[rescue] WTB: sbus 10mbit ethernet NIC & 20A power cable

Stephen D. B. Wolthusen stephen at wolthusen.com
Fri Jul 5 13:22:56 CDT 2002


Hi,

On 05-Jul-2002 Dave McGuire wrote:
> On July 5, Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez wrote:
>> Well, it aint an onyx.... but I got a POWERChallenge with 36 CPUs, 4G
>> B RAM... etc. for
> 
>   Gah...
> 
>> $0.00 :-)
>> 
>> And do not hate me for it. It is being used by students (I donated it, not
>> that I could do much with that mother at home :-) ).
> 
>   Huh?  One could do plenty with something like that at home.
> 
>   Think big, man.  BIG.

Yesss. Think of the ultimate killer app from the homebrew micro days: a recipe
database. Put the thing into your kitchen (heck, it looks like a freezer,
right?) and have all the drink recipes on tap on the LCD screen.


-- 

        later,
        Stephen

Stephen Wolthusen (stephen at wolthusen.com)



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