Wargo does a rant (was Re: [geeks] Cool Mac deals...)

[Peter L. Wargo]

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Ken Hansen wrote:

> OK Pete, I'll get the 3/60 in the mail, you wrap up that Ultra 60 that's
> coming in and we'll swap! ;^)

Dream on...  Besides, I have 4 386i's if I want to torture myself...

> 5 year old (guess) Lexmark keyboards (the "Gawd thats a heavy keyboard"
> models) are my favorites - if you ar eserious, you have spares against
> "inovation"!

I still long for the Z100 kbd... It was soooooo nice...

> I tried to install the Solaris Companion Software CD using the GUI, and it
> hung, repeatedly on several systems. It is a know problem with an
> incompatability with older versions of Solaris.

They are released for a specific rev of Solaris, like Sol 8 HW 04/01.
You can use Maint. Updates (MU's) to rev up.

> Older Versions of Solaris meand any release of Solaris released before
> April, 2001! Bung-holes - could they figure out a patch? In their defense,
> pkgadd works fine...

Try patching SunOS <=4.x  THAT is pain...

> IMHO, hackers are educated, in persuit of technical knowledge... Ipulled out
> my soldering iron last night to fix a lamp my son got from a friend in
  [...]
> solder?" "Why do you have a soldering iron?")

But of course!  A crufty hack indeed.

-P