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Ray Arachelian wrote:
> Don Y wrote:
>> Amazing how a few computers meets with disdain... yet a
>> closet full of *shoes* doesn't!  :-/
>>
>> (and shoes are so BORING!  Hell, if it doesn't have blinkenlights,
>> what good is it??)
> Yeah, we all have our hobbies.
>> Yup.  I have mine on a small UPS so that I could dial out, etc.
>> even if there's a power outage.  But, we have so few outages
>> here (and never any of more than 30 minute duration) *and*
>> I now have laptops to throw at that problem so it's kind of
>> just taking up space...  :-(
> And old laptops with somewhat weak batteries can be considered to have
> their own built in UPS's. :-)

I've learned NOT to rely on that!  :>

But, a friend dropped off several hundred NiMH cells some time
ago so I just rebuild the battery packs.  Cosmetically not
pretty but the machines will end up in the trash in short
order anyways...

> With a build in ethernet port, and two PC cards, you can create quite a
> nice router.  Just set them up
> to not go to sleep when you close the lid, and you're set.

I *should* look into that as they are probably even more energy
efficient than the LX.  But, often they have oddball I/O's
that really are only addressed in the MS world.  :-(

>> I had hoped NetBSD would eventually bring their support up to a
>> level that would let me replace Solaris on that box (since NBSD
>> seems pretty respectable on older SPARCs) but that hasn't yet
>> happened.
>
> Yeah, the custom hardware is a bit difficult to find drivers for.

Exactly.  Last time I checked (a few YEARS ago), there wasnt
support for the CCFL's (the ides of leaving the display on
24/7 isn't appealing)

>>> I got rid of most of my sparcs, but held on to a few interesting
>>> ones...  For a short while, my house was "sparc-henge."
>> Makes one wonder what sort of rituals took place on the equinox...
 >
> The pagan rites of solaris installations, running with diag-switch?=true
> and of course swapping parts. :-)
> And maybe sacrificing a 386 or two. >;-)             

With bits flying EVERYWHERE!!  :>

> just kidding.