. http://berklix.com/free/
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