Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 21:44:51 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: Dan O'Connor <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us>, nathan <beemern@ksu.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: you'll like this.,.. maybe (Seriously Off Topic...) Message-ID: <387A9923.8E3962EE@twave.net> References: <01be01bf5bda$a03836e0$0200000a@danco.home> <387A97E9.A988D5DC@twave.net>
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Walter Brameld wrote: > Dan O'Connor wrote: > > > Interesting. > > > > I once saw an EDS ATM machine at 7-Eleven reboot after a power failure. The > > little screen showed that it was a 386 machine with 16MB ram. It complained > > about not having a keyboard connected, then booted (of all things) OS/2, > > loaded the program manager (which looked like Windows 3.0) and then the ATM > > application... > > > > --Dan > > > > ** The thing I like most about Windows 98 is... > > ** You can download FreeBSD with it! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nathan <beemern@ksu.edu> > > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > > Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 4:30 PM > > Subject: you'll like this.,.. maybe > > > > >personally... i found this pretty cool --> while vacationing over the > > >holidays, i was channel surfing in my hotel room when i came across the > > >following displayed on channel 0... previously, channel 0 had just been > > >running a short video loop describing the services etc the hotel > > >offered... > > >but... here's what i saw instead > > > > > >--snip-- > > >sc0: VGA color <16 virtual consoles, flags:8x8> > > >sio0 at 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on ISA > > >sio0: type 16550A > > >fdc0 at 0x3f0-0x3f7 irq 6 drq 2 on ISA > > >fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold > > >ep0 not found at 0x358 > > >npx0 flags 8x1 on motherboard > > >npx0: INT 16 interface > > >pcm0 at 0x220 irq 5 drq 1 flags 0x13 on ISA > > >DEVFS: ready to run > > >rootfs is 1722 Kbyte compiled in MFS > > >NFS SWAP: 18.20.1.100:/usr/river/netpgc/swap > > >Dec 30 16:54:15 int: _secure_path: /etc/login.conf is not owned by root > > > > > >Dec 30 16:54:15 int: login_getclass: unknown class "daemon" > > >Dec 30 16:54:15 int: _secure_path: /etc/login.conf is not owned by root > > > > > >NetPGC Reboot in Progress > > >Generating Hosts File > > >Preserving kernel Messages > > >Starting standard daemons: syslogd > > >Starting networking daemons: inetd nfsiod > > >Warning: VDriverMod not loaded > > >Vesa int10h Mode/Port Switcher loaded > > >$ld:vnode.c.v 1.2 1998/10/29 22:29:20 cvrts Exp$ > > >--snip-- > > > > > >it looks to ME like they are using a variant of BSD to run their hotel > > >video hardware... i wonder if its also for handling movie and game > > >charges per room etc.?..?..?.. > > > > > >in any event... being the dork that i am... i thought this was pretty > > >cool.... and it was in a MAJOR hotel chain too :) > > > > > >if this doesn't apply because its not a question... i apologize.... er.. > > >well wait... here's my question --> > > >does anyone else have any ideas/thoughts on this?? > > > > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Just goes to show, if you have an app that MUST keep running, Windows is last > choice! > > Walter > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message I also noticed (at least this was true several years ago) that the Weather Channel local forecasts were running on an Amiga. Walter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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