[geeks] Re: Solaris on Intel

Wed May 1 12:14:02 CDT 2002

where can I find Solaris for Intel platform? Sun stops
providing those anymore.
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>    2. Fwd: Monster Agent Results - 5/1/2002 (Andrew
> Weiss)
>    3. GCC ISO compliance (Joshua D Boyd)
>    4. Re: 32 Gig 1.6" SCA drives...... (Kurt
> Mosiejczuk)
>    5. Re: Another ruined Cray on ebay (Peter L.
> Wargo)
>    6. Re: One of the things I love about America
> (Mike Meredith)
>    7. Re: 32 Gig 1.6" SCA drives...... (Kurt Huhn)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 08:52:08 -0700 (MST)
> From: Gary Nichols <gary at linuxforce.org>
> To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: RE: [geeks] A really fscked-up idea
> Reply-To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> 
> The sad thing is that some of us have actually TRIED
> this. :-)
> 
> *raises hand*
> 
> On Wed, 1 May 2002, Chris Byrne wrote:
> 
> > Jeez if you wanted something that bad why not just
> implement hello world in
> > fortran 77  running on a PDP emulator, running on
> windows, running on
> > vmware, running on a sunpci board running linux,
> running in an x window on
> > solaris 9 beta?
> > 
> > Chris Byrne
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 12:09:40 -0400
> From: Andrew Weiss <ajwdsp at cloud9.net>
> To: Geeks Mailing List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: [geeks] Fwd: Monster Agent Results -
> 5/1/2002
> Reply-To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> 
> If anyone wants a VAX job in NJ... check this out.
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> > From: "Monster Job Search Agent"
> <jagent at route.monster.com>
> > Date: Wed May 01, 2002  06:01:47 AM US/Eastern
> > To: ajwdsp at cloud9.net
> > Subject: Monster Agent Results - 5/1/2002
> 
> > 1.	Apr 30, Technical Operator, Systems & Computer
> Technology, 
> > US-NJ-Jersey City
> 
> Now I just wish my VAX experience wasn't limited to
> USER and wasn't more 
> than 10 years ago.
> 
> Andrew
> 
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> Message: 3
> From: Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu>
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 12:10:31 -0400
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [geeks] GCC ISO compliance
> Reply-To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> 
> Just read the current Dr Dobbs.  They did ISO
> conformance testing of a bunch
> of C++ compilers.  In particular, GCC
> 2.95.something, 2.96, 3.0.4, Visual
> C++ 6.0, Borland something or other, and MIPSPro
> 7.3.something
> 
> Interestingly, they found GCC 3.0.4 to be the most
> compliant.
> 
> This is usually a pretty thorough magazine, but
> there was something worrying
> about the article.  They said that they tested
> Visual C++ and Borland on
> Windows, and that the rest of the testing was done
> on linux and Solaris.  Now,
> how the hack do you test MIPSPro on Linux and/or
> Solaris?
> 
> -- 
> Joshua D. Boyd
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 12:28:08 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Kurt Mosiejczuk <kurt at csh.rit.edu>
> To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: Re: [geeks] 32 Gig 1.6" SCA drives......
> Reply-To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> 
> On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> 
> > I bought a couple of drives from this guy - he's a
> good reseller, and
> > the drives are packaged well.  One is in my Octane
> as an option drive,
> > the other is running an Ultra-30 at the office. 
> Fast frickin drives...
> 
> So... what brand are they?  I don't see anything on
> the auction...
> and I figure if you've bought some, why email the
> seller =)
> 
> --Kurt
> 
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> 
> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 09:49:54 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Peter L. Wargo" <pwargo at basenji.com>
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] Another ruined Cray on ebay
> Reply-To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> 
> On Wed, 1 May 2002, Ethan wrote:
> 
> > >
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2020067496
> > > This idiot claims that it is the same SSP as
> used by the e10k.
> > > So sad.
> > 
> > I saw that CS6400 on EBay. Seems like it is in
> good condition, no?
> > His description is wrong -- but well, it is Ebay.
> 
> Very wrong.  The SSP is not the same, the basic
> centerplane is different,
> different procs, etc.  (I was going to insert
> prtdiag output here, but it
> looks as if the CS6400 in my former groups lab is
> offline at this time.  
> Oh well.  They are nifty boxes...)
> 
> -Pete
> 
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> 
> Message: 6
> From: Mike Meredith <hmv at meredithm.fsnet.co.uk>
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] One of the things I love about
> America
> Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 17:55:24 +0100
> Reply-To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> 
> On Wednesday 01 May 2002 15:51, David Cantrell
> wrote:
> > On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 07:34:30AM -0700, Peter L.
> Wargo wrote:
> > > I'm glad to be an American, but with the
> privilege comes the
> > > responsibility to participate.  Not only to
> vote, but to keep an
> > > eye and your government, and work for change.
> >
> > s/an American/British/ and <aol>.  We have local
> elections tomorrow.
> > For the first time ever since I've been able to
> vote, I won't be.
> > Mostly because I shall be going to the pub
> instead, but also because
> 
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