From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Aug 13 05:37:02 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA23270 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 05:37:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from tig.com.au (mail.tig.com.au [209.76.102.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA23265 for ; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 05:36:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from z2172268@student.unsw.edu.au) Received: from student.unsw.edu.au (p30-max8.syd.ihug.com.au [209.79.138.94]) by tig.com.au (8.8.8/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA16500; Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:35:14 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <35D2DD0D.C6EE27E5@student.unsw.edu.au> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 22:33:17 +1000 From: chris/reman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Daniel O'Connor" CC: Nick Hibma , Josef Grosch , FreeBSD hackers mailing list Subject: Re: solaris is free. References: <199808130203.LAA21212@cain.gsoft.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > Thats funny, because the uni. where I am at (UNSW, Sydney) the comp sci labs [snip my stuff] > > Then again I spose they were going for tried and tested, (insert remark about > > tired and bested here) > At least when your uni decided to upgrade to SOlaris they bought new hardware! > When I was at uni (a few months ago) they where running Solaris on Sparc 10's > :( > > They got 2 E450's just as I left tho.. bastards ;) > well then you'll love this they still have a lab full of sparc classics running, they so awfully slow, you could see X refresh the screen. I don't know how much worse it can get, cept maybe a text term that slow! regards, chris -- Christopher Day E-Mail the_reman@hotmail.com Homepage http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Lair/1218 when the rain/when the children reign/keep your conscience in the dark melt the statues in the park - Fall On Me, REM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message