Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 18:26:02 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "Kevin P. Neal" <kpn@neutralgood.org>, "Dan Mahoney (Ports)" <freebsd@gushi.org>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 12.4 disc 1 iso is really large Message-ID: <20221210182602.002c2c74dfa4797be9c6765a@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <6B0B7DD7-8562-4E77-8809-768DB6E8ADFC@nimnet.asn.au> References: <4AC6140B-2927-46C4-8405-18FA872DEAB5@gushi.org> <20221209050452.40918a6bcccb953c197ecec6@sohara.org> <Y5QPnrqluEtgLrNn@neutralgood.org> <20221210072243.9109d9c9.freebsd@edvax.de> <6B0B7DD7-8562-4E77-8809-768DB6E8ADFC@nimnet.asn.au>
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On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 04:47:15 +1100 Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > Indeed. Trev Roydhouse used to mail me his hand-me-down 4 CD Walnut > Creek sets; we had 2.0.5 (?), 2.2.6 which enabled the nimnet.asn.au > server in '98, later 3.something, 4.5 ... > > OTOH that was an AMD 586 140MHz box with 2GB RAM and a 4GB hdd, later > 20GB, with CDR later CD-RW, with 1 dialout and 3 dialup modems. > > Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Nostalgia was Jordan Hubbard handing me some 1.1 CDs after we gave him a free dial up account in Ireland (no way was I going to charge *him* we were running the ISP on FreeBSD). Nobody ever stepped up to the "voice of FreeBSD" plate after he left. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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