[rescue] Amiga videos online for your enjoyment

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Ethan O'Toole <ethan at 757tech.net>
>Date: 2007/05/23 Wed PM 03:14:21 CDT
>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [rescue] Amiga videos online for your enjoyment

>> In the morning I hit the power button on the Blade, then I power on the
>> Amiga, read all of my mail with YAM-OS4 and finish about the time I get
>> the Sun login prompt. I press the Amiga power off button (no software
>
>Man, you can't use Sun's to benchmark *anything*. Even a $150K-$200K Sun 
>feels slow at things like... booting, installing, patching compared to 
>say... Pentium III systems.
>
>They DO! Admit it! I dunno what it is, but Sun systems are mega slow in 
>some regards.

My heart sinks everytime I see the "Starting Services 1/149" or whatever when I power up a SOlaris 10 machine. I guess the argument is that you shouldn't really reboot a Sun box that often if it is so painful...[0]

Lionel

[0] Man goes to the doctor, he says "Doctor, it hurts when I do this (and lifts his arm up)". The doctor says "Then don't do that" ;^)