Sparc at home

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Fri Jul 13 15:28:00 2001

On July 13, Tom Uban wrote:
> I run a sparc IPX with NetBSD as my firewall. I use the serial console
> so that I don't have to have a big non-multisync monitor and/or extra
> keyboard/mouse pair sitting on my desk. The box is plenty fast enough
> for a firewall and it sits there running quitely month after month, quite
> happy. It is on a UPS:-)

  Ahh, sanity! Bravo! The idea that "every computer must have a
bitmapped display, a keyboard, and a mouse" that the PeeCee world has
infected us with is utterly ridiculous.

            -Dave McGuire
Received on Fri Jul 13 2001 - 15:28:00 BST