Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:25:07 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What are the advantages of ELF kernels? Message-ID: <369F8803.81DB0359@uk.radan.com> References: <199901150819.TAA06812@ska.bsn> <369F692C.C3D452C6@softweyr.com>
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Wes Peters wrote: > > I have two desktop machines, a SPARCstation 5 and a PII 266 running > FreeBSD. I still prefer the SPARCstation because it has a better > keyboard, but prefer FreeBSD to Slowlaris for everything else. Plus, > the FreeBSD machine is a LOT faster than the SPARC 5. ;^) > I'll agree with the observation about the keyboard. Sun do a converter to allow you to use a PC keyboard with a Sun, shame they don't they do one that does the opposite :-(. FWIW, my K6-233 with FreeBSD 2.2.8 is lot faster than my Sparc10 (SunOS 4.1.3_U1), bith with 64MB. Mind you it's not a fair comparison, what was a top of the range PC when Sparc 5 & 10 were top Sun workstations?. That's the comparison you'd have to make. BTW, as you're a Sun and FreeBSD user, do you know if it's possible to map the function keys in FreeBSD to perform the functions of L2 - L10 (don't really need L1 ;-) ) on a Sun Keyboard? > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- Trust the computer industry to shorten Year 2000 to Y2K. It was this thinking that caused the problem in the first place. FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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