Date: Thu, 30 Dec 1999 08:44:13 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk> Cc: nate@mt.sri.com (Nate Williams), Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com>, Michael VanLoon <MichaelV@EDIFECS.COM>, Graeme Tait <graeme@echidna.com>, "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Lance Costanzo <lance@costanzo.net>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ECC RAM useless with FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199912301544.IAA24237@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <57849.946544678@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <199912300156.SAA21612@mt.sri.com> <57849.946544678@critter.freebsd.dk>
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> >> >To answer my own question, I finally dug something up that hints at what > >> >NASA laptops have to go through: > >> > > >> >It looks like they have specially certified IBM Thinkpads, and the > >> >process is very thorough. > >> > >> It is probably the military version of the Thinkpads, I've seen them, > >> they are quite a bit more heavy than their civilian counterparts. > > > >To the best of my ability, IBM has no 'military' version. [...] > > I said military version, I didn't say mil-spec. It goes without saying that to be a military version, it must also be mil-spec. > >The only laptop that is even close to mil-spec is made by Panasonic. > > Anyone remember the "Grid Tempest" ? I don't consider it a laptop, and it pre-dates the Thinkpads. We (SRI) owned one of the original thinkpads made (it's sitting around here somewhere), which was bought in preperation for a military contract. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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