Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 05:11:26 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> To: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net> Cc: Jamie Bowden <jamie@itribe.net>, Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>, Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD trivia Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902060509330.368-100000@thelab.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02.9902060201090.2318-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
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On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Matthew N. Dodd wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, Jamie Bowden wrote:
> > I do. Boy did they suck. At least ELC's had an external SCSI
> > connector, SLC's were strictly diskless. I think the iMac would
> > suffer the same fate if the masses weren't so stupid. Why would you
> > buy a machine that you -cannot- add drivespace to?
>
> I'd lug my SLC upstairs and flat-bed scan it for you but that would
> require effort.
>
> Nonetheless, the SLC does have a SCSI port.
>
> And, no, in their time, they were quite nice.
Actually, until recently (ie. last 6 months or so), we were still using it
as a mini-networking monitoring station...hell, I knew someone in Toronto
that the last time I visited, he was using a 286 and KA9Q as a network
router and was quite happy with it...
Just cause it isn't a PII, doesn't meant its useless...
Marc G. Fournier
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org
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