Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998 09:13:11 -0600 (CST) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@unix.tfs.net> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ftp.cdrom.com Message-ID: <199804011513.JAA01505@unix.tfs.net>
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In reply: > On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Mark Mayo wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 31, 1998 at 07:50:25PM -0800, David Greenman wrote: > > > > The new 400MHz P-II's are using the 100MHz bus right? If so, this will > > be the first new generation of hardware that I'll be considering upgrading > > to - since my 200MHz PPro does very well right now. It will be > > interesting to see if the 400/100MHz PII setup will provide > > *significant* performance improvements over the PPro.. > > > > I think the 450MHz versions of PII will be out this summer, but it's > > mostly the 100MHz bus that I'm interested in! :-) > > Please, if you put one of these beasts into wcarchive, consider > re-enabling gzipping on the fly. I really miss it :-( i'd rather have the higher transaction limit. gzip is a cpu hog on ANY archetecture. anyhow, and someone correct me if i'm wrong, 99% of everything in the /pub/FreeBSD tree is already gzipped [except the ./src directory, and if all you do is "get src.tar.gz", i'd just highly suggest using cvsup instead... jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet:PK-232M To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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