From owner-freebsd-chat Fri Jan 15 10:26:09 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA20160 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:26:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from post.mail.demon.net (post-20.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA20153 for ; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 10:26:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by post.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.10 #2) id 101DwX-0006ES-00; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:26:02 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from beavis.uk.radan.com (beavis [193.114.228.122]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with SMTP id SAA04605; Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:25:25 GMT Received: from uk.radan.com (rasnt-2) by beavis.uk.radan.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA11841; Fri, 15 Jan 99 18:25:22 GMT Message-Id: <369F8803.81DB0359@uk.radan.com> Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 18:25:07 +0000 From: Mark Ovens X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.8-RELEASE i386) X-Accept-Language: en Mime-Version: 1.0 To: Wes Peters Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What are the advantages of ELF kernels? References: <199901150819.TAA06812@ska.bsn> <369F692C.C3D452C6@softweyr.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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