From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 7 15:33:31 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id PAA10400 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 7 Feb 1995 15:33:31 -0800 Received: from cs.weber.edu (cs.weber.edu [137.190.16.16]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id PAA10394 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 1995 15:33:29 -0800 Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA15264; Tue, 7 Feb 95 16:27:17 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9502072327.AA15264@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: FreeBSD with Bustec BT-542B SCSI interface To: julian@tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Tue, 7 Feb 95 16:27:16 MST Cc: amurai@spec.co.jp, sysseh@devetir.qld.gov.au, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Julian Elischer" at Feb 7, 95 12:12:00 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I've never heard the second as a term of speed, but > to go like the clappers is used in AUS a lot.. > My imagination always connected it with > something that is 'clapped out' (worn out in OZ at least). > which led me to believe that a clapper was some proffession in > times gone past (probably in england) in which one had to run fast > and ended up exhausted. "Go like the clappers" and "clapped out" seem like they could refer to a horseback rider with saddlebags or stirrups with the big leather flaps. Either would imply speed in making noise. "Clapped out" in that case might refer to the horse after being ridden in such a way. Either way, from the Australian origin of the original post, I'd say you were right: it goes fast. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.