[SunRescue] Sun 64MB expansion boards

Gregory Leblanc GLeblanc at cu-portland.edu
Tue Mar 21 23:08:37 CST 2000


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Rankin [mailto:krankin at usit.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 1:27 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Sun 64MB expansion boards
> 
> 
> > I saw (and I shit you not) a 100' 13W3 to BNC cable for a 
> SGI system once.
> > It was when I was working for texas.net.  We ran it all the 
> way from the back
> > of the NOC to out the front door (this is through some 
> twisty hallways, etc,
> > too..)
> > 
> > I have no clue why someone would want a 100 foot monitor 
> cable, unless your
> > system is next to a nuclear reactor or something...
> 
> 	Generally so you can have your console outside of the 
> god-awfully
> distracting machine room environment.  Even though this room 
> in my home
> sounds like that(vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr; you know the sound), many
> people can't manage such a life(god forbid answering a telephone call 
> in one).

I dunno, I kind of find the soothing whirr of the fans on my 3 running
machines kind of nice.  Well, except when that "AMD" on my 486 rattles
loose.  BTW, does anybody here (other than me) know the difference between a
"fan" and an "AMD"?  (no, not the processor maker)
	Greg






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