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From: Pat Finnegan <pat_at_purdueriots.com>
Date: Fri Jan 4 12:31:23 2002

On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:

>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Pat Finnegan [mailto:pat_at_purdueriots.com]
>
> > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002, Merle K. Peirce wrote:
> >
> > > If it doesn't have wheels, it isn't really a computer.
>
> > Actually if i wanted to get a new tower case, i COULD get a tower case
> > with casters already attached for about $300 new.... but i
> > like to save
> > money for other things..........
>
> I would add that a real computer must have a console monitor in firmware, and have the option of attaching an independent single device (as in a serial terminal) to use for a console. KVM switches don't count, of course ;)
>

I guess then, if i went to the store and mounted casters on my Sun
SparcStation 1, it'd be a 'real computer'. Of course if nothing else,
it'd be a 'really slow computer' that rolls faster than the framebuffer
can scroll text. (hehe)

> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
>
> Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
> Amdocs - Champaign, IL
>
> /usr/bin/perl -e '
> print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
> '
>
>
Received on Fri Jan 04 2002 - 12:31:23 GMT