Date: Fri, 26 Sep 1997 20:32:34 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Niall Smart <nsmart@iona.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ATAPI Zip challenge : aftermath Message-ID: <199709261102.UAA01234@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 Sep 1997 11:59:32 %2B0100." <Pine.SOL.3.96.970926115747.16065H-100000@ultra>
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> On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > Well it takes some of the motivation to do it, and there is nothing > > > that beats watching the drive go "grrr bonk bonk" when you do something > > > wrong :) > > > > *chuckle* Yeah, there is that. Mechanical hardware can be _very_ > > satisfying to play with. 8) > > > > (Radar gear can be fun too, but you can't actually _see_ the radiation, > > only its effects...) > > Heh, this brings an image to mind of you ducking madly to avoid the death-ray > from your radar gone mad. *grin* I'll spoil the idea by mentioning that the radar I was thinking of at the time is a phased array of 144 3-metre Yagis, and you can't "avoid" the deathray, especially not at the local console which is in the middle of the array 8) mike
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