Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 20:52:57 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: imp@village.org, aflundi@lundin.abq.nm.us, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1.5r -> current upgrade Message-ID: <199611010453.UAA18927@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 31 Oct 96 11:46:46 -0700. <199610311846.LAA25733@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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>> >On my 486DX2/66 + VLB Ultrastor controller + 32M it is between 9 and
>> >10 hours. I'd really like to see an 82 minute make world, but I don't
>> >have the $6k it takes to get the hardware to do that :-(.
>> I've done make world (on NetBSD) in 81 minutes on my single
>> P6-200. :-) It doesn't take $6K...
>You forgot about all the crystal tuning needed to make it take that
>extra minute...
It's not that hard, really. You just have to tilt the case slightly
so the disks spin "down hill". That gives them the extra little bit
of velocity you need to get the extra minute.
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