From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Feb 6 01:12:18 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA13935 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 01:12:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from thelab.hub.org (nat0716.mpoweredpc.net [142.177.190.208]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA13927 for ; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 01:12:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) Received: from localhost (scrappy@localhost) by thelab.hub.org (8.9.2/8.9.1) with ESMTP id FAA04521; Sat, 6 Feb 1999 05:11:26 -0400 (AST) (envelope-from scrappy@hub.org) X-Authentication-Warning: thelab.hub.org: scrappy owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 05:11:26 -0400 (AST) From: The Hermit Hacker To: "Matthew N. Dodd" cc: Jamie Bowden , Wes Peters , Drew Baxter , Julian Elischer , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD trivia In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message