Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 15:07:09 +0000 From: Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> Cc: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, freebsd-chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: programming port Message-ID: <19991223150709.23124@longacre.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19991223063430.A323@marder-1>; from Mark Ovens on Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 06:34:31AM %2B0000 References: <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <199912230300.VAA57531@nospam.hiwaay.net> <19991223063430.A323@marder-1>
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On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 06:34:31AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 09:00:44PM -0600, David Kelly wrote: > > Jonathon McKitrick writes: > > > > > > I've heard that Microsoft's most valuable configuration/programming tool > > > is the reboot. Any idea when this will be ported to FreeBSD? Maybe we > > > would be more popular if we used it more often. ;-) > > > > Didn't somebody do a BSOD module for xscreensaver or similar? If I > > remember they were collecting images of any and all crashed systems they > > could get their hands on. Realistic Win 3, 95, 98, NT 4.0, MacOS, and > > Amiga bombs. > > > > Yes, it's in the latest version of xscreensaver (3.21). From bsod(1): > > "Systems depicted include Microsoft's Windows 95 and Windows > NT, Commodore-Amiga's AmigaDOS 1.3, SPARC Linux, SCO UNIX, > the Apple Macintosh (both the MacsBug debugger and the rarer > "Sad Mac"), and the Atari ST." They are in the process of getting a Win2K crash as well - they started booting it up a few weeks ago, so if we are lucky it should be up and ready to crash before the end of the millennium. Running this screensaver seems like a good way for a well meaning person to power cycle your machine though. Ooops... There is a Flying Windows screensaver port as well, with the windows being shot down. > > > > > -- > > David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net > > ===================================================================== > > The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its > > capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > -- > "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture > that allows you to install Windows too" > -Matthew D. Fuller I think they fixed that a long time ago - I've not seen Windows running stably on any PC. > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- searle@longacre.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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